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College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology celebrates faculty, staff and students

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Media Contact: Kristi Wheeler | Manager, CEAT marketing and Communications | 405-744-5831 | kristi.wheeler@okstate.edu

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

Christina McCoy - Junior Status
Assistant Professor
School of Architecture

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Glenn

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

Jindal Shah


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


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

 

 

 

 

Rushikesh Kamalapurkar

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

Chelsea Wooldridge - Academic Unit
Administrative Associate
School of Architecture

 

 

 

 

 

Liz Jordan

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

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Vinyard

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

 

 

 

 

 

Amber Coker

Amber Coker - Extension Unit
Sr. Accounting Specialist
Professional Development

 

 

 

 

 

Mitzi Riggs

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

 

 

 

 

 

Ray Lucas

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

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.

Team achievement award

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 riceCindy 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

Kendall Treece
Academic Advisor III
Division of Engineering Technology

 

 

 

 


Years of Service Awards

30 years of service

Jim Yerbic

James Yerbic and Audrey Kindred (not pictured)

 

 

 

 

 

25 years of service

Jon Bubke

Jon Bubke and Missy Hannan (not pictured)

 

 

 

 

 

 
20 years of service

Twenty years of service


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

 

 

 

 
 
15 years of service

Fifteen 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

Ten 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

Five 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


Riley Dunham
Chemical Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Hope Goodwin


Hope Goodwin
Industrial Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Thinh Huynh


Thinh Huynh
Chemical Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Carinna Marling


Carinna Marling
Mechanical Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren Millis


Lauren Millis
Industrial Engineering and Management

 

 

 

 

 

Madison Neighbors


Madison Neighbors
Chemical Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Vamsee Sunkar


Vamsee Sunkar
Industrial Engineering and Management

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Urias


Mary Urias
Mechanical Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Megan Wong


Megan Wong
Chemical Engineering

 

 

 

 

Not pictured:  Lela Merkel, Civil and Environmental Engineering


Student Council Member of the Year

Lena Abouzahr

Lena Abouzahr
Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Kai Smith

 

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.

Outstanding Graduate Students

 

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.

Outstanding Graduate Students

 

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

Mitchell Ford (MAE)

 

 

 

 

 


CEAT Dean's Overall Outstanding Senior Student

Josephine Lee

Josephine Lee (CIVE)

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