{"id":1761,"date":"2025-05-06T09:16:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mse\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:01:09","slug":"2025-mse-awards-banquet-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mse\/2025-mse-awards-banquet-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 MSE Awards Banquet Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Tennessee Department of Materials Science and Engineering recently honored exceptional students, staff, and faculty at the department\u2019s 2025 Awards Banquet. All awards were presented by Interim Department Head Philip Rack.<\/p>\n

Staff Award<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Outstanding Staff Award was presented to Stephanie Moore in recognition of her adaptability, her willingness to take on new challenges, and the many new skills she has built over the last year.<\/p>\n

Faculty Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Before presenting the 2025 faculty awards, Rack praised the entire department\u2019s faculty for their contributions to UT\u2019s teaching, service, research, and scholarship missions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is basically splitting hairs to select the award winners each year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The 2025 Outstanding Faculty Service Award was presented to Mariya Zhuravleva in recognition of her prior service on the UT faculty senate, deep involvement with several professional societies, eagerness to tour with students interested in the Scintillation Materials Research Center, and other teaching and professional activities. Zhuravleva was also recently named the Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year at the Academic Honors Banquet hosted by the Office of the Provost.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Outstanding Teaching Award was given to Kate Page, who teaches the Introduction to MSE class and a senior undergraduate-to-graduate-level course in X-ray diffraction while maintaining a 25% joint appointment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.<\/p>\n

Yishu Wang received the 2025 Outstanding Research Award. Since joining the MSE department in 2022, Wang has published papers in high-impact journals including Matter<\/em>, NPJ Quantum Materials<\/em>, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em>.\"Yishu<\/p>\n

Undergraduate Student Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n