Honors and Awards

Faculty and Staff
Honors and Awards

The Purdue Polytechnic Institute celebrates the honors and awards that recognize the dedication of our faculty and staff.

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Dominic Kao
ACM CHI Special Recognitions for Outstanding Reviews (Jan '23)
ACM
My research interests are in virtual worlds, games, and education. I received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT, a M.S.E. in Computer Science from Princeton University, and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta. In my research, I am interested in building virtual worlds and leveraging existing ones, primarily towards the goals of understanding how virtual worlds influence people, and developing best practices for developing games and learning environments.
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Greg Strimel
Charles B. Murphy Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching (Mar '23)
Purdue University
To increase a student's design capabilities and help ensure that every student has the opportunity to act, think, and learn like an engineer, Dr. Strimel studies how engineering and technology instructional interventions affect design cognition and performance. To empower the workers of the future, Dr. Strimel promotes problem-solving and other 21st century skills by investigating how to best teach engineering design to P-12 students.
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Peng Hao Wang
Best Presentation Award (Jan '23)
South Asia Institute of Science and Engineering
Composite materials consist of two or more materials combined to achieve specific structural properties. To improve aircraft design and maintenance, Dr. Wang innovates composite materials and studies their sustainability for the aircraft maintenance environment. The use of composite materials promises stronger and more fuel efficient aircraft, but can be difficult to repair. Dr. Wang and his team develop composite repair and recycling techniques to improve the sustainability of composite materials.
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Chien-tsung Lu
Engagement Award (Feb '23)
School of Aviation and Transportation Technology
Dr. Chien-tsung Lu is an aviation professor at Purdue University School of Aviation & Transportation Technology. With a rich background that includes leadership roles such as Chairman of Qingdao Airlines and dean at Yantai Nanshan Aeronautical College, his influence has extended globally. Renowned for his outstanding research in aviation safety and risk management, Dr. Lu has received prestigious awards like the Purdue Fellow and UAA John Lauber Safety Award. He has authored over 70 scholarly works and established collaborative initiatives...
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Peng Hao Wang
Thumbs Up Award (Feb '23)
Purdue University
Composite materials consist of two or more materials combined to achieve specific structural properties. To improve aircraft design and maintenance, Dr. Wang innovates composite materials and studies their sustainability for the aircraft maintenance environment. The use of composite materials promises stronger and more fuel efficient aircraft, but can be difficult to repair. Dr. Wang and his team develop composite repair and recycling techniques to improve the sustainability of composite materials.

Recent Teaching Awards

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Rustin Webster
SoET Outstanding Faculty in Teaching and Learning Award
School of Engineering Technology at Purdue University
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Greg Strimel
Charles B. Murphy Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
Purdue University
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J. Davis
Teaching Leadership Award
Purdue University
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Lisa Bosman
Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award
Purdue University

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Recent Research Awards

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Caroline Marete
Graduate Research Award
Airport Cooperative Research Program
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Garam Kim
Best Paper Award
SPE ACCE 2022
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Peng Hao Wang
Best Presentation Award
South Asia Institute of Science and Engineering
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Robert Nawrocki
2022 Outstanding Review Editor
Frontiers in Nanotechnology

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Recent Engagement Awards

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Chien-tsung Lu
Engagement Award
School of Aviation and Transportation Technology
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Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar
Jefferson Award
Purdue University

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Recent Leadership Awards

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Caroline Marete
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship
Purdue University Graduate School
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John Sheffield
Outstanding Leadership in Globalization Award
Purdue University

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Recent Staff Awards

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Angie Murphy
Bravo Award
Purdue Polytechnic
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Melody Carducci
Bravo Award
Purdue Polytechnic
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T.R. Oneal
Bravo Award
Purdue Polytechnic
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Jen Kelley
Bravo Award
Purdue Polytechnic

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