Jack Richard Deslippe, physics and astronomy, was honored with the Outstanding Senior Award in the Sciences, which is based on scholarship and character.

Erin Lynn Gross (left, above, or right), ceramic and materials engineering, was the recipient of the Robert W. Moorman Award. Robert W. Moorman was the son of Commandant Thomas Moorman, a graduate in civil engineering and head of the engineering mechanics department from 1958-1974. The Robert W. Moorman Award honors the most outstanding junior in engineering on the basis of scholarship and character.

The Outstanding Junior Award in the Sciences is given on the basis of scholarship and character. This year’s honoree is Meredith LeAnne Russell, physics & astronomy.

Tau Beta Pi is the national engineering honorary society. Membership is restricted to those with outstanding academic scholarship and exemplary character. The Tau Beta Pi Award recognizes the sophomore in Engineering with the highest academic record based on scholarship and number of hours of engineering courses taken. This year Tau Beta Pi chose to recognize Ashley Nicole Potts, industrial engineering.

Bradley Lehman Weeber, biosystems engineering, was awarded the J. Wesley Davis Leadership Award. The award is given in memory of Dr. J. Wesley Davis, a graduate of Clemson University in electrical engineering and a former president of the Clemson University Engineering Foundation. This award is given to a senior engineering student for outstanding scholarship, leadership in a student engineering organization, and high potential for success in the engineering profession.

Each college is invited to select one student to receive the Phi Kappa Phi Certificate of Merit. The student must be a graduating senior with a GPA of 3.4 or above and have made noteworthy contributions in such areas as leadership, service, and creative endeavors to his/her department, college, and Clemson University. The chosen student was Robert Michael Eshelman, computer science.

Melissa Jan Nicosia, biosystems engineering, was recognized with the Blue Key Academic and Leadership Award. Tigerama funds established an award endowment for one student in each of the University’s five colleges who has distinguished themselves in academic scholarship and campus leadership.

Chuck B. Thomas, bioengineering, and Liang Xue, chemistry, were awarded Outstanding Graduate Researcher Awards, which recognizes exemplary research.

The Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award is given to two graduate teaching assistants who have been recognized by faculty, students, and fellow graduate teaching assistants for their skills in undergraduate teaching. Chosen this year were Jessica Crist Lair physics and astronomy, and Albert Eugene Willis, III, chemistry.