4/22/2014 Mike Koon, Engineering Communications Office
The University of Illinois College of Engineering will be honoring educators and researchers at the 50th Annual College Faculty Awards Ceremony on April 28 at the National Center For Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) auditorium.
Written by Mike Koon, Engineering Communications Office
The University of Illinois College of Engineering will be honoring educators and researchers at the 50th Annual College Faculty Awards Ceremony on April 28 at the National Central For Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) auditorium.
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research
Five awards are given to assistant professors who have been judged by their colleagues to have conducted the best research during the last academic year.
Soon-Jo Chung, Aerospace Engineering
Derek Hoiem, Computer Science
Taylor Hughes, Physics
Negar Kiyavash, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
Shobha Vasudevan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Four awards are given to associate professors who have been judged by their colleagues to have conducted the best research during the past five academic years.
Harrison Kim, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
Christopher Rao, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Grigore Rosu, Computer Science
Moonsub Shim, Materials Science and Engineering
Collins Award for Innovative Teaching
Given to a faculty member in recognition of outstanding development or use of new and innovative teaching methods
Wen-mei Hwu, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence
Recognizes a faculty member for outstanding undergraduate teaching, a teacher who stands out and is remembered with respect, affection, and admiration long after students leave campus
Brendan A. Harley, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rose Award for Teaching Excellence
Recognizes good teaching and is intended to foster and reward excellence in undergraduate teaching across the College of Engineering. The recipients of this award are teachers who excel at motivating undergraduate students to learn and to appreciate engineering.
Cinda Heeren, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science
Sua Myong, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering
College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award
John Popovics, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award
Given to a faculty member who has received national or international acclaim for dedication to academic excellence through teaching and research and who has made exemplary contributions to the understanding of his or her field.
Nancy Sottos, Donald B. Willett Professor of Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Ross J. Martin Award
Given to a graduate student in the College of Engineering in recognition of outstanding research achievement
Manas Gartia, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Engineering Council Outstanding Advisors
Represents the top 10% of engineering advisors selected by engineering students
Aerospace Engineering
Craig Dutton
Laura Ann Gerhold
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
R.S. Gates
Bioengineering
Jennifer Amos
Kerri Green
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Suzi Blanco
David Flaherty
Charles Schroeder
Todd Spinner
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Paolo Gardoni
Liang Liu
Scott Olson
Yanfeng Ouyang
Becky Stillwell
Computer Science
Matthew Caesar
Carl Gunter
Jiawei Han
Stephen Herzog
Laxmikant Kale
Karrie Karahalios
Darko Marinov
Dan Roth
Paris Smaragdis
Chengxiang Zhai
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jose Schutt-Aine
Lynford Goddard
Rakesh Kumar
Robert Pilawa
Materials Science and Engineering
Steve Granick
Angus Rockett
John Rogers
Kenneth Schweizer
Matthew Sherburne
Mechanical Science and Engineering
Mariana Silva Sohn
Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering
Becky Meline