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Major National and Regional Awards Received by the Swanson School of Engineering Faculty
(Note: Faculty members also receive many internal awards which are not listed here.)
2008-2009
- 2009 ASME Van C. Mow Medal – Michael Sacks
2007-2008
- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Award, Carnegie Science Center – Steven Badylak
- 2007 Engineering Education Excellence Award International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education – D. Budny
- Richard M. Emberson Award, IEEE – Tom Cain
- Lifetime Achievement Award, American Filtration and Separations Society – Shiao-Hung Chiang
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics – Minking Chyu
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – William Clark
- Gary Leach Award, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers - James Cobb
- DaVinci Lifetime Achievement Award, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter – Rory Cooper
- NSF Career Award – Tracy Cui
- NSF Career Award – Di Gao
- Engineer of the Year, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pittsburgh Chapter – Peyman Givi
- Fellow, American Physical Society—Peyman Givi
- 2008 ESWP William Metcalf Award, for lifetime contributions to engineering – Gerald Holder
- Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers – Gerald Holder
- Advances in Hydraulics, Biomechanics and Fluid Dynamics Symposium, University of Taiwan, Honoring Professor T.K. Hung
- BMES Class of 2007 Fellows – William Federspiel, Sanjeev Shroff, Rory Cooper and William Wagner
- Young Investigator Award, Beckman Foundation—Steve Little
- Excellence in Higher Education Award, Carnegie Science Center (team award) – Joseph McCarthy, Robert Parker, Mary Besterfield-Sacre
- 2007 Application to Practice Award, TMS – Frederick S. Pettit
- Faculty Grant Award, ASNT – Piervincenzo Rizzo
- 2008 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award in the Senior Scholar Category – Michael Sacks
- 2007 Resident/Fellow Scholarship Award, Arthroscopy Association of North American – Patrick Smolinski
- R.A. Glenn Award, Division of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society—Goetz Veser
- Professor of the Year, American Society of Civil Engineers, Pittsburgh Chapter – Radisav Vidic
- Life Sciences Award, Carnegie Science Center – William Wagner
- NSF Career Award—Lisa Weiland
- Visiting Scientist Fellowship, NCEM – Jorg Wiezorek
- International Society of Biomechanics XXI Annual Meeting, Opening Plenary Lecture – Savio Woo
- Diamond Award for Distinguished Achievement in Academia, University of Washington – Savio Woo
- Life Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – Savio Woo
- Hall of Fame of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Washington – Savio Woo
- NSF Career Award – Jun Yang
- Department of Energy Hydrogen Program R & D Award—Karl Johnson
Interested in nominating a Pitt Engineering faculty member for an award? Contact the Director of Marketing & Communications at 412-624-2640 to work with the Swanson School of Engineering Awards Committee.
2006-2007
- Achilles Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Research Award – Steven D. Abramowitch
- Member, Advisory Committee for the Division of Medical Engineering Research, National Health Research Institutes (MED/NHRI) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) – Harvey Borovetz
- 2007 Carnegie Science Center Life Sciences Award – Harvey Borovetz
- 2006 Meritorious Service Award by the International Network for Engineering Education and Research – Daniel D. Budny
- NSF Career Award – Kevin Chen
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – William W. Clark
- Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics – Minking Chyu
- Special Tribute to Giovani Paulo Galdi – Special International Conference on Mathematical Fluid Mechanics honoring Dr. Galdi’s career achievements
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Peyman Givi
- Fellow, American Concrete Institute – Kent Harries
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Gary Leach Award – George E. Klinzing
- Fellow, International Association for Pattern Recognition – C.C. Li
- Olympus/NCIIA Award for Innovation – Michael R. Lovell
- 2007 Application to Practice Award, TMS – Frederick S. Pettit
- Fellow, American Chemical Society – Donald J. Plazek
- Civil Engineer of the Year, American Society of Civil Engineers Pittsburgh Section – John L. Richards
- Board of Editors of Scientific American Magazine, Scientific American 50—Michael Sacks
- 2007 University/Post-Secondary Educator Award at the 11th Annual Carnegie Science Center Awards for Excellence--Sanjeev Shroff
- Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education – Larry J. Shuman
- Board of Editors of Scientific American Magazine, Scientific American 50—William Wagner
2005-2006
- Engineer of the Year, ESWP – Eric Beckman
- Founding Fellow BMES - Harvey Borovetz
- Computing Sciences Accreditation Board Fellow – J.T. Cain
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers Gary Leach Award – James Cobb
- NSBE, 2006 Golden Torch Award for Lifetime Achievement in Academia – Karl Lewis
- 2006 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award (Sr.) – Scott Mao
- College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering – Michael Sacks
- Founding Fellow BMES - Michael Sacks
- NSF CAREER Award – Andrew Schaefer
- College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - George Stetten
- College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering – David Vorp
- Biomedical Engineering Society Distinguished Lecture - Savio Woo
- Founding Fellow BMES - Savio Woo
- 2006 Awards for Excellence Life Sciences Award, Carnegie Science Center – Savio Woo
2004-2005
- Society for Biomaterials, Clemson Award - Steve Badylak
- Distinguished Professorship in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering - Anna Balazs
- Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Outstanding Young Alumni Award at Virginia Tech – Chris Earls
- NASA, Public Service Award - Peyman Givi
- 2005 NSF CAREER Award - John Leonard
- ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award - Mike Lovell
- Award for Excellence in Corporate Innovation – 10th Annual Carnegie Science Award for Excellence – Marlin Mickle
- Nigerian National Merit Award – Bart Nnaji
- Dedicatee of Tenth International Symposium on Superalloys – Fred Pettit
- Awarded Distinguished Life Membership in Alpha Sigma Mu, The Professional Honor Society of Material Science and Engineering – Fred Pettit
- Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education – Larry Shuman
- ASEE Fellow – Marwan Simaan
- 2005 NSF CAREER Award - Sachin Velankar
- 2005 NSF CAREER Award - Gotz Veser
- BMES Distinguished Lecturer Award - Savio Woo
- ASME Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award – Savio Woo
- Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award (Jr.) - Judith Yang
Swanson School Staff Awards
The Swanson School Staff Awards Program was created in 2008 to recognize staff who provide outstanding performance and service to the Swanson School. For more details about the awards program, please contact the Swanson School dean's office.
2008 Recipients
- Betty Victor’s role as Director/Office of Administration requires diligent management for the fiscal activities of the University budgets, gifts, research, endowments, and cost centers. She also controls faculty and staff personnel actions, undergraduate probation and dismissal, as well as legal and audit issues. Betty has served in various capacities at the Swanson School of Engineering for nearly 50 years. Her presence has also been felt in various University of Pittsburgh boards, where she has played an active role in various scholarship, accounts payable, compliance, and advisory committees.
- Richard Colwell first started working with the University in August 1985, when he was hired as an electronic technician. In his current role, Rich is responsible for maintaining the computer systems, network, servers for several of the School’s departments, in addition to three state-of-the-art computer teaching labs and various other high-tech labs. Rich’s impressive volunteer efforts include serving two years in the United States Army, helping the Peace Corps via web communication, as well as playing significant roles in the Staff Association Council and various search and audit committees.
- Brittany Guthrie has been with the University since August 2002. Despite the fact that the undergraduate student body has doubled since she began, Brittany has continued to maintain an extensive student database, develop solutions to students’ academic concerns, and serve as the department web editor, in which she has assisted in the designing of information architecture and created an undergraduate resource section. In addition to serving on the Staff Association Council and the University Senate, Brittany is responsible for the strengthening of various subcommittees.
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