Auburn Engineering awards outstanding students, faculty and alumni at spring ceremony
Published: Apr 9, 2018 12:02 AM
By Austin Phillips
The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering held its annual Spring Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 6, in the Shelby Center Lowe Grand Foyer. The college handed out 35 student awards, 20 faculty awards and 10 alumni awards, in addition to honoring 48 faculty members who hold named professorships and chairs.
“These awards represent some of our most elite students, innovative faculty members and outstanding alumni,” said Christopher B. Roberts, dean of engineering. “We are thankful to all of our alumni, corporate partners and friends who assist us in providing these distinguished awards and recognitions to our deserving students, faculty and alumni.”
This year’s winners include:
FRANK VANDEGRIFT CO-OP AWARD
Daylon G. Hester
Electrical Engineering
FRED AND MARY LOU BIRDSONG STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIPS
David Drinnon
Chemical Engineering
Sarah Hill
Industrial Engineering
Gavin Prather
Mechanical Engineering
100+ WOMEN STRONG UNDERGRADUATE LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Gabrielle Gilmer
Chemical Engineering
Natalie Palmquist
Civil Engineering
100+ WOMEN STRONG GRADUATE LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Elizabeth Devore
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ferdous Finklea
Chemical Engineering
100+ WOMEN STRONG STUDY ABROAD AWARDS
Abigail Blankenship
Chemical Engineering
Paige Maxwell
Industrial and Systems Engineering
100+ WOMEN STRONG GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
Andrea Henshall
Computer Science and Software Engineering
Eunji Lee
Materials Engineering
- ALLEY FAMILY GRADUATE STUDENT LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP
Nathan Roberts
Chemical Engineering
GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION
1st Place
Thomas Teasley
Aerospace Engineering
2nd Place
Elise Hall
Aerospace Engineering
3rd Place
Michael Bolt
Electrical and Computer Engineering
OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS
Tanner Straker
Aerospace Engineering
Matthew Preisser
Biosystems Engineering
Madeline Bonifay
Chemical Engineering
John E. Hatfield
Civil Engineering
Jack Mullins
Computer Science
Aaron William Langham
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Greg Artalona
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Tommy Britt
Materials Engineering
Zachary Lee
Mechanical Engineering
Steven Michael Breaux
Polymer and Fiber Engineering
Mina Narayanan
Software Engineering
Jade Savannah Newton
Wireless Engineering
AUBURN ASPE OUTSTANDING STUDENT ENGINEER AWARD
Matthew Preisser
Biosystems Engineering
SAMUEL GINNOUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD
Tommy Britt
Materials Engineering
JEFF AND LINDA STONE LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Kasey Cooper
Mechanical Engineering
Ransom Creech
Civil Engineering
Justin Smith
Chemical Engineering
Christian Thompson
Civil Engineering
MARK A. SPENCER CREATIVE MENTORSHIP AWARD
Student
Matthew Preisser
Biosystems Engineering
Faculty
Brendan Higgins
Biosystems Engineering
OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARDS
David A. Cicci
Aerospace Engineering
Jonathan Davis
Biosystems Engineering
Joseph A. Shaeiwitz
Chemical Engineering
Molly Hughes
Civil Engineering
Michael Hollingsworth
Computer Science and Software Engineering
Victor P. Nelson
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jeffrey S. Smith
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Ruel A. Overfelt
Materials Engineering
Rick Williams
Mechanical Engineering
FRED H. PUMPHREY TEACHING AWARD
Rick Williams
Mechanical Engineering
WILLIAM F. WALKER TEACHING AWARDS
Merit
Anahita Ayasoufi
Mechanical Engineering
Richard Sesek
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Superior
Joseph Shaeiwitz
Chemical Engineering
100+ WOMEN STRONG LEADERSHIP IN DIVERSITY FACULTY/STAFF AWARD
Lauren Beckingham
Civil Engineering
AUBURN ALUMNI ENGINEERING COUNCIL RESEARCH AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
Junior Awards
David Blersch
Biosystems Engineering
Mark Schall
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Senior Awards
Maria Auad
Chemical Engineering
Wei-Shinn Ku
