Student Awards

Students who worked in the Jiao Lab have received wide-ranging recognition for their work.

2017 Funded Proposal from Oregon BEST
Title: Commercialization Research for Photocatalytic Water Purification Systems
Funds Received: $75,000
2016 Funded Proposal from PSU University Venture Development Fund
Title: Research and Development of a High-Efficiency Photocatalytic Reactor for Water Purification
Funds Received: $20,000
2016 Teaching Assistant of the Year, PSU Physics Department
2015 Microscopy and Microanalysis Presidential Scholar Award
2013 Cleantech Challenge Finalist, Portland State University
2011-2014, Chairman of the Board, PSU Physics Society

2017 Oregon Museum Science & Industry (OMSI) Science Communications Fellow
2017 Nottingham Award Contestant, Physical Electronics Conference
2015-2016 Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award, Portland State University
2015 Presenter, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization
2015 Twelfth Annual SX-CW Student Research Presentations, poster presentation
2014-2015 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Portland State University
2015 Nominee, Portland State University Student Achievement Award

2017 Exceptional Research Assistant MME Department
2016 Exceptional Teaching Assistant MME Department
2014 AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers) Apparatus Competition Low Cost Award
2014 Dawn Dressler Health Science Studies Award

2016 Emory STEM Symposium Poster Presented & Travel Award Winner, Altanta GA (TBH September 2016)
2016 Summer Undergraduate Research & Mentoring Program participant, funded by SRC
2016 URMP Poster Presenter link http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/mcecs_mentoring/5/
2015-16 Undergraduate Research & Mentoring Program participant, funded by SRC
TECHON 2015, selected conference attendee and selected first round finalist for best poster award (one of eight finalists from 50 posters); hosted by the Semiconductor Reserach Corporation (SRC), Austin, Texas
2015 Summer Undergraduate Research & Mentoring Program participant, funded by SRC
2014 Undergraduate Research & Mentoring Program participant, funded by SRC
2014 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF) - program participant
2013 Undergraduate poster presenter at Linus Pauling Medal Award Symposium, hosted by American Chemical Society, Portland, Oregon

2017 Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF) – Research Assistant at Northwestern University in the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)
2017 President’s Equal Access Scholar
2016 Inducted into Tau Sigma Honor Society
2016 Honors Laurel Scholar
2015-2017 BUILD EXITO (NIH) Scholar

2009 Microscopy Society of America (MSA) Presidential Scholar Award
2008 American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Outstanding
Teaching Assistant Award

The Ronald E. McNair Program Scholar, 2014 cohort
2014 Summer Undergraduate Research & Mentoring Program Participant
TECHCON 2014 Undergraduate Poster Presenter, hosted by the Semiconductor Research Corporation
2013–2014 Undergraduate Research & Mentoring Program Participant
2013 Summer Undergraduate Research & Mentoring Program Participant
TECHCON 2013 selected conference attendee, hosted by the Semiconductor Research Corporation
2012–2013 Undergraduate Research & Mentoring Program Participants
Two time recipient of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) research funds

2010-11 Oregon Space Grant Undergraduate Research Scholarship
2009 Participation in the 6th Annual Undergraduate Ronald E. McNair Research Conference
2008-09 Scholarly and Creativity Grant for Undergraduates
2008 Sophomore of the Year for the physics department

1st place: Pacific Northwest AVS undergraduate poster competition (with work accomplished through the REU program)

Best Research Poster Awards, Fifth annual Student Research Symposium, Columbia-Willamette Chapter of SIGMA XI, April 2009.
MSA First Prize Poster Awards, Microscopy & Microanalysis 2008 Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, August 2008.
President's Service Awards, Portland State University, Oregon, USA, June 2008.
Best Research Poster Awards, Fourth annual Student Research Symposium, Columbia-Willamette Chapter of SIGMA XI, April 2008.
MSA Second Price Poster Awards, Microscopy & Microanalysis 2007 Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, August 2007.
MSA First Prize Poster Awards, Microscopy & Microanalysis 2006 Meeting, Festival Hall at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 2006.
2nd Place, Graduate student poster Competition, the 17th Annual Symposium of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Vacuum Society Science and Technology Society (PNWAVS), Oregon, USA, September 2006.
3rd Place, Graduate student poster award, the 16th Annual Symposium of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Vacuum Society Science and Technology Society (PNWAVS), Oregon, USA, September 2005.
Young Key Professor, Sichuan University, China, 2003.
"Microsoft technique education congress teacher training certification" , Microsoft Corporation, Beijing, China, 2003.
Excellent Student Scholarship Award, 1994~2001.

REU intern in 2007 in the University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB) program at University of Washington, Seattle. His research involved the differentiation of group B streptococcus serotypes using ToF-SIMS and XPS.
Awarded $1500 for the 2008-2009 Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant to fund his research here at Dr. Jiao's lab.

Award for Excellence for Graduate Academic Achievement (PSU, 2004)
President's Award for Outstanding Community Engagement (PSU, 2004)
University Commendation Award (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2004)
Outstanding Mentor of 2003/2004 Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
Scholarship for the 2004 Winter School on High Resolution Electron Microscopy (Arizona State University, 2004)
Distinguished Scholar Award from Microbeam Analysis Society (USA, 2003)
Graduate Student Award, the 14th Annual Symposium of Pacific Northwest Chapter of American Vacuum Society
President's Award for Outstanding University Service (PSU, 2003)
Patty Jeanne Semura Outstanding Graduate Student Award (PSU Department of Physics, 2003)