Faculty and Staff Awards 2022

Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2021-2022 academic school year.

Faculty Fellow

• Rouzbeh Amini, MIE/BioE
• Loretta Fernandez, CEE
• Babak Heydari, MIE
• Carolyn Lee-Parsons, ChE
• Marvin Onabajo, ECE
• Nikolai Slavov, BioE
• Yanzhi Wang, ECE

Outstanding Teacher of First-Year Engineering Students

• Christopher Ayala, English Writing
• Ryan Dilworth, Chemistry
• Angelos Fotopoulos, Physics
• Angelina Jay, General Engineering
• Robert Lupi, Math

Martin Essigmann Outstanding Teaching Award

• Mona Minkara, BioE
• Michael Jaeggli, BioE
• Josep Jornet, ECE

Fostering Engineering Innovation in Education Award

• Nicholas Brown, MGEN

Outstanding Cooperative Education Coordinator Award

• Cheryl Arruda, CEE
• John Bleakney, MIE
• Rachel Walsh-Peterson, ECE

Søren Buus Outstanding Research Award

• Ambika Bajpayee, BioE
• Qin Jim Chen, CEE
• Hongli Zhu, MIE

Constantinos Mavroidis Translational Research Faculty Award

• Yiannis Levendis, MIE
• Mohsen Moghaddam, MIE

Outstanding Faculty Service Award

• Debra Auguste, ChE
• Rifat Sipahi, MIE

Excellence in Mentoring Award

• Kaushik Chowdhury, ECE
• Sagar Kamarthi, MIE
• Kathryn Schulte Grahame, FYE

Faculty Research Team Award

• Cold Spray Research Group
  • Teiichi Ando, MIE
  • Andrew Gouldstone, MIE
  • Xiaoning Jin, MIE
  • Sinan Müftü, MIE
  • Ozan Ozdemir, MIE
  • Taskin Padir, ECE
  • Mohammad Taslim, MIE
  • Moneesh Upmanyu, MIE

Go the Extra Mile “GEM” Staff Award

• Elizabeth Creamer, UG Advising
• David Louis, Computer Center
• Krista Robinette, ChE

Rising Star Staff Award

• Jessica Chace, Dean’s Office
• Hamad Rehman, Computer Center
• Shawna Richardson, ARC

Outstanding Staff Award

• Michael MacNeil, CEE
• Adam Rodrigues, ARC

Outstanding Staff Award

• PROTECT Team
  • Genesis Agosto Roman
  • Ishwara Ayala Ortiz
  • Rocio Cuevas Gines
  • Zulmarie Diaz Reguero
  • Chrystal Galan Rivera
  • Lilliana Gonzalez Medina
  • Natacha Guilloty-Rodriguez
  • Xiodenis Guzman Santiago
  • Gredia Huerta-Montañez
  • Joselyn De Jesus Rodriguez
  • Jessica Medina
  • Aryam Muñoz-Burgos
  • Nilda Otero
  • Mayra Rivera Robles
  • Priscilla Roman Alvarez
  • Zaira Rosario-Pabón
  • Carlos Vergara-Herrera

Dean’s Award for Meritorious Service

• Akram Alshawabkeh
• Claire Duggan

View descriptions of each award.

Related Faculty: Yanzhi Wang

Related Departments:Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Software Engineering and Information Systems