Faculty Awards
Our distinguished faculty are recognized as global leaders in research and education. This partial listing of awards and honors reflects the talent, commitment, and achievement of UD’s mechanical engineering faculty.
National Early Career Awards
2020
Fabrizio Sergi – NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award
2017
Joseph P. Feser – NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award
2015
Joseph Kuehl – AFOSR Young Investigator Program
2014
Ioannis Poulakakis – NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award
2014
Panagiotis Artemiadis – DARPA Young Faculty Award
2014
Panagiotis Artemiadis – AFOSR Young Investigator Award
2013
Erik T. Thostenson – NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award
2011
Adam Wickenheiser – Intelligence Community Young Investigator Award
2010
David L. Burris – AFOSR Young Investigator Award
2009
Erik T. Thostenson – AFOSR Young Investigator Award
2005
Herbert G. Tanner – NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award
1990
Thomas S. Buchanan – NIH First Independent Research Support and Transition Award
Professional Society Honors
Awards
2020
Kun Fu – SAMPE Young Professionals Emerging Leadership Award
2020
Kun Fu – ASC/DEStech Young Composites Researcher Award
2019
Andreas A. Malikopoulos – 2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Young Researcher Award
2018
Jenni Buckley – American Society for Engineering Education “20 under 40”
2017
Andreas Malikopoulos – IEEE Senior Member
2017
Tsu-Wei Chou – Albert Sauveur Achievement Award, ASM International
2017
Panagiotis Artemiadis – IEEE Senior Member
2016
Len Schwartz – Tallmadge Award of International Society of Coating Science and Technology
2016
John W. Gillespie Jr. – Wayne W. Stinchcomb Memorial Award from the American Society for Testing and Materials
2015
Suresh Advani – Outstanding Research Award, American Society of Composites
2015
Suresh Advani – Composite Educator of the Year Award, Society of Plastic Engineers
2015
David Burris – ASME Burt L. Newark
2014
X. Lucas Lu – Rising Star Award of Biomedical Engineering Society CMBE Division
2014
Tsu-Wei Chou – ASC/DEStech Award in Composites
2013
John W. Gillespie Jr. – American Society for Civil Engineers Charles Pankow Award for Innovation
2013
Tsu-Wei Chou – ASME Nadai Medal
2010
David L. Burris – ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal
2009
John W. Gillespie Jr. – American Society for Composites Outstanding Research Award
2009
David L. Burris – STLE Walter D. Hodson Award
2008
Bert Tanner – IEEE Senior Member
2008
David L. Burris – ASME Marshall B. Peterson Award
2007
Jack R.Vinson – ASC Outstanding Research Award
2007
Erik T. Thostenson – ASC Elsevier Young Composite Researcher Award
2006
Andras Z. Szeri – STLE International Award
2004
Erik T. Thostenson – JSCM Hayashi Memorial International Award
2002
Len Schwartz – Roon Foundation Award of the Society of Coatings Technology
2002
Tsu-Wei Chou – ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal
2000
John W. Gillespie Jr. – J. H. Hall Composites Manufacturing Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
1998
Tsu-Wei Chou – ASC Outstanding Research Award
1998
Jack R. Vinson – ASC Technomic Award
1996
Tsu-Wei Chou – ASME Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award
1981
Jack R. Vinson – ASME Centennial Award
Fellows
2019
Jill Higginson – American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering
2018
Bert Tanner – ASME
2018
John W. Gillespie Jr. – Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)
2017
Andreas Malikopoulos – ASME
2016
Lian-Ping Wang – Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2015
John W. Gillespie Jr. – Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
2014
Thomas Buchanan – American Society of Biomechanics (ASB)
2013
John W. Gillespie Jr. – Society of Manufacturing Engineers College of Fellows
2012
John W. Gillespie Jr. – Fellow of the American Society for Composites
2011
Tsu-Wei Chou – ICCM
2011
Lian-Ping Wang – APS
2008
Michael H. Santare – ASME
2008
Tsu-Wei Chou – TMS
2008
Thomas Buchanan – American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
2008
Thomas Buchanan – American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
2007
Ajay K. Prasad – ASME
2006
Mike Keefe – ASME
2005
Tsu-Wei Chou – AIAA
2004
Thomas S. Buchanan – ASME
2002
Tsu-Wei Chou – American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
2001
Tsu-Wei Chou – ASC
2000
Jack R.Vinson – ASC
1999
Suresh G. Advani – ASME
1999
Tsu-Wei Chou – ASM
1998
Tsu-Wei Chou – ASME
1992
Jack R.Vinson – AIAA
1992
Jack R.Vinson – ASME
1988
Andras Z. Szeri – ASME
Major University of Delaware Honors
Scholarship
2022
Thomas S. Buchanan – Francis Alison Award
2020
Andreas A. Malikopoulos – College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
2019
David L. Burris – Mid-Career Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award
2018
Bert Tanner – College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
2016
X. Lucas Lu – College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
2001
Tsu-Wei Chou – Francis Alison Award
1998
Lian-Ping Wang – Francis Alison Young Scholars Award
Teaching
2019
Heather A. Doty – College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award
2005
Michael D. Greenberg – Excellence in Teaching Award
1998
Ajay K. Prasad – Excellence in Teaching Award
1996
Lian-Ping Wang – Outstanding Teaching Award
1987
Michael D. Greenberg – Excellence in Teaching Award
1977
Michael D. Greenberg – Excellence in Teaching Award
Advising
2014
Erik Thostenson – Outstanding McNair Scholars Faculty Mentor Award
2013
Jenni M. Buckley – Excellence in advising and mentoring award
2008
Suresh G. Advani – Outstanding Doctoral Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award
1995
James L. Glancey – Excellence in Advising Award
Named Chairs
2018
Andreas Malikopoulos – Terri Connor Kelly and John Kelly Career Development Associate Professor
2013
Ajay K. Prasad – Alumni Distinguished Professor
2009
Thomas S. Buchanan – George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering
2006
Suresh G. Advani – George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering
2005
John W. Gillespie Jr. – Donald C. Phillips Professor
2003
Tsu-Wei Chou – Pierre S. DuPont Professor of Engineering
1995
Andras Z. Szeri – Robert L. Spencer Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Other
2018
Jenni Buckley – College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service and Community Engagement
2017
Heather Doty – E.A. Trabant Award for Women’s Equity
2010
Tsu-Wei Chou – Medal of Excellence in Composite Materials
2009
John W. Gillespie Jr. – Distinguished Career Alumni Award Department of Mechanical Engineering
2008
Thomas S.Buchanan – E.A. Trabant Award for Women’s Equity
Other Major Honors
2013
Erik Thostenson – Distinguished Young Alumni Award, Winona State University
2011
Tsu-Wei Chou – Top 100 Materials Scientist: Thomas Reuters
2001
Michael H. Santare – Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award
1998
John W. Gillespie Jr. – Paul A. Siple Memorial Award, U.S. Army