Department Awards

Best Dissertation Award

2022 Brendon Allen (W. Dixon)
“CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPENSATION OF THE ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY DURING FES-CYCLING”
2022 Austin Coffman (P. Barooah)
“CAPACITY ESTIMATION AND COORDINATION OF FLEXIBLE LOADS FOR GRID SUPPORT”
2022 Hui Zhou (C. Simmons)
“LABEL-FREE QUANTIFICATION OF ALIGNMENT IN NATIVE AND ENGINEERED SOFT TISSUE CONSTRUCTS BY POLARIZED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY”
2021 Kai Liu (S. Balachandar)
2021 Camilo Riano-Rios (R. Bevilacqua)
2021 Kshitiz Upadhyay (G. Subhash)
2020 Bhaswati Choudhury (S. Roy)
2020 Courtney Rouse (W. Dixon)
2020 Brandon Witbeck (D. Spearot)
2019 Kangfu Chen
2019 Christian A. Cousin
2019 Khanh Q. Dang
2019 Cody J. Kunka
2019 Magdoom Kulam Najmudeen
2018 Arnob Das Gupta
2018 Victor H. Duenas
2018 Yifei Jin

Teacher of the Year

This award is to highlight faculty that has provided outstanding teaching within MAE.

2022 Nam-Ho Kim
2021 Sean Niemi
2020 Doug Spearot
2019 Matt Hale
2019 Teresa Benitez

2018 Jonathan Scheffe
2017 Chelsey Simmons
2016 Peter Ifju
2015 John Conklin
2014 Mike Braddock

2013 Dan Dickrell
2012 Scott Banks
2011 Carl Crane
2010 Greg Sawyer
2009 Tony Schmitz

Researcher of the Year

This award is to highlight faculty that has provided outstanding research within MAE.

2022 Steven Miller
2021 Chelsey Simmons

Instructional Faculty Award

To encourage, recognize, and reward faculty members who have demonstrated innovation and creativity through the introduction of new educational processes or pedagogical advances that have or will have significant impact on student learning and engagement.

Excellence in Teaching Innovation Award
- 2022 Ting Dong
- 2021 Andres Rubiano
- 2020 Shannon Ridgeway
- Excellence in Education Award 2020 Mike Braddock

Jan Rockey Outstanding Staff Award

Jan Rockey served as an Administrative Assistant in the department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering for 35 years, from 1984 to 2019. She spent many years ensuring that everyone—faculty, staff, and students—felt like they were an important part of the department’s success. Her dedication and leadership serving the department chair and all other MAE stakeholders over the years were invaluable. Jan’s customer service skills were beyond exceptional, and they were genuine even in what is a business setting. Her commitment to sustain a caring and supportive department will always be remembered. This award showcases Jan’s values of dedication and leadership within MAE.

2022 Sierra McVeigh
2021 Shirley Robinson
2020 Jeremy Hall
2019Melanie DeProspero
2019 Carrie Finley
2018 Jennifer Brown

2017 Terri Dildine
2016 Paul Rocha
2015 Carrie Pridgeon
2014 Racquel Muir
2013 Jeff Studstill

2012 Salena Robinson
2011 Jennifer Brown
2010 Mark Riedy
2009 Jan Machnik
2009 Jan Rockey

Innovation/Productivity Staff Award

This award is to highlight staff that has provided outstanding dedication in the areas of innovation or productivity to MAE.

2022 Jessie Hsueh
2022 Greg Norton
2021 Mary Church

Staff Recognition – Years of Service at UF

5

2023 Ashley Carver – 5
2023 Jeremy Hall – 5
2022 Mary Church – 5
2021 Julia Sander – 5
2021 Van Thai – 5
2020 Stephanie Warren – 5
2019 Jennifer Barrett – 5

10 – 15

2023 Robert Sessions – 10
2023 Linda Sorrels – 10
2021 Chris Sells – 10
2019 Sharla Alexander – 10
2023 Ericka Solano – 15
2021 Tina Bolton – 15
2021 Melanie DeProspero – 15
2020 Daniel Preston – 15

20 – 45

2023 Greg Norton – 20
2021 Sonya Clements – 30
2021 Donna Stilwell – 30
2023 Shirley Robinson – 43

Retirements – Years of Service at UF

2022 Roger Tran-Son-Tay – 29
2022 William Clements – 23
2021 Salena Robinson – 37
2019 Jeff Studstill – 39
2019 Jan Rockey – 43
2019 Raphael Haftka – 24
2018 Mark Riedy – 30

2017 David Mikolaitis – 35
2016 Vann Chesney – 35
2016 William E. Lear, Jr – 32
2016 David Rockey – 19
2016 Judith Shivers – 27
2015 Skip Ingley – 42
2012 David Jenkins – 35

Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering