Student and Faculty Awards
Undergraduate Awards
This award is presented by Niagara Frontier Chapter of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers
1964 S.W. TOMASZEWSKI
1965 J.F. KREITZ
1966 R.G. ADAMS
1967 P.W. SHIELDS
1968 M.R. PETROSKI
1969 P.E. PRZESTAWSKI
1970 WILLIAM A. PESCH
1971 W.R. FAIRCHILD
1972 R.F. DECKRO
1973 T.P. WIATROWSKI
1974 M.P. SULLIVAN
1975 J.N. BRAATEN
1976 CARL W. CHERMAK
1977 PETER J. PERRELLO
1978 MARY ROSE FISCHER
1979 MARK C. KOPERA
1980 KEVIN J. HAGERTY
1981 KELLY L. GREENE
1982 WILLIAM G. WILD
1983 DANIEL J. BOLTZ
1984 PAUL N. COUVUTSAKIS
1985 NANCY J. CAMA
1986 RONNIT USHEROVITZ
1987 MARSHALL R. MERIMS
1999 KING WONG
In honor of the first chairman of the Department of Industrial Engineering.
1984 MOLLY McMANUS
1985 KAY HOFTIEZER
1986 ADAM BERNSTEIN
1987 LAWRENCE PETTIT
1988 ANN BISANTZ
1989 ANTHONY SUCATO
1990 JOHN VOIT
1991 WILLIAM UTTER
1992 MICHAEL WALTON
1993 DESPINA SAPARELLA
1994 KATHERINE BAHNSEN
1995 PING-YANGTSANG
1996 JESSYCA NADLER
1997 RODNEY GOOGER
1999 KARIANNE PAOLO
2000 ANDRES LOSADA
2001 PASCAL COHEN
2003 LISA MURAWSKI
2004 THERESA MOEHLE
2007 MATTHEW HENCHEY, THOMAS SZALKOWSKI, CHRISTOPHER WAHL
2008 JOHN COLES, MEGAN HANNIGAN, DEVON McMASTOR
2009 ABDULRHMAN ALSHIBAKE, NICHOLAS FORTENBERY, KEITH MacKENZIE
2010 MARK FENZL, SCOTT FRENZEL, EMILY LANDESBERG, NEVIN MUTLU
2011 HUNG DUC PHAN, ZHIHAO LIU
2012 HAO TING CHEN, JENNA MAE SWARTHOUT, MARIE CATALANO
2013 CURTIS BOYLE, GIOVANNI MADEJSKI
2014 CHRISTOPHER DIAZ
2015 JULIE FETZER, ZACHARY STEEVER
2016 DANIEL SEABERG, JUNJIE FANG
2017 KATHRYN LUKASIEWICZ , SCOTT MALONEY
2018 ESTHER JOSE
2019 CHANTEL WARNER
2020 Claire Feng, Alex Trombini, Sarah Koeng
Given by Robert F. Hanley BS '90 in recognition of ISE Professors Warren Thomas and Mark Karwan
2007 GABREIL ABDELLA
2008 MATTHEW HENCHEY, ANDREW WIDJAJA
2009 CHRISTIAN-HARRIS OFFICER, JOHN KOSTADINOV
2010 MAY CHEUNG
2011 JENNA WEGRZYN
2012 MAY CHEUNG, ELIZABETH NEWELL
2013 JONATHAN MACADAM
2014 KYLE CUNNINGHAM
2015 BROCK HOFFMAN, NICHOLAS KREUTER
2016 CHRISTOPHER HUFF, BRYANT CHEN
2017 KEVIN DILLON
2018 SCOTT MALONEY
2019 ESTHER JOSE, SABRINA GIACONA, MAKAYLA ROMA
2020 Samir Michael, Michel Ramos, Sabrina Giacona-
2019-2022 Madison Dailey
Graduate Awards
In honor of John Zahorjan. Professor of Industrial Engineering (1983-1999) who mentored internships, led the devolopment of the Masters of Engineering Program and was deeply respected and loved by his students.
2000-01 WITAWAT MARK WATTANAPANOM
2001-02 MORRIS GREEN JR.
2002-03 MORRIS GREEN JR., PIERRE ST. LOUIS
2003-04 MORRIS GREEN JR., PIERRE ST. LOUIS
2006-07 GUNVANTI MARATHE, DEEPIKA VIJ
2007-08 DAVID PAYNE, KARAN KUMAR VAIDYA
2012-13 EMILY LANDESBERG
2013-14 JONATHAN BRAUN, NICK VITELLO
2014-15 JOHNATHAN BRAUN
2015-16 LEVI RICKARD, RACHEL PETRONE
2016-17 RACHEL PETRONE, LEVI RICKARD
2017-18 CARTER MANN, CONNER KYLE
2018-19 BRANDON BUESCHING
2020-21 Kira Andrade Solano
2018 Meghan Donahue
ISE Graduate Student Researcher of the year:
2017-2018: Jida Huang
2018-2019: Ali Pala
2019-2020: Xi Zheng, Luis Segura (Honorable Mention)
ISE Teaching Assistant of the Year:
2017-2018: Ningji Wei
2018-2019: Ridwan Aziz
2019-2020: Puneet Agarwal, Rishabh Bhandawat (Honorable Mention), John Fontecha (Honorable Mention)
ISE Graduate Student Service and Leadership award:
2017-2018: Biplab Bhattacharya
2018-2019: Zach Steever
2019-2020: John Fontecha, Rishabh Bhandawat (Honorable Mention)
