College of Engineering Awards

Minnie Stevens Piper Professor

Year	Recipient
2006	Kent Lawrence, MAE
2017	Robert Woods, MAE
2018	David Hullender, MAE
2024	Melanie Sattler, CE

UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards

Established by the Board of Regents in 2008, the Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards complement a wide range of System-wide efforts that underscore the Board's commitment to ensuring the UT System is a place of intellectual exploration and discovery, educational excellence and unparalleled opportunity.

Year	Recipient
2010	Anand Puppala
2011	Bill Corley
2012	Jamie Rogers
2013	Frank Lewis
2015	Simon Chao
2017	Robert Woods

UTA Academy of Distinguished Teachers

This is a university-level award for tenured faculty members who have made sustained and significant contributions to education at UTA. Members of the Academy are chosen on the basis of their outstanding teaching, personal commitment to students and the learning process, and ability to inspire and motivate students in the classroom, and have a distinguished teaching record, including previous teaching awards.

Year	Recipient
1996	G.T. Stevens
1998	Lynn Peterson
2005	Farhad Kamangar
2007	Robert Woods
2009	Anand Puppala
2010	Bill Corley
2011	Jamie Rogers
2012	Frank Lewis
2013	Manfred Huber
2014	Sia Ardekani
2016	Kent Lawrence
2019	Shi-Ho Chao and Victoria Chen
2020	Melanie Sattler
2021	Bill Carroll and David Hullender
2022	Hyejin Moon
2023	Mohsen Shahandashti

UTA Academy of Distinguished Scholars

This award recognizes the achievements of tenured faculty members who have made sustained and significant contributions to the research mission at UTA.

Year	Recipient
2004	Diane Cook
	Abdolhossein Haji-Sheikh
	Frank Lewis
2005	Adrian Fung
2006	Sajal Das
2008	K.R. Rao
2009	Robert Magnusson
2012	Wei-Jen Lee
2013	Hanli Liu
	Anand Puppala
2014	Liping Tang
2015	Pranesh Aswath
	Qilian Liang
2016	J.-C. Chiao
	Weidong Zhou
2017	Zeynep Çelik-Butler
	Heng Huang
2018	Kytai Nguyen
2019	Dereje Agonafer
	Kenneth Reifsnider
	Surendra Shah
	Baohong Yuan
2020	James Coleman
	Stathis Meletis
	Michael Vasilyev
2022	Yi Hong
2023	Ashfaq Adnan

Distinguished Alumni Award

The Distinguished Alumni Award honors graduates and former students who have made significant contributions to society, and whose accomplishments and careers have brought credit to the University. This individual is distinguished in his/her chosen business, profession or life work, has received personal recognition from contemporaries, has participated in leadership roles within his/her community, and has demonstrated, through word and deed, the importance of his/her education at The University of Texas at Arlington.

Year	Recipient
1971	H. Earl Singleton
1973	Edwin L. Hamilton
1974	Wayne E. Glenn
1975	H.J. Haynes and Paul E. Yarborough Jr.
1979	Mo-Shing Chen
1982	Joseph J. Rady
1984	Wendell H. Nedderman
1987	Robert L. Stewart
1988	Glenn Gaustad
1989	J. Jan Collmer
1991	John D. Patterson and C. Marvin Applewhite
1993	Safi Qureshey
1995	C. Roland Haden
1996	T. Anthony Reid
1997	Jim Oliphant
1998	Sam Simonian and Elie Akilian
1999	Dick Moeller
2000	Walter Sonneborn
2001	James Royce Lummus Jr.
2002	Robert C. Davis
2003	George F. Pickett
2004	Michael S. Greene
2005	Gary Trietsch
2006	Lawrence W. Stephens
2007	Kelcy Warren
2008	Jeff Smith
2009	Rudy Garcia
2010	Clifford Hahne
2011	Keith D. Weiss
2012	Charles H. Goodman and David L. Hunn
2013	Arun Bhikshesvaran
2014	James Greer
2015	Raj Malik
2017	Roger A. Krone and Raj K. Nooyi
2018	Kevin Le
2019	Wendy Okolo

Hall of Achievement

Membership in the Hall of Achievement is accorded to individuals who, through their performance and example, have made significant contributions to the engineering profession. It is an honor given to a distinguished few in recognition of exceptional achievements. Enrollment in the Hall of Achievement is an acknowledgement of superior performance by an engineer.

