The Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology held its annual faculty, staff and student awards banquet on April 11 to celebrate accomplishments from high achievers.

Faculty Awards

Excellent Teacher Award

The Excellent Teacher Award recognizes significant achievements in teaching, as evidenced by innovative pedagogy, strong undergraduate student engagement, student success and feedback, course development, teaching load and other areas as determined by the Awards Selection Committee.

Christina McCoy - Junior Status
Assistant Professor
School of Architecture

Jennifer Glenn - Senior Status
Lecturer and Adjunct Asistant Professor
School of Industrial Engineering and Management

Excellent Faculty Award

The Excellent Faculty Award recognizes overall excellence as a faculty member, as evidenced by teaching excellence, scholarly achievement, collegiality, contributions to professional societies, student engagement, and other areas as determined by the Awards Selection Committee.

Imraan Faruque - Junior Status
Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jindal Shah - Senior Status
Associate Professor 
School of Chemical Engineering

Excellent Scholar Award

The Excellent Scholar Award recognizes significant contributions in scholarship, as evidenced by publications, citations, research expenditures, graduate student mentoring, and other areas as determined by the Awards Selection Committee.

Jorge Gonzalez Estrella - Junior Status
Assistant Professor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Rushikesh Kamalapurkar - Senior Status
Assistant Professor 
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Freshman Researcher Scholars Mentors

Guoliang Fan, Jerome Hauselle, Jamey Jacob, Zehya Jiang, Seok-Jhin Kim, Jared Macken, Hamid Nazaripouya, Nathan Richardson, Josh Ramsey, Kurt Rouser, Weihua Sheng, Huaxia Wang, Jim West and Wei Zhao

Wentz Researcher Mentors

Mari Andiappan, Heather Fahlenkamp, Nicoletta Fala, Guoliang Fan, Jamey Jacob, Chenang Liu and Ali Mirchi

Staff Awards

Outstanding Performance Award

The Outstanding Performance Award is designed to acknowledge and reward staff members for their superior service to the college and students. The recipients of the Outstanding Performance Award go above and beyond the expectations of their position.

Chelsea Wooldridge - Academic Unit
Administrative Associate
School of Architecture

Liz Jordan - Academic Unit
Administrative Associate
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jennifer Vinyard - Extension Unit
Sr. Design Engineer
New Product Development

Amber Coker - Extension Unit
Sr. Accounting Specialist
Professional Development

Mitzi Riggs - Administrative Unit
Sr. Coordinator of Sponsored Programs
CEAT Research

Ray Lucas - Administrative Unit
Web Development Specialist
CEAT Marketing and Communications

Dean's Leadership Excellence Award

The Dean's Leadership Excellence Award recognizes sustained, demonstrated transformational leadership in one or more areas that enhance the impact of CEAT's academic, research or extension mission, creates enduring, positive change in the college, and supports the achievement of faculty, staff and students.

Jamie Westmoreland
Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs
CEAT Research

Outstanding Team Achievement Award

The Outstanding Team Achievement Award recognizes the collaborative efforts of a team that has demonstrated achievement in an academic, research or extension initiative or program furthering the land-grant mission of the college.

CEAT Research Administrative Team

Engineering Extension Excellence Award

The Engineering Extension Excellence Award recognizes sustained performance beyond the expectations of the individual's role and responsibilities and that directly contributes to achieving the goals of their respective units and the land-grant mission of the college.

Cindy Rice
Professional Services Coordinator
Fire Service Training

Outstanding Academic Advisor Award

The Outstanding Academic Advisor Award recognizes a strong commitment to helping undergraduate students during their academic journey by forming positive, individual relationships, encouraging academic excellence, nurturing personal growth, promoting extracurricular experiences, reviewing academic policies and providing timely counsel and resources.

Kendall Treece
Academic Advisor III
Division of Engineering Technology

Years of Service Awards

30 years of service

James Yerbic and Audrey Kindred (not pictured)

25 years of service

Jon Bubke and Missy Hannan (not pictured)

20 years of service

Samantha Dawson, Jeffrey Fortney, Amanda Lowe, Sundar Madihally, Leslie Miller and Jim Smay

15 years of service

Baski Balasundaram, Clint Clausing, Jennifer Clausing, Terry Collins, Rudee Cryer, Ali Kalkan, Tyler Ley, Joshua Ramsey, Cindy Rice, Krishnan Vaidyanathan and Chulho Yang

10 years of service

Clint Aichele, Aaron Alexander, Bryan Hoskins, Julia Kacergis, John Konrad, Jake Leflore, Bradley McLelland, Ehsan Moallem, Pamela Moore, Joshua Qiang Li, Pamela Reynolds, Paul Tikalsky and Chelsea Wooldridge

5 years of service

Rakshit Allamraju, Beckie Bigler, Juan Borrero, Kimberly Edwards, Imraan Faruque, Mary Francis, Desirea Leaver, Hadi Noori, Reinaldo Sanchez Ostos, Jana Snow, Kristal Soderstrom Junkens, Marshall Tarrant, Megan Warrington, Amber Watts and John Yowell

Student Awards

St. Patrick's Award

Riley Dunham
Chemical Engineering

Hope Goodwin
Industrial Engineering

Thinh Huynh
Chemical Engineering

Carinna Marling
Mechanical Engineering

Lauren Millis
Industrial Engineering and Management

Madison Neighbors
Chemical Engineering

Vamsee Sunkar
Industrial Engineering and Management

Mary Urias
Mechanical Engineering

Megan Wong
Chemical Engineering

Not pictured:  Lela Merkel, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Student Council Member of the Year

Lena Abouzahr
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kai Smith
Architectural Engineering

Student Council DEI Award

Ashley Holland, Brent Bertaux, Finn Poling, Sophie Hawkins and Tariq Tariq

Outstanding Graduate Students

Each year, CEAT recognizes Outstanding Graduate Students from each department. These students are chosen by the department heads for their outstanding leadership and academic excellence.

Angelika Ouedraogo (BAE), Sundaram Bhardwaj Ramakrishnan (CHE), Lizzie Long (CIVE), Jordan Fogg (DET), Le Zhou (ECE), Emmanuel Yangue (IEM), Mitchell Ford (MAE ), Vaidyam Veerendra Rohit Bukka (MSE) and Allan Katende (PETE)

Outstanding Seniors

Each year, CEAT recognizes Outstanding Senior students from each department. These students are chosen by the department heads for their outstanding leadership and academic excellence.

Jacey Watson (ARCH), Rio Bonham (BAE), Connor Allen (CHE), Josephine Lee (CIVE), Megan Brown (DET), Sahir Virani (ECE), Keaton Carter (IEM) and Omar Abouzahr (MAE).  

CEAT Dean's Overall Outstanding Graduate Student

Mitchell Ford (MAE)

CEAT Dean's Overall Outstanding Senior Student

Josephine Lee (CIVE)