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Prizes

The Phi Gamma Delta Teaching Fellowship

Awarded annually to students having distinguished work in mathematics courses and who, in the opinion of the Department of Mathematics, are qualified to aid the department in its instructional endeavors.

2019: Hanae Bouazza IDP
2018: Sabina Adhikari  ’19
2017: Deven J.D. Roberts ’18

The Irving K. Butler Prize in Mathematics

Established through a bequest from the late Mr. Butler, it is given annually to a rising senior (i.e., member of the junior class) who in the judgment of the Department of Mathematics has done outstanding work in mathematics.

2019: Noelle Casey ’20, Patrick Sullivan ’20
2018: Samantha Jarvis  ’19
2017: Deven J.D. Roberts ’18, Shufan Wang ’18

The Marjorie V. Butcher Actuarial Studies and Applied Mathematics Prize

Named for Marjorie Van Eenam Butcher H’09, professor of mathematics, emeritus, who was Trinity college’s first female faculty member, teaching at the college from 1956 until her retirement in 1989. The prize is awarded to seniors who have done outstanding work in actuarial studies or applied mathematics.

2019: Sabina Adhikari ’19, Maria Warns ’19
2018: Maria Warns ’19
2017: Subekshya Bidari ’17

The Robert C. Stewart Prize

Established in honor of Professor Robert C. Stewart, who retired after 46 years with the Department of Mathematics. The prize is awarded to students who have demonstrated an interest in a teaching career.

2019: Maria Warns ’19
2017: Sophie Long ’17

The Trjitzinsky Scholarship

The Trjitzinsky Scholarship is a one-time external award from the American Mathematical Society.

2018: Aashwin Basnet ’19, Daniel Melesse ’20

Phi Gamma Delta Prizes

Each year the Department of Mathematics awards Phi Gamma Delta Prizes for first-year students, second-year students, and to seniors who demonstrate outstanding work in mathematics courses.

Additionally, students who successfully pursue the understanding of mathematics may be inducted into Trinity’s chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, a national mathematics honor society.

View the winners for the first-year, second-year, and senior prizes, from 2001 onward, below. For the prize recipients from earlier years, please click here.

The Phi Gamma Delta Prizes in Mathematics for First-Year Students

Beginning in 2001, an award for work performed in a given academic year was presented at the end of the following academic year.

2019
First Prize: Hanae Bouazza IDP, Thu Bui ’21, Qi Miao ’21, Erkin Verbeek ’21
Second Prize: Jiuyuan Chi ’21, Hanna Vescovi ’21, Uyen Doan ’21, Claire Grigglestone ’21
Third Prize: Huayue Ai ’21, Julia McGurn ’21, Skyler Szot ’21, Physiwell Maume ’21 Xi Wang ’21, Alisa Levin ’21

2018
First Prize: Fumihiro Tamada ’20, Donovan Palmer ’20
Second Prize: Patrick O’Sullivan ’20, Lianghong Xu ’21, Hadley Santana-Querioz ’20, Daniel Melesse ’20, Farhan Rozaidi ’20, Alex Sinson ’20
Third Prize:   Noelle Casey ’20, Thanh Son Phung ’20

2017
First Prize: Sabina Adikhari ’19, Aashwin Basnet ’19, Samantha K. Jarvis ’19, Jacqueline A. Kromash ’19, Nikola A. Mizgier ’19
Second Prize: Brian Cieplicki ’19, Lucas Duros ’19, Michael J. McInnis Jr. ’19, Thanh T. Nguyen ’19, Yeling Wang ’19, Meiling Zhang ’19

2016
First Prize: Deven J. Roberts ’18, Shufan Wang ’18
Second Prize: Mariam Avagyan’18, Dana M. Gionfriddo’18, Akrit Mudvari ’18, Richard H. Samuelson ’18
Third Prize: Christy Chan’18, Dylan C. Ingram’18, Alexander S. Johnson’18, Dana A. Wensberg ’18

2015
First Prize: Catherine A. Cooper’17, Adam Y.W. Fong’17, Basileal Y. Imana’17, Samuel C. Johnson’17, Linh K. LKe’17, Yuxuan Li’17, Jessica B. Voight’17, and Yuwei Wang’17
Second Prize: Subekshya Bidari’17, Sophie Long’17, Kalin McGowan’17, Jordan M. Politz’17, John C. Wallace’17 and Phillip L.F. Winser’17
Third Prize: Griffin M. Bossard’17, Kunwei Yang ’17

2014
First Prize: Hang Yang’16, Minh H. Nguyen’16, Darcy J. Cogswell’16 and Thai D. Le’16
Second Prize: Minh Anh T. Nguyen’16 and Zhiyuan Chen’16
Third Prize: Nicholas J. Bellas ’16, Jami R. Cogswell ’16, Florence Y. Dou ’16, Giselle N. E. Garcia’16, Bohae R. Lee ’16, Michael A. Ragazzi ’16 and Kathryn M. Tully ’16

2013
First Prize: Hyunsu Cho’ 15, Binod Giri ’15, Lisa Yamada ’15, and Jiajia Zhao ’15
Second Prize: Erin C. Barney ’15, Matthew B. Fellows ’15, Chi P. Nguyen ’15, and Benjamin C. Williams ’15
Third Prize: Karyn E. Barrett ’15, Edgar Soto ’15, and Luchang Wang ’15

2012
First Prize: Vlad S. Burca’14 and Gokuleshwor Pokharel ’14
Second Prize: Yuxi Cai ’14, Xu Huang ’14, Shu Lin ’14 and Mary N. McAlister ’14
Third Prize: Sarah R. Isaac ’14, Lorena Lazo de la Vega ’14 and Jessica L. L’Heureux ’14

2011
First Prize: Emma C. Phillips
Second Prize: Muhammad Hardiansyah, Andrei Marchidan, Han Wu
Third Prize: Erika J. Adams, Jonathan D. Handali, Nyi M. Htet, Ayiti C. Maharaj-Best, Benjamin T. Rudy

2010
First Prize: Kevin Huang, Gregory P. Vaughan
Second Prize: Rayan H. Beydoun, John P. Bower, My T.T. Dam, Nicolae Dragu, David Gelwan, Adam J. Katcher, Sean C. McCarthy, Yuan Mei, Todor N. Mitev, Mary K. Morr, Lorenzo R. Sewanen, Nay Oo Shein

2009
First Prize: Michelle M. Benjamin, Sarthak Khanal, Chao Liao, Rahul R. Shakya, Julia Svedova
Second Prize: Dimitar V. Gochev, Andrew M. Janiga, Simon Lin, Trang T. Luong, Andrew R. Page, Young Ho Shin, Benjamin B. Wheatley

2008
First Prize: Heather Lothrop, Matthew Phinney, Adam Wright
Second Prize: Vinit Agrawal, Christopher Hall, Ankit Saraf, Ryan Shapiro
Third Prize: Derek Anderson, Alexander Salvato, Nathan Swaim

2007
First Prize: Saroj Aryal, Mary Ebraheem, Kalin V. Gochev
Second Prize: Sagar Bhandari, William G. Burns Jr., Urey Chow, Jennifer C. Gifford, Keith J. Goldman, Sylvia H. Hristakeva, Olga C Irizarry, Arland F Kane, Kristen A. MsNamara, Jonathan Nyce, Ezel Poslu, Eli J. Roxby, Gautam A. Samarth, Rumen S. Vasilev

2006
First Prize: Nikolay A. Atanasov, Giovanni Capalbo, Nabil Imam, Haley A. Lepo, Lisa M. L. Pham, Ryo Saotome, Valentina G. Zhelyazkova
Second Prize: Leighann G. Kinter, David Pietrocola, Willis C. Reed-Button

2005
First Prize: Susmita Bhandari, Caroline S. Colket, Saiying He, Timothy G. Hood, Jr., Michael S. Kelleher, Jr., Margaret A. Moult, James M. Piette, III, Michael R, Sollami
Second Prize: Jonathan B. Boreyko, Thomas L. S. Bransfield, Katie E. Gordon, Adam M. Leamon, Laura C. Maloney
Third Prize: Daniel J. Kelleher, Michelle A. Melton, Jesse L. Turcotte

2004
First Prize: Adam B. Lesser, Dilian P. Kovachev
Second Prize: Caitlyn A. Prescott, Maria I. Restrepo, Joseph S. Wzorek
Third Prize: Lisa J. Bosy, Douglas S. Goodman

2003
First Prize: Robert W. Bialobrzeski, Nilsson Holguin, Bozidar Marinkovic
Second Prize: Rachel Hartman, Joseph Houkal, James Malone, Mark Witt
Third Prize: Chase J. D’Agostino, Jonathan Goins, Jacqueline O’Brien, Michelle O’Neil

2002
First Prize: Michael Doros, David Huoppi, Jessie Schepker, Nhon Trinh
Second Prize: Nathaniel S. Bourne, Catherine J. Jurkiewicz, Lily S. Leung
Third Prize: Meghan E. Emilio, Scott B. Graham, Daniel P. Gyllstrom

Phi Gamma Delta Prize In Mathematics for Second-Year Students

Beginning in 2001, an award for work performed in a given academic year was presented at the end of the following academic year.

2019
First Prize: Noelle Casey ’20, Patrick O’Sullivan ’20, Matthew Sullivan IDP
Second Prize: Abigail Colombo ’20, Mahmood Khalil ’20, Daniel Melesse ’20
Third Prize: Hannah Neufeld ’20, Mehluko Myanga ’20, Sarah Kryspin ’20, Thanh Son Phung ’20

2018
First Prize: Samantha Jarvis ’19, Sabina Adhikari ’19
Second Prize: Aashwin Basnet ’19
Third Prize: Jacqueline Kromash ’19

2017
First Prize: Dana Gianfriddo ’18, Graham Goodwin ’18, Dylan Ingram ’18, Alexander Johnson ’18, Deven J.D. Roberts ’18, Shufan Wang ’18
Second Prize: Daijun He ’18, Nhat Pham ’18
Third Prize: Tasha Adams ’18, Mariam Avagyan ’18, Jack Stallman ’18

