Faculty & Staff

2009 Faculty/Staff Honors and Awards

Center for Industrial Research and Service

• CIRAS: 2009 MEP Medallion Award, Department of Commerce/NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

Department of Aerospace Engineering

• D. Chimenti: Invited plenary speaker, 1st International Symposium for Nondestructive Reliability Evaluation, Tsukuba, Japan; Invited tutorial lecturer, Acoustical Society of America
• P. Durbin: Invited speaker, Isaac Newton Institute Workshop, Cambridge, England
• H. Hu: Invited seminar speaker, Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; 2009 AIAA Best Paper Award, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee
• A. Laws: Deans’ Staff Excellence Award, College of Engineering, ISU
• V. Levitas: Einstein Award for Scientific Achievement, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK; Keynote lecture, Plasticity ’09 International Symposium, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; Two invited lectures, 44th Annual Meeting Society of Engineering Science, Urbana-Champaign, IL; Invited lecture, Gordon Research Conference on Energetic Materials, Tilton, NH; Invited lecture, International Conference on Martensitic Phase Transformations, Santa Fe, NM
• P. Lu: 2008 Mechanics and Control of Flight Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• T. McDaniel: 35-Year Club, ISU
• A. Rothmayer: NASA Group Achievement Awards as a member of LEWICE Ice Accretion Software Development Team
• P. Sarkar: Collaborating guest professor, Tokyo Polytechnic University
• J. Schaefer: 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award, Loras College
• J. Vogel: Third Place, John Pappajohn Business Plan Competition
• Z. Wang: Invited plenary speaker, National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Brussels, Belgium; Invited plenary speaker, High Order Non-Oscillatory Methods for Wave Propagation: Algorithms and Applications III, Trento, Italy; Invited speaker for the 35th CFD VKI/Adigma Course on High Order Discretization Methods, Brussels, Belgium

Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

• S. Birrel: Biosystems Engineering Editorial Board
• R. Brown: 25-Year Club, ISU; Distinguished Professor, ISU
• R. Burns: G.B. Gunlogson Countryside Engineering Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
• M. Darr: Gale A. Holloway Professional Development Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
• T. Glanville: Superior Engineering Extension Award, College of Engineering, ISU
• D. Grewell: Grand Prize for University Research, American Academy of Environmental Engineers
• J. Harmon: Dean's Citation, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, ISU
• M. Helmers: Nolan Mitchell Young Extension Worker Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
• S. Hoff: Dean's Citation, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, ISU
• L. Johnson: Grand Prize for University Research, American Academy of Environmental Engineers
• R. Kanwar: Significant Contributor Award, NCERA-101 Committee on Controlled Environment Technology and Use; International Award of Merit, Gamma Sigma Delta; Superior Paper Award Published in Transactions of ASABE, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers; John Deere Gold Medal Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
• T. Kim: Grand Prize for University Research, American Academy of Environmental Engineers
• M. Montalbo-Lomboy: Research Excellence Award, ISU
• R. Raman: University Education Program Director, National Science Foundation
• C. Schwab: NAMIC Engineering Safety Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
• B. Steward: Superior Engineering Teacher Award, College of Engineering, ISU
• H. Xin: David R. Boylan Eminent Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering, ISU; Outstanding Achievement in Research Award, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, ISU; Honorable Mention Paper Award published in Transactions of ASABE, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

• R. Brown: 25-Year Club, ISU; Distinguished Professor, ISU
• J. Danielson: P&S Excellence Award, ISU
• L. Edson: 35-Year Club, ISU
• C. Glatz: Team Award, Aqueous Soybean Processing Research Team, Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• J. Hill: Van Antwerpen Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• S. Mallapragada: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences; Richard Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering, ISU
• B. Narasimhan: Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award, ISU
• R. Seagrave: Linton E. Grinter Distinguished Service Award, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
• J. Shanks: 2008 Women of Innovation Award—Research Innovation and Leadership, Technology Association of Iowa; Manley R. Hoppe Professorship in Chemical Engineering, ISU

Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

• R. Abendroth: 25-Year Club, ISU
• S.-K. Ong: 2008 McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration or Sustainable Use Award, Water Environment Federation
• M. Porter: Dennis L. Tewksbury Award, Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers
• J. Shane: 2008 ASCE Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award, American Society of Civil Engineering Journal of Management in Engineering
• S. Sritharan: Wilson Engineering Associate Professor
• K. Strong: Awarded tenure
• H. van Leeuwen: Grand Prize for University Research, American Academy of Environmental Engineers
• K. Wang: 2008 Outstanding Editorial Board Member, Journal ASTM International

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• C. Chu: Young Engineering Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering, ISU
• V. Dalal: Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• M. Govindarasu: 2009 VEISHEA Outstanding Faculty Award, ISU
• A. Kamal: Best Paper Award, IEEE 2008 Global Communications Conference; Computer Networks Editor of the Year
• J. McCalley: Regents Award for Faculty Excellence, ISU
• M. Mina: 2009 VEISHEA College of Engineering Faculty Recognition Award, ISU
• N. Elia: 2009 VEISHEA Outstanding Faculty Award, ISU
• D. (Schmidt) McCullough: P&S CYtation Award, ISU
• D. Aliprantis: NSF CAREER Award, NSF
• A. Stoytchev: 2008 Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
• A. Somani: Computer Networks Editor of the Year

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

• J. Eichorn: 25-Year Club, ISU
• G. Mirka: Fellow, The Ergonomics Society
• F. Peters: Westover Award, American Foundry Society
• R. Stone: Big 12 Faculty Fellow, Big 12

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

• M. Akinc: Fulbright Scholar, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey; Fellow, ASM International
• A.    Constant: Ames Laboratory Inventor Incentive Award
• K. Constant: “Women Impacting ISU” Honor
• L. Genalo: University Professor, MSE
• K. Gschneidner: 45-Year Club, ISU
• M. Kessler: Elsevier Young Composites Researcher Award
• A.    King: Fellow, Materials Research Society
• A.    Klocke: Peer Mentor Supervisor Award, ISU, Learning Communities
• Z. Lin: NSF CAREER Award, NSF
• S. Mallapragada: Richard Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering
• S. Martin: Distinguished Professor, ISU
• R. Napolitano: Alan and Julie Renken Professorship
• S. Schlorholtz: 25-Year Club, ISU
• M. Selby: Superior Engineering Advisor Award, College of Engineering, ISU; 25-Year Club, ISU
• R. B. Thompson: NDE Lifetime Achievement Award from SPIE Smart Structures/NDE
• Robert Tucker (Alum): MSE Hall of Fame Award, MSE-ISU
  

Department of Mechanical Engineering

• D. Beck: COE Adviser of the Year Award
• J. Bernard: 25-Year Club, ISU
• R. Brown: 25-Year Club, ISU
• M. Bryden: Best Paper, Best Paper, 18th Annual Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering Conference
• S. Feve: Best Paper Award, 27th Conference on Tire Science and Technology, Akron, OH
• A. Kelkar: Third Place, John Pappajohn Business Plan Competition
• V. Levitas: Einstein Award for Scientific Achievement, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK; Keynote lecture, Plasticity ’09 International Symposium, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; Two invited lectures, 44th Annual Meeting Society of Engineering Science, Urbana-Champaign, IL; Invited lecture, Gordon Research Conference on Energetic Materials, Tilton, NH; Invited lecture, International Conference on Martensitic Phase Transformations, Santa Fe, NM
• P. Shrotriya: Young Engineering Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering, ISU
• Q. Zou: NSF CAREER Award, NSF
  

Engineering Communications

• C. Gostele: 35-Year Club, ISU

Engineering Student Services

• P. Castleberry: 2008–2009 W. Robert Parks Honors Commendation, The Iowa State University Honors Student Board