The Austin Hooey Graduate Research Excellence Recognition Award is the highest award given to a graduate student. It recognizes outstanding contributions to scholarship, service, and research towards a PhD. Established in 2005 in honor of the late Austin O. Hooey (1922-2004); her father, William C. Hooey, earned his degree in chemical engineering in 1912. Both, father and daughter, deeply valued higher education and Cornell University.

Previous Hooey Award recipients:

• Spring 2024: Jianing Han & William Tait
• Fall 2023: Kyle Kersey
• Spring 2023: Alexandra Khlyustova
• Fall 2022: Trevor Franklin
• Spring 2022: Alicia Aquino
• Fall 2021: R. Paxton Thedford
• Spring 2021: Sanjuna Stalin & Tiffany Tang
• Fall 2020: Abhishek Sharma & Andrew Ruttinger
• Spring 2020: Han-Yuan Lui & Thapakorn Jaroentomeechai
• Fall 2019: Aravind Natarjan
• Spring 2019: Lakshmi Nathan & Paul Carlson
• Fall 2018: Dana Thornlow & Andrew Shah
• Spring 2018: Mardochee Réveil & Snehashis Choudhury
• Fall 2016: Akanksha Agrawal & Victoria Sorg
• Spring 2016: Kyle Watters & James Stevenson
• Fall 2015: Eugene Choi & Jonathan Saathoff
• Spring 2015: Melissa Takahashi & Ashley Macner
• Fall 2014: Jason Boock & Yingying Lu
• Spring 2014: Brian Koo & Elizabeth (Beth) Savoy
• Fall 2013: Jay Hoon Park & Samanvaya Srivastava
• Spring 2013: Deirdre Costello & Jennifer Schaefer
• Fall 2012: Kaifu Bian
• Spring 2012: Nate Hansen & Ananth Kaushik
• Fall 2011: Praveen Agarwal & Jeremy Luterbacher