Excellence Honored at Annual Faculty/Staff Luncheon

The following members of the Tech community were honored at the 2023 Faculty and Staff Honors Luncheon on Friday, April 21.

Georgia Tech Chapter Sigma Xi Awards

Best Faculty Paper Award

Itamar Kimchi
Assistant Professor, Physics

Seung Woo Lee
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Young Faculty Award

Saad Bhamla
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Xing Xie
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sustained Research Award

Srinivas Garimella
Hightower Chair in Engineering and Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Institute Research Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Research Enterprise Enhancement

Robert Knotts
Executive Director of Federal Relations, Institute Relations

Outstanding Achievement in Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research

Iris Tien
Williams Family Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Outstanding Achievement in Early Career Research Award

Marta C. Hatzell
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding Achievement in Research Innovation Award

Younan Xia
Brock Family Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor Award

John R. Reynolds
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Materials Science and Engineering

Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award

Wilbur A. Lam
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Outstanding Achievement in Research Engagement and Outreach Award

Pascal Van Hentenryck
A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award

The Spaceflight Project Group

Christopher Carr
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering

Brian C. Gunter
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering

Ian Harrison
Mechanical Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Glenn Lightsey
Professor, Aerospace Engineering

Sterling Peet
Research Technologist I, Aerospace Engineering

W. Jud Ready
Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Christopher R. Valenta
Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Impact Award

Partnership for Inclusive Innovation

Clarence Anthony Jr.
Workforce Development Program Manager, Enterprise Innovation Institute

Kayla Burns
Operations Manager, Enterprise Innovation Institute

Cody M. Cocchi
Student Engagement Manager, Enterprise Innovation Institute

Debra Lam
Founding Executive Director, Enterprise Innovation Institute

Jamal Lewis
Economic Opportunity Manager, Enterprise Innovation Institute

Polly Sattler
Strategic Relations Manager, Enterprise Innovation Institute

ANAK Awards

Outstanding Faculty ANAK Award

Timothy Cope
Professor, Biological Sciences

Outstanding Staff ANAK Award

Malte Weiland
Senior Sustainability Project Manager, Auxiliary Services Operations

Staff Performance Awards

Acting With Ethics First Award

Daurette L. Joseph
Director, Academic Programs, College of Computing

Cultivating Well-Being Award

Mechanical Engineering Staff Happiness and Organizational Effectiveness Cabinet

Lula Baker
Director, Human Resources

Melody Foster
Unit Administrative Officer, Mechanical Engineering

Anquinnette “Ann” Lamb
Administrative Supervisor, Mechanical Engineering

One Small Step Award

Patrice Faison
Academic Program Manager, Evening MBA, Scheller College of Business

One Giant Leap Award

Joe Brown
Application Support Manager, Housing and Residence Life

Leadership in Action Award

Juana Cunningham
Senior Director, Strategic Consulting

Cary Ogletree
Building and Delivery Service Manager, Mechanical Engineering

Leading By Example in Sustainability Award

Steve Place
Horticulturalist, Facilities-Landscaping Services

Rising Wreck Award

Andrew McGraw
Academic Program Manager, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Service to the Community Award

Birney Robert
Event Coordinator II, College of Computing

Putting Students First Award

Charmaine E. Troy
Associate Director of First-Generation Student Initiatives, Office of Undergraduate Education

Excellence Award

Workplace Learning and Professional Development Team

Tim Edmonds-King
Learning Consultant, Georgia Tech Professional Education

LaTrese Ferguson
Director, Workplace Learning and Professional Development, Georgia Tech Professional Education

Bryan D. Harber
Learning Consultant, Georgia Tech Professional Education

Kala Taylor
Training Coordinator, Georgia Tech Professional Education

Rachel Watts
Senior Learning Consultant, Georgia Tech Professional Education

Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Gender Equity Award

Marion C. Usselman
Principal Research Scientist, Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing

Spirit of Georgia Tech Award

Andrew Blakely
Public Services Associate, Library

Francisco Castelan
Assistant Director for Pre-Health Advising, Office of Undergraduate Education

Christopher Malbrue
Academic Program Manager, Electrical and Computer Engineering

LGBTQIA Resource Center

Tegra Myanna
Director, LGBTQIA Resource Center

William Britto
Program Coordinator, LGBTQIA Resource Center

Center for Teaching and Learning Award

Curriculum Innovation Awards

Tatiana Rudchenko
Senior Lecturer, Scheller College of Business

Undergraduate Educator Award

Adam J. Decker
Senior Academic Professional, Biological Sciences

Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award

Mary E. Peek
Principal Academic Professional, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Emily Weigel
Senior Academic Professional, Biological Sciences 

CTL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award

Anton Bernshteyn
Assistant Professor, Mathematics

Saad Bhamla
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Gongjie Li
Assistant Professor, Physics

Innovation and Excellence in Laboratory Instruction Award

Ben Galfond
Academic Professional, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Faculty Award for Academic Outreach

Richard A. Simmons
Principal Research Engineer Mechanical Engineering and Strategic Energy Institute

Innovation in Co-Curricular Education Award

Eric Lewis
Marion L. Brittain, Postdoctoral Fellow, Literature, Media,and Communication

Pamela Pollet
Senior Research Scientist, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Aselia Urmanbetova
Undergraduate Teaching Coordinator, Economics 

Teachinig Excellence Award for Online Teaching

Joel Sokol
Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award

Todd Fernandez
Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering

International Initiatives Award

Steven A. Denning Faculty Award for Global Engagement

Anton Leykin
Professor, Mathematics

Faculty Honors Committee Awards

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award

Junior Faculty

Blair Kathryn Brettmann
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

Senior Faculty

Polo Chau
Associate Professor, Computational Science and Engineering

Class of 1934 Outstanding Service Award

Carson Meredith
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Outstanding Professional Education

David A. Joyner
Executive Director of Online Education and Online Master of Computer Science, College of Computing

Class of 1934 Outstanding Innovative Use of Education Technology Award

Azad Naeemi
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award

Hang Lu
Love Family Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard Outstanding Teacher Award

Max Mahdi Roozbahani
Lecturer, Computing Instruction

Class of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award

Dan Margalit
Professor, Mathematics

Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award

Ellen Zegura
Professor and Stephen Fleming Chair in Telecommunications, College of Computing