dr m katherine banks vice chancellor and dean of engineering and director of the texas a&m engineering experiment station (tees) recognized faculty and staff award winners during the 2015 faculty and staff awards banquet i believe that excellence should be recognized and rewarded said banks this year 50 faculty and 17 staff members were honored for their contributions their passion and commitment to elevating our programs staff awards key contributor award nicole pottberg engineering human resources new employee award amber muenzenberger engineering academic & student affairs staff excellence award chantale deuel engineering human resources blake dworaczyk computer science adam farmer engineering technology & industrial distribution faye greenwade engineering technology & industrial distribution sharon loe electrical & computer engineering dedra nevill office of the vice chancellor & dean larissa pschenitchnaia chemical engineering engineering team award texas center for applied technology michael atkinson paul bilnoski graham booker joshua cook eric gonzalez larkin ohern austin riddle thomas schneider faculty awards college of engineering teaching awards tenneco meritorious teaching award dr sandun fernando (biological and agricultural engineering) dr erick moreno-centeno (industrial and systems engineering) lockheed martin teaching excellence award dr kelly brumbelow (civil engineering) dr richard malak (mechanical engineering) george armistead jr 23 faculty excellence dr jodie lutkenhaus (chemical engineering) instructional faculty teaching award dr fred dupriest (petroleum engineering) dr ray mentzer (chemical engineering) dr kristi shryock (aerospace engineering) dr jeffrey otey (civil engineering) college of engineering service awards charles crawford distinguished service award dr victor ugaz (chemical engineering) dr richard furuta (computer science and engineering) dr scott miller (electrical and computer engineering) college of engineering contribution awards ed brockett professorship dr arum han (electrical and computer engineering) william keeler memorial award dr daniele mortari (aerospace engineering) dr zhengdong cheng (chemical engineering) dr anastasia muliana (mechanical engineering) tees young faculty fellows dr diego donzis (aerospace engineering) dr zoya heidari (petroleum engineering) dr jodie lutkenhaus (chemical engineering) dr david staack (mechanical engineering) dr richard malak (mechanical engineering) tees fellows dr shuguang cui (electrical and computer engineering) dr jaime grunlan (mechanical engineering) dr yue kuo (chemical engineering) dr michael mcshane (biomedical engineering) dr lin shao (nuclear engineering) tees senior fellows dr sharath girimaji (aerospace engineering) dr duncan maitland (biomedical engineering) dr binayak mohanty (biological and agricultural engineering) dr lawrence rauchwerger (computer science and engineering) tees center fellows dr jeff haberl (energy systems laboratory) dr frank shipman (computer science and engineering/center for the study of digital libraries) association of former students college level distinguished teaching award dr sharath girimaji (aerospace engineering) dr javier jo (biomedical engineering) dr john keyser (computer science and engineering) dr arun srinivasa (mechanical engineering) texas a&m engineering faculty fellows william keeler faculty fellow dr elena castell-perez (biological and agricultural engineering) dr samuel palermo (electrical and computer engineering) dr jean ragusa (nuclear engineering) dr elizabeth cosgriff-hernandez (biomedical engineering) dr yucel akkutlu (petroleum engineering) herbert h richardson faculty fellow dr daniele mortari (aerospace engineering) dr vladislav yakovlev (biomedical engineering) dr daniel mcadams (mechanical engineering) dr scott schaefer (computer science and engineering) william brothers construction co faculty fellowdr moo-hyun kim (civil engineering)dr dominique lord (civil engineering) william o and montine p head faculty fellowdr amine benzerga (aerospace engineering)dr hong liang (mechanical engineering)dr raymundo arróyave (materials science and engineering)dr sheng-jen hsieh (engineering technology and industrial engineering)dr jean-francois chamberland (electrical and computer engineering) dean of engineering excellence award assistant professors dr le xie (electrical and computer engineering) dr david staack (mechanical engineering) associate professors dr anastasia muliana (mechanical engineering) dr miladin radovic (materials science and engineering) full professors dr jaime grunlan (mechanical engineering) dr krishna narayanan (electrical and computer engineering) montague center for teaching excellence scholar dr jodie lutkenhaus (chemical engineering) regents fellow dr jean-louis briaud (civil engineering) regents professor dr nk anand (mechanical engineering)