2024 ESE Awards

Miller Fellowship Award Winners

The Miller Fellowship recognizes the top student each quarter in course performance. The Miller Fellowship was created in 1997 as a result of a generous donation from alumnus Bill Cobb who expressed his desire to remember the contributions of Frank Miller to the academic careers of 25 years of department graduates. Frank G. Miller earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in engineering from the University of California-Berkeley and was chairman of the department from 1953 until his retirement in 1976. After retiring from Stanford, he served as co-principal investigator on California's largest geothermal geyser project, located approximately 100 miles north of campus.

Frank lived in Los Altos Hills until his death in December 1999, and often came to Stanford to make the presentation of the Fellowship.

Alaa Alahmed
Alexis Bonnafont
Anders Luffman
Xiaowen He
Shufan Xia
Fatimah AlNasser
Audrey McManemin

Brigham Fellowship Award Winners

The Brigham Fellowship recognizes a student, or a staff member, who contributes their time generously to improve the lives of others. It is an award for department citizenship. The Brigham Fellowship is named in memory of Prof. William E. (Bill) Brigham, who taught at Stanford from the early 1970s until his death in February 2004. He received his Masters and PhD Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. In teaching Bill Brigham was noteworthy for the strength of his intellect, his unswerving interest in scientific research, and his interest in teaching and in the lives of his students.

Alaa Alahmed
Dimitri Saad

Robert G. Lindblom Memorial Award Winner

The Lindblom Fellowship recognizes an undergraduate student who has had an impact on the ESE community. The Lindblom Fellowship is named in memory of Prof. Robert G. “Bob” Lindblom, who taught at Stanford for over 40 years until his death in 2022. Bob came to Stanford Energy Science & Engineering after a career as a Staff Development Geologist at Chevron, and his knowledge of the industry served as a foundation for students seeking to understand the world and to eventually lead the way to the energy transition. He was a proud “Newcomer Guide,” voluntarily mentoring students from the time of their arrival on campus until they declared a major. He also served as a Pre-Major Advisor, providing guidance to undergrads over the course of their degree program. Over the course of four decades of teaching and mentoring, Robert Lindblom had an undeniable impact on the education, careers, and lives of hundreds of students.

Alyssa Krull

Ramey Fellowship Award Winners

The Ramey Fellowship recognizes the most prominent research student in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering. It is awarded annually to a person selected by the faculty. The Ramey Fellowship was instigated in 1994 in memory of Henry J. Ramey, Jr., former chairman of the Department of Petroleum Engineering, who died in November 1993. He held a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. Before joining Stanford in 1965, Dr. Ramey was Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University, and worked for Mobil Oil Corporation for twelve years.

Henry J. Ramey Jr. was a pioneer in the field of petroleum engineering, and was at the forefront of research in heavy oil recovery by in situ combustion, geothermal reservoir engineering and well test analysis.

A man known for his generosity of spirit as well as for his intellectual horsepower, Hank Ramey was chairman of the department from 1976 until 1986.