Annual Spring Awards Celebration

Schedule of Events | 20th and 21st Spring Awards Celebration

• 6-6:30 pm Cocktails
• 6:30-7:15 pm Buffet Dinner
• 7:15-8:30 pm Awards Program
  • Welcome and Introductions: Dr. Maj Mirmirani, Interim Dean, Russ College of Engineering and Technology
  • Outstanding Employee Awards
    • Classified
    • Technical
    • Administrative
  • Faculty Awards
  • Marvin E. and Ann D. White Awards
    • Departmental Research Awards
    • Departmental Teaching Awards
  • Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Awards
    • Russ Outstanding Research Paper Award
    • Russ Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award
    • Russ Outstanding Undergraduate Group II Teaching Award
  • Closing Remarks: Dr. Maj Mirmirani

Awards

• Russ College Outstanding Employee Awards

  • This is the twenty first and twenty second awarding of the Russ College’s Outstanding Administrative, Technical, and Classified Employee Awards. The awards recognize employees who are nominated by Russ College colleagues for outstanding, results-based performance.

• Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Awards

  • In 1981, Fritz Russ, BSEE’42, HON’75, and his wife, Dolores, generously established an endowment that has since then supported two awards, for research and teaching, to be presented annually by the Russ College of Engineering and Technology. Since that time, a new Group II faculty award has been created as well.

• Outstanding Research Paper Award

  • The Russ Outstanding Research Paper Award recognizes excellence in research and scholarship exhibited by the faculty of Russ College. Papers published in refereed journals are submitted for review. An ad hoc committee consisting of previous award recipients reviews and ranks the papers. In the case of co-authors, only Russ College faculty and staff authors are listed.

• Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award

  • The Russ Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award recognizes the efforts of the faculty to provide Russ College students with out standing teaching and advising. Nominees are selected based on student teaching evaluations, and the recipient of the award is selected by members of the Engineering Ambassadors based on interviews.

• Outstanding Undergraduate Group II Teaching Award

  • The Group II Russ Teaching Award recognizes a Group II faculty member whose position is to teach up to four courses per semester, as well as to advise student groups. These positions differ from tenured/tenure-track faculty role, and therefore should be recognized separately for their service to teaching and student group advising.

Award Winners

• Russ Outstanding Research Paper Nominees ‘22
  *Bold name indicates winner

  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    “Machine Learning Modeling of Time-Dependent Corrosion Rates of Carbon Steel in Presence of Corrosion Inhibitors” by Mahammadreza Aghaaminiha, Ramin Mehrani, Martin Colahan, Bruce Brown, Marc Singer, Srdjan Nesic, Silvia Varga, and Sumit Sharma
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
    “Long-Term Behavior Prediction of HDPE Containing Postconsumer Recycled Material Using Stepped Isostress Method” by Ehab Shaheen, Shad Sargand, Teruhisa Masada, and Issam Khoury
  • Computer Science
    “Multi-View Deep Learning Framework for Predicting Patient Expenditure in Healthcare” by Xianlong Zeng, Simon Lin, and Chang Lui
  • Electrical Engineering
    “Fine-grain Reconfigurable Logic Circuits for Adaptive and Secure Computing via Work-Function Engineered Schottky Barrier Finfets” by Talha Canan, Savas Kaya, Harsha Cheji, and Avinash Karanth
  • Engineering Technology and Management
    “Quality Control in Systems Optimization of an Electrohydraulic System” by Mustafa Shraim and Yuqiu You
  • Industrial and Systems Engineering
    “Increasing the Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Networks through Strategic Location of Microgrids: A Case Study of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico” by Felipe Aros-Vera, Shayne Gillian, Austin Rehmar, and Landon Rehmar
  • Mechanical Engineering
    Experimental, analytical, and Numerical Investigation of Multi-Chambered Fluid-Filled Barrier for Highway Crash Attenuators by Sean Johnson, Muhammad Ali, Bhaven Naik, and Khairul Alam

• Russ Outstanding Research Paper Nominees ‘23

  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    “Tafel Scan Schemes for Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of Carbon Steel and Stainless Steel” by Di Wang, Pruch Kijkla, Mazen Saleh, Sith Kumseranee, Suchada Punpruk, and Tingyue Gu
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
    “Mesoscale Aggregation of Sulfur-Rich Asphaltenes: In-Situ Microscopy and Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulation” by Christian Hammond, Mohammadreza Aghaaminiha, Sumit Sharma, Chongyang Shen and Lei Wu
  • Computer Science
    “Pretrained Transformer Framework on Pediatric Claims Data for Population Specific Tasks” by Xianlong Zeng, Simon Linwood, and Chang Lui
  • Electrical Engineering
    Agile Neighbor Discovery in MEMS-based FSO Networks: A Computer Vision Approach” by Michael Atakora and Harsha Chenji
  • Industrial and Systems Engineering
    “An Interdependent Network Interdiction Model for Disrupting Sex Trafficking Networks” by Xiaodan Xie and Felipe Aros-Vera
  • Mechanical Engineering
    “Trilateration Positioning Using Hybrid Camera – LIDAR System with Spherical Landmark Surface Fitting” by Travis Moleski and Jay Wilhelm

• Russ Outstanding Tenure Track Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominees ‘22

  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Kevin Crist
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering: Danny Che
  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: Shawn Ostermann
  • Engineering Technology and Management: Curtis Cohenour
  • Industrial and Systems Engineering: Tao Yuan
  • Mechanical Engineering: Brian Wisner

• Russ Outstanding Group II Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominees ‘22

  • Aviation: Derek McVicar
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering: John Telesz
  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: James Goble
  • Engineering Fundamentals: Blake Regan
  • Engineering Technology and Management: Michael Kennedy

• Russ Outstanding Tenure Track Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominees ‘23​​​​​​

  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Marc Singer
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering: Deb McAvoy
  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: Shawn Ostermann
  • Engineering Technology and Management: Zaki Kuruppalil
  • Industrial and Systems Engineering: Tao Yuan
  • Mechanical Engineering: Brian Wisner

• Russ Outstanding Group II Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominees ‘23​​​​​​

  • Aviation: Derek McVicar
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering: John Telesz
  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: James Goble
  • Engineering Fundamentals: Sean Jenson
  • Engineering Technology and Management: Daniel Sheets
  • Industrial and Systems Engineering: Ron Lewis
  • Mechanical Engineering: Cody Pettit