College celebrates 2022 Distinguished Faculty Award honorees
Each year, The College of Engineering honors excellence in teaching, innovation and service. Faculty, researchers and partners were recognized on April 27, 2022, at the 25th annual Distinguished Faculty Awards.
“We are proud to honor those who have gone above and beyond in the eyes of their peers and college leadership. The nominations we received highlight the extraordinary caliber of teaching and research performed across the college,” said Dean Ayanna Howard, the Monte Ahuja Endowed Dean’s Chair. “From the students whose lives you touch to your dedication to innovate solutions to the world’s most critical issues, your impact reaches far beyond campus.”
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2022 BME awardees:
David C. McCarthy Engineering Teaching Award
Jennifer Leight, assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering – For excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching utilizing innovative, evidence-based teaching strategies, and creating an excellent learning environment despite the pandemic.
This award recognizes the contributions of College of Engineering junior faculty and staff to create more innovative and effective teaching and learning.
Innovators Award
Katelyn Swindle-Reilly, assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - For her innovative contributions in technology development and commercialization in the ocular drug delivery space to aid in the fight against blindness worldwide.
This award recognizes the achievements of an individual or team whose innovation has successfully translated the research emanating from our laboratories into new products and/or technologies that can be used by the public at large.
Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award
Sandor Gyorke, professor, Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, College of Medicine; Przemyslaw Radwanski, assistant professor, Division of Outcomes and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy; and Rengasayee Veeraraghavan, assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Named for John H. Lumley (’27, ceramic engineering), this team award recognizes interdisciplinary research accomplishments of the college’s faculty and research staff. It is presented to a team that has established a record of excellence in interdisciplinary research as demonstrated by co-authored publications, joint-sponsored research programs and co-advised students.
Lumley Research Award
Devina Purmessur-Walter, assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
The Lumley Engineering Research Awards are presented to a select group of outstanding researchers in the College of Engineering who have shown exceptional activity and success in pursuing new knowledge of a fundamental or applied nature.
