The Karl Menger Award, first given in 1989, is a cash prize awarded annually by the Department of Mathematics for outstanding performance in mathematical competitions.
Main prizes are awarded to top three Putnam participants and members of Outstanding MCM teams. Secondary prizes to members of Finalist MCM teams.
Karl Menger (1902-1985) was a distinguished twentieth century mathematician who made major contributions to a number of areas of mathematics, including dimension theory, logic, lattice theory, differential geometry, and graph theory. Menger, who held academic positions in Europe and the United States, was widely published. The Karl Menger Award was established by a gift to Duke University from George and Eva Menger-Hammond, the daughter of Karl Menger.
2024
Putnam Competition: Erick Jiang, Fletch Rydell, Kai Wang
MCM Finalist Team: Christopher Kan, Brandon Lu, Benny Sun
2023
Putnam Competition: Harry Chen, Yijia Liu, Nathan Nguyen
MCM Outstanding Team: Enzo Moraes Mescall, Nicolas Salazar, Erik Novak
2022
Yijia Liu, Nathan Nguyen, Zeyu Shen
2021
Nathan Nguyen, Kevin Tu, Haoyang Yu
2020
Alex Damian, Jung Hwang, Yi Li
2019
Putnam Competition: Alex Damian, Jerry Liu, Shicheng (Samson) Rao
ICM Outstanding Team: Vinit Ranjan, Junmo Ryang, Albert Xue
2018
Feng Gui, Jung Hwang, Yikai Wu, Zhenhua Liu
2017
Trung Can, Alex Damian, Tony Qiao, Cheryl Xueying Wang, Vinit Ranjan, Junmo Ryang, Kelly Zhang
2016
Alex Milu, Trung Can, Feng Gui, Tony Qiao
2015
Trung Can, Alex Milu, Tony Qiao
2014
Daniel Vitek, Leslie Lei Lei, Tony Qiao
2013
Daniel Vitek, Michael Banaszek, David Builes, Alexandru Milu
2012
Daniel Vitek, Michael Banaszek, Vivek Bhattacharya
2011
Misha Lavrov, Vivek Bhattacharya, Siyang Chen, Vivek Bhattacharya, Alan Guo, Misha Lavrov
2010
Misha Lavrov, Wutichai Chongchitmate, Matthew Rognlie, Peng Shi, Vivek Bhattacharya, Veronica Ciocanel, Alan Guo, Yingyi Shen, Daniel Vitek, Jiaqi Yan
2009
Jason Ferguson, Misha Lavrov, Aaron Pollack, Wutichai Chongchitmate, Matthew Rognlie
2008
Joonhahn Cho, Brian Choi, Tirasan Khandhawit, Aaron Pollack, Lingren Zhang
2007
Jason Ferguson, Tirasan Khandhawit, Peng Shi, Lingren Zhang
2006
Kshipra Bhawalkar, Nikifor Bliznashki, Lingren Zhang
2005
Nikifor Bliznashki, Oaz Nir, Lingren Zhang
2004
David Greig Arthur, Nikifor Bliznashki, Oaz Nir
2003
David Greig Arthur, Matthew Atwood, Melanie Eggers Wood
2002
David Greig Arthur, Kevin David Lacker, Melanie Eggers Wood
2001
John Joseph Clyde, Jonathan Greely Curtis, Kevin David Lacker, Carl Alexander Miller
2000
John Joseph Clyde, Michael James Colsher, Kevin David Lacker
1999
John Joseph Clyde, Jonathan Greely Curtis, Jr, Kevin David Lacker
1998
Jonathan Curtis, Andrew Dittmer, Noam Shazeer
1997
Andrew Dittmer, Robert Schneck, Noam Shazeer
1996
Johanna Miller, Noam Shazeer, Tung Tran
1995
James Harrington, Robert Schneck, Noam Shazeer
1994
Andrew Dittmer, Craig Gentry, Jeffrey Vanderkam
1993
Craig Gentry, Alexander Hartemink, Jeffrey Vanderkam
1992
David Bigham, David Jones, Jeffrey Vanderkam
1991
Jeanne Nielsen, William Schneeberger, Jeffrey Vanderkam
1990
William Schneeberger