The recipients of the Texas A&M University College of Engineering’s 2020 Faculty and Staff Awards were recently announced, and will be recognized at next year’s Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet.
New Employee Award
Erin Bandza (materials science and engineering)
Key Contributor Award
Cheryl Kocman (industrial and systems engineering)
Engineering Team Award
Yordanos Bisrat, Winson Chun-Hsin Kuo, Jing Wu, Wilson Serem, Stanislav Verkhoturov, Rene Yeargan-Stutt and Andrew Mott (Materials Characterization Facility)
Staff Excellence Award
Anna Budvitis (Engineering Academic and Student Affairs)
Christina Escamilla (aerospace engineering)
Dana Ethridge (TEES Fiscal Office)
D'Anne Crain (civil and environmental engineering)
Eric Gonzalez (Texas A&M Center for Applied Technology)
Michaela Catalena (Alumni Relations and Events)
Seth Sullivan (Engineering Academic and Student Affairs)
President’s Meritorious Service Awards
Jules Henry (materials sciences and engineering)
Sharli Nucker (mechanical engineering)
Faculty Awards
Dean of Engineering Excellence Awards
Assistant Professor Level
Daniel Alge (biomedical engineering)
Ali Mostafavi (civil and environmental engineering)
Associate Professor Level
Akhilesh Gaharwar (biomedical engineering)
Professor Level
James Caverlee (computer science and engineering)
John Hurtado (aerospace engineering)
Engineering Teaching Awards
George Armistead, Jr. '23 Faculty Excellence Teaching Award -- Micah Green (chemical engineering)
College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award -- Farzan Sasangohar (industrial and systems engineering)
Engineering Service Awards
William Keeler Memorial Award-Service -- Thomas Blasingame (petroleum engineering) and Prasad Enjeti (electrical and computer engineering)
Engineering Outstanding Contributions Awards
Charles W. Crawford Distinguished Award -- Debjyoti Banerjee (mechanical engineering)
Williams Brothers Construction Engineering Fellow Contributions Award -- Amy Epps Martin (civil and environmental engineering)
William O. and Montine P. Head Memorial Research Fund -- Eduardo Gildin (petroleum engineering) and Guofei Gu (computer science and engineering)
Instructional Faculty Teaching Awards
Mina Rahimian (electrical and computer engineering)
Catherine Sliva (petroleum engineering)
Evan Vestal (engineering technology and industrial distribution)
College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Awards
Eugene Webb Faculty Fellow -- Alaa Elwany (industrial and systems engineering) and Tracy Hammond (computer science and engineering)
TEES Faculty Fellow Awards
Diego Donzis (aerospace engineering)
Huilin Gao (civil and environmental engineering)
Ranjana Mehta (industrial and systems engineering)
TEES Young Faculty Fellow Awards
Joseph Kwon (chemical engineering)
Zhangyang “Atlas” Wang (computer science and engineering)