Outstanding Engineering Students and Faculty Honored

Akron, Ohio, June 11, 2003 — The University of Akron's College of Engineering recently paid tribute to its outstanding students, faculty and staff for 2003 at the college's 14th annual honors and awards banquet.

Honorees at the banquet included:

STUDENT AWARDS
C. William Loughry, M.D., Award in Biomedical Engineering: Kimberly Campana of Sheffield Lake.

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Biomedical Engineering: Kimberly Campana of Sheffield Lake, Ahmad Elkurd of Akron, Kate Lawless of Uniontown and Jonathon Mueller of Brunswick.

Outstanding Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering: Ekta Shah of Akron.

Coleman J. Major Award in Chemical Engineering: Sarah Arrington of Kent, Robert Caldero of Parma Heights, Jason Dennison of La Grange, Jennifer Kuminski of Strongsville, Andrew Mitchell of Akron, Matt Oberdier of Green, Merideth Rowland of Canfield and Sara Vermillion of Massillon.

The Larry G. Focht Scholarship in Chemical Engineering: Natalie Nichols of Coal Center, Pa.

The Chemical Engineering Faculty Scholarship: Jesson Prohaska of Medina.

Duane R. Keller Award in Civil Engineering: Tim Bachman of New Philadelphia, Erin Curtis of Cadiz, Mary January of Akron, Cristina Pastore of Girard and Neil Winland of Wadsworth.

Milton L. Kult Award in Electrical Engineering: William Adkins of Atwater, Daniel Bishop of Tallmadge, Kristy Cary of Northfield Center, Todd Fleet of Barberton, Brian Frackelton of Cuyahoga Falls, Linda Johnston of Clinton, David Kibler of Hanoverton, Jason Kneale of Wadsworth and Daniel Neal of Uniontown.

Thomas M. Brittain Award in Mechanical Engineering: Nicholas Barnes of Wellington, David Damm of North Canton, Benjamin Emch of Akron, Shawn Endlich of Stone Creek, Renee Gonsowski of Twinsburg, Brett Harvey of Jefferson, Lucas Kinzel of Tallmadge, Isaac Kirbawy of Akron, Paul Lee of River Styx, Ohio, James Malone of Wadsworth, Ned Mast of Wooster, Mark McElroy of Westlake, Steven McGuigan of Richfield, Jason Misutka of Uniontown, Russell Moser of Hanoverton, Jason Randall of Akron, John Scarito of Norton, Jason Smolk of Rootstown and Matthew Snyder of Elyria.

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Science and Engineering: Timothy Carr of Norton.

Donald R. Burrowbridge Award in Cooperative Education: Scott Bickley of Akron, working at GBC Design; Jason Dennison of Wellington, working at PolyOne Corp.; Thomas Diamond of Poland, Ohio, working at Hoover; Brian Polen of Apple Creek, working at LuK Inc.; and Robert Slocum of Lorain, working at Lubrizol Corp.

Chemstress Consultant Co. Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Chemical Engineering: Robert Stevens of Mogadore.

Chemical Engineering Outstanding Mentor Award: Dr. Crystal S. Leach, research manager for product development, health care global research and development, Kimberly-Clark Corp., Roswell, Ga.

Avery Dennison Scholarship Award: Dustin Donnelly of Medina.

FACULTY AND STAFF AWARDS
Outstanding Staff Member Award: Paula Dungjen of Wadsworth, administrative assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Outstanding Teacher Award: Dr. Christopher Miller of Wadsworth, associate professor, Department of Civil Engineering.

Outstanding Researcher Award: Dr. J. Richard Elliott Jr. of Northfield Center, professor, Department of Chemical Engineering.

Louis A. Hill Jr. Award: Dr. Lu-Kwang Ju of Akron, professor, Department of Chemical Engineering.

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