Several faculty members and staff were honored at this year’s spring college-wide conference, held remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. College of Engineering Dean Amy S. Fleischer announced the awards during the Zoom gathering.
Those recognized included:
CENG Diversity and Inclusion Awards
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MEP and SWE Most Supportive Professor and Staff Awards
MEP Winners:
Amro El Badawy
Sarah Harding
Nicole Johnson-Glauch
Aaron Keen
Clay McKell
Nicholas Sakellariou
Dawn Sirois
SWE Nominees:
• Karen Bangs
• Arnold Deffo
• Alessandro Hill
• Irene Humer
• Lily Laiho
• Daniel Jansen
• Cole Saucier
• Tina Smilkstein • Chris Sui
• Ignatios Vakalis
• Michael Whitt
• Winner: Ignatios Vakalis.
Outstanding Staff Award
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Don and Paula Heye Award for Outstanding Club Advisement
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Don and Paula Heye Award for Outstanding Teaching
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CENG Don & Paula Heye Annual Faculty/Staff Safety Award
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Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Early Career Award
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Raytheon Excellence in Teaching and Applied Research Award
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Engineering Student Council Annual Outstanding Faculty and Staff Awards
Outstanding Faculty in CENG:
Kristen Cardinal
John Chen
Hans Mayer
Outstanding Faculty in COSAM:
Paul Choboter
Katherina Gillen
Anthony Mendes
Outstanding Club Advisor:
Helene Finger
Outstanding Staff:
David Laiho