Honorees from Purdue ENE
Alumni Awardees
Faculty/Staff Awardees
Graduate Student Awardees
Undergraduate Student Awardees
Alumni
College of Engineering Education Distinguished Alumni from Purdue ENE
2020 — Sue Hudson Abreu
2011 — David R. Schwind
2010 — Geoffrey T. Crowley
2008 — Michael J. Cave
2001 — Gregory M. Ayers
School of Engineering Education Outstanding Alumni
(formerly Outstanding Interdisciplinary Engineering Alumni Award)
2024 — Howard "Ward" Cunningham, Holly Matusovich
2022 — John Babb, Roger Shively, Tamara Moore
2021 — Umesh Patel
2020 — Judy Cleland, Jennifer Kerr, Pedro Pires de Miranda, Arnold Young
2018 — Russell P. Troyer
2017 — Brian C. Bosma, Thomas A. Gray
2016 — Holly Simmons
2015 — Henry "Hank" A. Frissora
2014 — Rex Carter
2013 — Stan Jones, Eric J. Schmidt, Michael W. Wells
2012 — Leslie Bottorff, Rick Kosdrosky
2011 — Debra S. Echt, Raymond Michael Klein, Richard H. Le Sesne
2010 — Howard J. Gobstein
2009 — Harold M. Aberman, Brian E. Farley, Gary C. Horlacher, Robert F. Sharpe, Jr., Mary Spiess Smith
2003 — Geoffrey T. Crowley
2002 — Michael J. Cave, David R. Schwind
2001 — Paul C. Cloyd, Sue Hudson-Abreu
1999 — Gregory M. Ayers
Faculty and Staff
College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
2024 — Justin Hess
College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award in Early Career Teaching
2024 — Jason Morphew
School of Engineering Education Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
(formerly Best Teacher Award in Freshman Engineering; Best Teacher Award in Engineering Education)
2024 — Kirsten Davis
2023 — Amena Shermadou
2022 — Jason Morphew
2021 — Justin Hess
2020 — Muhsin Menekse
2019 — Mary Pilotte
2018 — Allison Godwin
2017 — Senay Purzer
2016 — Joyce Main
2015 — Morgan Hynes
2014 — Michele Strutz
2013 — Michele Strutz
2012 — Matt Ohland
2011 — Brent Jesiek
2010 — Robin Adams
2009 — Brent Jesiek
2008 — Matt Ohland
2007 — Matt Ohland
2006 — William C. Oakes
2005 — P.K. Imbrie
2004 — Deborah K. Follman
2003 — Robert E. Montgomery
2002 — Heidi Diefes-Dux
2001 — William C. Oakes
2000 — Heidi Diefes-Dux
1999 — William C. Oakes
1998 — Dan D. Budny
1997 — Christine R. Pekny
1996 — Dan D. Budny
1995 — Goranka Bjedov
1994 — Robert E. Montgomery
School of Engineering Education Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
2024 — Jacqueline Handley
2023 — Alice Pawley
2021 — Audeen Fentiman
2020 — Kerrie Douglas
2017 — Ruth Streveler
School of Engineering Education Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring
2024 — Stephanie Masta
2023 — Morgan Hynes
2022 — Joyce Main
2019 — Matt Ohland
2018 — Michele Strutz
2016 — Brent Jesiek
2015 — Alice Pawley
School of Engineering Education Faculty Award for Leadership
2024 — Joyce Main
2023 — Cindey Hayes
2022 — Sean Brophy
2019 — Alice Pawley
2018 — Robin Adams
2017 — Mary Pilotte
2016 — Heidi Diefes-Dux
2015 — Stephen Hoffman
School of Engineering Education Students First Award
2024 — Loretta McKinniss
2023 — Mary Pilotte
2022 — Chris Pekny
2021 — Audeen Fentiman
2020 — Isabel Jimenez-Useche
2019 — Allison Godwin
2018 — Rick Womack
