College of Engineering » Douglass Kalika http://www.engr.uky.edu University of Kentucky College of Engineering Thu, 16 May 2013 19:21:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Tau Beta Pi Awards Banquet Recaphttp://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2013/04/tau-beta-pi-awards-banquet-recap/ http://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2013/04/tau-beta-pi-awards-banquet-recap/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:16:02 +0000 Kel Hahn http://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=6700 The annual Tau Beta Pi Awards Banquet was held April 16 in the Student Center Ballroom on the University of Kentucky campus. The keynote speaker was alumnus Steve Polston, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and enjoyed a diverse career in the nuclear energy, manufacturing and computing systems industries. Tau Beta Pi [...]

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]]> The annual Tau Beta Pi Awards Banquet was held April 16 in the Student Center Ballroom on the University of Kentucky campus. The keynote speaker was alumnus Steve Polston, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and enjoyed a diverse career in the nuclear energy, manufacturing and computing systems industries. Tau Beta Pi vice president Sean Karlage served as master of ceremonies and special remarks were made by Associate Provost for Faculty Advancement G.T. Lineberry, College of Engineering Alumni Professor Bruce Walcott and Gill Professor of Chemical Engineering Kimberly Ward Anderson.

The following winners were announced during the presentation of awards that followed Mr. Polston’s keynote address:

 

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Frank Woeste Award: Kaitlyn Braun

Outstanding BAE Junior: Matt Fogle

Outstanding BAE Senior: Zeb Vance

Outstanding BAE Teacher: Czarena Crofcheck

 

Chemical Engineering

AIChE Outstanding Senior Member: Nick Winquist

AIChE Outstanding Junior Member: Lindsay Gray

Omega Chi Epsilon Outstanding Senior Member: David Spencer

Outstanding Junior: Brianna Smith

Outstanding Senior: David Spencer

Outstanding Teacher: Doug Kalika

 

Civil Engineering

Outstanding Junior: Admin Husic

Outstanding Senior: Allie Perkins

Outstanding University Scholar: Davis Huston

Outstanding Graduate Student: Gabe Dadi

Outstanding Faculty: Brad Davis

 

College of Engineering Awards

Lou Takacs Engineering Cooperative Education Award: Paul Varnado

 

College of Engineering Alumni Association Awards

Engineering Alumni Association Leadership Scholarship: Alex Wade

Engineering Alumni Association Senior Leadership Award: Kathryn Gardner

 

Computer Science

Outstanding Academic Performance: Bradley Elliot/Alex Williams

ACM Outstanding Teacher: Judy Goldsmith

ACM Outstanding Teaching Assistant: R. Paul Mihail/Ismail Abumuhfouz

Thaddeus B. Curtz Memorial Scholarship: Ting Gu

 

Graduate Center for Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Teacher: David Puleo

Outstanding Graduate Student: Ran Cheng

 

Electrical and Computer Engineering

H. Alex Romanowitz Memorial Award: Chris Garnick

Outstanding ECE Senior: Matt Davis

Outstanding ECE Teacher: Stephen Gedney

Robert L. Cosgriff Award: Jason Rexroat

Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding ECE Junior: Charlie Miles

Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding ECE Graduate Student Award: Sean Hamlet

 

Materials Engineering

ASM International Bluegrass Chapter Scholarships: Wilson Rice, Amber Gay

Outstanding Junior: Cory Parker

Outstanding Senior: William Martin

Outstanding Teacher: Fuqian Yang

 

Mechanical Engineering

ASME Bluegrass Section Outstanding Scholar: Robert Burgess

Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Sophomore: Andrew Casciato

Outstanding Junior: Andrew Wilder

Outstanding Senior: Tyler Flynn

Outstanding Graduate Student: Xin Hua

ASME Outstanding Faculty Award: Jesse Hoagg

Outstanding Teaching Award – Lecturer Series: Christine Goble

 

Mining Engineering

Outstanding Junior: Austin Brock

Outstanding Senior: David Norton

Outstanding Teacher: G.T. Lineberry

 

Henry Mason Lutes Award for Excellence in Engineering Education: Judy Goldsmith

 

Tau Beta Pi Awards

Most Outstanding Senior: Adrianne Shearer

Most Outstanding Graduate Student: Stacy Schal

Most Outstanding Staff: Robyn Morefield

Most Outstanding Professor: Jimmy Fox

 

Outstanding Teacher in Paducah: Jeff Seay

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]]> http://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2013/04/tau-beta-pi-awards-banquet-recap/feed/ 0 Kalika Elected AIChE Fellowhttp://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2012/11/kalika-elected-aiche-fellow/ http://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2012/11/kalika-elected-aiche-fellow/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:46:41 +0000 Kel Hahn http://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=6054 Professor and chair of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering Douglass Kalika has been elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). According to the organization’s guidelines, Fellows are elite members of AIChE who have been practicing chemical engineering for normally 25 years or more, and have been a member for at [...]

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]]> Professor and chair of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering Douglass Kalika has been elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). According to the organization’s guidelines, Fellows are elite members of AIChE who have been practicing chemical engineering for normally 25 years or more, and have been a member for at least ten years.

“It is an honor to join my colleague and UK faculty member Dibakar Bhattacharyya as a Fellow of the AIChE. Our department has a very strong tradition of service to AIChE, and I have reaped many professional benefits from my involvement in the Institute,” said Kalika.

Kalika has been on the faculty of the UK College of Engineering since 1990 and chair of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering since 2009.

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