Engineering Communication Center (ECC)

Technical Writing Awards

Each year, out of the 500 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.

2023 Technical Writing Award Recipients

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Best Magazine Style

Matt Lu, The Semiconductor Decoupling Dilemma

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Creative Multimedia Format

Tiffany Chen, Languages Are Dying: How Do We Save Them?

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Global Energy Impact

Jupjeet Dhingra, A Brighter Tomorrow: Addressing Growing Energy Needs in Developing Countries with Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Outstanding Visual Design

Shreya Patel, Exploring Epigenetics

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Proposal, Policy, and Recommendation Impact

Sandy Montgomery, Recommendations for Reducing the US Maternal Mortality Rate

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Real-world Application

Sophie Schochet, Demystifying Deepfakes: A guide to facing your fears when your fears have your face

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Social Impact

Celine Vuong, Leveling the Playing Field: The Women’s National Team’s Road to Gender Equality in Professional Sports

Honorable Mention for Social Impact

Kristina Dalton, Reducing Opioid Overprescription in Alabama: A Recommendation Report
Jack Nanez, Robotic Automotive Manufacturing
Serene Tomaszewski, What’s going on in East Palestine? The case of one recent railway disaster and how we can prevent it from happening again

Honorable Mention for Technical Clarity

Samuel Ehrman, High Entropy Alloys- Unveiling the Qualities, Applications, and Science Behind This Novel Field of Materials Science
Chandler Gartner, The Revolution of Concrete: Innovative Technologies Transforming Construction
Aaron Jeck, An Introduction to XRP: The Cryptocurrency with a Promising Foundation in Finance
Natalia Klim, Growable Glass- The Material Science Behind Transparent Wood and How It Is Created

2022 Recipients

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Data Visualization

Christie Chen, Efficacy of Design Guidelines in Data Visualization: To use or not to use

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Best Magazine Style

London Wharton, What Happened to Google Glass? An Overview of the Development and Uses of Smart Glasses

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing with a Computer Science Focus

Levi Kaster, Is Your Health Information Safe? A Review of Current De-identification Protocols
Oliver Rosenberg, Cutting Edge Speed: The Edge Computing Revolution

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Creative Multimedia Format

Jennifer Jin, Web Accessibility

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Proposal, Policy, and Recommendation Impact

Ranch Kimball, Next Stop, Fiscal Calamity

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Real-World Application

Haleigh Pine, How Doctors Learn: Comparing the Use of Simulations in Emergency Medicine Residency Education

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing and Best STEAM Paper

Chelsea Yuan, Redefining Art: Through the Eyes of AI

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Local Impact

Ben Standaert, Ending Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths in St. Louis with Better Infrastructure

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Outstanding Visual Design

Thomas Cornell, What's Wrong with Manchester United? A decade of mistakes that have led a historic club astray

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Originality

Finn Witt, The Book of Melos

Honorable Mention

Michael Casey, How to Mitigate the Northwest's Earthquake and Tsunami Risk
Savannah Chatman, Use of Regenerative Medicine as a Solution to Treating Obstetric Fistulas
Kaitlin Day, Proposal to Supplement the Introduction of ESE Tools & Techniques
Ella Johnson, Rock Climbing is Safer than You Think
Maeve Lomax, Fortune to Failure: The Mistakes of Two Major Corporations and their Recuperation Strategies
Andrew Ocampo, Returning to the Moon
Max Roitblat, Cancer Treatments: Are They Behind the Medical Curve?
Jake Valentine, Virtual Fight against Mental Illness

2021 Recipients

Best of the Best Award of Excellence in Technical Writing

Priyanka Iyer, Future of Software: The Rise and Future Impact of Low/No-Code Platforms Jonah
Spencer Nuclear, Pulse Propulsion: The Path Forward for a Clean, Accessible, and Equitable Future in Space

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Best Scientific Style

Will Hamic, Diffuse Optical Tomography: A Revolution in Neuroimaging?

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Best Magazine Style

Isaac Bock, What Makes a TED Talk Popular?

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing with a Computer Science Focus

Evin Jaff, The Future is Free and Open Source

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Social Impact

Kirsten Housen, FastFashion: What is the Real Cost?
Eden Tibebu, Coding Bias: Tackling AI Bias in Algorithmic Decision Making

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Multimedia

Chloe Haynes, Choosing Classical Guitar Strings: A Guide for Guitarists of all Levels

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Proposal, Policy, and Recommendation Impact

Katie Lund, Refactoring Introduction to Computer Science (CSE131) at Washington University in St. Louis

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing for Real-World Application

Michael Qiu, Obtaining FDA Approval to Market an AI Device: A Comprehensive Guide

Award of Excellence in Technical Writing and Best STEAM Paper

Akshat Sharma, Making Meaningful, Memorable Photos

2020 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 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