5/4/2010
As the academic year comes to a close, the College of Engineering honored a number of outstanding students, faculty, and distinguished alumni at its annual Student & Alumni Honor Awards Convocation and College Faculty Awards.
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As the academic year comes to a close, the College of Engineering honored a number of outstanding students, faculty, and distinguished alumni at its annual Student & Alumni Honor Awards Convocation and College Faculty Awards.
On Friday, April 30, the student and alumni honorees gathered at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center for a luncheon and awards ceremony. Following opening remarks by Dean Ilesanmi Adesida, Charles L. Tucker III, associate dean for undergraduate programs recognized students who received College of Engineering Scholarships and those who earned Bronze Tablet Recognition. Click the link for a .pdf of the Student & Alumni Awards Convocation booklet.
A number of outstanding students were honored with college-wide awards:
Engineering Council Outstanding Student - Freshman/Sophomore Award
Eric Gobst, mechanical science and engineering
Engineering Council Outstanding Student - Junior/Senior Award
David Fan-Chung Hsu, electrical and computer engineering
William R. Schowalter Award
David Fan-Chung Hsu, electrical and computer engineering
Andrea J. Culumber Award
Brian Roehl, mechanical science and engineering
H. L. Wakeland Undergraduate Leadership Award
Claire Joseph, civil and environmental engineering
Stanley H. Pierce Award – Student
Claire Joseph, civil and environmental engineering
Stanley H. Pierce Award – Faculty
Paul Braun, materials science and engineering
Lisle Abbott Rose Memorial Award
Richard A. Boettcher, bioengineering
Ross J. Martin Award
Yee Kan Koh, materials science and engineering
Harvey H. Jordan Award
Justin D. Galbraith, mechanical science and engineering.
(The text of Galbraith's acceptance speech is posted here.)
Eight alumni were honored with the Alumni Award for Distinguished Service:
Charles Childers (BS, 1955, Mining Engineering)
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Retired)
For the significant contributions to the fertilizer industry in North America and worldwide.
John M. Cioffi (BS, 1978, Electrical Engineering)
Chairman and CEO, ASSIA, Inc., Redwood City, CA; Hitachi America Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Stanford University, CA
For contributions to multicarrier communications and high-speed digital subscriber line technology.
James Robert Harris (BS, 1968, MS, 1975, PhD, 1980, Civil Engineering)
President, J. R. Harris and Company, Denver, CO
For contributions to the development, improvement, and implementation of modern structural codes and standards, and as a principal in the design and restoration of many signature buildings.
Robert Earl Miller (BS, 1954, Aeronautical Engineering, MS, 1955, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, PhD, 1959, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
Professor Emeritus of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
For distinguished contributions to the teaching of mechanics and for the inspiration and guidance he gave undergraduate and graduate students for more than four decades.
Linda Anne Mills (MS, 1973, Computer Science)
Corporate Vice President and President, Northrop Grumman Information Systems, Reston, VA
For outstanding leadership and management in providing critical, large-scale information technology services to military, government, and corporate clients.
Marvin Smollar (BS, 1968, General Engineering, BS, 1968, Liberal Arts and Sciences)
Chief Executive Officer and President, Kingsland Investments, Inc., Delray Beach, FL
For entrepreneurial skills and service to the engineering field and beyond, and to the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering and University of Illinois.
Carl T. Tomizuka (MS, 1951, PhD, 1954, Physics)
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
For outstanding original research contributions to our understanding of atomic motion in solids and the effects of high pressure on the properties of matter, and for his leadership in promoting science careers for women and members of underrepresented groups.
Leopoldo D. Yau (PhD, 1969, Electrical Engineering)
Intel Fellow and Director of Innovation Technology Modules, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR (Retired)
For outstanding technical innovations in manufacturing processes for the production of microprocessors.
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On Monday, May 3, the College Faculty Awards program recognized a number of outstanding faculty for outstanding teaching, research, and outreach. Click the link for a .pdf of the Faculty Awards Convocation booklet.
Xerox Awards for Faculty Research
Karrie Karahalios, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science
Ncholas Xuanlai Fang, assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Jianjun Cheng, assstant professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Yanfeng Ouyang, assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Peter Abbamonte, associate professor, Department of Physics
Ioannis Chasiotis, associate professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Jeff Erickson, associate professor, Department of Computer Science
Jonathan B. Freund, associate professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Jeffery R. Roesler, associate professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Pramod Viswanath, associate professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Collins Award for Innovative Teaching
Daniel A. Tortorelli, professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Everitt Teaching Award
Xinlei Wang, associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Rose Award for Teaching Excellence
Larry Fahnestock, assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
ChengXiang Zhai, associate professor, Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award
Roy A. Axford, professor, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
This year, Professor Axford is also being honored at the university-level with the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award
Paul G. Kwiat, professor, Department of Physics
Campus Award for Excellence in Guiding Undergraduate Research
Timothy J. Strathmann, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Campus Distinguished Teacher-Scholar
Timothy Stelzer, Department of Physics
2010 Engineering Council Outstanding Advisors
The Advisors List represents the top 10% of engineering advisors selected by students.
Aerospace Engineering
Philippe Geubelle
John Lambros
Michael Selig
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Alan Hansen
Joe Harper
Prasanta Kalita
Bruce Litchfield
Bioengineering
Jennifer Amos
Elizabeth Stovall
Brad Sutton
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Imad Al Qadi
Larry Fahnestock
Kevin Finneran
Youssef Hashash
David Lange
Susan Larson
Liang Liu
Becky Stillwell
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Marina Miletic
Debe Williams
Computer Science
John C. Hart
Steve Herzog
Lenny Pitt
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tamer Başar
Marie Christine Brunet
Brian Cunningham
Douglas Jones
Erhan Kudeki
Michael Loui
Steven Lumetta
Sean Meyn
Eric Pop
Pete Sauer
Gary Swenson
Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
James Leake
Raymond Price
Ramavarapu Sreenivas
Materials Science and Engineering
Pascal Bellon
Paul Braun
Angus Rockett
Mechanical Science and Engineering
Dimitrios Kyritsis
Chia Fon Lee
Prashant Mehta
Michael Philpott
Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Becky Meline
Clifford Singer
Engineering Physics
Linda Lorenz
Congratulations all of this year’s winners and honorees. They truly represent the excellence that is Engineering at Illinois.
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