The annual College of Engineering Awards Banquet sponsored by Tau Beta Pi took place April 9, 2019 at the Bill Gatton Student Center. Lee Todd (BSEE 1968), who served as the University of Kentucky’s president from 2001-2011, gave the keynote address.
The awards, arranged by department, are below.
College of Engineering Awards
Engineering Alumni Association Senior Leadership Award: Amna Al-Jumaily
Lou Takacs Engineering Co-op Award: Kelly Lynch
Henry Mason Lutes Award for Excellence in Engineering Education: T.W. Wu
Tau Beta Pi Awards
Most Outstanding Senior: Ali Crupper
Most Outstanding Graduate Student: Sydney Norman
Most Outstanding Staff: Jennifer Doerge
Most Outstanding Professor: Sarah Wilson
Dr. Bruce L. Walcott Tau Beta Pi Most Outstanding Service Award: Jerzy Jaromczyk
F. Joseph Halcomb III, M.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering
Outstanding Teacher: David Pienkowski
Outstanding Graduate Student (Masters): Matthew Ballard
Outstanding Graduate Student (Doctoral): Siavash Mazdeyasna
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Frank Woeste Award: Danielle Hockensmith
Outstanding Sophomore: Katie Emmert
Outstanding Junior: Cynthia Arnold
Outstanding Senior: Eric Vanzant
Outstanding Experiential Learning: Ashlee Edmonson
Outstanding Teacher: Alicia Modenbach
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
AIChE Outstanding Senior Member: Dylan Shoulders
Omega Chi Epsilon Outstanding Student: Olivia Johnston
Outstanding Chemical Engineering Junior Award: James Obute (Honorable Mentions: Sarah Kintner, Maelyn Kiser, Kelly Lynch, Rachel Monroe, RJ Vogler)
Outstanding Chemical Engineering Senior Award: Rebecca Pickman (Honorable Mentions: Amy Joseph, Thomas Ostertag, Taylor Scott, Ben Stacy)
Outstanding Chemical Engineering Graduate Students: Arif Khan, Xiaobo Dong, Hongyi Wan
Outstanding Chemical Engineering Teacher Award: Sarah Wilson
Outstanding Materials Engineering Junior Award: Thomas Chaney ( Honorable Mention: Isabella Ritz)
Outstanding Materials Engineering Senior Award: Nicholas Telesz (Honorable Mention: Muhammad Javed)
Outstanding MSE Graduate Students: Yikai Wang, Michael Detisch
Outstanding Materials Engineering Teacher Award: Thom Cochell
Department of Civil Engineering
Vincent and Roxanne Drnevich Award for Undergraduate Excellence: Auburn Mattingly (inaugural award)
Outstanding Junior: Walter Johnson
Outstanding Senior: Abby Burke
Outstanding Master’s Student: Ethan Russell
Outstanding Civil Engineering Ph.D. Student: Erika Hernandez
Outstanding Faculty: Gabriel Dadi
Department of Computer Science
Outstanding Academic Performance: Joshua Baunach, Angelina Grosso, Austin Rice, Matthew Thompson
Outstanding Ph.D. Student: Vijay Shah
Outstanding Teaching Assistant: Md Tariqul Islam
Outstanding Graduating Senior: Tanner Coffman
Outstanding Teacher: Greg Wasilkowski
Thaddeus B. Curtz Memorial Scholarship: Yu Zhao
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Alex Romanowitz Memorial Award: Edward Ojini
Robert L. Cosgriff Award: Sophia Saderholm
Outstanding Computer Engineering Junior: Josh Hayes
Outstanding Computer Engineering Senior: Angus Brechbill
Outstanding Electrical Engineering Junior: Cory Light
Outstanding Electrical Engineering Senior: Tyler Williams
Outstanding Teacher in Electrical and Computer Engineering: Hank Dietz
Department of Mechanical Engineering
ASME Bluegrass Section Outstanding Scholars: Logan Hogge, Macall Campbell, Kristen Price, and Sydney Litterer
J.W. May Achievement Award: Ashab Ahmed
Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Sophomore: Josephine Wendroth
Outstanding Junior: Sarah Cox
Outstanding Senior: Macall Campbell
Outstanding Teaching Assistant: Raghava Davuluri
Outstanding Master’s Student: Jonathan Chen
Outstanding Doctoral Student: Ehsan Saghaian
ASME Outstanding Faculty: T.W. Wu
Department of Mining Engineering
Outstanding Junior: Adam Ohab
Outstanding Senior: Sarah Fay
Academic Excellence Award: Sarah Fay
Mu Nu Gamma Junior Academic Achievement Award: Zebulon Hart
Outstanding Faculty: Zach Agioutantis
UK Paducah
UK Paducah Outstanding Teacher in Paducah: Chemical Engineering: Derek Englert
Outstanding Teacher in Paducah: Mechanical Engineering: Sergiy Markutsya