Faculty/Staff Awards: Faculty

Edgerton Innovation Award
Year Assistant Professor
2010 Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
2011 Wei Qiao
2012 Jinsong Huang
2013 Linxia Gu
2014 Ming Han
2015 Xu Li
2016 Carrick Detweiler
2017 Liyan Qu
2018 Ben Terry
2019 Christos Argyropoulos
2020 Yuguo Lei
2021 Shudipto Dishari
2022 Rajib Saha

Holling Family Distinguished Senior Faculty Teaching Award (formerly Outstanding Teacher Award)
Year Professor
1990 Joseph V. Benak
1991 Richard Gilgert
1992 Russell Nelson
1993 K. P. "Raju" Rajurkar
1994 Khalid Sayood
1995 Dennis Schulte
1996 F. Fred Choobineh
Natale J. Ianno
1997 Dennis R. Alexander
1998 Yen-ching Pao
1999 George Meyer
2000 Spyros S. Magliveras
2001 Dennis Schulte
2002 Ram Narayanan
2003 Mehrdad Negahban
2004 Kevin D. Cole
2005 Dennis R. Alexander
2006 James Hendrix
2007 N/A
2008 Dean Eisenhauer
2009 N/A
2010 Hamid Sharif
2011

N/A
2012 N/A
2013 N/A
2014 N/A
2015 Clarence Waters
2016 Greg Bashford
2017 Kevin Grosskopf
2018 George Gogos
2019 Ayse Kilic
2022 Florin Bobaru

YearAssociate Professor
1990 Paul Harmon
1991 Roger Sash
1992 Leendert Kersten
1993 A. John Boye
1994 Jerald L. Varner
1995 Wieslaw M. Szydlowski
1996 Rollin Hotchkiss
1997 Ram Narayanan
1998 Robert Throne
1999 A. John Boye
2000 Mostafa Khattab
2001 Gary L. Krause
2002 Barry Rosson
2003 Wieslaw M. Szydlowski
2004 N/A
2005 N/A
2006 Lim Nguyen
2007 N/A
2008 N/A
2009 Kevin Cole
Mehrdad Negahban
2009 Gary Krause
2010 N/A
2011 George Morcous
Lily Wang
2012 N/A
2013 Stuart Bernstein
Ece Erdogmus
2014 Mahmoud Alahmad
Yaoqing Yang
2015 Terri Norton
2016 Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
2017 Gary Krause
2018 Witawas Srisa-an
2019 Jena Shafai Asgarpoor
2020 Xu Li
Suzette Person
2021 Michael Kocher

Henry Y. Kleinkauf Family Distinguished New Faculty Teaching Award - Assistant Professor
Year Assistant Professor
1990 Massoum Moussavi
1991 Robert Cook
Ram Narayanan
1992 Rollin Hotchkiss
Maher Tadros
1993 Steven Axtell
Qing Jiang
1994 Kevin D. Cole
M. Susan Hallbeck
1995 Barry Rosson
Robert Williams
1996 Paul Savory
Robert Throne
1997 Kevin Murphy
Sarah Ryan
1998 Bruce Dvorak
Robert Palmer
1999 Lance C. Pérez
Timothy Wentz
2000 Steve Goddard
Dmitri Rizos
2001 Stephanie G. Adams
Shane M. Farritor
2002 Kevin W. Houser
Joseph A. Turner
2003 David Admiraal
Ruqiang Feng
2004 Florin Bobaru
Matthew Morley
2005 Stuart Bernstein
Wayne Jensen
2006 Ece Erdogmus
Witawas Srisa-an
2007 Erick C. Jones
George Morcous
2008 Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
Greg Bashford
2009 Yaoqing (Lamar) Yang
2010 Mahmoud Alahmad
Carl Nelson
2011 Terri Norton
Yi Qian
2012 Deepak Keshwani
Yusong Li
2013 Josephine Lau
2014 Carrick Detweiler
Lucia Fernandez-Ballester
2015 Xu Li
Benjamin Terry
2016 Chris Bourke
Sidy Ndao
2017 Jinying Zhu
2018 Chungwook Sim
2019 Richard Wood
2020 Shudipto Dishari
Jae Sung Park
2021 Vishnu Reddi
Ruiguo Yang
2022 Neal Lewis
Keegan Moore