Computer Science and Software Engineering
OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS
Mike Tinker
Aerospace Engineering
Stephen Cobb
Biosystems Engineering
Brad W. Corson
Chemical Engineering
DeJarvis Leonard
Civil Engineering
Heather Avery
Computer Science and Software Engineering
Norman Tew
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Zeke Smith
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Nancy Weili Yu
Materials Engineering
Nicole Faulk
Mechanical Engineering
Mark Ackerman
Polymer and Fiber Engineering
ALABAMA POWER DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
Mark Halpin
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ALUMNI PROFESSORS
ZhongYang Cheng
Materials Engineering
Virginia Davis
Chemical Engineering
Dong-Joo Kim
Materials Engineering
BRASFIELD & GORRIE PROFESSORS
David Timm
Civil Engineering
Wesley Zech
Civil Engineering
DANIEL F. AND JOSEPHINE BREEDEN PROFESSORS
Jerry Davis
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Bryan Chin
Mechanical Engineering
JOHN W. BROWN CHAIR
Allan David
Chemical Engineering
HENRY M. BURT PROFESSOR
Sushil Bhavnani
Mechanical Engineering
COLSA CORPORATION CYBER SECURITY AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE PROFESSOR
David Umphress
Computer Science and Software Engineering
TIM COOK ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Richard Sesek
Industrial and Systems Engineering
JAMES B. DAVIS PROFESSORS
Adit Singh
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jitendra Tugnait
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- AND MRS. BRUCE DONNELLAN AND FAMILY PROFESSOR
Thomas Denney
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ARTHUR H. FEAGIN CHAIR
Xing Fang
Civil Engineering
JOE W. FOREHAND PROFESSOR
Jeffrey Smith
Industrial and Systems Engineering
FOREHAND/ACCENTURE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
Alice Smith
Industrial and Systems Engineering
HUGH AND LOEDA FRANCIS CHAIR FOR EXCELLENCE
Joseph Majdalani
Aerospace Engineering
CHARLES E. GAVIN III CHAIR
Bruce Tatarchuk
Chemical Engineering
SAMUEL GINN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
Shiwen Mao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
GOTTLIEB C.E. PROFESSOR
James Davidson
Civil Engineering
ELTON Z. AND LOIS G. HUFF PROFESSOR
Dongye Zhao
Civil Engineering
ELTON AND LOIS HUFF EMINENT CHAIR
Andrzej Nowak
Civil Engineering
JAMES MADISON HUNNICUTT PROFESSOR
Rod Turochy
Civil Engineering
JOHN AND ANNE MACFARLANE PROFESSOR
Pradeep Lall
Mechanical Engineering
CHARLES D. MCCRARY EMINENT CHAIR
Gerry Dozier
Computer Science and Software Engineering
BILL AND LANA MCNAIR DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
David Bevly
Mechanical Engineering
JOE T. AND BILLIE CAROLE MCMILLAN PROFESSOR
Mario Eden
Chemical Engineering
MCWANE ECE PROFESSOR
Robert Dean
Electrical and Computer Engineering
MCWANE ME PROFESSOR
Hareesh Tippur
Mechanical Engineering
CHARLES D. MILLER CHAIR
John Evans
Industrial and Systems Engineering
MOUNTAIN SPIRIT FOUNDATION PROFESSOR
Anton Schindler
Civil Engineering
HAL N. AND PEGGY S. PENNINGTON PROFESSOR
Sean Gallagher
Industrial and Systems Engineering
PHILPOTT WESTPOINT STEVENS DISTRIBUTION PROFESSORS
Jakita Thomas
Computer Science and Software Engineering
Jorge Valenzuela
Industrial and Systems Engineering
RICHARD D. AND MARJORIE M. QUINA PROFESSOR
Jeffrey Suhling
Mechanical Engineering
- REDD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Selen Cremaschi
Chemical Engineering
- ALLEN AND MARTHA REED PROFESSOR
Brian Thurow
Aerospace Engineering
ED AND PEGGY REYNOLDS FAMILY PROFESSOR
Foster Dai
Electrical and Computer Engineering
MARY AND JOHN SANDERS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Elizabeth Lipke
Chemical Engineering
ALBERT SMITH JR. PROFESSOR
Robert Jackson
Mechanical Engineering
GEORGE AND DOROTHY STAFFORD UTHLAUT CHAIR
Christopher Roberts
Dean of Engineering
UTHLAUT FAMILY PROFESSOR
Robert Ashurst
Chemical Engineering
JOHN H. AND GAIL WATSON PROFESSOR
Hari Narayanan
Computer Science and Software Engineering
WALT AND VIRGINIA WOLTOSZ PROFESSORS
Roy Hartfield
Aerospace Engineering
Jin Wang
Chemical Engineering
WOLTOSZ WAR EAGLE MOTORSPORTS PROFESSOR
Peter Jones
Mechanical Engineering
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Spring Awards 2018