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The Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes
The Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes were endowed by a generous grant from Sterge Demetriades and his wife Anna Kokkalis Demetriades.

2010 Prize Winners

The student winners of the 2010 Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis Prizes were announced at a special luncheon with the Demetriades - Tsafka - Kokkalis family. Xiquan Cui received the prize in Biotechnology for his work on biophotonics with Professor Changhuei Yang; Matt Eichenfield received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work in nanomechanics with Professor Oskar Painter; Morgan Putnam received the prize in Entrepreneurship for work on silicon solar cells with Professor Harry Atwater; and Andrew May received the prize in Environmentally Benign Renewable Energy Sources for his work on thermoelectric materials with Professor Sossina Haile and Dr. Jeff Snyder.

 


From left to right: Matt Eichenfield, Morgan Putnam, Xiquan Cui, Andrew May.
(View photos of the 2010 luncheon)


2009 Prize Winners

Erik Rodriguez received the prize in Biotechnology for his work with Professor Niles Pierce; Ke Xu received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work with Professor Michael Roukes; Virgil Griffith received the prize in Entrepreneurship for his work with Professor Ken Pickar; Joshua Spurgeon received the prize in Renewable Energy for his work with Harry Atwater. (View photos of the 2009 luncheon)

 

 


2008 Prize Winners

Melissa Archer received the prize in Environmentally Benign Renewable Energy Sources for her work with Professor Harry Atwater; John Delacruz and Andrew Downard received the prize in Entrepreneurship for their work with Professor Ken Pickar; Rassul Karabalin received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work with Professor Michael Roukes; Sabastian Maerkl received the prize in Biotechnology for his work with Professor Niles Pierce.
(View photos of the 2008 luncheon)

 


2007 Prize Winners

Ghyrn Loveness received the prize in Entrepreneurship for their work with Professor Ken Pickar; Jang Wook Choi received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work with Professor James R Heath; Robert Walters received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work with Professor Harry Atwater; Jesse Bloom received the prize in Biotechnology for his work with Professor Frances H. Arnold.


2006 Prize Winners

Allan Drummond received the prize in Bioengineering for his work with Professor Frances Arnold; John Howard received the prize in Entrepreneurship for his work with Professor Ken Pickar; Michael Hochberg received the prize in Nanotechnology for his work with Professor Axel Scherer.


2005 Prize Winner

Jeffrey Endelman received the prize in Bioengineering for his work with Professor Frances Arnold.


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