Deborah Horton, Stacy Lane, and Jennifer Ricksy were recognized as finalists for the 2021 College of Engineering Staff Awards of Excellence. Stacy Lane and Jennifer Ricksy received the Team Award as members of the CE, ECE, and ME Online MS Staff Team, and Deborah Horton was a finalist for the Leah H. Jamieson Leadership Award.

The Team Award, which was announced prior to the awards banquet, was given to the Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Online MS Staff Team. The team consists of Deborah Bowman (ECE), Matt Golden (ECE), Xiaomin Qian (ME), Cathy Elwell (ME), Stacy Lane (CE), Elisheba VanWinkle (ECE), Lynn Hegewald (ECE), Jennifer Ricksy (CE), and Sheri Tague (ME). The team was recognized for their hard work, dedication, initiative and innovation that was instrumental in the successful implementation of the online Master’s degrees programs launched in the College of Engineering.

Deborah Horton is the Managing Director of the Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP). Maintaining a strong partnership between the Lyles School of Civil Engineering and INDOT has been a key to the continued success of the program, and Debbie has played a key role in nurturing this relationship by showing notable leadership, initiative and innovation in many of the processes ranging across proposal statements, management of grants, engagement activities, and publicizing center activities.