On September 14, thirteen students were awarded the honor of the 2011 Provost Academic Achievement Award at Miami University’s Convocation.  These students were recognized for their academic excellence as well as their significant intellectual contributions to the University.  The $1,000 award is granted annually based on nominations from Miami faculty, with only 10-15 winners each [...]

“Innovations in Autonomy: Miami Students Creating Smart Applications for Smart Phones and More” was the theme of this year’s Miami University Interdisciplinary Technology Development Challenge (MUITDC). The 2011 winning team rose to that challenge with their “my Metro” app—and received the $5,000 award for their efforts.
School of Engineering and Applied Science computer science majors Paul [...]

During Miami University’s Convocation, eleven students were recognized for their remarkable record of academic achievement and their contribution to the intellectual climate at Miami University. Each of these scholars was honored with the $1,000 Provost Student Academic Achievement Award, which is granted annually to approximately 10 – 15 students who have completed their junior year.
This [...]

A team of senior engineering and computer science students from Miami University placed second in the First Annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition with their RedBlade robotic snowplow.

“Gasification of Biomass” wins MUITDC 2010 competition
Developing new solutions for “Clean and Alternative Energy Systems” was the goal of this year’s Miami University Interdisciplinary Technology Development Challenge (MUITDC). The 2010 winning team answered that challenge with a “Gasification of Biomass” reactor—and received the $5,000 award for their efforts.
“We overcame a lot of adversity in terms [...]

During Miami University’s Bicentennial Convocation, nine students were recognized for their remarkable record of academic achievement and their contribution to the intellectual climate at Miami University. Each of these scholars was honored with the $1,000 Provost Student Academic Achievement Award, which is granted annually to approximately 10 – 15 students who have completed their junior [...]

Thomas Burg, a senior engineering management and manufacturing engineering major, has been awarded the Institute of Navigation Dayton Section Undergraduate Scholarship.
He will use the $2,500 award to work with mentor Yu Tong (Jade) Morton, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, on a GPS corn maze project.
Burg and a team of graduate and undergraduate students [...]

A team of Miami University graduate students took third place and $3,000 at the Air and Waste Management Association’s inaugural Environmental Challenge International contest. Winners were announced at the group’s annual conference, June 24-27, in Portland, Oregon. Team members are Ann-Drea Hensley and Alicia Glover, master’s degree students in the Institute of Environmental Sciences, and [...]

Elise Ryan won a $2,000 Tau Beta Pi Scholarship for 2009-2010. She was amongst 234 winners selected from 428 applicants by the Fellowship Board of TBP. This was the largest number of scholarships awarded in a single year since the program’s establishment in 1998. The criteria for the scholarships include: high scholarship, campus leadership and [...]