Awards received under the current REU project (2024-2026) are shown in blue.
Selected awards from previous REU projects are shown in black.
Four REU alumni who have earned PhD degrees are shown in red.
| Name of the award | Recipient (Year attended our REU program) |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
| UTD Registration Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2026) |
Juanpablo Valdez (2026) |
Pursuing his bachelor’s degree in CS at the University of Texas at Dallas |
| UTD Registration Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2026) |
Aarya Niraula (2026) |
Pursuing her bachelor’s degree in CS at the University of Texas at Dallas |
| Poster accepted at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) (2026) |
Peyton Bubert (2025) |
Poster title: Artificial Cybercrime: An Analysis of How Cybercriminals Are Exploiting Modern Generative AI Models to Create and Carry Out Cybercrime |
| Poster accepted at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) (2026) |
George Dai (2025) |
Poster title: Timeline and Systematic Implementation of Bitcoin’s Post-Quantum Security |
| Poster accepted at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) (2026) |
Imani Bellamy (2025) |
Poster title: Fool Me Once, Shame on You: Understanding and Preventing Psychological Exploits in Cybercrime |
| UTD Registration Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2024) |
Alexis Navarro (2024) |
Pursuing her bachelor’s degree in CS at the University of Texas at El Paso |
| Scholarship from the DoD Cyber Scholarship Program (CySP) (2023-2026) |
Thomas Longwell (2023) |
Received his bachelor’s degree in CS from Eastern Washington University |
| Travel Award from SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) to attend the National Diversity in STEM Conference (2023) |
Adam Jalyo (2023) |
Received his bachelor’s degree in CS from College of Western Idaho |
| Travel Award to attend UCLA National McNair Conference (2023) |
Victor Diaz (2023) |
Received his bachelor’s degree in CS from California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt |
| UTD Registration Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2023) |
Victor Diaz (2023) |
Received his bachelor’s degree in CS from California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt |
| UTD Registration Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2023) |
Anes Kim (2023) |
Received his bachelor’s degree in CS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| UTD Registration Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2023) |
Zaria Kangethe (2023) |
Received her bachelor’s degree in CS from Moraine Valley Community College |
| UTD Registration Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2023) |
Tesfaye Alemu (2023) |
Received his bachelor’s degree in CS from UTD |
| UTD Graduate Assistant Scholarship |
Patrick O’Boyle (2022) |
Received his PhD from UTD |
| UT Southwestern/UTD Green Fellowship (2019) |
Itzel Tapia (2018) |
Received her PhD from UTD |
| Rice University Graduate Assistant Scholarship |
Hongbin George Du (2018) |
Received his PhD from Rice University |
| UTD Travel Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2018) |
Tiffany Do (2018) |
Received her PhD from the University of Central Florida |
| NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2013) |
Alla Dove (2012) |
Received her master’s degree in SE from the University of Texas at El Paso in December 2014 |
| National Graduate Education for Minorities (GEM) Fellowship (2019) |
Fayokemi Ojo (2017) |
Received her master’s degree in CS from the University of Colorado |
| Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Senior Female Award (2010) |
LaShonda Bell (2009) |
Received her bachelor’s degree in CS from the University of Southern Mississippi |
| Travel Award to attend the Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PSLSAMP) Conference (2015) |
Jamelle Jaudon (2015) |
Poster title: The Impact of Software Safety on the Software Development Process at the Architectural Level |
| Travel Award to attend Association for Computer Educators in Texas (ACET) Conference (2016) |
Takeisha Moranza (2016) |
Poster title: Teaching Secure Coding Practices in Introductory Programming Courses |
| Undergraduate Research Scholar Award sponsored by UTD (2009) |
Manasa Gurudu (2009) |
Received her master’s degree in CS from UTD in August 2011 |
| Undergraduate Research Scholar Award sponsored by UTD (2012) |
Alfonoso Lopez (2012) |
Received his master’s degree in CS from UTD in May 2014 |
| NSF Travel Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2013) |
Melissa Lopez (2013) |
Poster title: Online Social Network Analysis |
| NSF Travel Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2014) |
Kristi Belcher (2014) |
Poster title: Effects of Perceived Privacy and Security on Social Network Usage |
| UTD Travel Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (2019) |
Alisha Tapiawala (2019) |
Received her bachelor’s degree in CS from UTD |
| Travel Award to attend the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM (2012) |
Courtney James (2011) |
Paper title: Techniques for Analyzing Software Safety: An Approach to Quality Safety |
| Travel Award to attend the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM (2016) |
Jamelle Jaudon (2015) |
Poster title: The Impact of Software Safety on the Software Development Process at the Architectural Level |
| UTD Travel Award to attend the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium (2013) |
André Rosete (2013) |
Poster title: Extracting an Individual’s Social Preferences from Online Social Network Activity |
| UTD Travel Award to attend the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium (2014) |
Ingrid Soldevila (2014) |
Poster title: Recent Accidents: Investigating How Software Was Responsible |
| UTD Travel Award to attend the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium (2015) |
Rebecca Barsotti (2015) |
Poster title: Software Safety in the Machine Protection of the LHC: Its Significance and Evolution |
| UTD Travel Award to attend the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium (2016) |
Andrew Berry (2016) |
Poster title: Software Safety in Autonomous Cars: Emerging Research & Technology |
| UTD Travel Award to attend the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium (2017) |
Yegor Shea (2017) |
Poster title: Evaluation of ISO 26262: Analysis of Critical Issues in the Automotive Industry |
| UTD Travel Award to attend the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium (2018) |
Itzel Tapia (2018) |
Poster title: Ensuring Privacy in Connected Intelligent Transportation Systems |
| UTD Travel Award to attend the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium (2019) |
Jacob Richardo (2019) |
Poster title: A Comparison in the Reliability between Traditional Machine Learning Techniques |
| UTD Travel Award to attend the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium (2019) |
Josue Valdez (2019) |
Poster title: Deep Learning in the Classification of Breast Cancer |
| Durrenberger Scholarship for Women in Science (2016) |
Kristi Belcher (2014) |
A Texas State University Scholarship for women scientists who have superior academic performance |
| UTD Undergraduate EXPO (2015) |
Kristi Belcher (2014) |
Presentation title: Social Network Analysis |
| UTD Undergraduate EXPO (2016) |
Kyle Eastin (2015) |
Presentation title: Software Safety in the Machine Protection of the LHC: Its Significance and Evolution |