Student Selected Awards
AFIT Student Association
Ivan B. Thompson Award
Dr. Leslie M. Norton Award
Sigma Iota Epsilon, Beta Chapter
Dr. Anthony D'Angelo Award for Student Leadership
Management Professor of the Year Award
Sigma Iota Epsilon
Sigma Iota Epsilon (SIE) is both an honorary and professional fraternity. Its general purpose is two-fold: to encourage and recognize scholastic excellence and to promote cooperation between the academic and professional aspects of management. The Beta Chapter at AFIT annually sponsors the Dr. Anthony D’Angelo Award for Student Leadership recognizing the SIE member who demonstrates excellent leadership/teamwork/ accomplishments within SIE or other management-oriented activities within AFIT. It also sponsors the Management Professor of the Year Award.
Tau Beta Pi, Ohio Eta Chapter
Tau Beta Pi Thesis Award
Tau Beta Pi Thesis Advisor Award
Tau Beta Pi
Tau Beta Pi (TBP) is the only engineering honor society representing the entire engineering profession. Founded at Lehigh University in 1885 to recognize students of distinguished scholarship and exemplary character, TBP is the nation’s second-oldest honor society. The Ohio Eta Chapter of TBP at AFIT has a long history, established on 21 February 1959. Since then, more than 1,600 members have been inducted into the Ohio Eta Chapter of this distinguished honor society. The Tau Beta Pi Thesis Award is presented to the graduating master’s engineering student who has simultaneously demonstrated exceptional scholarship, personal character, and community service, while authoring a thesis that is judged to make a significant contribution to the engineering community.
Association and Society Awards
International Society of Logistics (SOLE)
Jerome G. Peppers, Jr., C.P.L. Outstanding Student Award
International Society of Logistics (SOLE)
SOLE was founded in 1966 as the Society of Logistics Engineers “to engage in educational, scientific, and literary endeavors to advance the art of logistics technology and management.” The Jerome G. Peppers, Jr., C.P.L. Outstanding Student Award is given to a member of each graduating class whose academic record and contributions to the field of logistics are judged superior. Jerry Peppers’ 45 years of service in military logistics began as an Army enlisted aircraft mechanic in 1939 and culminated in his selection as an emeritus faculty member in AFIT’s School of Systems and Logistics in 1984.
Dayton/Miami Valley Chapter of the
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Dr. Martin D. Martin and Dr. John Adams Thesis Award
The Dayton/Miami Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute
The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s foremost advocate for the project management profession. A vital and forward-thinking organization, PMI sets industry standards, conducts research, and provides education, certification, and professional exchange opportunities designed to strengthen and further establish the profession. PMI advances the careers of practitioners while enhancing overall business and government performance through documentation of return on investment. PMI is building professionalism in project management. The Dr. Martin D. Martin and Dr. John Adams Thesis Award is presented to the author of the thesis which best addresses a project management topic that is judged to be an outstanding effort.
Military Operations Research Society (MORS)
Dr. James T. Moore Graduate Research Prize
Military Operations Research Society (MORS)
The Dr. James T. Moore Graduate Research Prize is sponsored by MORS. MORS is a professional society that conducts a classified symposium and several other meetings annually. Under the sponsorship of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and The Joint Staff, the objective of MORS is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of military operations research in order to better support decision making in the Department of Defense. In his 21 years of service at AFIT, culminating as Head of the Department of Operational Sciences, Professor Moore led by example with his military-focused research advising 114 MS and PhD graduates. The Dr. James T. Moore Graduate Research Prize is given to the author of the thesis which is judged to demonstrate the best application of operations research methodology or theory development to a military problem.
Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT)
MASINT Committee Award of Academic Excellence
ATIA Outstanding Student Award
Measurement and Signature Intelligence
Two separate awards are given to students performing research in technical disciplines related to the Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT). The MASINT discipline is technically derived intelligence that allows detection, tracking, identification, or signature characterization of fixed or dynamic target sources. The first award is sponsored by the MASINT Committee, a technical coordination office within the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) with government representatives from the intelligence community and the Department of Defense. The MASINT Committee Award of Academic Excellence is given to the author of a master’s thesis demonstrating high quality research and outstanding work that contributes to the MASINT area. The second award is given by the Advanced Technical Intelligence Association (ATIA). The ATIA is a non-profit trade association formed in 1998 to support the development and use of ATI technologies, provide the voice of industry in advancing ATI approaches for national needs, and promote awareness and understanding of the application of ATI technologies for national needs. The ATIA Outstanding Student Award is given to the student or group of students whose thesis or research project is judged to make the most significant research contributions in the area of measurement and signature intelligence.
American Nuclear Society (ANS)
American Nuclear Society Thesis Award
American Nuclear Society
The American Nuclear Society (ANS) is an international scientific and educational organization consisting of engineers, scientists, educators, students, and others with nuclear-related interests. The Society’s main objective is to promote the advancement of engineering and science relating to the atomic nucleus. AFIT’s Alpha Chapter of the ANS was founded in 1956, the first year that student chapters were recognized by the Society. The American Nuclear Society Thesis Award annually recognizes nuclear engineering and physics students of AFIT’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management, who have simultaneously demonstrated exceptional scholarship and character while authoring a thesis that is judged to make a significant contribution to the nuclear engineering and physics community.
