[CCoE Notice] Cullen College of Engineering 2020-2021 Faculty and Student Excellence Awards

Tue May 4 13:58:09 CDT 2021

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Dear Engineering Faculty and Staff,

It is my pleasure to share the recipients of our 2020-2021 Faculty and Student Excellence Awards. Each of the following individuals has made outstanding contributions to our college, in the areas of research, teaching excellence and more.

Please join me in congratulating these exemplary students and members of our faculty!

2020-2021 Teaching Excellence Award

The Teaching Excellence Award recognizes outstanding teaching and service to students. This year's awardees are:

Faculty

Harish Krishnamoorthy - Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rodolfo Ostilla Monico - Mechanical Engineering

Megan Robertson - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Devin Shaffer - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Yaping Wang - Industrial Engineering

Teaching Assistants

Sihong He - Mechanical Engineering

Sadaf Pustchi - Biomedical Engineering

2020-2021 W.T. Kittinger Teaching Excellence Award

The W.T. Kittinger Teaching Excellence Award is traditionally one of the highest teaching awards given at the Cullen College. This award recognizes outstanding teaching and service to students. This year's awardee is:

Di Yang - Mechanical Engineering

2020-2021 Career Teaching Award

The Career Teaching Award is given intermittently and reserved for faculty who have shown a lifetime commitment to students. This year's awardee is:

Yi-Chao Chen - Mechanical Engineering

2020-2021 William A. Brookshire Teaching Excellence Award

The William A. Brookshire Teaching Excellence Award recognizes faculty who demonstrate an unwavering commitment to exemplifying the highest levels of teaching excellence inside the classroom. This year's awardees are:

Reagan Herman - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Holley Love - Mechanical Engineering

2020-2021 Research Excellence Award

The Research Excellence Award recognizes faculty for their outstanding research contributions. This award is recognized at both the junior and senior levels. This year's awardees are:

Junior-level Faculty

Taewoo Lee - Industrial Engineering

Rodolfo Ostilla Monico - Mechanical Engineering

Senior-level Faculty

Sergey Shevkoplyas - Biomedical Engineering

Cunjiang Yu - Mechanical Engineering

2020-2021 Cullen College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award

The Cullen College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award is the highest honor afforded to a faculty member for research. This award recognizes career excellence in research, teaching and service. This year's awardee is:

Peter Vekilov - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

2020-2021 Early Innovator Award

The Early Innovator Award recognizes efforts by tenure-track assistant faculty in innovation at UH who have a record of mentorship of students in innovation. This year's awardee is:

Jiefu Chen - Electrical and Computer Engineering

2020-2021 Rising Innovator Award

The Rising Innovator Award recognizes efforts by tenured associate faculty in innovation and entrepreneurship at UH who have demonstrated a track record of mentorship in addition to clear efforts in transferring technology to practice. This year's awardee is:

Hadi Ghasemi - Mechanical Engineering

2020-2021 Andrea Prosperetti Research Computing Faculty Award

The Andrea Prosperetti Research Computing Faculty Award recognizes faculty within the college who have demonstrated a singular achievement in the broadly defined topics of scientific computing and data science. This year's awardee is:

Lars Grabow - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

2020-2021 Andrea Prosperetti Research Computing Student Award

The Andrea Prosperetti Research Computing Faculty Award recognizes graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who have made outstanding contributions to research in data science and high-performance computing as well as their applications. This year's awardees are:

Jiahao Ding - Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kosar Mozaffari - Mechanical Engineering

2020 Best Dissertation Award

The Best Dissertation Award recognizes the best dissertations developed by our graduate students. This year's awardees are:

Aseem Chawla - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Musa Ozturk - Biomedical Engineering

Congratulations again to all our awardees!

Warm Regards,

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