The purpose of the Engineering Outstanding Contributions Award is to emphasize a scholar’s continuing contributions to the field of engineering, including outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research, scholarship, professional service and student interaction.
Nomination Guide
To ensure eligibility of nominees, please see the eligibility requirements page.
Contributions and activities during the past five years should be the focus of the nomination. Nominations are to be submitted by department heads (one nomination per department). Endowed chair or professorship holders are not eligible.
Nomination Package
The nomination package for engineering contributions should be submitted in this order and should include:
- The nomination form.
- The nominee’s CV (limited to 20 pages).
Past Recipients
See past recipients of the Engineering Outstanding Contributions Award.
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2022-2023 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Diego Donzis
Department: Aerospace engineering
Award Name: College of Engineering Excellence Award – Outstanding Contributions - Recipient Name: Waruna Kulatilaka
Department: Mechanical engineering
Award Name: College of Engineering Excellence Award – Outstanding Contributions
- Recipient Name: Hadi Nasrabadi
Department: Petroleum engineering
Award Name: College of Engineering Excellence Award – Outstanding Contributions
- Recipient Name: Diego Donzis
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2021-2022 Recipients
- Recipient Name: James Caverlee
Department: Computer science and engineering
Award Name: College of Engineering Excellence Award – Outstanding Contributions - Recipient Name: Zenon Medina-Cetina
Department: Civil and environmental engineering
Award Name: College of Engineering Excellence Award – Outstanding Contributions
- Recipient Name: Vladislav Yakovlev
Department: Biomedical engineering
Award Name: College of Engineering Excellence Award – Outstanding Contributions
- Recipient Name: James Caverlee
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2020-2021 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Michael Demkowicz
Department: Materials science and engineering
Award Name: College of Engineering Excellence Award – Outstanding Contributions - Recipient Name: Akhilesh Gaharwar
Department: Biomedical engineering
Award Name: College of Engineering Excellence Award – Outstanding Contributions
- Recipient Name: Michael Demkowicz
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2019-2020 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Debjyoti Banerjee
Department: Mechanical engineering
Award Name: Charles W. Crawford Distinguished Award - Recipient Name: Amy Epps Martin
Department: Civil and environmental engineering
Award Name: Williams Brothers Construction Engineering Fellow Contributions Award
- Recipient Name: Eduardo Gildin
Department: Petroleum engineering
Award Name: William O. and Montine P. Head Memorial Research Fund - Recipient Name: Guofei Gu
Department: Computer science and engineering
Award Name: William O. and Montine P. Head Memorial Research Fund
- Recipient Name: Debjyoti Banerjee
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2018-2019 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Roozbeh Jafari
Department: Biomedical engineering
Award Name: William O. and Montine P. Head Memorial Research Fund - Recipient Name: Dominique Lord
Department: Civil and environmental engineering
Award Name: Williams Brothers Construction Engineering Fellow Contributions Award
- Recipient Name: Roozbeh Jafari
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2017-2018 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Raymundo Arroyave
Department: Materials science and engineering
Award Name: William O. and Montine P. Head Memorial Research Fund - Recipient Name: Melissa Grunlan
Department: Biomedical engineering
Award Name: William O. and Montine P. Head Memorial Research Fund
- Recipient Name: Mark Holtzapple
Department: Chemical engineering
Award Name: George Armistead, Jr. ’23 Faculty Excellence - Recipient Name: Stefan Hurlebaus
Department: Civil and environmental engineering
Award Name: Williams Brothers Construction Engineering Award
- Recipient Name: Bryan Rasmussen
Department: Mechanical engineering
Award Name: Charles Crawford Distinguished Contributions Award
- Recipient Name: Raymundo Arroyave
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2016-2017 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Hong Liang
Department: Mechanical engineering
Award Name: William Keeler Memorial Award - Recipient Name: Kristen Maitland
Department: Biomedical engineering
Award Name: William Keeler Memorial Award
- Recipient Name: Bimal Nepal
Department: Engineering technology and industrial distribution
Award Name: William Keeler Memorial Award - Recipient Name: Scott Socolofsky
Department: Civil and environmental engineering
Award Name: Williams Brothers Construction Engineering Fellow
- Recipient Name: Hong Liang
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2015-2016 Recipients
- Recipient Name: Satish Bukkapatnam
Department: Industrial and systems engineering
Award Name: Barbara and Ralph Cox '53 Faculty Award - Recipient Name: Sergio Capareda
Department: Biological and agricultural engineering
Award Name: Charles H. Barclay, Jr. '45 Award
- Recipient Name: Stefan Hurlebaus
Department: Civil and environmental engineering
Award Name: Williams Brothers Construction Engineering Award - Recipient Name: Alex Sprintson
Department: Electrical and computer engineering
Award Name: William O. and Montine P. Head Memorial Research Fund
- Recipient Name: Satish Bukkapatnam