School of Engineering Education Richard W. McDowell Best Advisor Award
(formerly Freshman Engineering Best Counselor Award)
2023 — Daniel Koehl
2022 — Katy Panozzo, Christine Pekny
2021 — Sarah Ehrlich
2020 — Anne Jarrard, Mike Klinker
2019 — Jeff Chase
2018 — Sam Cho
2017 — Curt Oechsle
2016 — Suzanne Coolbaugh-Walker
2014 — Jeffrey Myers
2013 — Rose Redington, Nate Thomas
2012 — Jennifer Alter, Paul Birkhimer
2011 — Kristin Deckard
2010 — Erica Timmerman
2009 — Yuliya Boesch, Lindsay Haugland
2008 — Billi Jennings, Jim Pukrop
2007 — Kristin Deckard
2006 — Beth Burnett
2005 — Jennifer Radecki
2004 — John T. Gaunt
2003 — Jennifer E. Donahoe
2002 — Meredith L. Graham
2001 — William C. Oakes
2000 — Tammi L. Thayer
1999 — James Barany
1998 — Dan D. Budny
1997 — Robert E. Montgomery
1996 — Janet M. Siebenthal, Brian D. Smith
1995 — John T. Gaunt
1994 — Dan D. Budny
1993 — Robert E. Montgomery
1992 — Dan D. Budny
1991 — Robert E. Montgomery
1990 — Marion W. Blalock
1989 — Robert E. Montgomery
Graduate Programs
Purdue University Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award
2024 — Olivia Li
College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
2024 — Siqing Wei
2022 — Dayoung Kim
2021 — David Evenhouse
2020 — Hoda Ehsan
2019 — Dina Verdin
2018 — Avneet Hira
2017 — Molly Goldstein
2016 — Catherine Berdanier
2015 — Kelsey Rodgers
2014 — Xin Chen; Honorable Mention: James Huff, Jeremi London, Noah Salzman
College of Engineering Magoon Excellence in Teaching Award
2023 — Aristides Carrillo Fernandez
2022 — Cristián Vargas-Ordóñez
2021 — Yi-Chieh Sun and Andrew Robert Roginski
2020 — Dominik Hauger, Amanda Johnston
2019 — Nathan Hicks
2018 — Matilde Sanchez-Pena
2017 — Neha Choudhary
2015 — Ryan Senkpeil, Hector Rodriguez
2013 — Hadi Ali, Lee Rynearson, Noah Salzman
College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Service Scholarship
2024 — Barbara Fagundes
2023 — Tiantian Li
2022 — Mohamed Aziz Dridi
2021 — Justin Major
2020 — Hossein EbrahimiNejad
2019 — Brianna Benedict
2018 — Richard Aleong
2017 — Emilie Siverling
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship
2024 — Adrian Nat Gentry, Nrupaja Bhide
2019 — Hoda Ehsan
2018 — Zahra Atiq and Juan David Ortega-Alvarez
2017 — Molly Goldstein and Avneet Hira
School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Service Award
2024 —Sage Maul
2019 — Rohit Kandakatla
2018 — Rohit Kandakatla
2017 — Todd Fernandez, Juan Ortega
2016 — Natascha Trellinger
2015 — Catherine Berdanier, Nicole Pitterson, Nichole Ramirez
2014 — Velvet Fitzpatrick, Tamecia Jones, Jaqi McNeil
School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Teaching/Mentoring Award
2024 — Adrian Nat Gentry, Elizabeth Sanders
2019 — Emilie Siverling
2018 — Avneet Hira
2017 — Dhinesh Radhakrishnan
School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Research Award
2024 — Cristián Vargas-Ordóñez, Nrupaja Bhide, Alexander Struck Jannini
2020 — Saira Anwar, Amanda Johnston
School of Engineering Education Outstanding Graduate Student
2024 — Gabriella Torres, Eugene Mahmoud
2010 — Shawn Jordan
