The Matthew J. Huber Award for Excellence in Transportation Research and Education is given to University of Minnesota graduate students demonstrating outstanding academic achievement in engineering, science, and technology fields. Up to two students are honored each year (one master's and one doctoral candidate).
2023 Recipients
Simanta Barman
Simanta Barman is a master’s student in civil engineering (transportation) and industrial and systems engineering (analytics), advised by Michael Levin.
Mingfeng Shang
Mingfeng Shang is a doctoral candidate in civil engineering, advised by Raphael Stern.
Past Recipients
2022
Kathryn Kramarczuk, water resources science master's program (Advisors: Andy Erickson and Jacques Finlay)
Shi'an Wang, civil engineering doctoral program (Advisor: Michael Levin)
2021
Souvik Roy, civil engineering (UMD) master's program (Advisor: Manik Barman)
Pramesh Kumar, civil engineering doctoral program (Advisor: Alireza Khani)
2020
Pengyue Wang, mechanical engineering (Advisor: Will Northrop)
Benjamin Tomhave, civil engineering (Advisor: Alireza Khani)
2019
Yunli Shao, mechanical engineering (Advisor: Zongxuan Sun)
Vinicius Taguchi, civil engineering (Advisor: John Gulliver)
2018
Woongsun Jeon, mechanical engineering (Advisor: Rajesh Rajamani)
Jacqueline Nowak, urban and regional planning and civil engineering (Advisor: Alireza Khani)
2017
Mengying Cui, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (Advisor: David Levinson)
Jingru Gao, transportation engineering (Advisor: Gary Davis)
2016
Maria Garcia-Serrana, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (Advisor: John Gulliver)
Vahid Moshtagh, transportation engineering (Advisor: Gary Davis)
2015
Indrajit Chatterjee, Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor: Gary Davis)
2014
Andrew Kotz, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: William Northrop)
Jianfeng Zheng, Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor: Henry Liu)
2013
Xuan Di, civil engineering doctoral program (Advisor: Henry Liu)
Panagiotis Stanitsas, civil engineering master's program (Advisor: John Hourdos)
2012
Augusto Cannone Falchetto, civil engineering doctoral program (Advisor: Mihai Marasteanu)
David Bennett, mechanical engineering master's and doctoral programs (Advisor: David Kittelson)
2011
Hai Quang Dinh, electrical and computer engineering (UMD) master's program (Advisor: Hua Tang)
Andy Erickson, civil engineering doctoral program (Advisor: John Gulliver)
2010
Adam Ragatz, mechanical engineering master's program (Advisor: David Kittelson)
Xinkai Wu, civil engineering Ph.D. program (Advisor: Henry X. Liu)
2009
Shan Hu, mechanical engineering master's program (Advisor: Xun Yu)
Evan Ribnick, electrical engineering Ph.D. program (Advisor: Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos)
2008
Nebiyou Tilahun, civil engineering Ph.D. program (advisor: David Levinson)
Raul Velasquez, civil engineering Ph.D. program (Advisor: Mihai Marasteanu)
2007
Michael Rakauskas, Research fellow with the HumanFIRST Program (Nominated by: Nic Ward)
Xiaozheng He, Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor: Henry Liu)
2006
Adam Zofka, Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor: Mihai Marasteanu)
Harini Veeraraghaven, Computer Science and Engineering (Advisor: Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos)
2005
Wuping Xin, Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor: Panos Michalopoulos)
Nathaniel Bird, Computer Science (Advisor: Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos)
2004
Yufeng Guo, Urban and Regional Planning, Humphrey School (Advisor: Richard Bolan)
Eray Baran, structural engineering, Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor: Carol Shield)
2003
Xue Li, Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor: Mihai Marasteanu)
Lei Zhang, transportation engineering, pavement engineering, Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor: David Levinson)
2002
Mazen O. Hasna, Department of Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Mohamed-Slim Alouini)
Praveena Pidaparthi, urban and regional planning, Humphrey School (Advisor: Kevin Krizek)
2001
Julie Cidell, Department of Geography (Advisor: John Adams)
Seshasai Kanchi, Department of Civil Engineerinng (Advisor: David Levinson)
2000
Selma N. de Ridder, Department of Kinesiology (Advisor: Peter Hancock)
Heon Min Lim, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Max Donath)
1999
William R. Knecht