Year	Recipient
1979	Richard E. Adams - General Dynamics Cecil H. Green - Texas Instruments Burl B. Hulsey - Texas Utilities Joe J. Rady - Rady & Associates
1980	T. Louis Austin - Texas Utilities Jack S. Kilby - Texas Instruments B. J. Lancaster - Arco Oil & Gas Robert L. Nichols - Freese & Nichols Robert J. Patton - Vought Corporation Andrew P. Rollins Jr. Maj. Gen., - US Army (ret.)
1982	A. Earl Cullum Jr. - Consulting Engineer Jan M. Drees - Bell Helicopter-Textron Felix W. Fenter - Vought Corporation Marvin Gearhart - Gearhart Industries
1983	J. D. Greenwade - Houston Lighting & Power James R. Lightner - Electrospace Systems, Inc. Herbert F. Rogers - General Dynamics Phillip S. Sizer - Otis Engineering
1984	Joe C. Culp - Rockwell International George H. Heilmeier - Texas Instruments Robert R. Lynn Bell - Helicopter-Textron Robert N. Parker - Vought Corporation
1985	Charles A. Anderson - General Dynamics Kent M. Black - Rockwell International James E. Cook - Gifford-Hill & Co. Inc. Robert W. Stoner - Vought Corporation
1986	Roland Hayden - Arizona State University William B. Mitchell - Texas Instruments Albert H. Halff - Albert H. Halff Associates Harold Sobol - Rockwell International
1987	Edward M. Pertushka - General Dynamics Hugh G. Robinson - Cityplace Devel. Corp. E.E. Scarth - Texas Utilities Electric Co. Glenn Gaustad - Texas Instruments
1988	Wendell H. Nedderman - UT Arlington Jack Woolf - UT Arlington
1989	John Roach - Tandy Corporation
1990	E. Gene Keiffer - E Systems, Inc.
1991	Charles N. Lynk Jr. - Motorola
1992	Jan Collmer - Collmer Semiconductor, Inc.
1993	W. Don Dickson - E Systems, Inc. Robert E. Hill - Brokette/Davis/Drake
1994	Willie A. "Bill” Baker - UT Arlington
1996	LeRoy Burch - Gifford-Hill & Co. Inc.
1997	John H. McElroy - UT Arlington Floyd L. Cash - UT Arlington
1998	Kalpana Chawla - NASA Karan Harbison - UT Arlington
1999	J. Royce Lummus - Lockheed Martin Tommy Thompson - BioMax Technologies
2000	Michael Bielinski - N Vision Design Robert C. Van Siclen - Lockheed Martin
2001	Craig Murphy - Sabre Inc. Akira Ishikawa - Ball Semiconductor, Inc.
2002	Bradley R. Bradford - Nat’l Semiconductor, Inc.
2003	Frank J. Cappuccio - Lockheed Martin
2004	Charles A. Sorber - University of Texas System Della Williams - Williams-Pyro
2005	Mike Glinski - General Motors
2006	Alfred R. Potvin - Consultant
2007	Larry Hornbeck - Texas Instruments
2008	Alan M. Boeckmann - Fluor Corporation
2009	James M. Crites - DFW International Airport
2010	Joe L. Barton - U.S. House of Representatives
2011	Matt Blanton - STARTech Early Ventures
2012	Allen Bowling - Texas Instruments
2013	No Award Given
2014	Walter Chiang - Chiang, Patel and Yerby, Inc.
2015	Mike Greene - Energy Future Holdings Co.
2016	Krish Prabhu - AT&T
2020	Ayyappan Sarkanan - Anokhi, Inc.
2021	Mo-Shing Chen - UT Arlington
2022	Chris MacFarland - Masergy

College of Engineering Star Partner Award

The College of Engineering Star Partner Award recognizes invaluable partnerships which advance innovation, student success and a strong community.

Year	Recipient
2022	Texas Department of Transportation (Public) Lockheed Martin (Private)
2023	Trinity River Authority (Public) Bell (Private)
2024	North Central Texas Council of Governments (Public) Bridgefarmer & Associates(Private)

Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award

The Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award is given annually to the young tenure track faculty member judged to be the most promising as a teacher and scholar based upon the body of work accomplished while in the College.

