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The Vinnakota Award was established in 1997 by Professor Ramulu S. Vinnakota, long-time member of SSRC, in honor of his parents, Sarada M. and Raju A. Vinnakota, who believed in the importance of education and research. The award is given for the best student-authored paper presented at the Annual Stability Conference.
The paper shall be based on the thesis or research of an M.S. or Ph.D. student, and must be submitted prior to graduation.
The student must be the primary author of the paper
The student must be the presenter at the Annual Stability Conference
The student must attend the awards presentation session
The award consists of a certificate and a cash honorarium presented to the student, and a certificate presented to the Professor who is their advisor.
Winners of the Vinnakota Award
2000 Brian Chen
2001 Andrea Surovek
2002 Peter Dusicka
2003 Andrew Sarawit
2004 Nuno Silvestre
2005 O. Ozgur Egilmez
2006 Jose Martinez-Garcia
2007 Jiro Takagi
2008 Mehdi Dastfan
2009 Ian MacPhedran
2010 Duncan Stark
2011 Khanh Le Tran
2012 Mark Denavit
2013 Miguel Abambres
2014 Merih Kucukler
2015 André Martins
2016 Hannah Blum and Enio Mesacasa Jr.
2017 Alireza Farzampour
2018 Bence Jager
2019 Amir Elmaraghy and Luis Vieira
2020 Nuno Peres
2021 Vahab Esmaeili
2022 David Manta