2026 Faculty and Lecturer Excellence Awards

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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:

Early Career Teaching

James Davis
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Early Career Teaching

Laura Blumenschein
Mechanical Engineering

Dean A.A. Potter Undergraduate Teaching

Christopher Brinton
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Graduate Student Mentorship

Partha P. Mukherjee
Mechanical Engineering

Online Education

Li Qiao
Aeronautics and Astronautics

Early Career Research

Babak Anasori
Materials Engineering

Impact on Industry

Carson Slabaugh
Aeronautics and Astronautics

Research

Kathleen Howell
Aeronautics and Astronautics

Dean H.T. Yang Leadership in Service

Inez Hua
Civil and Construction Engineering, Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Engagement

Andrew Whelton
Civil and Construction Engineering, Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Excellence in Instruction Award for Lecturers

Francisco Montalvo
Mechanical Engineering

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