CoE hands out Excellence Awards to staff

The Purdue College of Engineering held its 16th annual Staff Awards of Excellence ceremony on Dec. 1 at the Shively Club in Ross-Ade Stadium.
Excellence awards banquet
The 2017 College of Engineering Staff Awards of Excellence ceremony at the Shively Club.

The following employees were nominated for awards. An asterisk (*) denotes the winner in each category.

Administrative / Professional Customer Service Award

Award nominate

Kathryn R. Cooper, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Nominated by Michael R. Ladisch

Award nominee

*Michelle R. Jansen, Dean’s Office — Academic Affairs
Nominated by Boshra Afra and Mahdi Hosseini

Award nominate

Jennifer L. LaGuire, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Nominated by Michael D. Sangid

Clerical / Service Customer Service Award

Award nominate

Carol A. Brock, Engineering Education
Nominated by Cindey A. Hays

Award nominate

Jill T. Clauson, Nuclear Engineering
Nominated by Kellie A. Reece

Award nominee

*Stacey L. Coar, Materials Engineering
Nominated by Anter El-Azab

Leah H. Jamieson Leadership Award

Award nominate

Andrew L. Pierce, Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
Nominated by William C. Oakes

Award nominee

*Tammy R. Siemers, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Nominated by Sandra M. May

Award nominate

Teresa L. Walker, Engineering Education
Nominated by Cindey A. Hays

New Employee Award

Award nominee

*William G. Applegate, Composites Manufacturing and Simulations Center
Nominated by Johnathan E. Goodsell

Award nominate

Shannon L. Heidrich, Materials Engineering
Nominated by Lia A. Stanciu

Award nominate

Morgan L. Kuryla, Industrial Engineering
Nominated by Patrick A. Brunese

Professional Achievement Award

Award nominate

Brad M. Caffery, Lyles School of Civil Engineering
Nominated by Rao S. Govindaraju

Award nominee

*Stephen Florence, Mechanical Engineering
Nominated by Peter H. Meckl

Staff Team Award

Award nominee

*Mechanical Engineering Technical Services for Industrial Labs
Michael J. Logan, Tami L. Armstrong, Bertrand E. Gramelspacher, Steven W. Kessler, and Michael S. Sherwood.
Nominated by Peter H. Meckl