Akron, Ohio, June 29, 2005 The University of Akron College of Engineering recently paid tribute to its outstanding students, faculty and staff for 2005 at the college's 16th annual honors and awards banquet.
Honorees at the banquet included:
OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS
Outstanding Award in Biomedical Engineering: Bryan Walters of Brilliant.
Coleman J. Major Award in Chemical Engineering: Jeb Gayheart of Canton, Jeffery Hawkins of Newton Falls, Joseph Morris of Doylestown, Adam Mullen of Streetsboro, Janet Schiffer of Akron.
Duane R. Keller Award in Civil Engineering: Kathleen Adams of Cuyahoga Falls, David Cheramie of Norton, David Frank of North Canton, Angela Metz of Strongsville, Jesse Rufener of Rittman, Daniel Shadle of Massillon.
Milton L. Kult Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering: Megha Aggarwal of Mumbai, India; Claudiu Bouruc of Akron; Timothy Dick of Mantua; Donn Hardy of Cuyahoga Falls; Joshua Miller of Orrville; Michael Petrak of Cuyahoga Falls; Steven Savage of Stow; Jack Stanton of Rootstown; Sunny Teli of Stow.
Thomas M. Brittain Award in Mechanical Engineering: Jeffrey DeWitt of Aurora, Nicholas Garafolo of Medina, Thomas Kendrick of Dresden, Walter Kiefer of Rocky River, George Lenart of Burbank, Todd Lewis of Seville, Tim Mikalacki of Medina, Carrie Reed of Medina, Sylvain Seif of Akron, Aimee Semborski of Harrisville, Aaron Stebner of Canton, Benjamin Yannayon of Cuyahoga Falls, Bradford Zmrazek of Medina.
Donald R. Burrowbridge Award in Cooperative Education: Joseph Morris of Doylestown, working at Lubrizol Corp; Angela Metz of Strongsville, working at GBC Design; John Blystone of Canfield, working at Morton Salt; Cody Farinacci of Broadview Heights, working at Novar Controls; Carrie Reed of Medina, working at Lockheed Martin; Jessica Stanley of Stow, working at Parker Hannifin Corp.
STUDENT SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
C. William Loughry, M.D., Award in Biomedical Engineering: Bryan Walters of Brilliant.
Joseph L. Verstraete Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biomedical Engineering: Nicholas Shaffer of Silver Lake.
Joseph L. Verstraete Outstanding Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering: Luay Fraiwan of Irbid, Jordan.
Chemstress Consultant Co. Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Chemical Engineering: Hongfei Jia of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Chemical Engineering Faculty Scholarship: Jeb Gayheart of Canton.
Larry G. Focht Scholarship in Chemical Engineering: Kristen Dudak of Elyria.
FACULTY AND STAFF AWARDS
Outstanding Staff Member Award: Gay Boden of Seville, administrative secretary, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Outstanding Teacher Award: Dr. D. Dane Quinn of Akron, associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Outstanding Researcher Award: Dr. Pizhong Qiao of Copley, associate professor, Department of Civil Engineering.
Louis A. Hill Jr. Award: Dr. S. Graham Kelly of Hudson, associate professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
