2026 Faculty and Lecturer Excellence Awards
The annual Awards of Excellence for engineering faculty will be presented at the Faculty Recognition Banquet on April 24, 2026.
This year's recipients are:
Dean H.T. Yang Leadership in Service
Engagement
Newly Approved University Faculty Scholars
Xiaoping Bao
Chemical Engineering
Peter Bermel
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hua Cai
Industrial Engineering, Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering
Zubin Jacob
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jacqueline Linnes
Biomedical Engineering
Amy Marconnet
Mechanical Engineering
2025-26 Newly Ratified Named Faculty
Vaneet Aggarwal
Reilly Professor of Industrial Engineering
David Bahr
Reilly Professor of Materials Engineering
Shengwang Du
Scifres Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hector Gomez
Morris Goldman Chair in Engineering
Guillermo Paniagua
Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Makarand Hastak
Reilly Professor in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering
Bryan Huey
Blacutt-Underwood Head of Materials Engineering
Nicole Key
Avrum and Joyce Gray Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Tamara Moore
Crowley Family Professor of Engineering Education
Greg Shaver
Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Elizabeth Topp
Maxine Spencer Nichols Professor in Chemical Engineering
Carl Wassgren
Charles E. and Louise W. Springer Professor of Mechanical Engineering
2025-26 Newly Approved Named Termed and Rising Star Professors
Andres Arrieta Diaz
Doug and Cathy Field Rising Star Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Behzad Esmaeili
Dr. Rohan & Mrs. Merle Phillips Rising Star Associate Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
Christopher Goldenstein
Avrum and Joyce Gray Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, School of Mechanical Engineering
Joaquin Goni Cortes
Juan Ernesto de Bedout Rising Star Associate Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering
David Hibbitts
Vern W. Weekman, Jr. Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Timothee Pourpoint
Joseph Liston Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Behzad Sharif
Marta E. Gross Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Alexey Shashurin
Lawrence Cargnino Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Tyler Tallman
Ervin O. Stitz Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Xiaoqian Joy Wang
Ron and Dotty Garvin Tonjes Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Denny Yu
Geoff Cubitt Rising Star Associate Professor