The Dwornik Award was started in 1991 with a generous endowment by Dr. Stephen E. Dwornik, who wished to encourage U.S. students to become involved with NASA and planetary science. The Award consists of a plaque and a monetary award given for outstanding student presentations (in both poster and oral categories) or a plaque for honorable mentions (poster and oral) at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) hosted by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI). The awards are managed and judged by the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America.

Congratulations 2019 Stephen E. Dwornik student winners!

Graduate Oral	Clara Maurel,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology Partial Differentiation and Magnetic History of the IIE Iron Meteorite Parent Body
Hon. Mention – Grad Oral	Xiaochen Mao, Washington University Spin Evolution of Ceres Due to Impacts
Graduate Poster	Alexandra E. Doyle, University of California Los Angeles Oxygen Fugacities of Rocky Exoplanets from Polluted White Dwarf Stars
Hon. Mention – Grad Poster	Amanda Ostwald, University of Nevada Las Vegas Parental Melt of Nakhlites as Determined from Melt Inclusions
Undergraduate Oral	Patrick Matulka, Colgate University Rounding and Comminution Rates of Ice Clasts Using the Titan Tumbler: Fluctuating Roundness and Stepped Mass Loss
Hon. Mention – Undergrad Oral	Christopher Yen, Brown University An Updated Orbital Analysis of Ancient Strata in Terby Crater, Mars: The Thickest Deltaic Sequence on Mars?
Undergraduate Poster	Walter Zimmerman, University of Alaska Anchorage Bands on Europa: A New Geometry-Based Classification to Explain Why Bands Form
Hon. Mention – Undergrad Poster	Steffanie Sillitoe-Kukas, Florida State University Spherules in the Martian Polymict Breccias: I: Origin and Internal Chemical Zoning