2009 — Odesma Dalrymple
2007 — Joseph Gangestad
2006 — Tamara Moore
Undergraduate Programs
Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies (IDES) and Multidisciplinary Engineering (MDE) students
National and International Honorees
2018 Marshall Scholar
Abby Lemert
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2018 Truman Scholar
Paige Rudin
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2018 Boren Scholar
Paige Rudin
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IDES/MDE Outstanding Senior Academic Achievement Award
2024 — Szczeny Lipinski, Elisabeth Casetti
2022 — Ashley Grooms, Logan Noster, Chloe Otis
2021 — Isabel Block, Abigail Bressoud
2020 — Karuna Srivastava, Leigh Witek
2019 — Elena Helvajian, Abhipri Mishra, Zachary Kovalenko
2018 — Reis Lehman and Abby Lemert
2017 — Sean Obrecht and Lucas Ray
2016 — Sonja Adams, Lauren Denney
2015 — Francis Blubaugh, Rebecca Kartheiser
2014 — Robert Colcord
2013 — Chloe Morrical, Lourdes Ureña
2012 — Stephen Kelly, Roderick Lammers, Brett Seward
2011 — Torsten Schreiber
2010 — Carmen Rodriguez
2009 — David Gordon, Jeffrey Noren
2007 — Kai Van Horn
2006 — Alexander Rust
2005 — Megan Boland, Matthew Janszen
2004 — Jacqueline Callihan, Rozina Chowdhery, Matthew Janszen
2003 — Clinton Bahler, Jacqueline Callihan, Luke Gutwein, Megan Guyer, Meghan McKenzie
2002 — Luke Gutwein, Megan Guyer, David Niemeyer, John Parent, Graham Sadtler
2001 — Jordan Drazer, Stephen Harris, David Niemeyer
2000 — Andrea Dunn
IDES/MDE Outstanding Junior Academic Achievement Award
2024 — Saya Ueki, Isabelle Rauh
2022 — Rachel Gander, Ziming (Mason) Zhao
2021 — Logan Noster, Chloe Otis
2020 — Isabel Block, Abigail Bressoud
2019 — Alec Brooks and Karuna Srivastava
2018 — Abhipri Mishra and Zachary Kovalenko
2017 — Reis Lehman and Abby Lemert
2016 — Sean Obrecht
2015 — Sonja Adams, Paul Hickner
2014 — Rebecca Kartheiser
2013 — Christopher Bosma, Trenton Marshall
2012 — Chloe Morrical, Lourdes Ureña
2011 — Roderick Lammers, Brett Seward
2010 — Nichole Schrank
2004 — Ty Gray, Matthew Janszen, Evan Lutkenhoff
2003 — Clinton Bahler, Matthew Janszen
2002 — Luke Gutwein, Megan Guyer, Nicholas McCarroll
2001 — Megan Guyer, John Parent
IDES/MDE Outstanding Sophomore Academic Achievement Award
2024 — Alex Rodriguez-Gonzolez, Ethan Gray
2022 — Saya Ueki
2021 — Mattias Ahlers
IDES/MDE Outstanding Service Award
2024 — Chelsea Schripsema
2022 — Shepherd Dick, Claudia Johnson
2021 — Abigail Bressoud, Isabel Block
2020 — Canyon Ellis
2019 — Rachel Baker, Sadona Carey
2018 — Brenna Ryan
2017 — Danielle Render
2016 — Alexander Klapka, Schyler Curtice
2015 — Schuyler Putt
2014 — Nicole Gantz
2012 — Ian Boze
2011 — Nichole Schrank
2010 — Philip Zumbrun
2009 — Emily Wigley
2007 — Alex Serafin
2005 — Joel Virkler
2003 — Megan Guyer, John Parent
2001 — Christine Lowmaster
Donald A. Loren Scholarship for Multidisciplinary Engineering
Learn more about this new scholarship, which began in AY 2020-21.
2024 — Valerie York, Jade Lee
2023 — Nicole Rytczak
2022 — Ashley Grooms, Ryan Zihenni
2021 — Rebecca Dever, Joe Fiebig
Updated: March 6, 2025