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