Each year, out of the 300 students that take Technical Writing, several will be nominated to receive a Technical Writing Award. Instructors submit the top research papers for consideration, and through an annual judging session, a winner is selected. The distinction appears on the winner’s permanent transcript from the university.


2020 Technical Writing Award Recipients

Best of the Best Award of Excellence in Technical Writing

  • Elizabeth Johnson, Detection and Profiling of Wheat Stem Rust Fungus Using Synthetic Biology

Awards of Excellence in Technical Writing and Best Scientific Style

  • Patrick Di Rita, Automated Kernel Fitting for Gaussian Process Models: Exploring Learned Gaussian Process Kernels for Pattern Discovery and Other Applications

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing and Best STEAM paper

  • Quinlan McGrath, The Intersection of Art and Mathematics: Folding the Future

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing

  • Katherine Zhou, Will Robots Be the Next Generation of Doctors?

Best Magazine Style

  • Yoo Na Shim, Telomerase: A Bargain for Longevity

Proposal, Policy, and Recommendation Impact Award

  • Aman Grover, Recommendation Report for American Artificial Intelligence Innovation Strategy: Increasing Investment and Adjusting Policy to Optimize Value Capture

Real World Application Award

  • Trina Sudol, Can You Eat Raw Cookie Dough? To Conscientious Bakers Who Are Tempted to Eat Raw Dough...

In St. Louis and for St. Louis Impact Award

  • Camryn Kenkel, Eradicating Food Deserts: An Examination of the Fight against Food Insecurity in St. Louis City

Awards of Merit in Technical Writing

  • David Song, The Science of Addiction. What We Know. What We’re Learning.
  • Connor Douglas, In Code We Trust: How blockchain can save our democracy
  • Ethan Cuka, From Nebula to Supernova: A Guided Tour of the Stellar Lifecycle
2019 Award Recipients

2019 Technical Writing Award Recipients

Best of the Best Award of Excellence in Technical Writing

  • Rachel Jakes, Mozart’s Music

Awards of Excellence in Technical Writing

  • Simone Raeth, Disney Engineering
  • Luna Yang, Has Boeing Become The Second Ford — Reflection On Ethiopian Airline Flight 302 Crash

Awards of Merit in Technical Writing

  • Ellen Dai, Visions of the Past--How Paleoartists Accurately Reconstruct Dinosaurs
  • Bex Smith, SUPPLY CHAIN DIGITIZATION: INDUSTRY 4.0
  • Arushee Agrawal, Improving Educational Resources for Future Software Engineers
  • Rebecca Davis, Where is My Bus?: Strategies and Incentives to Increase Ridership on the St. Louis Metro

Special Award of Merit: Impact Award

  • Khin-Wai Phyo Han, Launch of the Pyin Nyar

Honorable Mentions

  • Donald Aboytes, Putting Significance to the Test
  • Rachel Lockwood, Mind-Controlled Prosthesis
  • Sennett Yang, Should Intermittent Fasting be Used as an Alternative Solution Against Type II Diabetes and Obesity