SEAS Honors and Awards

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences recognizes faculty and staff excellence through an awards program. Recipients are nominated by fellow faculty/staff and vetted by the SEAS Faculty Awards Committee or the SEAS Staff Awards Committee.

View SEAS faculty/staff nomination instructions and award criteria.

Faculty Awards

Staff Awards

Faculty Awards

Best Teaching Faculty of the Year Award

This award is presented to teaching faculty members for outstanding educational contributions to SEAS.

Lauren Kuryloski

Department: Engineering Education
Award year: 2023

Jennifer Stamm

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2023

Brad Darrall

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2022

Matthew Hertz

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2022

Harrison Kelly*

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2021

Jing Wang

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2021

David Courtemanche

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2020

Aaron Estes

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2020

Sabrina Casucci

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2019

Tamara Kofke

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2019

Jason Armstrong

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2018

Filip Stefanovic

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2018

Bina Ramamurthy

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2017

Kevin Burke

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2017

Carl Alphonce

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2015

Early Career Researcher of the Year Award

This award is presented to assistant professors for outstanding research contributions to SEAS.

Winnie Chen

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2023

Chip Ionita

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2023

Peter Liu

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2022

Mingchen Gao

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2022

Eleni Kyriakidou

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2021

Baishakhi Mazumder

Department: Materials Design and Innovation
Award year: 2021

Huamin Li

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2020

A. Erdem Sariyuce

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2020

Minhui Zheng*

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2020

Souma Chowdhury

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2019

Jung-Hun Seo

Department: Materials Design and Innovation
Award year: 2019

Xiu Yao

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2019

Sara Behdad*

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2018

Matthew Bolton*

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2018

Shi Li*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2018

Lora Cavuoto

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2017

Qing He*

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2017

Josep Jornet*

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2017

Gang Wu

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2017

Jun Xia

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2017

Panagiotis Ch. Anastasopoulos

Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award year: 2016

Yun Wu

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2016

Wenyao Xu

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2016

Qiaoqiang Gan

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2015

Jing Gao*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2015

Dimitrios Koutsonikolas*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2015

Haiqing Lin

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2015

Jonathan Lovell

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2015

Early Career Teacher of the Year Award

This award is presented to assistant professors for outstanding educational contributions to SEAS.

Luis Herrera

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2023

Ryan St. Pierre

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2023

Eleonora Botta

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2022

Huamin Li

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2022

Kenny Joseph

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2021

Craig Snoeyink

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2021

Wen Dong

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2020

Frank Lagor*

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2020

Jaroslaw Zola

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2019

Josep Jornet*

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2018

Mostafa Nouh

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2018

Yun Wu

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2018

John Atkinson

Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award year: 2017

Johannes Hachmann

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2017

Oliver Kennedy

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2017

Anthony Tessari

Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award year: 2017

Olga Wodo

Department: Materials Design and Innovation
Award year: 2017

Varun Chandola

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2016

Jihyung Yoo*

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2016

Lukasz Ziarek

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2016

Lora Cavuoto

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2015

Geoffrey Challen*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2015

Steven Y. Ko*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2015

David Salac

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2015

Senior Researcher of the Year Award

This award is presented to associate or full professors for outstanding recent research contributions to SEAS.

Souma Chowdhury

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2023

Ruogang Zhao

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2023

Michael Langberg

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2022

Jun Xia

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2022

Lora Cavuoto

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2021

Yun Wu

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2021

Chong Cheng

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2020

Wenyao Xu

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2020

Chi Zhou

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2020

Jing Gao*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2019

Tarun Singh

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2019

Uttam Singisetti

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2019

Gang Wu

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2019

Paul DesJardin

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2018

Tevfik Kosar

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2018

Jonathan Lovell

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2018

Jun Zhuang

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2018

Qiaoqiang Gan

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2017

Atri Rudra

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2017

Leslie Ying

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2017

Murat Demirbas

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2016

Kemper Lewis

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2016

Michel Bruneau

Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award year: 2015

Natalia Litchinitser*

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2015

Kui Ren*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2015

Jinhui Xu

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2015

Sean Wu*

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2015

Senior Teacher of the Year Award

This award is presented to associate or full professors for outstanding recent educational contributions to SEAS.

Erik Einarsson

Department: Materials Design and Innovation / Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2022

Russ Miller

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2022

Mark Ehrensberger

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2021

Oliver Kennedy

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2021

Ehsan Esfahani

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2020

Igor Jankovic

Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award year: 2020

Nicholas Mastronarde

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2020

Atri Rudra

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2020, 2015

Matthew Ringuette

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2019

Jun Zhuang

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2019

Jennifer L. Zirnheld

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2019

Tevfik Kosar

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2018

David Salac

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2018

Weifeng Su

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2018

Xin He*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2017

Dimitrios Koutsonikolas*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2017

Kwang W. Oh

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2017

Tarun Singh

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2017

Edward P. Furlani*

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2016

Bharat Jayaraman*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2016

Shambhu Upadhyaya

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2016

Victor Paquet

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2015

Marina Tsianou

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2015

SEAS for JEDI Faculty Award

Introduced in 2021, this award recognizes faculty members who are outstanding advocates for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in SEAS.

