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 - 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)