Student Club Awards
Student Chapter Annual Award Summa Cum Laude: 2017, 2013, and 2012
Chapter Recognition, Gold: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
Awards Won by Our Faculty
2021 Chi Zhou SEAS Senior Researcher of the Year Award.
2020 Dr. Jun Zhuang: UB Teaching Innovation Award
2020 Dr. Rajan Batta: MOR Journal Award is one of the awards given each year by the Military Operations Research Society
2020 Dr. Lora Cavuoto:President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring
2020 Ann Bisantz Named HFES Society Woman Mentor of the Year
2020 Zhou Receives World Record
2020 Lora Cavuoto Receives UB President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring
2020 Jun Zhuang Receives UB Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award
2020 Jun Zhuang Receives UB Teaching Innovation Award
2020 Rajan Batta Named Editor and Chief of Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
2019 Dr. Sabrina Cassuci: SEAS Best Teaching Faculty of the Year Award
2019 Dr. Mark Karwan: Informs Best Paper Award
2019 Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee:Best Paper for the Society of Risk Analysis.
2019 Dr. Jun Zhuang- Business First 40 under 40, UB The Exceptional Scholar Award for Young Investigators, UB Graduate School’s Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, Society of Risk Analysis (SRA) Chauncey Starr Distinguished Young Risk Analyst Award, SEAS Best Senior Teacher of the Year Award,
2019 Chi Zhou Receives NSF CAREER Award
2019-2020 Rajan Batta Named Acting Dean
2018 Matthew Bolton Receives HFES William C. Howell Young Investigator Award
2018 Ann Bisantz Named UB Dean of Undergraduate Education
2017 Warren Thomas Named IISE Fellow
2017 Ann Bisantz Receives HFES Paul M. Fitts Education Award
2017 Alex Nikolaev Receives University at Buffalo Teaching Innovation Award
2016 Chi Zhou Receives Guinness World Record for Least Dense 3D-Printed Structure
2015 Rajan Batta Receives the IIE Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award
2015 Ann Bisantz Receives SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellent in Scholarship and Creative Activities
2015 Matthew Bolton Receives U.S. Army Young Investigator Award
2015 Matthew Bolton Selected as Senior Member of the IEEE Society
2015- 2020 Moises Sudit Serves as UB Associate Vice President of Sponsored Research and Technology
2014 Li Lin Receives SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
2014 Rajan Batta Receives the University at Buffalo Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award
2013 Ann Bisantz Named HFES Fellow
2013 Rajan Batta Named SUNY Distinguished Professor
2013 Jun Zhuang Receives UB Exceptional Scholar Young Investigator Award
2011-2015 Dr. Victor Paquet serves as Scientific Editor or Applied Ergonomics
2010 Mark Karwan Named SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor
2010-2011 Rajan Batta Named Acting Dean
2012 Jun Zhuang Receives UB President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring
2002 Colin Drury named UB Distinguished Professor.
90's- 2000s Colin Drury Serves as North American Editor for Applied Ergonomics
2000 Ann Bisantz Receives NSF CAREER Award
2002 Rajan Batta Receives UB Sustained Achievement Award
2003 Colin Drury named International Ergonomics Association Fellow
2004- Present Moises Sudit Named Director of the Center for Multisource Information Fusion with over $10M in research expenditures
2005 Colin Drury FAA Excellence in Aviation Research.
2005 Colin Drury receives the HFES A.R. Lauer Safety Award
2006 Rajan Batta Named IIE Fellow
2006-2012 Ann Bisantz Serves as Scientific Editor of Applied Ergonomics
2007 Colin Drury named SUNY Distinguished Professor.
2007 Rajan Batta Receives SUNY Research Foundation Award for Research and Scholarship
2007 Rajan Batta Receives SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
2008 Rajan Batta Receives IIE Dr. David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award
Additional Student Awards
2021-Kyle Hunt:2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
2021- Esther Jose: Graduate Research Grant from the UB’s Center for GeoHazards Studies
2020 Kyle Hunt: Society for Risk Analysis’ Risk Policy and Law Student Merit Award
2020 PhD student: Somayeh Dejbord- The Leonard Braun Memorial Scholarship and honorable mention for the Bayer Women in Operations Research Scholarship.
2020 Undergraduate Student: Kyle Hunt- Decision Analysis and Risk Specialty Group (DARSG), Specialty Group's Merit Award
2020 Undergraduate Student: Esther Jose- UB Leaders in Excellence Scholarship, UB's David M. Benenson Memorial Scholarship Fund
2020 PhD student: Ling Lin- Robert H. and Catherine H. Goldsmith Scholarship Fund
2020 Undergraduate Student: Deirdre Rogers-Wallace-Barbara and Jack Davis Engineering Education Endowment Fund
2020 Chantal Warner- Amy Bresney Scholarship Fund
2020 Maya Charcholla- Barbara and Jack David Engineering Education Endowment Fund
2020 Krystal Annalecia Colman and Makayla Roma- Chuang Family Scholarship
2020 Somayeh Dejbord-George Norton SEAS Scholarship Fund
2020 Deirdre Rogers-Wallace-Isaac Waugh Memorial Scholarship