ECE Achievements

Christos Argyropoulos, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a senior member of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. Senior members are honored for their scientific excellence across the broad spectrum of optics and photonics research and applications, their active involvement with the optics community and SPIE, and significant performance that distinguishes them. Argyropoulos is principal investigator for Nebraska's Plasmonics, Metamaterials and Integrated Nanophotonics Lab.

Fifteen faculty from the College of Engineering were among the 109 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty on the 2021 Promotion and Tenure List. The Nebraska Engineering faculty receiving the honors at 2021 Promotion and Tenure were:

Biological Systems Engineering

Troy Gilmore, promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure (academic home is IANR)

Sibel Irmak, promotion to Full Research Professor (academic home is IANR)

Daran Rudnick, promotion to Associate Research Professor (academic home is IANR)

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Vitaly Alexandrov, promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure 

Wei Niu, Associate Professor Granted Tenure

Computer Science and Engineering

Justin Bradley, promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure

Stephen Cooper, promotion to Full Professor

Brittany Duncan, promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure (academic home is Arts & Sciences)

Suzette Person, promotion to Full Professor of Practice (academic home is Arts & Sciences)

Witiwas Srisa-an, promotion to Full Professor (academic home is Arts & Sciences 

The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction

Michelle Eble-Hankins , promotion to Associate Professor of Practice

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Christos Argyropoulos, promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure

Master of Engineering Management program

Jena Asgarpoor, promotion to Full Professor of Practice

Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Michael Sealy, promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure 

Jung Yul Lim, promotion to Full Professor

Thirteen graduating seniors completed the requirements of the University Honors Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and were honored at commencement in May.

To graduate from the Honors Program, students must maintain at least a 3.5 grade-point average, complete a culminating senior project or research thesis, and fulfill other curricular requirements. This is the largest number of honors graduates in a single term in the program’s 34-year history.

These are the 13 College of Engineering May Honors Program graduates, listed by department:

Biological Systems Engineering: Abigail Haworth, Kai Meacham, Angel Olivera-Torres

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Andrew Mason

Civil and Environmental Engineering: Gabrielle Boucher, Cameron Hastings

Computer Science and Engineering: Anthony Benes, Ethan Bütt, Adam Gray, Maria Maxon, Jacob Sullivan

Electrical and Computer Engineering: Jacob Atkins, Andrew Phares

Five College of Engineering faculty and staff were honored with 2021 awards coordinated by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor. Award recipients have advanced the missions of the university in teaching, research and service, and will be recognized at The Laurels award reception.

College Distinguished Teaching Awards, which recognize faculty with excellence in teaching. Distribution of the awards rotates among the colleges each year.

• Khalid Sayood, professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, associate professor of practice, Engineering

Dr. Charles Riedesel Outstanding Academic Advising Award, given to an exceptional faculty or staff member for advising services beyond basic job duties and responsibilities to provide support, empowerment, coaching, counseling, and guidance to help undergraduate students succeed academically and in life. The award is named for Dr. Charles Riedesel, former advisor in Computer Science and Engineering, who devoted much of his time to recruiting and advising computer science and engineering majors.

• Ann Koopmann, academic adviser, Computer Science and Engineering

Exceptional Excellence Award, which recognizes a staff member who has exceeded in their job expectations and significantly contributed to the success of a faculty member’s teaching and/or research. 

• Kayla Person, director of engineering graduate programs
• Ashley West, administrative associate for engineering graduate programs

• Read more about OEVC award winners