SRA Student Best Paper
JERSG. Data-driven analysis of equity in wildfire resource allocation.
Awards and honors
Recognition for OASIS research, papers and students.
2025
Pillars of Leadership Award for Exemplary Mentorship
Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee is a 2025 recipient of UB’s Pillars of Leadership Award for Exemplary Mentorship (Mid-Level Faculty/Staff).
At the OASIS Lab, students learn to collaborate across disciplines, ask meaningful questions and do research with real-world impact. Her mentorship has helped students publish, present and grow into thoughtful contributors in engineering and policy.
December 2025
Chauncey Starr Award
The Society for Risk Analysis presented Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee with the 2025 Chauncey Starr Award in recognition of her exceptional contributions to the field of risk analysis.
2025
American-Made Science Synthesis Prize
Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee led team OASIS UB, one of eight winners of the U.S. Department of Energy’s American-Made Science Synthesis Prize (September 2025), for synthesizing the challenges and opportunities of integrating renewable energy into the grid, with policy recommendations.
DOE winners announcement · Niagara Gazette coverage · Project page
Society and research awards
- 2025Pillars of Leadership Award, Exemplary MentorshipUniversity at Buffalo, mid-level faculty/staff
- 2025Chauncey Starr AwardSociety for Risk Analysis, for exceptional contributions to the field of risk analysis. Presented in Washington, DC
- 2025American-Made Science Synthesis PrizeU.S. Department of Energy. Synthesis of renewable energy grid integration challenges and policy
- 2021Outstanding Young Investigator AwardIISE Energy Systems Division
Academic honors
- 2008First rank, B.S. Civil EngineeringJadavpur University
- 2008University Gold MedalJadavpur University
- 2008Prabhat Kumar Memorial Gold MedalJadavpur University
- 2008First rank, National Technical Paper PresentationHyderabad, India
Best paper awards
SRA Student Best Paper
EISG. Examining disparities in access to critical facilities using fine-grained human mobility network.
IISE Work Systems, 2nd place
Best Student Paper and Best Track Paper. Forecasting emergency shelter demand with human mobility data.
IISE DAIS Best Student Paper Finalist
Mapping human mobility variation and identifying critical services during a disaster.
SRA Student Best Paper
OHSSG. PTSD among U.S. physicians during COVID-19.
Risk Analysis Best Paper Award
Supply inadequacy risks related to climate-sensitive electricity demand.
IEEE PES Best Conference Paper
Estimating climate-demand nexus for long-term adequacy planning.
PMI Jury Best Paper Award
Optimal selection of transmission line rehabilitation strategies.
Student awards
2024Poulomee Roy
SRA EISG Student Merit Award
Honorable mention, Society for Risk Analysis Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group.
2024Poulomee Roy
Drury/Thomas Scholarship
2023–2024 recipient, as an M.S. student.
Receiving her award at a UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ceremony.
2025Poulomee Roy
Celebrating the Chauncey Starr Award at SRA 2025
Poulomee Roy with Dr. Mukherjee at the SRA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2024Zhiyuan Wei
Winner, UB ISE Poster Competition
Zhiyuan Wei (now at Cal Poly) with Poulomee Roy at SRA 2025.
2023Zhiyuan Wei
SRA EISG Student Merit Award
Examining disparities in access to critical facilities using a fine-grained human mobility network.
2023Zhiyuan Wei
ISE Graduate Student Teaching Award
2022Zhiyuan Wei
ISE Teaching Award, honorable mention
Recognized for effective, enthusiastic and professional teaching.
2022Zhiyuan Wei
Natural Hazards Student Research Grant
Modeling disparities in access to essential services under disasters.
2021Zhiyuan Wei
SRA OHSSG Student Merit Award
Investigating PTSD among U.S. physicians during COVID-19: a data-centric approach based on survey data.
Certificate dated December 7, 2021.
2023Prasangsha Ganguly
ISE Graduate Student Research Award
2021Prasangsha Ganguly
Natural Hazards Student Research Grant
Understanding wildfire-induced risk on interconnected infrastructure systems.
FU2023
Fatima Umar
SRA JERSG Student Merit Award
Data-driven analysis of equity in wildfire resource allocation.