Student Chapter Awards

2018 Committee on Student Members Student Chapter Awards

These awards were based on information in the 2017 Annual Reports.
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Robert Ridgway Student Chapter Award Winner 

This award is made annually to the single most outstanding Student Chapter:

• University of California, Los Angeles

Ridgway Award Finalists

These Student Chapters were finalists for the Robert Ridgway Award:

• Brigham Young University
  
• University of California, Los Angeles
  
• The Citadel
  
• Florida A&M University-Florida State University
  
• University of Wyoming

Distinguished Chapter Awards

Awarded to the most outstanding Student Chapter in each Region:

• Region 1: Polytechnique Montréal
  
• Region 2: University of Pittsburgh
  
• Region 3: University of Wisconsin-Platteville
  
• Region 4: The Citadel
  
• Region 5: Florida A&M University-Florida State University
  
• Region 6: University of Texas at Austin
  
• Region 7: University of Wyoming
  
• Region 8: Brigham Young University
  
• Region 9: California State University, Northridge
  
• Region 10: Hohai University

Certificates of Commendation

No more than 5% of Student Chapters are awarded Certificates of Commendation:

• University of Arizona
  
• University of Buffalo, The State University of New York
  
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  
• University of Cincinnati
  
• The Cooper Union
  
• Fairmont State University
  
• University of Florida
  
• Illinois Institute of Technology
  
• University of Minnesota Duluth
  
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  
• Oregon State University
  
• Purdue University at West Lafayette
  
• Saint Louis University
  
• South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
  
• South Dakota State University
  
• University of Tennessee at Knoxville
  
• Vanderbilt University

Most Improved Award

Given to the Student Chapter with the largest positive change in scores over the previous year:

• Polytechnique Montréal

Richard J. Scranton Outstanding Community Service Award

 This award recognizes the student chapter demonstrating excellence in community service and global citizenship

•  Oregon Institute of Technology

Honorable Mention

 This award is given to the top third of Student Chapters, based on their Annual Report score: 

• University of Akron
  
• University of Alabama
  
• American University in Beirut
• An-Najah National University
  
• Arizona State University
  
• Universidad Autonoma Del Estado De Mexico
  
• University of British Columbia
  
• California State University, Chico
  
• California State University, Sacramento
  
• University of California, Davis
  
• University of California, Irvine
  
• University of California, San Diego
  
• Carnegie Mellon University
  
• University of Central Florida
  
• City College of New York, CUNY
  
• The College of New Jersey
  
• Colorado School of Mines
  
• Columbia University
  
• Escuela Politécnica Nacional
  
• University of Evansville
  
• Fairleigh Dickinson University
  
• Florida Institute of Technology
  
• Florida International University
  
• Georgia Institute of Technology
  
• University of Hawaii at Manoa
  
• Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
  
• University of Houston
  
• Idaho State University
  
• University of Illinois at Chicago
  
• Iowa State University
  
• University of Jordan
  
• Kansas State University
  
• Kennesaw State University
  
• University of Kentucky
  
• Lamar University
  
• Lipscomb University
  
• Louisiana Tech University
  
• University of Maine
  
• University of Massachusetts Amherst
  
• University of Massachusetts Lowell
  
• Milwaukee School of Engineering
  
• Minnesota State University, Mankato
  
• University of Mississippi
  
• Mississippi State University
  
• University of Missouri-Columbia
  
• University of Missouri-Kansas City
  
• Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering
  
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln at Omaha
  
• University of Nevada, Reno
  
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  
• University of New Orleans
  
• New York City College of Technology
  
• New York University Tandon School of Engineering
  
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  
• North Carolina State University
  
• Northern Arizona University
  
• Ohio State University
  
• Old Dominion University
  
• University of the Pacific
  
• University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
  
• Portland State University
  
• Purdue University Northwest
  
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  
• Salt Lake Community College
  
• Siksha O Anusandhan University
  
• University of South Alabama
  
• University of South Carolina
  
• University of South Florida
  
• Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
  
• Texas A&M University
  
• University of Texas at Arlington
  
• University of Texas at El Paso
  
• United States Air Force Academy
  
• United States Military Academy
  
• Valparaiso University
  
• Vellore Institute of Technology
  
• University of Washington
  
• Wentworth Institute of Technology
  
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
• Youngstown State University