PhD Student Awards:

• NSF dissertation grants were awarded to Jason Patton, Art Fricke, Patrick Feng.
• Blanchette, Jean-Francois. NSF dissertation improvement grant.
• Farkus, Nicole. NSF dissertation improvement grant, "Science Shops in the Netherlands"
• Feng, Patrick. NSF dissertation improvement grant, "Global Standards, Local Cultures: The Politics of Standard-Setting on the World Wide Web"
• Fisher, Jill. Awarded a three-year dissertation research fellowship, National Institutes of Health, "Informed Consent in Private Sector Mental Health Research"
• Fleischmann, Ken. Three-year NSF pre-dissertation fellowship and the NSF dissertation improvement grant for "Designing from Below: Embedding Knowledge and Values in Educational Simulations"
• Fricke, Art. NSF dissertation improvement grant, "Organizational Improvement in SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence"
• Howard, Jeff. Environmental Protection Agency, Star Fellowship NSF dissertation improvement grant, "Designing from Below: Embeddign Knowledge and Values in Educational Simulations"
• Natasha Lettis, NSF dissertation improvement grant, "The Political Internet in Ireland"
• Nieusma, Dean. Awarded a Fulbright for 2001-02.
• Patton, Jason. National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant, Science & Technology Studies, for "Design for a Pluralistic City: Multimodal Transportation in Oakland, California," 2001-2002.
• Varma, Roli. NSF post-doctoral grant, "Industrial Scientists: New Challenges with Restructuring"

Faculty Awards:

• Anderson-Gold, Sharon. 1980. Kurt Riezler Memorial Award, Outstanding Dissertation
  
• Breyman, Steve. 1998. Rensselaer Alumni Association Teacher of the Year
  
• Campbell, Nancy. 1997-98. Outstanding Faculty Advisor, Office of Student Activities, Ohio State University
  
• Eglash, Ron. 2001. Anthropology Education Commission's "Integrating Anthropology Into Schools" Award
  2001. Book of the Month (African Fractals), Benjamin Banneker Network and Africanbynature.com
  
• Fortun, Kim. 2003. Sharon Stephens prize of the American Ethnological Society, the largest social/cultural anthropology division of the American Anthropological Association and the leading organization for social/cultural anthropology research in the U.S. The prestigious Sharon Stephens Prize is awarded for a first book, and the prize goes to Kim for her book Advocacy After Bhopal - Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders. The prize is shared with Adriana Petryna for her book Life Exposed - Biological Citizens after Chernobyl.
  
• Fortun, Mike. 2000-01. Visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University
• Hannigan, Jeff. 1982. Fund for Higher Education, Outstanding Educator, New Jersey Institute of Technology
1991, 1995, 1997. Kroetsch-Maurice Award, Student Nominated Teaching Award., University of Vermont 2001. Work accessioned to Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Hess, David. 2001. Diana Forsythe Award (for work in the anthropology of science, technology and medicine), American Anthropological Association
1995. Rensselaer Early Career Award
• Restivo, Sal. 2002-04. Hixon/Riggs Professor of STS at Harvey Mudd College
  1998- . Special Professor of Mathematics Education at Nottingham University, UK.
• Winner, Langdon. 200-01. Hixon/Riggs Visiting Professor at Harvey Mudd College
2002. John D. MacArthur Visiting Professor of University Studies, Colgate University.
• Woodhouse, Edward. 1987. Darrin Scholars Teaching Award
1972. International Studies Award, for outstanding publication in international ecology

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