Bob Bandes Award
The Bob Bandes award was established in 1984 in memory of Bob Bandes, a Computer Science graduate student who died in a skydiving accident on August 21, 1983. The award recognizes exceptional performance by undergraduate and graduate students as teaching assistants in the Computer Science department. It serves as both a memorial for Bob Bandes and as an acknowledgement of the outstanding contributions of our department’s TAs.
Awards are based on performance in lecturing, grading, and consulting. The award committee consists of the faculty TA coordinator, the staff graduate advisor, and past award winners, and makes its choice based on written nominations from faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and from course evaluation data.
Please note that former winners may not be nominated. The annual award winner/s receive a monetary award and their names are engraved on a plaque in the department display case.
Users with CSE or UW accounts click here to nominate.
| Year | Winners | Honorable Mention |
| 2023/24 | Anjali Agarwal (grad) Jasmine Chi (undergrad) Jaela Field (grad) Joe Spaniac (grad) | Hannah Lee (grad) Zhi Yang Lim (undergrad) Yuxuan Mei (grad) |
| 2022/23 | Anthony Chung (undergrad) Wen Qiu (grad) Sylvia Wang (grad) | Melissa Lin (grad) Sudheesh Singanamalla (grad) Ben Zhang (undergrad) |
| 2021/22 | Shreya Jayaraman (grad) Soham Pardeshi (grad) Allie Pfleger (undergrad) | Dylan Hartono (undergrad) Abhishek Shah (grad) Nicolas Suhardi (undergrad) |
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| Year | Winner | Honorable Mention |
| 2023/24 | Anjali Agarwal (grad) Jasmine Chi (undergrad) Jaela Field (grad) Joe Spaniac (grad) | Hannah Lee (grad) Zhi Yang Lim (undergrad) Yuxuan Mei (grad) |
| 2022/23 | Anthony Chung (undergrad) Wen Qiu (grad) Sylvia Wang (grad) | Melissa Lin (grad) Sudheesh Singanamalla (grad) Ben Zhang (undergrad) |
| 2021/22 | Shreya Jayaraman (grad) Soham Pardeshi (grad) Allie Pfleger (undergrad) | Dylan Hartono (undergrad) Abhishek Shah (grad) Nicolas Suhardi (undergrad) |
| 2020/21 | Eric Fan (undergrad) Taylor Ka (undergrad) Andrew Wei (grad) | Kyrie Dowling (undergrad) Liang He (grad) Edward Misback (grad) |
| 2019/20 | Travis McGaha (grad) Andrew Gies (undergrad) Batina Shikhalieva (undergrad) | Jialin Li (grad) Chung-Yi Weng (grad) Tal Wolman (undergrad) |
| 2018/19 | Robert Weber (grad) Cherie Ruan (undergrad) Joshua Fan (undergrad/grad) | Erik Hoberg (undergrad/grad) Avidant Bhagat (undergrad) Zachary Chun (undergrad) |
| 2017/18 | Aaron Johnston (undergrad) Aaron Su (undergrad) Jefferson Van Wagenen (undergrad) | Ollin Boer Bohan (undergrad/grad) Miya Natsuhara (undergrad) Sarang Joshi (undergrad) |
| 2016/17 | Francis Ge (grad) Alexander Tsun (undergrad/grad) Varun Vijay Mahadevan (undergrad/grad) Pascale Wallace Patterson (undergrad/grad) Michelle Yun (undergrad) | Justin Huang (grad) Evan McCarty (grad) |
| 2015/16 | Adrian Sham (Grad) Nicholas Shahan (Grad) Michael Lee (Undergrad) Melissa Medsker Galloway (Undergrad) | Megan Hopp (Undergrad) Chloe Lathe (Undergrad) |
| 2014/15 | Sonja Khan (Grad) Michael Johnson (Undergrad) Ryan McMahon (Undergrad) | Irene Zhang (Grad) Nathaniel Mote (Grad) Jack Warren (Undergrad) |
| 2013/14 | Hye In Kim (Grad) Sunjay Cauligi (Undergrad) Zachary Cava (Undergrad) Tristan Huber (Undergrad) | Nathaniel Guy (Grad) Riley Porter (Undergrad) |
| 2012/13 | Elliott Brossard (Grad) Cody Schroeder (Grad) Katlyn Edwards (Undergrad) Zorah Fung (Undergrad) | Caitlin Bonnar (Grad) Michael Farrow (Undergrad) |
| 2011/12 | Kristen Weber (Grad) Krysta Yousoufian (Grad) Peter Dwersteg (Undergrad) Tyler Rigsby (Undergrad) | Aaron Parks (Grad) |
| 2010/11 | Peter Hornyack (Grad) Tom Bergan (Grad) Christopher Dentel (Undergrad) | Brandon Lucia (Grad) Kimberly Nguyen (Undergrad) Trent Walkiewicz (Undergrad) |
| 2009/10 | Ethan Apter (Grad-CSEM) Benjamin Nguyen (Undergrad) | Joshua Goodwiin (Grad-CSEM) William Beebe (Undergrad) |
| 2008/09 | Ryan McElroy (Grad-CSEM) Guy Bordelon (Undergrad) Whitaker Brand (Undergrad) | Victoria Kirst (Grad-CSEM) Stephanie Smallman (Undergrad) |
| 2007/08 | Jacob Nelson (Grad) Victoria Kirst (Undergrad) Travis Wilson (Undergrad) | Imran Rashid (Grad) Laura Effinger-Dean (Grad) Orion Buske (Undergrad) Brian Mayton (Undergrad) |
| 2006/07 | Brian DeRenzi (Grad) Stefan Schoenmackers (Grad) Ethan Apter (Undergrad) Helene Martin (Undergrad) | Firat Kiyak (Undergrad) |
| 2005/06 | Steven Balensiefer (Grad) Alexander Loddengaard (Undergrad) Peter-Michael Osera (Undergrad) | YongChul Kwon (Grad) Andrew Putnam (Grad) Michael Schmitz (Undergrad) |
| 2004/05 | Gary Yngve (Grad) Zach Musgrave (Undergrad) | Valentin Razmov (Grad) Kurtis Heimerl (Undergrad) Benjamin Hindman (Undergrad) |
| 2003/04 | Julie Letchner (Grad) Jessica Miller (Grad) David Tran (Undergrad) | Thomas Anderl (Undergrad) |
| 2002/03 | Ian Simon (Grad) Melissa Garcia (Undergrad) | Jason V. Dang (Undergrad) David Tran (Undergrad) |
| 2001/02 | Kate Deibel (Grad) Daryl Jump (Undergrad) Hannah Tang (Undergrad) | Adrien Treuille (Grad) |
| 2000/01 | Isaac Kunen (Grad) Don Patterson (Grad) Robert Carr (Undergrad) | Hannah Tang (Undergrad) |
| 1999-00 | Daniel Lloyd (Grad) Joe Hall (Undergrad) | Justin Goshi (Grad) |
| 1998/99 | Sean Sandys (Grad) Dorian Miller (Undergrad) Eric Youngblut (Undergrad) | Steve Wolfman (Grad) |
| 1997/98 | Kevin Hinshaw Alec Wolman | Jason Hartline |
| 1996/97 | Brian Dewey Craig Kaplan | Sung Choi |
| 1995/96 | James Fix Ori Gershoni | Geoff Voelker |
| 1994/95 | Kingsum Chow David Dion Rex Jakobovits | |
| 1993/94 | Vivek Ratan | |
| 1992/93 | David Kays | Jack Lo |
| 1991/92 | Ruth E. Anderson Jean Marie Kaiser | Thu D. Nguyen |
| 1990/91 | Alan Bishop Anthony Lamarca | Adam Finkelstein |
| 1989/90 | Juan Alemany Tor Jeremiassen | |
| 1988/89 | Richard Zucker | Jeffrey Bell |
| 1987/88 | Frits Habermann Rick Hood Charles Moore | |
| 1986/87 | Molly Wilson | Stephen Mann |
| 1985/86 | Kristy Andrews Susanne Jul | |
| 1984/85 | Ann C. Sauer Ewan D. Tempero | Randy Day |
| 1983/84 | Jordan P. Brower | Dorothy Mammen David Socha |