College of Engineering honors outstanding students, alumni, and faculty

4/25/2012

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 Saturday, April 21, the student and alumni honorees gathered at the I Hotel 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.

Student Awards

MechSE senior Luke Zaczek was the featured speaker at this year's Student and Alumni Awards Ceremony.
William R. Schowalter Award
Haichuan Yu, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Andrea J. Culumber Award
Laurie DeHaan, Civil and Environmental Engineering

H. L. Wakeland Undergraduate Leadership Award
Kimberly Heinecke, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Stanley H. Pierce Award – Student
Chih-Chung (Stan) Chang, Mechanical Science and Engineering

Stanley H. Pierce Award – Faculty
Jennifer Bernhard, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Lisle Abbott Rose Memorial Award
Zoe D. McCarthy, Electrical and Computer Engineering

C. S. Larson Transfer Student Award
Tyler L. Hill, General Engineering

Ross J. Martin Award
Bo Wang, Materials Science and Engineering

Harvey H. Jordan Award
Luke Zaczek, Mechanical Science and Engineering


Seven outstanding and successful alumni were honored with the Alumni Award for Distinguished Service:
(l to r) Dean Ilesanmi Adesida, Kenneth Ting, John Arvy Garner, Jr., Lalit Bahl, Bernard Cherry, Barry Butler, Paul Koch, and Tatsuo Itoh


Lalit Bahl (MS, 1966, PhD, 1969, Electrical Engineering)
Senior Research Scientist, Renaissance Technologies, East Setauket, New York
For outstanding contributions in speech recognition technologies and information theory.

P. Barry Butler (BS, 1979, MS, 1981, Aerospace Engineering, PhD, 1984, Mechanical Engineering)
Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
For outstanding leadership in the development of future engineers.

Bernard H."Bud" Cherry (BS, 1962, Chemistry, MS, 1963, Nuclear Engineering)
Chief Executive Officer, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, Morristown, NJ
Founder and Chair, Energy 5.0, LLC, West Palm Beach, FL
For decades of leadership and responsibility in directing power generation companies that have supplied the world with traditional and renewable sources of energy.

John Arvy Gardner, Jr. (MS, 1963, PhD, 1966, Physics)
Chief Technology Officer, ViewPlus Technologies, Inc., Corvallis, OR
For bringing the world of science and mathematics to the blind through pioneering technologies that allow visually impaired scientists to read formerly inaccessible materials.

Tatsuo Itoh (PhD, 1969, Electrical Engineering)
Professor and Endowed Chair, UCLA Department of Electrical Engineering, Los Angeles, California
For seminal contributions in microwave/millimeter-wave technology and electrical engineering education.

Kenneth W. Ting (BS, 1968, Mechanical Engineering)
Chairman, Kader Industrial Company Limited, and Director, Kader Holdings Company Limited, Hong Kong
For exceptional business and civic leadership.

Paul D. Koch (BS, 1966, MS, 1968, Environmental Engineering)
Private Consultant, Former Owner/Senior Vice President, MACTEC Federal Programs, Cincinnati, Ohio
For significant contributions to complex wastewater treatment and water supply engineering systems.


Faculty Awards

On Monday, April 23, 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.

Dean's Award for Excellence in Research
Samuel King, Assistant Professor, Computer Science       
Hyun Joon Kong, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Xiuling Li, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Thanh Huong (Helen) Nguyen, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chandra Chekuri, Associate Professor, Computer Science
Kenneth Christensen, Associate Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering
Brian DeMarco, Associate Professor, Physics
Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collins Award for Innovative Teaching
Harry Dankowicz, Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering

Everitt Teaching Award
P. Scott Carney, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rose Award for Teaching Excellence
Rohit Bhargava, Professor, Bioengineering
Marie-Christine Brunet, Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award
Narayana Aluru, Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering

Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award
Gary Parker, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
 

Campus Awards Earned by College of Engineering Faculty include:

Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring 
Huseyin Sehitoglu, Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching
Jiawei Han, Professor, Computer Science

Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Instructional Staff
Lawrence Angrave, Lecturer, Computer Science


2012 Engineering Council Outstanding Advisors
The Advisors List represents the top 10% of engineering advisors selected by students.

Aerospace Engineering
Victoria Coverstone
Barbara Kirts

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Alan Hansen
Prasanta Kalita
Luis Rodriguez
Yuanhui Zhang

Bioengineering
Jennifer Amos
Kerri Ann Green
Brad Sutton
Sheng Zhong

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Kay Moran

Civil & Environmental Engineering
Amr Elnashai
David Lange
Rebecca Stillwell

Computer Science
Stephen Herzog

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Jennifer Bernhard
Marie-Christine Brunet
P. Scott Carney
Philip Krein
Erhan Kudeki
Logan (Gang) Liu
Peter Sauer

Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
James Allison

Materials Science and Engineering
Pascal Bellon
Paul Braun
Ian Robertson
Angus Rockett
John Rogers
Lori Sanders

Mechanical Science and Engineering
Narayana Aluru
Dimitrios Kyritsis
Amy Wagoner Johnson

Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Becky Meline
David Ruzic

Physics
Kevin Pitts

Congratulations all of this year’s winners and honorees. They truly represent the excellence that is Engineering at Illinois.
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This story was published April 25, 2012.