Engineering Alumni Awards

Nominations

Nominations are now open for the following awards:

Please download the nomination form PDF(s) to your computer and use Adobe Reader to complete them. Completed nomination forms should be submitted to EAA@purdue.edu by Friday 5/10/24.

• Young Engineering Alumnus Award (PDF) - Awarded to a graduate of Purdue's College of Engineering who is 35 years old or younger who has achieved significant rapid advancement in their chosen field.
• College of Engineering Alumni Loyalty Award (PDF) - Awarded to a graduate of Purdue's College of Engineering who has demonstrated extraordinary loyalty to Purdue and the College of Engineering.
• Engineering Innovation Award (PDF) - Awarded to a graduate of Purdue's College of Engineering who has developed a product, idea, or process that has had a significant impact on industry or society.

Thank you for your submissions - award recipients will be announced every fall.

Past Engineering Alumni Award Recipients

Young Engineering Alumnus Award

Year	Awardee
2024	Joseph Muth (MSE ’13)
2023	Colin McGonagill (BSME '10)
2022	Candace Nelson (BSChE ’13)
2021	Sirisha Bandla (BSAAE '11)
2020	Jessica Traver Ingram (BSME '14, MSME '17)
2019	Murugan Palaniappan (BSAAE '10)
2018	Abigail Moyer (BSCE '06)
2017	David Helderman (BSAAE '06, MSAAE '09)
2016	Ashley Faires (BSAAE '06)
2015	Lisa Wichmann (BSME '05)
2014	Stephanie Severance (BSME '06)
2013	Daniel Radocaj (BSAAE '00, MSAAE '01)
2012	Dustin Ruh (BSMSE '03)

Alumni Loyalty Award

Year	Awardee
2024	James Rowings (BSCE '75, MSCE '79, PhD CE '82)
2023	Sue Hudson Abreu (BSIDE '78)
2022	Thomas Malott (BSME ’62)
2021	Charles Miller (BSCE '57)
2020	Stephen Baranyk (BSME '62)
2019	Elmore Rice (BSEE '54)
2018	Janet Goings (BSEE '82)
2017	Cheryl Cunningham (BSCE '80)
2016	Anthony Harris (BSME '75)
2015	James W. Overman (BSME '80)
2014	Dennis Warner (BSAAE '73, MSME '76)
2013	Rick Roberts (BSChE '76)
2012	Rick Zadoks (BSME '83, MSME '85, PhD '88)

Engineering Innovation Award

Year	Awardee
2024	Umesh Patel (BSE '86, MSEE '88, PhD IE '95)
2023	William J Link (BSME '70, MSME '71, PhD ME '82)
2022	Brian Underwood (BSMeT ’88)
2021	Michael Schrader (BSME '04)
2020	Ujjwal Singh (BSCEE '94)
2019	Stacey Burr (BSIE '84, MSIA '91)

President's Lifetime Award

Year	Awardee
2003	William Cordier (BSME '49)
2003	Michael Birck (BSEE '60)
2002	Robert Bowen (BSCE '62)
2001	Christopher Burke (BSCE '77, MSCE '79, PhD '83)
2000	James F. Schorr (BSChE '54)
2000	James Warren Hill (BSME '63)
1998	Robert E. Bateman (BSAE '46)
1997	Robert E. Hannemann (BSChE '52)

Service Award

Year	Awardee
2006	Gbile Adewunmi (BSEE '02, MSECE '03)
2004	Donald J. Orr (BSChE '61, HDR '06)
2004	Donald L. Menchhofer (BSME '60)
2003	David Beering (BSCEE '85, MSEE '87)
2003	Donald Knebel (BSEE '68)
2003	Adel Zakaria (MSIE '70, PhD '73)
2003	John Bratt (BSME '65)
2002	Juan Ernesto de Bedout (BSIE '67, MSIE '68)
2002	Harold Force (BSCE '73, MSCE '74)
2001	Brad Belcher (BSAAE '82)
2001	Barry Effron (BS Metallurgical Engineering '67)
2001	Deborah Grubbe (BSChE '77)
2000	William E. Smith III (BSChE '69)
1999	Harold Amrine
1999	Edward Barnette Jr. (BSIDE '72)
1999	Arthur Bond (BSEE '68, MSEE '69, PhD '74)
1999	Virginia Booth-Gleghorn (BSIE '91, BA '92)
1999	Ed Coleman (BSME '75)
1999	Fred Cooper (BSEE '74)
1999	Arthur Hansen (BSEE '46, MS '48)
1999	Anthony Harris (BSME '75)
1999	Brian Harris (BSIDE '75)
1999	Stanley Kirtley (BSCE '75)
1999	John Logan Jr. (BSCE '75)
1999	Robert Milton (BSME '72, MSME '73)
1999	George Smith Jr. (BSEE '76)
1997	Richard L. Gross (BSME '47)
1997	Jerome R. Hansen (BSME '48)