Year	Recipient
1986	A. J. Blanchard
1987	George V. Kondraske
1988	Krishna Kavi
1989	Jonathan Bagby and Bob Weems
1990	T. J. Sheih
1991	David Klemer
1992	Siamak Ardekani
1993	Theresa Maldonado
1994	Pranesh B. Aswath
1995	Diane Cook
1996	Seung Mun You
1997	Saibun Tjuatja
1998	Lonnie Welch
1999	Hanli Liu
2000	Lawrence Holder
2001	Anand J. Puppala
2002	Choong-Un Kim
2003	Laureano Hoyos and Soontorn Oraintara
2004	Manfred Huber and Meng Tao
2005	Qilian Liang
2006	Melanie L. Sattler
2007	Jean Gao
2008	Yonghe Liu
2009	Seong Jin Koh
2010	Kytai Truong Nguyen
2011	Jian Yang
2012	Mario Romero-Ortega
2013	Vassilis Athitsos
2014	Baohong Yuan
2015	Fuqiang Liu
2016	Ali Davoudi
2017	Ankur Jain
2018	Yi Hong
2019	Alice Sun
2020	Nick Fang
2021	Mohsen Shahandashti
2022	Ramtin Madani and Jiang Ming
2023	Erika La Plante and Juhyun Lee
2024	Ye Cao, Michelle Hummel and Shirin Nilizadeh

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Excellence in Teaching Award

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Excellence in Teaching Award winners are distinguished educators who demonstrate their dedication to the teaching profession by their superior classroom instruction and exceptional interactions with students. Lockheed Martin sponsors the award in part to honor Robert Q. Lee, a Lockheed Martin engineer who served for several years on the advisory board for the College of Engineering, helping to raise the quality and reputation of the College’s programs and faculty.

Year	Recipient
1982	Grover Grubb
1983	David Hullender
1984	Clyde Armstrong
1985	Kai-Shing Yeung
1986	Richard Rinewalt
1987	Elinor Pape
1988	Donald H. Liles
1989	Bob Woods
1990	Charles Smith and David Thompson
1991	Tom Petry and Ijaz Parpia
1992	Lynn Peterson and Theresa Maldonado
1993	Bob Weems and Dale Anderson
1994	Tom Lawley and Lloyd Gordon
1995	Behrooz Shirazi and Stephen Kugle
1996	Dan Tuckness and Siamak Ardekani
1997	F. A. Kamangar and Wendell Nedderman
1998	Vasant Prabhu and Bob P. Weems
1999	Ramez Elmasri and Lawerence B. Holder
2000	Diane Cook and William E. Dillon
2001	Piotr Gmytrasiewicz and Shekhar Govind
2002	Kevin Nelson and Ramesh Yerraballi
2003	Venkat Devarajan and Jonathan Bredow
2004	Kai Yeung
2005	Herbert W. Corley, Jr.
2006	Manfred Huber
2007	Roger Goolsby
2008	David Hullender
2009	Sajal K. Das
2010	Melanie Sattler
2011	J.-C. Chiao
2012	Wen Chan
2013	Kambiz Alavi
2014	Laureano Hoyos
2015	Gergely Zaruba
2016	Kamesh Subbarao
2017	Bill Carroll
2018	Ankur Jain
2019	Nur Yazdani
2020	Ashfaq Adnan
2021	Yan Wan
2022	Alan Bowling
2023	Manfred Huber
2024	Cesar Torres

College of Engineering Teaching Award

The College of Engineering Teaching Award recognizes a faculty member who is dedicated to teaching and ensuring that students are well-equipped to enter the workforce upon graduation and enjoy rewarding careers as engineers.

Year	Recipient
2018	Darin Brezeale
2019	Bill Carroll and David Hullender
2020	Chris McMurrough and Melanie Sattler
2021	Simon Chao and Victoria Chen
2022	Kamesh Subbarao and Nur Yazdani
2023	Michael Bozlar and Justyn Jaworski
2024	Paul Davidson, Laureano Hoyos and Jay Rosenberger

APT Award for Innovative Teaching

The College of Engineering APT Award for Innovative Teaching recognizes particularly innovative and creative teaching that produced a noticeable impact.

Year	Recipient
2022	Raul Fernandez
2023	Robert Taylor
2024	Linda Barasch and Niloofar Parsaeifard

Award for Distinguished Record of Research

The College of Engineering Award for Distinguished Record of Research recognizes a faculty member for achieving a particularly important research or creative accomplishment over a sustained period. Previous recognition of research accomplishments and at least 3 years at UTA are expected.

