On April 30, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering hosted its annual awards banquet to celebrate the achievements of its outstanding faculty, staff, and students. This year’s ceremony marked a new chapter for the department, being the first held since biomedical engineering transitioned into its own separate department last year.
MAE Award Recipients
Faculty and Staff
Thomas Stewart McCorkle Family Endowed Teaching Award
Caleb Rucker
Louis and Ann Hoffman Endowed Excellence in Research Award—Tenure-Track
Prashant Singh
B. Ray Thompson Endowed Excellence in Research Award—Tenured
Zhili Zhang
Outstanding Faculty Initiative & Leadership Award
Chad Duty
J.A.M. Boulet Outstanding Service Award
Danny Graham (No photograph available.)
Translational Research & Innovation Award
Uday Vaidya (No photograph available.)
Volunteer Spirit Award
Bradley Jared
“The Momentum” Award
Damiano Baccarella
Pi Tau Sigma Excellence in Teaching Award
Stephanie TerMaath
Student Awards
Outstanding Junior Award in Aerospace Engineering
Evan Eidshaug, Reagan Nelson, Gabriel Padilla, Jacob Premo, Calvin Sapp, and Carson Waddell
Outstanding Junior Award in Mechanical Engineering
Mara Donahue, Mallori France, Zachary Gras, Sachi Griffin, Andrew Hall, Joshua Hoekstra, Joshua Hunsinger, Alyssa Johnson, Kohen Kilburn, Matthew Kolakowski, Addison Menges, Kaylee Rafferty, Noah Thomas, and Kendal Wright
Outstanding Senior Award in Aerospace Engineering
Avah Cherry, David Nguyen, and Logan Searfoss
Outstanding Senior and University Scholar in Mechanical Engineering
Jacob Arbogast, Jackson Banks, Henry Coatney, Hannah Cox, and Jack Davis
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Mohammad Alipanahrostami
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Sabrullah Deniz
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Erdem Caliskan
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Alek Clark
