Four mechanical engineering graduate students received research and teaching excellence awards for the Fall 2011 semester. Lin Liu, Joseph Miller and Yufeng Wu received research excellence awards, and Nathan Johnson received a teaching excellence award. These awards recognize and encourage outstanding achievement by graduate students in research and teaching. These students were nominated by their major professors: Lin Liu’s advisors are Abhijit Chandra and Gap-Yong Kim; Joseph Miller’s advisor is Terry Meyer; Yufeng Wu’s advisor is Gap-Yong Kim; and Nathan Johnson’s advisor is Mark Bryden.