Year	Recipient
2022	Choong-Un Kim
2023	Junzhou Huang
2024	Yi Hong

Lawrence Stephens Award for Outstanding Research Achievement

The Lawrence Stephens Award for Outstanding Research Achievement was made possible by the generosity of MAE alumnus and Lockheed Martin executive Larry Stephens. It recognizes a faculty member for achieving a particularly important research or creative accomplishment during the past three years. Previous recognition of research accomplishments and at least 3 years at UTA are expected.

Year	Recipient
2022	Haiying Huang
2023	Sharareh Kermanshachi and Yuze "Alice" Sun
2024	Warda Ashraf and Dajiang Zhu

Excellence in Research Award

The Excellence in Research Award winners are distinguished scholars who have demonstrated their scholarship by advancing the state of knowledge in their chosen field of research. Selected by a committee of peers, the College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award is given annually to the professor who best meets the standard of research excellence required of this prestigious award.

Year	Recipient
1983	Mo-Shing Chen
1984	A. Haji-Sheikh
1985	K. R. Rao
1986	Robert L. Yuan
1987	Adrian K. Fung
1988	Dale Anderson
1989	Syed Qasim
1990	Ron Carter
1991	Charles Chuong, William Nunnally, and Seung Mun You
1992	Frank Lewis
1993	Robert Magnusson and Wei-Jen Lee
1994	Bo Wang
1995	Ray Shoults
1996	Kambiz Alavi
1997	Donald H. Liles
1998	Behrooz Shirazi
1999	Wen Chan
2000	Pranesh B. Aswath
2001	John Priest
2002	Venkat Devarajan
2003	Sajal Das
2004	Diane Cook
2005	Anand J. Puppala
2006	Sharma Chakravarthy
2007	Choong-Un Kim
2008	Hanli Liu
2009	J.C. Chiao
2010	Liping Tang
2011	Ali Abolmaali
2012	Qilian Liang
2013	Weidong Zhou
2014	Mario Romero-Ortega
2015	Chris Ding
2016	Samir Iqbal and Kytai Nguyen
2017	Andrew Makeev
2018	Baohong Yuan
2019	Haiying Huang
2020	Yi Hong
2021	Fillia Makedon and Xinbao Yu

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College of Engineering Legacy Award

The Legacy Award is given to someone who is or was a tenured College of Engineering faculty member in recognition of outstanding career-long performance and dedication to the College. Their service to UTA should include an unbroken span of at least 20 years as a faculty member and/or service as an administrator, they should have a distinguished record of academic accomplishments, including research, teaching and service, and they should demonstrate national and international recognition.

Year	Recipient
2023	Khosrow Behbehani and Mo-Shing Chen
2024	Don H. Liles

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Fay Van Dam Outstanding Staff Award

Fay Van Dam Outstanding Staff Award is presented to an engineering staff member in recognition of outstanding performance and dedication to the College.

Year	Recipient
1992	Ava Chapman, Azalee Tatum, and Barbara Sanderson
1993	Randall Coburn, Bill Reiss, and Sue Knight
1994	Christy Murphy, Evanita Bickle, and Richard Bohls
1995	Sharon Thomas
1996	Ginny Bowers and Jimmie Holland
1997	Marjorie Kohler and Ann von der Heide
1998	Judy Gomez
1999	Pamela McBride
2000	Barbara Wallace
2001	Prudence Brett
2002	Larry Shepherd
2003	Ginny Bowers
2004	Bito Irie and Ann Lewiston
2005	Janet Gober
2006	Cindy G. Smith
2007	Sherri Warwick
2008	Donna Woodhead
2009	Paul Shover
2010	Jennifer Standlee
2011	Terri Earle
2012	Lanie Gordon
2013	Gail Paniuski and Chris Carter
2014	Bito Irie
2015	Kathy Priester
2016	Sara Ridenour
2017	Debi Barton
2018	Kermit Beird
2019	Flora Pinegar
2020	Jamie Thompson
2021	Ginger Dickens
2022	Nova Coates
2023	Cindy Bradfield
2024	Katy Gonzalez

Dean's Award for Staff Excellence

The Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence is presented to an engineering staff member who shows dedication to service and support of the College or his/her department, as well as the students we serve.

Year	Recipient
2018	Pauline Mason
2019	Chris Wood
2020	Sherri Gotcher
2021	Cheryl Bailey
2022	Danette Stille
2023	Melissa Rose
2024	Michelle Wampler

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