Faculty and Staff Awards 2025
Faculty and staff were recognized at the 27th Annual College of Engineering Faculty and Staff Awards for their exceptional service and dedication in support of students, the COE community, and the university during the 2024-2025 academic year. See our list of award recipients and event photo gallery.
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Distinguished Faculty Award
- Hanumant Singh, ECE & MIE
- Yang Zhang, CEE
Søren Buus Outstanding Research Award
- Matthew Eckelman, CEE
- Stratis Ioannidis, ECE
- Francesco Restuccia, ECE
- Sara Rouhanifard, BioE
Constantinos Mavroidis Translational Research Award
- Sarah Ostadabbas, ECE
- Mehrdad Sasani, CEE
Outstanding Faculty Service Award
- Ken Duffy, ECE
- Max Sederer, Co-op
- Richard West, ChE
COE Faculty Fellow
- Md Noor E Alam, MIE
- Anand Asthagiri, BioE
- Ryan Koppes, ChE
- Sarah Ostadabbas, ECE
Excellence in Mentoring Award
- Andrew Gillen, FYE
- Josep Jornet, ECE
- Yiannis Levendis, MIE
Faculty Research Team Award – iSUPER Impact Engine
- Becca Berkey, CSSH
- Jennifer Dy, ECE & KCCS
- Matthew Eckelman, CEE
- Khaled Ghannam, CEE
- Stratis Ioannidis, ECE
- David Kaeli, ECE
- Haris Koutsopoulos, CEE
- Shang Liu, CEE
- Amy Mueller, CEE & MES
- Daniel O’Brien, PPUA & CCJ
- Julia Varshavsky, DHS & CEE
- Ming Wang, CEE
- Qi “Ryan” Wang, CEE
- Sara Wylie, SHS
- Yang Zhang, CEE
Outstanding Teachers of First-Year Engineering Students Award
- Tabitha Benitez-Rogers, CSSH
- Andrew Gillen, FYE
- Alessandra Di Credico, COS
- Timothy Dransfield, COS
- Marco Rainho, COS
Martin W. Essigmann Outstanding Teaching Award
- Kathryn Schulte Grahame, FYE
Fostering Engineering Innovation in Education Award
- Erel Levine, BioE
- Benjamin Woolston, ChE
Outstanding Cooperative Education Coordinator Award
- Kristina Hals, Co-op
- Jake Walker, Co-op
Outstanding Staff Award
- Nicole Brewer, GSE
- James Jones Jr., Comp Center
- Alaina Karcher, Dean’s Office
Going the Extra Mile “GEM” Award
- Laura Kenney, Academic Advising
- Saige McGinnis, BioE
Rising Star Award
- Gabriella Bucci, Dean’s Office
- John Furtado, Comp Center
- Gretchen Hahn, GSE
- Rebecca Ricard, CEE
Outstanding Staff Teamwork Award
- First Year Engineering
- Matthew Burns, FYE
- Nicholas Cunningham, FYE
- Marketing and Communications
- Rose Hamilton, Marketing and Communications
- Janet LeClair, Marketing and Communications
- Bella Martinez, Marketing and Communications
- Christina McNeil, Marketing and Communications
- damian shiner, Marketing and Communications
Diversity Recognition Award
- Luke Landherr, ChE
- Esin Sozer, BioE
Impact Award
- Lee Makowski, BioE & CBB
- Polina Starobinets, Dean’s Office
COE Partner in Excellence Award
- Laurie Bowater, Gift Planning
- Meaghan Healey, PREF
Everyday Excellence Award
- Lindsay Levy, ARC
Heart of the Team Award
- Lindsay Werner, GSE
Dean’s Award for Meritorious Service
- Nik Bear Brown, MGEN
- Maricla Pirozzi Quartey, MGEN
- 115th Co-op Anniversary Team
- Ariana Brody, MGEN Co-op
- Janet LeClair, Marketing and Communications
- Christina Lonardo, Dean’s Office
- Andrew Lujan, Co-op
- Iraz Medhi, Co-op
- Sarah Mockler, Co-op
- Lorraine Mountain, Co-op
- Alison Nogueira, Co-op
- damian shiner, Marketing and Communications
- Polina Starobinets, Dean’s Office
- Ev Stefanakos, Co-op
- Chelsea White, Co-op