Chukwudalu Great Umenweke

Fast Start Award - Presented to a graduate student in his or her first or second year in the Department of Chemistry, who has made outstanding initial overall progress towards his or her degree. Factors to be considered are performance in courses, initiative in research, and success in cumulative exams (2022)

Summer Research In-situ X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne (ICB) at the University of Burgundy (uB), in Dijon, France (Summer 2022)

American Chemical Society (ACS) Student Exchange Award - in recognition for a combination of achievements, including the NOBCChE abstract submission, peer-reviewed publication record, and campus/community involvement. (2022)

2nd Place Award Three Minute Rundown; Research Thesis Oral Presentation at the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers National (NOBCCHE) 49th Meeting (2022)

Fast Start Award - Presented to a graduate student in his or her first or second year in the Department of Chemistry, who has made outstanding initial overall progress towards his or her degree. Factors to be considered are performance in courses, initiative in research, and success in cumulative exams (2022)

Best Poster Award - Presented at the 26th Annual ACS Green Chemistry and Engineering conference, at Reston, Virginia, USA (2022)

University of Kentucky Graduate Student Congress (UKGSC) Pillars Award in recognition for the contribution towards creating a sense of community for graduate and professional students in the University of Kentucky (2021)