Excellence in Research
Dean's Award for Excellence - Previous Recipients
Examples of activities that may be recognized for Excellence in Research: high-impact publications; invited articles of particular merit; significant invited lectures; exceptional record of graduation of PhD students and their career success; significant awards by professional societies or other such entities; significant successes in sponsored research; extraordinary impact of research on industry or government. Recipients recieve a $1000 award.
2023
Rafael V. Davalos, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Sheila “Charlie” Klauer, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Alan J. Michaels, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hesham A. Rakha, Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering|
Jinsuo Zhang, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2022
Raffaella De Vita, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Ayman Mohsen Karim, Department of Chemical Engineering
Adrian Sandu, Department of Computer Science
Daphne Yao, Department of Computer Science
Guoqiang Yu, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2021
Joseph L. Gabbard, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Lingjia Liu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chang-Tien Lu, Computer Science
Ranga Pitchumani, Mechanical Engineering
Nino Ripepi, Mining and Minerals Engineering
2020
Rolando Burgos, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Harpreet S. Dhillon, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kirk Cameron, Computer Science
Binoy Ravindran, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Scott S. Verbridge, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
2019
Zhen (Jason) He, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Zhenyu (James) Kong Industrial and Systems Engineering
Alexey Onufriev, Computer Science
Walid Saad, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chris Williams, Mechanical Engineering
2018
Gerardo Flintsch, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tomo Furukawa, Mechanical Engineering
Todd Lowe, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Madhav Marathe, Computer Science
Lei Zuo, Mechanical Engineering
2017
Warren Hardy, Mechanical Engineering
Jerry Park, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Shane Ross, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Subhash Sarin, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Peter Vikesland, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Craig Woolsey, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
2016
Rafael Davalos, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Muhammad Hajj, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Lin Ma, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
T.M. Murali, Computer Science
Yi-Heng Percival Zhang, Biological Systems Engineering
2015
Wenjing Lou, Computer Science
Chang Lu, Chemical Engineering
Amy Pruden, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Pam VandeVord, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Chenming (Mike) Zhang, Biological Systems Engineering
2014
T. Charles Clancy, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stefan Duma, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Linsey Marr, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Christopher L. North, Computer Science
Padma Rajagopalan, Chemical Engineering
2013
John G. Casali, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Y. Thomas Hou, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Brian Y. Lattimer, Mechanical Engineering
Thurmon E. Lockhart, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Wing Ng, Mechanical Engineering
2012
Doug A. Bowman, Computer Science
Jesus M. de la Garza, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Srinath V. Ekkad, Mechanical Engineering
Michael Karmis, Mining and Minerals Engineering
Danesh K. Tafti, Mechanical Engineering
2011
David A. Dillard, Engineering Science and Mechanics
William Ducker, Chemical Engineering
Dennis W. Hong, Mechanical Engineering
Shashank Priya, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Anbo Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2010
Rakesh K. Kapania, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Jih-Sheng Lai, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Naren Ramakrishnan, Computer Science
Pavlos P. Vlachos, Mechanical Engineering
Ge Wang, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
2009
Maura Borrego, Engineering Education
Andrea Dietrich, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dan Inman, Mechanical Engineering
Maury Nussbaum, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Wayne Scales, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2008
Foster A. Agblevor, Biological Systems Engineering
Naira Hovakimyan, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Donald J. Leo, Mechanical Engineering
John T. Novak, Civil and Environmental Engineering
S. Ted Oyama, Chemical Engineering
2007
Scott Case, Engineering Science and Mechanics
William J. Devenport, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Hesham A. Rakha, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Layne T. Watson, Computer Science
Stefan M. Dumas, Mechanical Engineering
2006
Kevin P. Granata, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Joseph J. Wang, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Yue J. Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2005
Ricardo Burdisso, Mechanical Engineering
F. Frank Chen, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Yilu Liu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nancy G. Love, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dwight D. Viehland, Materials Science and Engineering
2004
Dushan Boroyevich, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ted Oyama, Chemical Engineering
Joseph Schetz, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
2003
Marc Edwards, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Roe-Hoan Yoon, Mining and Minerals Engineering
Hanif Sherali, Industrial and Systems Engineering
2002
Tom Dingus, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Donald G. Baird, Chemical Engineering
David Dillard, Engineering Science and Mechanics
2001
Imad Al-Qadi, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Daniel J. Inman, Mechanical Engineering
Jeff Reed, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2000
Rakesh K. Kapania, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Anbo Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Christopher R. Fuller, Mechanical Engineering
1999
Gene Cliff, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Diane Farkas, Materials Science and Engineering
Liviu Librescu, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Garth Wilkes, Chemical Engineering
1998
John Casali, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Seshu Desu, Materials Science and Engineering
Wayne Durham, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Ali Nayfeh, Engineering Science and Mechanics
1997
Romesh Batra, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Fred Lee, Electrical Engineering
Saied Mostaghimi, Biological Systems Engineering
Ted Oyama, Chemical Engineering
1996
George Filz, Civil Engineering
Mike Furey, Mechanical Engineering
Kent Murphy, Electrical Engineering
Roger Simpson, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering