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Honorees from Purdue ENE

Alumni Awardees
Faculty/Staff Awardees
Graduate Student Awardees
Undergraduate Student Awardees

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Alumni

College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni from Purdue ENE

2025 — Jennifer Kerr, Leslie Bottorff
2020 — Sue Hudson Abreu
2011 — David R. Schwind
2010 — Geoffrey T. Crowley
2008 — Michael J. Cave
2001 — Gregory M. Ayers

School of Engineering Education Outstanding Alumni

(formerly Outstanding Interdisciplinary Engineering Alumni Award)

2025 — John D. Hamm, Kenneth J. Reid
2024 — Howard "Ward" Cunningham, Holly Matusovich
2022 — John Babb, Roger Shively, Tamara Moore
2021 — Umesh H. Patel
2020 — Judy Cleland, Jennifer Kerr, Pedro Pires de Miranda, Arnold Young
2018 — Russell P. Troyer
2017 — Brian C. Bosma, Thomas A. Gray
2016 — Holly Simmons
2015 — Henry "Hank" A. Frissora
2014 — Rex Carter
2013 — Stan Jones, Eric J. Schmidt, Michael W. Wells 
2012 — Leslie Bottorff, Rick Kosdrosky
2011 — Debra S. Echt, Raymond Michael Klein, Richard H. Le Sesne
2010 — Howard J. Gobstein
2009 — Harold M. Aberman, Brian E. Farley, Gary C. Horlacher, Robert F. Sharpe, Jr., Mary Spiess Smith
2003 — Geoffrey T. Crowley
2002 — Michael J. Cave, David R. Schwind
2001 — Paul C. Cloyd, Sue Hudson-Abreu
1999 — Gregory M. Ayers

College of Engineering 38 by 38 awardees

2025 — Catherine Berdanier
2024 — Kara Cunzeman; Abby Lemert; Keith Rhoades; Nikitha Sambamurthy

 

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Faculty and Staff

College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

2024 — Justin Hess

College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award for Engagement

2025 — Tamara Moore

College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award in Early Career Teaching

2024 — Jason Morphew

School of Engineering Education Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

(formerly Best Teacher Award in Freshman Engineering; Best Teacher Award in Engineering Education)

2025 — Morgan Hynes
2024 — Kirsten Davis
2023 — Amena Shermadou
2022 — Jason Morphew
2021 — Justin Hess
2020 — Muhsin Menekse
2019 — Mary Pilotte
2018 — Allison Godwin
2017 — Senay Purzer
2016 — Joyce Main
2015 — Morgan Hynes
2014 — Michele Strutz
2013 — Michele Strutz
2012 — Matt Ohland
2011 — Brent Jesiek
2010 — Robin Adams
2009 — Brent Jesiek
2008 — Matt Ohland
2007 — Matt Ohland
2006 — William C. Oakes
2005 — P.K. Imbrie
2004 — Deborah K. Follman
2003 — Robert E. Montgomery
2002 — Heidi Diefes-Dux
2001 — William C. Oakes
2000 — Heidi Diefes-Dux
1999 — William C. Oakes
1998 — Dan D. Budny
1997 — Christine R. Pekny
1996 — Dan D. Budny
1995 — Goranka Bjedov
1994 — Robert E. Montgomery

School of Engineering Education Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

2025 — Ruth Wertz
2024 — Jacqueline Handley
2023 — Alice Pawley
2021 — Audeen Fentiman
2020 — Kerrie Douglas
2017 — Ruth Streveler

School of Engineering Education Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring

2025 — Jason Morphew
2024 — Stephanie Masta
2023 — Morgan Hynes
2022 — Joyce Main
2019 — Matt Ohland
2018 — Michele Strutz
2016 — Brent Jesiek
2015 — Alice Pawley

School of Engineering Education Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership

2025 — Justin Hess
2024 — Joyce Main
2023 — Cindey Hayes
2022 — Sean Brophy
2019 — Alice Pawley
2018 — Robin Adams
2017 — Mary Pilotte
2016 — Heidi Diefes-Dux
2015 — Stephen Hoffman

School of Engineering Education Students First Award

2025 — Kerrie Douglas
2024 — Loretta McKinniss
2023 — Mary Pilotte
2022 — Chris Pekny
2021 — Audeen Fentiman
2020 — Isabel Jimenez-Useche
2019 — Allison Godwin
2018 — Rick Womack

School of Engineering Education Richard W. McDowell Best Advisor Award

(formerly Freshman Engineering Best Counselor Award)

2023 — Daniel Koehl
2022 — Katy Panozzo, Christine Pekny
2021 — Sarah Ehrlich
2020 — Anne Jarrard, Mike Klinker
2019 — Jeff Chase
2018 — Sam Cho
2017 — Curt Oechsle
2016 — Suzanne Coolbaugh-Walker
2014 — Jeffrey Myers
2013 — Rose Redington, Nate Thomas
2012 — Jennifer Alter, Paul Birkhimer
2011 — Kristin Deckard
2010 — Erica Timmerman
2009 — Yuliya Boesch, Lindsay Haugland
2008 — Billi Jennings, Jim Pukrop
2007 — Kristin Deckard
2006 — Beth Burnett
2005 — Jennifer Radecki
2004 — John T. Gaunt
2003 — Jennifer E. Donahoe
2002 — Meredith L. Graham
2001 — William C. Oakes
2000 — Tammi L. Thayer
1999 — James Barany
1998 — Dan D. Budny
1997 — Robert E. Montgomery
1996 — Janet M. Siebenthal, Brian D. Smith
1995 — John T. Gaunt
1994 — Dan D. Budny
1993 — Robert E. Montgomery
1992 — Dan D. Budny
1991 — Robert E. Montgomery
1990 — Marion W. Blalock
1989 — Robert E. Montgomery

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Graduate Programs

Purdue University Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award

2024 — Olivia Li

College of Engineering Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award for Graduate Student Research Excellence

2025 — Adrian Nat Gentry, Leonardo Pollettini Marcos
2024 — Siqing Wei
2022 — Dayoung Kim
2021 — David Evenhouse
2020 — Hoda Ehsan
2019 — Dina Verdin
2018 — Avneet Hira
2017 — Molly Goldstein
2016 — Catherine Berdanier
2015 — Kelsey Rodgers
2014 — Xin Chen; Honorable Mention: James Huff, Jeremi London, Noah Salzman

College of Engineering Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching

2025 — Olivia Li
2023 — Aristides Carrillo Fernandez
2022 — Cristián Vargas-Ordóñez
2021 — Yi-Chieh Sun, Andrew Robert Roginski
2020 — Dominik Hauger, Amanda Johnston
2019 — Nathan Hicks
2018 — Matilde Sanchez-Pena
2017 — Neha Choudhary
2015 — Ryan Senkpeil, Hector Rodriguez
2013 — Hadi Ali, Lee Rynearson, Noah Salzman

College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Service Scholarship

2024 — Barbara Fagundes
2023 — Tiantian Li
2022 — Mohamed Aziz Dridi
2021 — Justin Major
2020 — Hossein EbrahimiNejad
2019 — Brianna Benedict
2018 — Richard Aleong
2017 — Emilie Siverling

Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship

2025 — Sage Maul
2024 — Adrian Nat Gentry, Nrupaja Bhide
2019 — Hoda Ehsan
2018 — Zahra Atiq, Juan David Ortega-Alvarez
2017 — Molly Goldstein, Avneet Hira

School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Service/Leadership

2025 — Junior Bennett
2024 — Sage Maul
2019 — Rohit Kandakatla
2018 — Rohit Kandakatla
2017 — Todd Fernandez, Juan Ortega
2016 — Natascha Trellinger
2015 — Catherine Berdanier, Nicole Pitterson, Nichole Ramirez
2014 — Velvet Fitzpatrick, Tamecia Jones, Jaqi McNeil

School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching/Mentoring

2025 — Rachel Higbee
2024 — Adrian Nat Gentry, Elizabeth Sanders
2019 — Emilie Siverling
2018 — Avneet Hira
2017 — Dhinesh Radhakrishnan

School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Research

2025 — Amirreza Mehrabi
2024 — Cristián Vargas-Ordóñez, Nrupaja Bhide, Alexander Struck Jannini
2020 — Saira Anwar, Amanda Johnston

School of Engineering Education Award for Outstanding Graduate Student

2025 — Anne Wrobetz
2024 — Gabriella Torres, Eugene Mahmoud
2010 — Shawn Jordan
2009 — Odesma Dalrymple
2007 — Joseph Gangestad
2006 — Tamara Moore

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Undergraduate Programs

Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies (IDES) and Multidisciplinary Engineering (MDE) students

National and International Honorees

2018 Marshall Scholar
Abby Lemert
Press Release and Video Interview

2018 Truman Scholar
Paige Rudin
Press Release

2018 Boren Scholar
Paige Rudin
Press Release

IDES/MDE Outstanding Senior Academic Achievement Award

2025 — Isabelle Rauh, Saya Ueki
2024 — Szczeny Lipinski, Elisabeth Casetti
2022 — Ashley Grooms, Logan Noster, Chloe Otis
2021 — Isabel Block, Abigail Bressoud
2020 — Karuna Srivastava, Leigh Witek
2019 — Elena Helvajian, Abhipri Mishra, Zachary Kovalenko
2018 — Reis Lehman, Abby Lemert
2017 — Sean Obrecht, Lucas Ray
2016 — Sonja Adams, Lauren Denney
2015 — Francis Blubaugh, Rebecca Kartheiser
2014 — Robert Colcord
2013 — Chloe Morrical, Lourdes Ureña
2012 — Stephen Kelly, Roderick Lammers, Brett Seward
2011 — Torsten Schreiber
2010 — Carmen Rodriguez
2009 — David Gordon, Jeffrey Noren
2007 — Kai Van Horn
2006 — Alexander Rust
2005 — Megan Boland, Matthew Janszen
2004 — Jacqueline Callihan, Rozina Chowdhery, Matthew Janszen
2003 — Clinton Bahler, Jacqueline Callihan, Luke Gutwein, Megan Guyer, Meghan McKenzie
2002 — Luke Gutwein, Megan Guyer, David Niemeyer, John Parent, Graham Sadtler
2001 — Jordan Drazer, Stephen Harris, David Niemeyer
2000 — Andrea Dunn

IDES/MDE Outstanding Junior Academic Achievement Award

2025 — Lillian Maldia, Matthew Lenzmeier
2024 — Saya Ueki, Isabelle Rauh
2022 — Rachel Gander, Ziming (Mason) Zhao
2021 — Logan Noster, Chloe Otis
2020 — Isabel Block, Abigail Bressoud
2019 — Alec Brooks, Karuna Srivastava
2018 — Abhipri Mishra and Zachary Kovalenko
2017 — Reis Lehman, Abby Lemert
2016 — Sean Obrecht
2015 — Sonja Adams, Paul Hickner
2014 — Rebecca Kartheiser
2013 — Christopher Bosma, Trenton Marshall
2012 — Chloe Morrical, Lourdes Ureña
2011 — Roderick Lammers, Brett Seward
2010 — Nichole Schrank
2004 — Ty Gray, Matthew Janszen, Evan Lutkenhoff
2003 — Clinton Bahler, Matthew Janszen
2002 — Luke Gutwein, Megan Guyer, Nicholas McCarroll
2001 — Megan Guyer, John Parent

IDES/MDE Outstanding Sophomore Academic Achievement Award

2025 — Brianna Jackson
2024 — Alex Rodriguez-Gonzolez, Ethan Gray
2022 — Saya Ueki
2021 — Mattias Ahlers

IDES/MDE Outstanding Service Award

2025 — Ethan Gray
2024 — Chelsea Schripsema
2022 — Shepherd Dick, Claudia Johnson
2021 — Abigail Bressoud, Isabel Block
2020 — Canyon Ellis
2019 — Rachel Baker, Sadona Carey
2018 — Brenna Ryan
2017 — Danielle Render
2016 — Alexander Klapka, Schyler Curtice
2015 — Schuyler Putt
2014 — Nicole Gantz
2012 — Ian Boze
2011 — Nichole Schrank
2010 — Philip Zumbrun
2009 — Emily Wigley
2007 — Alex Serafin
2005 — Joel Virkler
2003 — Megan Guyer, John Parent
2001 — Christine Lowmaster

Donald A. Loren Scholarship for Multidisciplinary Engineering

Learn more about this new scholarship, which began in AY 2020-21.

2025 — Benjamin Fang, Jackson Liner
2024 — Valerie York, Jade Lee
2023 — Nicole Rytczak
2022 — Ashley Grooms, Ryan Zihenni
2021 — Rebecca Dever, Joe Fiebig

 

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^{Updated: March 6, 2025}