Engineering’s Faculty & Staff Awards
Each year the College honors our exemplary faculty and staff with awards befitting their achievements.
2025-2026 Awards
Dr. Jennifer Baggett
Dr. Jennifer Watson
Dr. Ryan Summers
Faculty Excellence in Graduate Education
Dr. Sriram Aaleti
Dr. Semih Ölçmen
Faculty Excellence in Professional Service
Dr. Steven Burian
Faculty Excellence for Outstanding Impact
Dr. Jiaqi Gong
Faculty Excellence in Impactful Leadership
Dr. Steven Burian
Dr. John Kim
Early Career Research Excellence and Innovation
Dr. Sichen Yuan
Dr. Zhongyang Wang
Dr. Hongsheng He
Dr. Shreyas Rao
Preeminence in Research Excellence and Innovation
Dr. Samit Roy
Outstanding Staff Member
Telisa McWaters
Rhiannon Davidson
Kymberli Lindsey
Meritorious Service Award
Rusty Pettus
Mariah Parker
2024-2025 Awards
Dr. Dawen Li
Maclane May
Faculty Excellence in Graduate Education
Dr. Shreyas Rao
Faculty Excellence in Professional Service
Dr. James W. Harris
Dr. Michael Kreger
Faculty Excellence for Outstanding Impact
Dr. Paulius Puzinauskas
Dr. Aijun Song
Early Career Research Excellence and Innovation
Dr. James W. Harris
Dr. Milad Esfahani
Preeminence in Research Excellence and Innovation
Dr. Luke Brewer
Dr. Jialai Wang
Outstanding Staff Member
Barry Battle
David Kimbrell
Radley Scott
Meritorious Service Award
Lisa DeWoody
Cindy Kirkley
Lisa Sandy
2023-2024 Awards
Dr. John Kim
Dr. Paulius Puzinauskas
Faculty Excellence in Graduate Education
Dr. Rohan Sood
Faculty Excellence for Outstanding Impact
Dr. Travis Atkinson
Dr. Steven Weinman
Early Career Research Excellence & Innovation Award
Dr. Tibor Szilvasi
Dr. Sevgi Gurbuz
Rising Faculty Star Research Excellence and Innovation Award
Dr. Mukesh Kumar
Dr. Jason Bara
Faculty Excellence in Professional Service
Dr. Milad Esfahani
Dr. Bhupendra Khandelwal
Outstanding Staff Member
Mary Wilcox
Jamie Thompson
Meritorious Service Award
Adrienne Hall
Tabitha Tuten
2022-2023 Awards
Dr. Todd Freeborn
Faculty Excellence in Graduate Education
Dr. Chris Crawford
Faculty Excellence for Outstanding Impact
Dr. Brandon Dixon
Early Career Research Excellence & Innovation Award
Dr. Hamed Moftakhari
Rising Faculty Star Research Excellence and Innovation Award
Dr. Andy Lemmon
Dr. Josh Bittle
Dr. Greg Thompson
Outstanding Staff Member
Adrienne Hall
Leslie Jones
Meritorious Service Award
Julie Ember
Telisa Goins
Cris Porter
Amy Ratliff
