{"id":2711,"date":"2023-09-04T16:15:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T23:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/?page_id=2711"},"modified":"2025-12-06T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T00:52:00","slug":"student-success","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1410853618972\" class=\"row single \">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-541 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2015\/01\/Banner_2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"793\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2015\/01\/Banner_2015.jpg 793w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2015\/01\/Banner_2015-396x63.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2015\/01\/Banner_2015-792x127.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1411281128121\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<address><span style=\"color: black;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Student Successes<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Below we list the successes the students working in our NOME labs have attained.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">We hope you will agree this is an impressive list.<\/span><\/address>\n<hr \/>\n<address>\n<address>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">GRADUATE AWARDS<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roygpost.org\/2019scholarships\">R.G. Post<\/a> Foundation Fellows, for Safe Handling of Nuclear Waste<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Jamie Weaver, 2015<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Jose Marcial, 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Mostafa Ahmadzadeh, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Emily Nienhuis, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Natalie Smith-Gray, 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Arumala Josiah Lere-Adams, 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Jessica Erickson Sly, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2023 (Penn State)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2025 (WSU)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Brooke Downing, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2025 (Colorado School of Mines)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Other graduate fellows and awards<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Jamie Weaver, Golding Family Fellowship, 2015<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Jose Marcial, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/programs\/gaann\/index.html\">GAANN<\/a>), 2014-15<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Saehwa Chong, GAANN, 2014-15<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Julio Zamora, GAANN<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Michael Kindle, WA NASA space grant<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Sam Karcher, WA NASA space grant, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Sam Karcher, innovations in nuclear science R&amp;D, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Natalie Smith-Gray, outstanding TA MSE, 2021-2<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Arumala Josiah Lere-Adams,\u00a0Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Diamond Award, 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Jing Shang, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">VCEA Dissertation Award and 3-minute thesis MSE winner, 2025<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Ben Dutton, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant MSE, 2025<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goldwaterscholarship.gov\/\">Goldwater<\/a> scholar<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"direction: ltr;margin-top: 0in;margin-bottom: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, 2022<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">American Ceramic Society (ACERS) awards &#8211; Alfred R. <a href=\"https:\/\/ceramics.org\/awards\/alfred-r-cooper-scholars-award\/\">Cooper Scholar<\/a> &#8211; best UG researcher in glass science<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"direction: ltr;margin-top: 0in;margin-bottom: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Jessica Erickson Sly, Cooper award, 1st place, 2022<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, Cooper award, 1st place, 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Other awards<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Society for Glass Technology (SGT) Oldfield award, 3rd prize, 2023<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, DOE-NE University Nuclear Leadership Program (UNLP) Scholarship, 2024-5<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, DOE-NE Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research and Development Student Competition (INSC), 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, Corning Glass Age fellowship, 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, WSU Top 10 Senior, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Dalay Ledezma, WSU Team Mentoring Program research scholarship award, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Voted outstanding WSU students at department (ME, MSE) and\/or college level (Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, VCEA)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Muad Saleh, senior MSE, 2014-5<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Jonathan Moore, sophomore MSE &amp; VCEA, 2015-6<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Gabe Cocking, sophomore MSE, 2016-7<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Emily Allen, junior ME, 2016-7<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Jessica Erickson, senior MSE, 2020-1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">John Bussey, junior MSE, 2020-1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Brooke Downing, junior MSE &amp; VCEA, 2021-2<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Nathan Sakaguchi, sophomore MSE, 2021-2<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Audra Totten, junior MSE, 2022-3; 2023-4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Halen Walker, senior MSE, 2022-3<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Josie Soles, sophomore MSE, 2023-4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Raine Antonio, senior MSE, 2023-4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">John Bussey, outstanding undergraduate researcher MSE, 2023-4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Nathan Sakaguchi, outstanding undergraduate researcher MSE, 2024-5<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">John Bussey, outstanding peer mentor MME, 2024-5<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">UNDERGRAD and GRAD students<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">American Ceramic Society (ACERS) Bulletin authors<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Mostafa Ahmadzadeh (2018 March) &#8211; deciphering the discipline<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Michael Kindle (2019 May) &#8211; deciphering the discipline<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Muad Saleh (2019 June) &#8211; student perspective<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey (2022 June) &#8211; student perspective<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Ian Wells (2023 April) &#8211; deciphering the discipline<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Nabil Shuvo (2024 September) &#8211; deciphering the discipline<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">American Ceramic Society (ACERS) Presidents Council of Student Advisors (<a href=\"https:\/\/ceramics.org\/members\/member-communities\/presidents-council-of-student-advisors\/\">PCSA<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-weight: normal\">Jose Marcial, 2014-16<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Mostafa Ahmadzadeh, 2017-18<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">Muad Saleh, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, 2021-2025<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Wyatt Kiff, 2024-<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Poster awards<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Joey Kabel, WSU SURCA novice, 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Joseph Osborn, WSU SURCA emeritus society, 2016<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Michael Kindle, ACERS Glass and Optical Materials Division, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Muad Saleh, \u00a0International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, WSU SURCA emeritus society, 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">John Bussey, WSU SURCA crimson award, 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\">Seon Jin Kim, ACERS Glass and Optical Materials Division\/ PACRIM, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/address>\n<\/address><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1467213619100\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-541 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2015\/01\/Banner_2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"793\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2015\/01\/Banner_2015.jpg 793w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2015\/01\/Banner_2015-396x63.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2015\/01\/Banner_2015-792x127.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Student Successes<br \/> Below we list the successes the students working in our NOME labs have attained.<br \/> We hope you will agree this is an impressive list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\">GRADUATE AWARDS<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roygpost.org\/2019scholarships\">R.G. Post<\/a> Foundation Fellows, for Safe Handling of Nuclear Waste<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Weaver, 2015<br \/> Jose Marcial, 2016<br \/> Mostafa Ahmadzadeh, 2018<br \/> Emily Nienhuis, 2019<br \/> Natalie Smith-Gray, 2021<br \/> Arumala Josiah Lere-Adams, 2023<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;font-family: Calibri;font-size: 11.0pt\">National Science Foundation Graduate Research &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/student-success\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3150,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2711\/revisions\/3150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=2711"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}