| Year | Student | Award |
| 2014 | Will Paxton (Advisor – T. Tsakalakos) | Received the R. L. Snyder Travel Award from the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) to present a talk at the 2014 Denver X-ray Conference in July. |
| 2014 | Sol Torrel (Advisor – M. Chhowalla) | Received an award from the Society of Tibologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). |
| 2014 | Ahmed Al-Kamal (Advisor – B. Kear) | Selected for the Microscopy & Microanalysis Student Award at the M&M 2014 Conference in August. |
| 2014 | Rut Rivera (Advisor – A. Safari) | Named a GEM Associate by the National GEM Consortium. |
| 2014 | Swarnapali Indrasekara (Advisor – L. Fabris) | Received a 2014 Research Excellence Award from the Rutgers Graduate School. |
| 2014 | Emma Kennedy (Advisor – D. Birnie) and Christopher Petoukhoff (Advisor – D. O’Carroll) | Completed the NSF-sponsored traineeship program IGERT: Nanotechnology for Clean Energy, directed by M. Chhowalla. |
| 2014 | Catrice Carter (Advisor – D. O’Carroll) | Appointed GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need, Dept. of Education) Fellow. |
| 2014 | Raymond Fullon (Advisor – M. Chhowalla) | Appointed GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need, Dept. of Education) Fellow. |
| 2014 | Shawn Ward (Advisor – A. Mann) | Appointed GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need, Dept. of Education) Fellow. |
| 2014 | Arya Tewatia (Advisor -- T. Nosker) | Appointed GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need, Dept. of Education) Fellow. |