Sabrina Casucci

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2023

Jing Wang

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2023

Marina Tsianou

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2022

Jennifer L. Zirnheld

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2022

Marina Blanton

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2021

Kristen Moore

Department: Engineering Education
Award year: 2021

Staff Awards

Outstanding Leadership Award

(Formerly the Cause for Applause Award)

Staff member who exemplifies achievements related to SEAS activities over and above assigned responsibilities.

Tooba Khilji

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2023

Kaeleigh Peri

Department: SEAS Office of Academic Affairs
Award year: 2023

Jennifer Giegel

Department: Engineering Education
Award year: 2022

Katharine Bartelo

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2021

Jackie Baum

Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award year: 2021

Michelle Neumaier

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2021

Jennifer Gammell*

Department: SEAS Graduate Education
Award year: 2020

Stephen Hart

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2020

Holly Evert

Department: SEAS Communications
Award year: 2019

Simon Peng*

Department: SEAS Engineering Machine Shop
Award year: 2019

Sarah D'Iorio

Department: SEAS Communications
Award year: 2018

Todd Nibbe*

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2017

Jason Tillman

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2017

Dean's Award for Staff Excellence

(Formerly the Dean's Award for Excellence in Service)

Staff member whose extraordinary service contributions have significantly enriched their SEAS department with exceptional achievements and superior performance. Nominations may be made for academic support staff and/or administrative support staff.

Lisa Stephens

Department: SEAS Online Education
Award year: 2023

Ken English

Department: SEAS Online Education
Award year: 2022

Christian Miller

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2021

Joan Wilson

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2020

Bin Chen*

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2019

Cheryl Michalowski

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2018

Kerry Colliins-Gross

Department: SEAS Undergraduate Education
Award year: 2017

Kim Kriz

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2017

Jane Stoyle Welch*

Department: SEAS Communications
Award year: 2017

Award for Excellence in Student Support

(Formerly the Outstanding Customer Service Award)

Staff member who provides exemplary service to SEAS faculty, staff, students, and other constituents within/outside of their department. Providing top quality service to internal and external customers while treating them respectfully, cordially, effectively and efficiently.

Lynn Noel

Undergraduate Student Support
Department: Office of Academic Affairs
Award year: 2023

David Fonzi

Undergraduate Student Support
Department: SEAS Machine Shop
Award year: 2023

Brandon Moraca

Undergraduate Student Support
Department: SEAS Machine Shop
Award year: 2023

Caitlin Hoekstra

Graduate Student Support
Department: Office of Academic Affairs
Award year: 2023

Ann Mangan

Graduate Student Support
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2023

Chris Majchrzak

Department: Science and Engineering Node Services
Award year: 2022

Jane Sinclair

Department: SEAS Undergraduate Education
Award year: 2022

Joelle Donius

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Award year: 2021

Maria-Rose Frisina

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2021

Jason Tillman

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2021

Erin MacDiarmid

Department: SEAS Undergraduate Education
Award year: 2020

Peter Murphy

Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award year: 2020

Marlo Roetzer

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2020

Jennifer Wojcik

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2019

Rosemary Lombardo

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2018

Katharine Bartelo

Department: Electrical Engineering
Award year: 2017

Deanie Hedrick

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2017

Eva McGovern

Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award year: 2017

Diane Vannatter*

Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Award year: 2017

Rising Star Award

Staff member who demonstrates quality performance that indicates continuous development into an exemplary employee. The employee shows passion for their work while demonstrating professionalism and dedication to the mission of their SEAS department.

Brett Davis

Department: SEAS Research Advancement
Award year: 2023

Allison Suflita

Department: Office of Academic Affairs
Award year: 2023

Maria Putzke

Department: SEAS Dean's Office
Award year: 2022

Ema Scollo

Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Award year: 2022

Baylee Richards

Department: SEAS Undergraduate Education
Award year: 2021

Meredith Volker*

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2021

Susan Ye

Department: SEAS Dean's Office
Award year: 2021

Marcus Miller

Department: Science and Engineering Node Services
Award year: 2020

Kaeleigh Peri

Department: SEAS Graduate Education
Award year: 2020

Tom Yearke

Department: Science and Engineering Node Services
Award year: 2020

Tooba Khilji

Department: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Award year: 2019

Jackie Baum

Department: Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Award year: 2018

Chelsea Montrois*

Department: SEAS Student Affairs and Accreditation
Award year: 2018

Kate Doran

Department: SEAS Undergraduate Education
Award year: 2017

Brittany Sandor*

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Award year: 2017

SEAS for JEDI Staff Award

Introduced in 2021, this award recognizes staff members who are outstanding advocates for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in SEAS.

Shannon Phillips

Department: SEAS Dean's Office
Award year: 2023

Christopher Connor

Department: SEAS Graduate Education
Award year: 2022

Kate Doran

Department: SEAS Undergraduate Education
Award year: 2021

Unsung Hero Award

This award is presented to a staff member(s) who contributes significantly to a SEAS department, but whose role and support for the department may not be as visible as some others.