Celebrating the 2026 CEMS TA Award Winners

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (05/13/2026) — The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 CEMS TA Awards, which recognize the outstanding teaching contributions of our graduate student teaching assistants. Award recipients are nominated by course instructors and selected by theCEMS Directors of Graduate Studies. Each awardee receives a $50 gift card in recognition of their efforts. A small ceremony was held to honor their valuable contributions to teaching in the department.

This year’s award recipients and the courses they supported are:

• Chuer (Carley) Bao — ChEn 4501W
• Eamon Bartlett — MatS 4221
• Sam Ewald — MatS 2002
• Ian Harreschou — ChEn 4601
• Komal Kankani — ChEn 4601
• Donghwan Kim — MatS 3002
• Christina Lee — MatS 3011
• Julia Lies — MatS 4400
• Vishnu Sahu — ChEn/MatS 8201
• Barath Tirumuruhan — MatS 4221
• Chijing Zang — ChEn 4601

Congratulations to all of this year’s award recipients!