Ronald T. Morris is the 2024 Nathan W. Dougherty Award winner, which is the highest honor bestowed by the Tickle College of Engineering. Morris is a UT alumnus who has continually given back to TCE.
Morris Bestowed Prestigious Dougherty Award
Greene Named 2021 Nathan W. Dougherty Award Winner
Kim Greene, a 1988 UT alumnae, has been named the 2021 Dougherty Award winner, the highest honor given by the Tickle College of Engineering.
2020 Faculty & Staff Awards Announced
The 2020 Faculty and Staff Awards included winners were announced in April 2020 with plans to celebrate them in the fall.
Davis Honored with 2020 Nathan W. Dougherty Award
Wayne T. Davis, chancellor emeritus and former dean of the college, was selected as the 2020 Nathan W. Dougherty Award Winner, the college’s highest honor.
Heath Honored with 2019 Nathan W. Dougherty Award
Ralph D. Heath has a long track record of success, collaboration, and philanthropy, rising to the presidency of Lockheed Martin from 2005–12 before he retired after more than 37 years in engineering and industry. As a result of his strong record of accomplishment, Heath has been named the Nathan W. Dougherty Award winner for 2019, […]
Benmark Named Nathan W. Dougherty Award Winner for 2018
Leslie Benmark was named the recipient of the 2018 Nathan W. Dougherty Award at the college’s Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner.
UT Icon Burdette Honored with Dougherty Award
Edwin Burdette was honored with the 2017 Dougherty Award from the Tickle College of Engineering at this year’s Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner.
Tickle College of Engineering Alumnus, Nuclear Icon Hashemian Honored with Dougherty Award
When Hash Hashemian, then a recent nuclear engineering graduate, and then-department head Tom Kerlin co-founded Analysis and Measurement Services in 1977, their main goal was to provide the nuclear energy industry with a reliable source of testing and problem solving. In the years since, AMS has become a globally recognized leader in nuclear energy and […]
UT Alumnus James B. Porter Jr. Receives Nathan W. Dougherty Award
A recent night of recognition for outstanding achievement for the College of Engineering culminated with James B. Porter Jr. receiving the Nathan W. Dougherty Award—the college’s highest honor—at the Holiday Inn World’s Fair on Thursday, April 9, 2015, during the college’s annual Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner. College faculty, staff, and current and former Board […]
UT Alumnus W. Dwight Kessel Receives Nathan W. Dougherty Award
2014 Faculty & Staff Awards Winners Named The University of Tennessee College of Engineering gave its most prestigious honor—the Nathan W. Dougherty Award—to industrial engineering graduate W. Dwight Kessel at the college’s annual Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner, held on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Knoxville. The awards dinner was […]