{"id":6020,"date":"2019-06-04T14:36:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T14:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=6020"},"modified":"2019-06-06T18:26:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T18:26:49","slug":"excellence-and-achievement-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=6020","title":{"rendered":"Excellence and achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/auburnengineers\/albums\/72157704584763972' title='Spring 2019 Faculty, Student and Alumni Awards by AuburnEngineers, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/33737163728_b6c6c00af9_z.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='Andrea Walker'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering held its annual Spring Awards Ceremony in April, presenting 30 student awards, 19 faculty awards and 10 alumni awards, in addition to honoring 48 faculty members who hold named professorships and chairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese Auburn engineers have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, academics and their careers,\u201d said Christopher B. Roberts, dean of engineering. \u201cHaving successful students, faculty and alumni is one barometer of an institution\u2019s quality, and these award recipients demonstrate why Auburn Engineering is becoming one of the nation\u2019s top engineering colleges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THIS YEAR\u2019S WINNER\u2019S ARE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Frank Vandegrift Co-op Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrea Walker, Computer Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fred and mary Lou Birdsong Study<br>\nAbroad Scholarships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jessica Collier, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isabel Perry, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>100+ Women Strong Undergraduate<br>\nLeadership Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alysa Gauci, Biosystems Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katelyn Jenkins, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>100+ Women Strong Graduate<br>\nLeadership Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connor Lusk, Industrial and Systems Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tharikaa Ramesh Kumar, Aerospace Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>100+ Women Strong Study Abroad Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jessica Collier, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan Price, Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>100+ Women Strong Graduate Sudent<br>\nFellowship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan Ellis, Chemical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beijia Zhang, Civil Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alley Family Graduate Sudent<br>\nLeadership Fellowship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Minkler, Chemical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Engineering Student Organization Awards&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Society of Women Engineers, Most Outstanding<br>\n\tEngineering Student Organization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theme Park Engineering Group, Most Improved<br>\n\tEngineering Student Organization&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Outstanding Student Awards&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Omkar Satish Mulekar, Aerospace Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Behr, Biosystems Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tyler Compher, Chemical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natalie Palmquist, Civil Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Mullins, Computer Science&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Adams, Electrical and Computer Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justin Aufderheide, Industrial and Systems Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helen Steeve, Materials Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sean Herrera, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunter Friday, Software Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evan McCarthy, Wireless Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Samuel Ginn Outstanding Student Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sean Herrera, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jeff and Linds Stone Leadership Awards&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bailey Sullivan, Industrial and Systems Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Harris, Materials Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Ratliff, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mark A. Spencer Creative Mentorship Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sean Herrera, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Faculty<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Zabala, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Outstanding Faculty Award<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vrishank Raghav, Aerospace Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jonathan Davis, Biosystems Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeffrey Horne, Chemical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly Hughes, Civil Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Debswapna Bhattacharya, Computer Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tand Software Engineering &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victor Nelson, Electrical and Computer Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Sesek, Industrial and Systems Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bart Prorok, Materials Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Zabala, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fred H. Pumphrey Teaching Award&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Zabala, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>William F. Walker Teaching Awards&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Merit<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asha-Dee Celestine, Aerospace Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Zabala, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Superior<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rick Williams, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>100+ Women Strong Leadership In Diversity Faculty\/Staff Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniela Marghitu, Computer Science and<br>\n\tSoftware Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Research Awards For Excellence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Junior Award<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yi Wang, Biosystems Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Senior Awards<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sushil Adhikari, Biosystems Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xiao Qin, Computer Science and Software<br>\n\tEngineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nima Shamsaei, Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Outstanding Alumni Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie F. 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Bagley, Mechanical Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christopher Timpson, Polymer and Fiber Engineering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering held its annual Spring Awards Ceremony in April, presenting 30 student awards, 19 faculty awards and 10 alumni awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":6464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Excellence and achievement &raquo; Auburn Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=6020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Excellence and achievement &raquo; 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