Matthew N. Corrado selected for NSF Graduate Fellowship 2020 , to support his research proposal, "Effects of Mass Flowrate on Plasma Oscillations in a Hall Effect Thruster Discharge Channel." The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program annually recognizes outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions.

Naia Butler Craig selected to receive Modern-Day Technology Leader award at the 2020 BEYA STEM Conference on February 14, 2020 for demonstrating outstanding performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Chris earned 1st place in the 2019 Los Alamos National Laboratory Student Symposium in the physics division where his research titled "What are the limits to jxB acceleration of quasineutral plasmas?" was commended.

Nathan Brown wins a 2019-20 Scholar Award fellowship from the Achievement Rewards for Academic Scientists (ARCS) Foundation for his past achievements and display of exceptional promise of making a significant contribution to the worldwide advancement of science and technology.

Hisham Ali earned 1st place in the student oral presentation competition at 16th International Planetary Probe Workshop in Oxford, UK.  He gave a 10-minute oral talk on some of the MHD energy generation experiments conducted as part of his dissertation work on Magnetohydrodynamic Energy Generation and Flow Control for Planetary Entry Vehicles . Hisham won an