At the 2017 All-College Awards ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 14, award winners and patent recipients from the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering were recognized for outstanding achievements and overall excellence. The annual All-College Awards honor faculty and staff throughout the college. Nominations were accepted through faculty and staff, and each award highlights achievements made throughout the previous year.
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering All-College Awards
Outstanding Administrative Staff Awards
These awards recognize exceptional performance by and accomplishments of college Administrative Professional and State Classified Employees.
Andrea Leland, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Lisa Metz, Engineering Network Services
Outstanding Researcher
This award recognizes exceptional performance of a college non-tenure-track employee whose primary responsibility is to conduct research.
Kirk McGilvray, Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Achievement Award
This award recognizes exceptional achievements by a faculty member and the potential for continued significant contributions in research, teaching, and service.
Thomas Bradley, Systems Engineering
Art Corey Award for Outstanding International Contributions
This award recognizes exceptional contributions by a faculty member at the international level.
Walajabad Sampath, Mechanical Engineering
George T. Abell Award for Outstanding Economic Development Contributions
This award recognizes exceptional contributions by a faculty member toward the economic, political, and social well-being of the college, university, or external communities.
Todd Bandhauer, Mechanical Engineering
George T. Abell Awards for Outstanding Teaching and Service
These awards recognize high-quality, sustained teaching excellence and service to the college.
Ali Pezeshki, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ben Gadomski, School of Biomedical Engineering
George T. Abell Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Award
This award recognizes the accomplishments of a junior member of the college faculty.
Emily Fischer, Atmospheric Science
George T. Abell Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Award
This award recognizes the accomplishments of a mid-career faculty member of the college.
Jeffrey Pierce, Atmospheric Science
George T. Abell Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award
This award recognizes high-quality, nationally acclaimed research productivity.
John Volckens, Mechanical Engineering
Patent Recipients
The awards ceremony also honored patent recipients from the college. Todd Headley, CSU Ventures, presented patent recipients from the last year with awards and recognition of their achievements
Travis Bailey, Steven Floyd, Charles Henry, Joel Moritz, John Williams
Tongue Stimulation for Communication of Information to a User
Benjamin Gadomski, Christian Puttlitz
Interspinous Spacer devices for Dynamic Stabilization of Degraded Spinal Segments;
Pedicle Screw Assembly and Dynamic Spinal Stabilization Devices Incorporating the Pedicle
Susan P. James, Min Zhang
Outer Layer Having Entanglement of Hydrophobic Polymer Host and Hydrophilic Polymer Guest;
Outer Layer Having Entanglement of Hydrophobic Polymer Host blended with a Maleated Hydrophilic Polymer
Matthew Kipper, Ketul Popat, Raimundo Romero
Surface Treatments for Vascular Stents and Methods
Kevin Lear
Hydrocarbon Sensing Methods and Apparatus;
Multi-Analyte Optical Sensor
Anthony Marchese, John Volckens
Thermophoretic Sampler
Kenneth Reardon
Enzymatic Biosensors with Enhanced Activity Retention for Detection of Organic Compounds
Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam
Robust Attenuation Correction System for Radar Reflectivity
John Williams
Electride Hollow Cathode
Bryan Willson
Diffuse Light Extended Surface Area