Air Force Historical Foundation
General Bryce Poe II Award
Air Force Historical Foundation
The Air Force Historical Foundation is an organization dedicated to the preservation, perpetuation, and appropriate publication of the history and traditions of the United States Air Force, its predecessor organizations, and the airmen whose lives and dreams have been devoted to flight. The Air Force Historical Society General Bryce Poe II Award is given to the author of a thesis which makes a significant contribution to an understanding of the historical factors affecting an Air Force or DoD problem, event, or process.
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
Society of American Military Engineers Award
Society of American Military Engineers
The mission of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) is to promote and facilitate engineering support for national security by developing and enhancing relationships and competencies among uniformed services, public and private sector engineers, and related professionals. The Society of American Military Engineers Award is presented by the Society’s Kittyhawk Post to the outstanding graduate of the Graduate Engineering Management (GEM) program who best exemplifies academic achievement, leadership, and character.
Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC)
George K. Dimitroff Award
Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency
The George K. Dimitroff Award is sponsored by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) as a tribute to the professionalism and dedication of the late George K. Dimitroff, editor, 1967-1980, of The Air Force Civil Engineer and its successor publication, The Air Force Engineering and Services Quarterly. The award is presented to the author or authors of the thesis judged to be the best on the subject of Air Force Civil Engineering.
Air Force Cyberspace Technical Center of Excellence
Cyberspace Research Excellence Award
Air Force Cyberspace Technical Center of Excellence
The Air Force Cyberspace Technical Center of Excellence is a unifying and synergistic body for promoting cyberspace education, training, research, and technology development. The Cyberspace Research Excellence Award is given to the student whose master’s level research is judged the best in advancing Air Force capabilities in, or understanding of, cyberspace.
Institute of Navigation (ION)
Navigation Research Excellence Award
Institute of Navigation
The Institute of Navigation (ION) is a nonprofit professional society dedicated to the advancement of the art and science of navigation. Founded in 1945, ION serves a diverse navigation community, including those interested in air, space, marine, land navigation, and position determination. The AFIT Navigation Research Excellence Award, sponsored by the Dayton section of the Institute of Navigation, is awarded for the master’s thesis reflecting the most exceptional research contribution to scientific or engineering knowledge in the navigation area.
International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association (ICEAA)
International Cost Estimating and Analysis Thesis Award
The International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association
The International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association (ICEAA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving cost estimating and analysis in government and industry by enhancing the competence and achievements of its professional members.
International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
Excellence in Optics and Photonics Research Award
The International Society for Optics and Photonics
The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) was founded in 1955 and is dedicated to advancing the scientific research and engineering applications of optics, photonic, imaging and light-based technologies.
Military and Security Society of the Institute for Operations Research & the Management Sciences
Dr. Gregory S. Parnell Military and Security
Research Award
The Dr. Gregory S. Parnell Military and Security Research Award is given to the author of a thesis focused on a military or security problem that is judged to make a meaningful theoretical contribution to the discipline of operations research. The award is sponsored by the Military and Security Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
Air University Badge
The Air University (AU) Badge is presented to graduating international students on behalf of the AU Commander and the AU International Officers School at Maxwell AFB.
School Awards
Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Brothers, Jr. Award
The Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Brothers, Jr. Outstanding Volunteer Service Award is given to the faculty or staff member of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management demonstrating the most outstanding sustained volunteer service to the local, national, or international community.
Outstanding Military Professor Award
The Outstanding Military Professor Award is sponsored by the Military Officers Association of America and is given to recognize the military professor who has demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and service.
Secretary James G. Roche Award
The Secretary James G. Roche Award honors the enlisted graduate student demonstrating the highest level of academic, leadership, research, and service achievements while pursuing a master’s degree in the Graduate School of Engineering and Management.
Lieutenant Edwin E. Aldrin, Sr. Award
The Lieutenant Edwin E. Aldrin. Sr. Award, sponsored by the Wright Memorial Chapter of the Air Force Association, is given in recognition of the student who has displayed exceptional leadership characteristics including demonstrated high quality academic accomplishments, military decorum, and the ability to work with faculty as well as fellow students.
Louis F. Polk Award
The Louis F. Polk Award, sponsored by The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), is given in recognition of the student who has made an advanced contribution in his or her professional field in direct furtherance of NDIA’s objectives, promoting the concept of strength through industry and technology.
Mervin E. Gross Award
The Mervin E. Gross Award is given to the graduating student who has demonstrated the most exceptional academic achievement, high qualities of character, initiative, and leadership while pursuing a master’s degree in the Graduate School of Engineering and Management.
Dean’s Award
The Dean’s Award is given in recognition to the most exceptional master’s thesis by a graduating student from the academic departments of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management.
Chancellor’s Award
The Chancellor’s Award is given in recognition to the most exceptional master’s thesis by a graduating student of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management.