Engineering faculty honored at awards banquet

Outstanding faculty from the College of Engineering were honored at this year’s Faculty Awards Banquet on April 2. Awards included Investiture Awards, College of Engineering Excellence Awards, and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s (TEES) Faculty Fellow Awards.

Investiture Award

Dr. Robert H. Bishop, the new Vice Chancellor and Dean for Texas A&M Engineering and director of TEES, recognized the Investiture Awards, which acknowledge faculty members appointed as endowed professors or chairs of their respective departments. These positions recognize their commitments to teaching, research and service.

Professorship appointments

Kamran Entesari
Texas Instruments Engineering Professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Amy Epps Martin
A.P. and Florence Wiley Professorship II in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Akhilesh Gaharwar
Tim and Amy Leach Professorship in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Eduardo Gildin
Rob L. Adams ’40 Professorship in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering

Micah Green
Gas Processors Suppliers Association Professorship in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering

Bimal Nepal
Don A. Rice Professorship in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution

Samuel Palermo
J.W. Runyon, Jr. Professorship I in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Vijaykumar Panchang
W. H. Bauer Dredging Professorship in the Department of Ocean Engineering

Chair appointments

Moo-Hyun (MH) Kim
Wofford Cain Chair I in the Department of Ocean Engineering

Enrique Lavernia
M. Katherine Banks Endowed Chair in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Malini Natarajarathinam
Leonard and Valerie Bruce Leadership Chair in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution

Narasimha Reddy Annapareddy
Truchard Foundation Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Julie Schoenung
Wofford Cain Chair III in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Hamid Toliyat
Robert M. Kennedy ’26 Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Engineering awards 

Dean of Engineering Excellence awards

Professor Level
Akhilesh Gahawar, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Shuiwang Ji, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Associate Professor Level
Katherine Davis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Xiaofeng Qian, Department of Material Sciences and Engineering

Assistant Professor Level
Dorrin Jarrahbashi, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Shreya Raghavan, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Xuejun Zhu, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering

Faculty Excellence awards

College of Engineering Excellence for Service Award
Karen Butler-Purry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Zhijan (ZJ) Pei, Wm Michael Barnes ’64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Srinivas Vadali, Department of Aerospace Engineering

College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award
Douglas Allaire, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Martin Carlisle, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Koen Groot, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Sunil Khatri, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mara London, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Evan Vestal, Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution

College of Engineering Excellence in Mentorship Award
Micah Green, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Duncan J. Maitland, Department of Biomedical Engineering

College of Engineering Teaching Impact Award
Shadi Balawi, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Paula deWitte, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Susan Ritchey, Engineering Academic and Student Affairs 
John Valasek, Department of Aerospace Engineering

TEES Faculty Fellow awards

TEES Senior Faculty Fellow Award
Xiaoning Qian, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

TEES Faculty Fellow Award
Kung-Hui Chu, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
David Claridge, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Alaa Elwany, Wm Michael Barnes ’64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

TEES Young Faculty Fellow Award
Yanling Chang, Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution
Nima Kalantari, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Freddie Witherden, Department of Ocean Engineering
Maryam Zahabi, Wm Michael Barnes ’64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering