Engineering Alumni Awards
Nominations
Nominations are now open for the following awards:
Please click on the award nomination button below and fill out the nomination form. The form will auto-save your progress as you work. Make sure to finalize and submit the nomination before 12:00 PM on March 30, 2026.
Engineering Innovation Award:
Complete Nomination
Alumni Loyalty Award:
Complete Nomination
Young Alumnus Award:
Complete Nomination
Thank you for your submissions - award recipients will be announced every fall.
Past Engineering Alumni Award Recipients
Young Engineering Alumnus Award
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Swagath Venkataramani (ECE ’16) |
| 2024 | Joseph Muth (MSE ’13) |
| 2023 | Colin McGonagill (BSME '10) |
| 2022 | Candace Corso (BSChE ’13) |
| 2021 | Sirisha Bandla (BSAAE '11) |
| 2020 | Jessica Traver Ingram (BSME '14, MSME '17) |
| 2019 | Murugan Palaniappan (BSAAE '10) |
| 2018 | Abigail Moyer (BSCE '06) |
| 2017 | David Helderman (BSAAE '06, MSAAE '09) |
| 2016 | Ashley Faires (BSAAE '06) |
| 2015 | Lisa Wichmann (BSME '05) |
| 2014 | Stephanie Severance (BSME '06) |
| 2013 | Daniel Radocaj (BSAAE '00, MSAAE '01) |
| 2012 | Dustin Ruh (BSMSE '03) |
Alumni Loyalty Award
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Jim Tompkins (BSIE '69, MSIE '70, PhD IE '72) |
| 2024 | James Rowings (BSCE '75, MSCE '79, PhD CE '82) |
| 2023 | Sue Hudson Abreu (BSIDE '78) |
| 2022 | Thomas Malott (BSME ’62) |
| 2021 | Charles Miller (BSCE '57) |
| 2020 | Stephen Baranyk (BSME '62) |
| 2019 | Elmore Rice (BSEE '54) |
| 2018 | Janet Goings (BSEE '82) |
| 2017 | Cheryl Cunningham (BSCE '80) |
| 2016 | Anthony Harris (BSME '75) |
| 2015 | James W. Overman (BSME '80) |
| 2014 | Dennis Warner (BSAAE '73, MSME '76) |
| 2013 | Rick Roberts (BSChE '76) |
| 2012 | Rick Zadoks (BSME '83, MSME '85, PhD '88) |
Engineering Innovation Award
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | David Reuter (BSCE '88, PhD DVM '92) |
| 2024 | Umesh Patel (BSE '86, MSEE '88, PhD IE '95) |
| 2023 | William J Link (BSME '70, MSME '71, PhD ME '82) |
| 2022 | Brian Underwood (BSMeT ’88) |
| 2021 | Michael Schrader (BSME '04) |
| 2020 | Ujjwal Singh (BSCEE '94) |
| 2019 | Stacey Burr (BSIE '84, MSIA '91) |
President's Lifetime Award
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2003 | William Cordier (BSME '49) |
| 2003 | Michael Birck (BSEE '60) |
| 2002 | Robert Bowen (BSCE '62) |
| 2001 | Christopher Burke (BSCE '77, MSCE '79, PhD '83) |
| 2000 | James F. Schorr (BSChE '54) |
| 2000 | James Warren Hill (BSME '63) |
| 1998 | Robert E. Bateman (BSAE '46) |
| 1997 | Robert E. Hannemann (BSChE '52) |
Service Award
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Gbile Adewunmi (BSEE '02, MSECE '03) |
| 2004 | Donald J. Orr (BSChE '61, HDR '06) |
| 2004 | Donald L. Menchhofer (BSME '60) |
| 2003 | David Beering (BSCEE '85, MSEE '87) |
| 2003 | Donald Knebel (BSEE '68) |
| 2003 | Adel Zakaria (MSIE '70, PhD '73) |
| 2003 | John Bratt (BSME '65) |
| 2002 | Juan Ernesto de Bedout (BSIE '67, MSIE '68) |
| 2002 | Harold Force (BSCE '73, MSCE '74) |
| 2001 | Brad Belcher (BSAAE '82) |
| 2001 | Barry Effron (BS Metallurgical Engineering '67) |
| 2001 | Deborah Grubbe (BSChE '77) |
| 2000 | William E. Smith III (BSChE '69) |
| 1999 | Harold Amrine |
| 1999 | Edward Barnette Jr. (BSIDE '72) |
| 1999 | Arthur Bond (BSEE '68, MSEE '69, PhD '74) |
| 1999 | Virginia Booth-Gleghorn (BSIE '91, BA '92) |
| 1999 | Ed Coleman (BSME '75) |
| 1999 | Fred Cooper (BSEE '74) |
| 1999 | Arthur Hansen (BSEE '46, MS '48) |
| 1999 | Anthony Harris (BSME '75) |
| 1999 | Brian Harris (BSIDE '75) |
| 1999 | Stanley Kirtley (BSCE '75) |
| 1999 | John Logan Jr. (BSCE '75) |
| 1999 | Robert Milton (BSME '72, MSME '73) |
| 1999 | George Smith Jr. (BSEE '76) |
| 1997 | Richard L. Gross (BSME '47) |
| 1997 | Jerome R. Hansen (BSME '48) |