2016
First Prize: Subeskshya Bidari ’17, Adam Y.W. Fong ’17, Bingqing Li ’17, John C. Wallace ’17
Second Prize: Yaoqi Guo ’17, Dylan S. Spagnuolo ’17
Third Prize: Linh K. Le ’17, Minghui Liu ’17, Kalin McGowan ’17, Jordan M. Politz ’17, Yuwei Wang ’17

2015
First Prize: Gregory J. Convertito’16, Florence Y. Dou ’16, Giselle N.E. Garcia’16, Thai D. Le’16, Minh Anh T. Nguyen ’16, Michael A. Ragazzi ’16, Hang Yang ’16, and Steven J. Yee’16
Second Prize: Erin E. Aisenberg ’16, Jami R. Cogswell ’16, Sarah C. DiCorpo ’16, Luke H. Hickox ’16, and Shriya V. Nagpal ’16
Third Prize: Reid H. Delaney’16, Khari-Elijah C. Jarrett ’16, Ada Ng ’16 and Anh T. Nguyen ’16

2014
First Prize: Binod Giri’ 15
Second Prize: Matthew Fellows’15, Jake A. Hyland ’15, Bojun Xu ’15, and Lisa Yamada ’15
Third Prize: Duy T. Luong ’15 and William G. Blaine ’15

2013
First Prize: Mary N. McAlister ’14, Gokuleshwor Pokharel ’14, and Sama Shrestha ’14
Second Prize: David J. Mallick ’14 and Yuxi Cai ’14
Third Prize: Alyssa B. Cuyjet ’14 and Danyelle M. Doldoorian ’14

2012
First Prize: Andrei Marchidan ’13 and Emma C. Phillips ’13
Second Prize: Wendy Huang ’13, Leo L. Liyeung ’13, Nitin Sajankila ’13, and Shuyang Zhu ’13

2011
First Prize: Kevin Huang, Adam J. Katcher, Yuan Mei
Second Prize: John P. Bower, Gong Chen, Todor N. Mitev, Gregory P. Vaughan
Third Prize: Scott A. Eckenthal

2010
First Prize: Dimitar V. Gochev, Chao Liao, Rahul R. Shakya
Second Prize: Michelle M. Benjamin, Orhan C. Gazelle, Young Ho Shin
Third Prize: Rachel A. Foecking

2009
First Prize: Justin B. Barrett, Ankit Saraf, Ryan T. Shapiro
Second Prize: Vinit Agrawal, Adam A. Wright
Third Prize: Alexander P. Bisson, Daisy M. Ramos

2008
First Prize: Saroj Aryal, Kalin Gochev, Olga C. Irizarry, Rumen Vasilev
Second Prize: Silvia Hristakeva, Gautam Samarth
Third Prize: Naoto Hamashima, Justin Sweeney

2007
First Prize: Nikolay A. Atanasov, Leighann G. Kinter, Haley A. Lepo, Lisa M.L. Pham
Second Prize: Svilena Bozhikova, Nabil Imam, Jillian M. Langer, Ryo Saotome, Hari P. Sharma, Valentina G Zhelyazkova

2006
First Prize: Laura C. Maloney
Second Prize: Jenny L. Petrauskas
Third Prize: Daniel J. Kelleher

2005
First Prize: Jeffrey R. Jaworski, Jaclyn L. Kupper
Second Prize: Bao Ngoc Lien Pham, Maria I. Restrepo
Third Prize: Alexis Morley-Lyons

2004
First Prize: Stephen L. Katuska, Bozidar Marinkovic
Second Prize: Jeffrey C. Pulaski, Jr.

2003
First Prize: Nhon Trinh
Second Prize: Emale Ali, Robert Cohn, Julia Ewart, Catherine Jurkiewicz, Lily Leung, Jacob Schneider, Kyle Griswold, David Huoppi

2002
First Prize: Steven C. Coakley, Julie K. MacPhee
Second Prize: Erin E. LeDell, Maximillian B. Schaffer
Third Prize: Laura A. Heath, Elizabeth B. Johnson

Phi Gamma Delta Prize In Mathematics for Seniors

2019
Samantha Jarvis ’19

2018
Shufan Wang ’18,  Richard Samuelson ’18,  Deven Roberts  ’18

2017
Catherine A. Cooper’17, Shriya V. Nagpal ’17, John C. Wallace ’17

2016
Gregory J. Convertito

2015
Hyunsu Cho

2014
Vlad S. Burca, Gokuleshwor Pokharel, Sama Shrestha

2013
Andrei Marchidan, Emma C. Phillips, Nitin Sajankila

2012
Kevin Huang, Todor N. Mitev

2011
Dimitar V. Gochev, Rahul R. Shakya

2010
Vinit Agrawal

2009
Kalin V. Gochev

2008
Leighann Kinter, Haley Lepo

2007
Daniel J. Kelleher, Saiying He

2006
Michael R. Sollami

2005
John Douglas Corning, Fernanda Soledad Mune

2004
Nhon Trinh

2003
Marin Kobilarov, Maximillan B. Shaffer, Julie MacPhee

2002
Lisa M Termine, Kimberly M. Stevens

2001
Sean Conaghan