Holling Family Master Teacher Award / UNL University-Wide Teaching Award
Year Award #1
2003 Kevin W. Houser
Barry Rosson
2004 David Jones
Gary L. Krause
2005 Paul Savory
2006 Bruce Dvorak
Lance C. Pérez
2007 David Admiraal
Wayne Jensen
2008 Jeffrey Shield
2009 Shannon Bartlett-Hunt
Mustafa Gursoy
2010 Dennis Alexander
Wieslaw Szydlowski
2011 Carl Nelson
Kevin Van Cott  
2012 Leen-Kiat Soh
Lily Wang
2013 Roger Sash
Curtis Weller
2014 Paul Harmon
Mehrdad Negahban
2015 John Barton
Aemal Khattak
2016 Sohrab Asgarpoor
Deepak Keshwani
2017 Yusong Li
Joseph Turner
2018 Ece Erdogmus
Yong-Rak Kim
2019 Angie Pannier
Sangjin Ryu
2020 Hunter Flodman
Jiong Hu
2021 Jena Shafai Asgarpoor
Khalid Sayood
2022 Moe Alahmad
Stephanie Valentine

Holling Family Distinguished Engineering Educator Award (every three years)
Year Award
2003 Dennis Schulte
2006 Paul Savory
2009 Lim Nguyen
2012 Roger Sash
2015 Kevin Cole
2018 Libby Jones
2021 Hunter Flodman

Holling Family Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Inclusive Teaching
Year
2021 Alisa Gilmore
2022 Richard Wood

Holling Family Distinguished Teaching Award for Innovative Use of Instructional Technology
Year  
2006 Gregor Henze
2007 Erick C. Jones
2008 Carl A. Nelson
2009 Herb Detloff
2010 Haorong Li
2011 Yaoqing Yang
2012 Yi Qian
2013 Alisa Gilmore
2017 Kevin Cole
2018 Yi Qian
2019 Jena Shafai Asgarpoor

UNO Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award
Year  
2003 Clarence Waters
2004 William W. Holmes
2005 Stuart Bernstein
2006 Gregor P. Henze
2007 Gary L. Krause
2008 Roger Sash
2009 Massoum Moussavi
2010 Won Mee Jang
2011 Roger Sash
2012 Hamid Sharif
2013 Alisa Gilmore
2014 Lim Nguyen
2015 Yaoqing Yang
2016 Stuart Bernstein
2017 David Yuill
2018 Libby Jones
2019 Chungwook Sim
2020 Michelle Eble-Hankins
2021 Seunghee Kim
2022 George Hunt

Holling Family Teaching/Advising/Mentoring Award (Lincoln)
Year Lincoln
2001 William Weins
2002 David Jones
2003 Bruce Dvorak
2004 Stephanie G. Adams
2005 Gary L. Krause
2006 Don J. Nelson
2007 Greg Bashford
2008 Timothy Wentz
2009 Bruce Dvorak
2010 N/A
2011

Dean Eisenhauer
2012 Dennis Shulte
2013 Kevin Cole
2014 Carl Nelson
2015 Mehrdad Negahban
2016 Karen Coen-Brown
2017 George Gogos
2018 Cody Stolle
2019 Joseph Turner
2020 Suat Irmak
2021 Christine Wittich

Holling Family Teaching/Advising/Mentoring Award (Omaha)
Year Omaha
2001 N/A
2002 N/A
2003 Ronald K. Haggink
2004 N/A
2005 N/A
2006 John S. Stansbury
2007 N/A
2008 Massoum Moussavi
2009 Lily Wang
2010 Roger Sash
2011 Clarence Waters
2012 Gary Krause
2013 Stuart Bernstein
2014 Ece Erdogmus
2015 Libby Jones
2016 Hamid Sharif
2018 Yi Qian
2019 Jiong Hu
2020 Marc Maguire
2021 Lim Nguyen
2022 Hamid Sharif-Kashani

Tau Beta Pi Teaching Award
Year  
1990 A. R. Peters
1991 Russell Nelson
1992 N/A
1993 N/A
1994 Dennis Schulte
1995 David Karner
1996 Kevin Murphy
1997 A. John Boye
1998 Robert Throne
1999 Robert Williams
2000 William Weins
2001 David Jones
2002 Robert Williams
2003 Dennis Schulte
2004 N/A
2005 N/A
2006 Don J. Nelson
2016 Benjamin Terry
2017 Gary Krause
Angela Pannier
2019 Bruce Dvorak
Carl Nelson
Karen Stelling

