4/20/2016 Mike Koon, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
The University of Illinois College of Engineering will be honoring outstanding educators and researchers at the 52nd Annual College Faculty Awards Ceremony on April 25 at the NCSA auditorium.
Written by Mike Koon, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
The University of Illinois College of Engineering will be honoring educators and researchers at the 52nd Annual College Faculty Awards Ceremony on April 25 at the National Center 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.
Randy Ewoldt, Mechanical Science & Engineering
Mani Golparvar-Fard, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Marco Panesi, Aerospace Engineering
Robert Pilawa-Podgurski, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Paris Smaragdis, Electrial & Computer Engineering, Computer Science
Five 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.
Daniel Bodony, Aerospace Engineering
Yann Chemla, Physics
John Dallesasse, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Hyun Joon Kong, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Thanh H. Nguyen, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Collins Award for Innovative Teaching
Given to a faculty member in recognition of outstanding development or use of new and innovative teaching methods
Matthew West, Associate Professor, Mechanical Science & 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
Timothy Bretl, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Elif Ertekin, Mechanical Science & 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.
Timothy Bretl, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
P. Scott Carney, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award
Stephen Downing, Senior Lecturer, Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical Science & 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.\
Scott White, Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Ross J. Martin Award
Given to a graduate student in the College of Engineering in recognition of outstanding research achievement
Muhammed Naveed, Department of Computer Science
Engineering Council Outstanding Advisors
Represents the top 10% of engineering advisors selected by engineering students
Aerospace Engineering
Laura Gerhold
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Liang Liu
Computer Science
Brian Bailey
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michael Bailey
Rakesh Kumar
Engineering Administration
Adva Waranyuwat
General Engineering
Chris Migotsky
Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
James Allison
Heidi Craddock
James Davis
Justin Gary
T. Kesavadas
Girish Krishnan
Douglas King
Rakesh Nagi
Deborah Thurston
Qiong Wang
Mechanical Science and Engineering
Andrew Alleyne
Missy Biehl
Harry Dankowicz
Sascha Hilgenfeldt
Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler
Mariana Silva
Sameh Tawfick
Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering
Zahra Mohaghegh