College Faculty Research & Creative Activity Award
Year Professor
1990 Dennis R. Alexander
1991 K. P. "Raju" Rajurkar
1992 Istvan Bogardi
1993 Ezekiel Bahar
1994 Frank Ullman
1995 Khalid Sayood
1996 K. P. "Raju" Rajurkar
1997 Milford Hanna / John A. Woollam
1998 Suprioy Bandyopadhyay
1999 Prabir Bhattacharya
2000 Dennis R. Alexander
2001 Ram Narayanan
2002 Natale J. Ianno
2003 Rodney J. Soukup
2004 Yuris A. Dzenis
2005 N/A
2006 Khalid Sayood
2007 Laurence R. Rilett
2008 Joseph A. Turner
2009 N/A
2010 N/A
2011 Hamid Sharif
2012 Susan Hallbeck
2013 Shane Farritor
2014 Suat Irmak
2015 Yongfeng Lu
2015 Yongfeng Lu
2016 Florin Bobaru
2017 Larry Rilett
2018 Sina Balkir
2019 Yong Rak Kim
2020 Angela Pannier
2021 Wei Qiao
2022 Yongfeng Lu
 
Year Associate Professor
1990 Natale J. Ianno
1991 F. Fred Choobineh
1992 Mohamed Dahab
1993 Ram Bishu
1994 Prabir Bhattacharya
1995 Curt Weller
1996 Qing Jiang
1997 Brian W. Robertson
1998 Ram Narayanan
1999 Atorod Azizinamini
2000 Yuris A. Dzenis
2001 Robert Palmer
2002 Robert Throne
2003 Ruqiang Feng / Michael W. Hoffman
2004 Joseph A. Turner
2005 Yongfeng Lu
2006 Shane Farritor
2007 Won-Mee Jang
2008 Christopher Y. Tuan
2009 Ruqiang Feng
2009 Song Ci
2010 N/A
2011 Lim Nguyen
2012 Yong Cho
2013 Shannon Bartelt‐Hunt
2014 Carl Nelson
2015 Jinsong Huang
2016 Ron Faller
2017 Wei Qiao
2018 Jian Wang
2019 Xu Li
2020 Benjamin Terry
2021 Bai Cui
2022 Jinying Zhu
 
Year Assistant Professor
1990 Ram Bishu
1991 F. Fred Choobineh
1992 Ram Narayanan
1993 M. Susan Hallbeck
1994 Stephen Reichenbach
1995 James Bonneson & Robert Palmer
1996 Brian W. Robertson
1997 Yuris A. Dzenis & Robert Williams
1998 John D. Reid
1999 Tian C. Zhang
2000 Lance C. Pérez
2001 Byrav Ramamurthy
2002 Joseph A. Turner
2003 N/A
2004 Steve. Goddard
2005 Xinwei Wang
2006 Erick Jones
2007 Yong-Rak Kim
2008 Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
2009 Haorong Li
2010 Carl Nelson
2011 Jinsong Huang
2012 Wei Qiao
2013 Jung Yul Lim
Xu Li
2014 Ming Han
2015 Lameck Odhiambo
2016 Liyan Qu
2017 Hongfeng Yu
2018 Yufeng Ge
2019 Prahalada Rao
2020 David Yuill
2021 Christos Argyropoulos
Brittany Duncan
2022 Fadi Alsaleem

Multi-Disciplinary Research Award
Year Team Members
1997 Natale J. Ianno, Electrical Engineering; Peter Dowben, Physics; M. Langell, Chemistry
1999 Mohamed. Dahab, Civil Engineering; Wayne Woldt, Biological Systems Engineering
2004 Christopher Y. Tuan, Civil Engineering; Lim Nguyen, Computer Science & Engineering
2005 Hendrik J. Viljoen, Chemical Engineering; George Gogos, Mechanical Engineering
2006 Sina Balkir, Electrical Engineering; Jennifer I. Brand, Engineering Research; Peter Dowben, Physics & Astronomy, M. Susan Hallbeck, Industrial & Management Systems Engineering
2007 Shane M. Farritor, Mechanical Engineering; Stephen R. Platt, Mechanical Engineering; Dmitry Oleynikov, UNMC Dept. of Surgery
2008 N/A
2009 Li Tan, Engineering Mechanics
2010

Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Civil Engineering; William Kranz, Biological Systems Engineering;  Terry Mader, Animal Sciences; Charles Shapiro, Agronomy and Horticulture; David Shelton, Biological Systems Engineering; Daniel Snow, School of Natural Resources; Simon van Donk, Biological Systems Engineering; Tian Zhang, Civil Engineering
2011 DISCONTINUED

Faculty Service Award
Year Professor
1990 Russell Nelson
1991 N/A
1992 Rollie Schnieder
1993 Gerald R. Bodman
1994 Dennis R. Alexander
1995 N/A
1996 Richard Hoffman
1997 Robert Grisso
1998 K. P. “Raju” Rajurkar
1999 Dennis Schulte
2000 Supriyo Bandyopadhyay
2001 Derrel Martin
2002 Rodney J. Soukup
2003 E. Terence Foster
2004 Barry Rosson
2005 N/A
2006 John A. Woollam
2007 N/A
2008 Laurence R. Rilett
2009 Andrzej (Andy) Nowak
2010 Rodney Soukup
2011 Clarence Waters
2012 Bing Chen
2016 Yongfeng Lu
2017 Carl Nelson
Clarence Waters
2018 Suat Irmak
2019 Laurence Rilett
2020 Shane Farritor
2021 Bing Chen
2022 Angela Pannier
Year Associate Professor
1990 Richard T. DeLorm
1991 Paul Harmon
1992 F. Fred Choobineh
1993 Mohamed Dahab
1994 John Rohde
1995 Ram Bishu
1996 Richard T. DeLorm
1997 Ram Narayanan
1998 A. John Boye
1999 W. Max Kirk
2000 B. Rosson
2001 Linda Swoboda
2002 Bruce. Dvorak
2003 Yuris A. Dzenis
2004 N/A
2005 N/A
2006 Elizabeth Jones
2007 N/A
2008 Bruce Dvorak
2009 Lily Wang
2010 Stuart Bernstein
2011 Ece Erdogmus
2012 Elizabeth "Libby" Jones
2013 Carl Nelson
2014 Yi Qian
2015 Linxia Gu
2016 Aemal Khattak / Yong-Rak Kim
2018 Alisa Gilmore
2020 Yusong Li
Witawas Srisa-an
2021 Yufeng Ge
2022 Jiong Hu
Year Assistant Professor
1990 Clifford Walton
1991 Rollin Hotchkiss
1992 M. Susan Hallbeck
1993 Suzanne L. Rohde
1994 Ram Narayanan
1995 Gary L. Krause
1996 Karen St. Germain
1997 Paul Savory
1998 Timothy Wentz
1999 Bruce Dvorak
2000 Charles Berryman
2001 Lance C. Pérez
2002 Stephanie G. Adams
2003 Terry Stentz
2004 Eveline Baesu
2005 David Admiraal
2006 Erick C. Jones
2007 Florin Bobaru
2008 N/A
2009 N/A
2010 N/A
2011 Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
Terri Norton
2012 Zhigang Shen
2013 Yaoqing (Lamar) Yang
2015 Yusong Li
2017 Joe Luck
2018 David Yuill
2019 Hunter Flodman
2021 Andrew Harms
Year Lecturer
2012 Karen Schurr

Dean's Lifetime Faculty Service Award
2018 Tim Wentz, Associate Professor
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
2022 Karen Coen-Brown, Emeritus Associate Professor of Practice, Mechanical and Materials Engineering

J.E. Lagerstrom Outstanding Department
1988 Agricultural Engineering
1989 Agricultural Engineering
1990 Biological Systems Engineering
1991 Biological Systems Engineering
1992 Biological Systems Engineering
1993 Mechanical Engineering
1994 Civil Engineering
1995 Civil Engineering
1996 Biological Systems Engineering
1997 Civil Engineering
1998 N/A
1999 N/A
2000 Industrial & Management Systems Engineering
2001 Biological Systems Engineering
2002 Civil Engineering
2003 Construction Management
2004 Mechanical Engineering
2005 Civil Engineering
2006 Civil Engineering
2007 Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
2008 Architectural Engineering
2009 Computer & Electronics Engineering
2010 Construction Systems
2011 Biological Systems Engineering
2012 N/A
2013 Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2014 N/A
2015 N/A
2016 Biological Systems Engineering
2017 Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction