In a ceremony on March 13, 2025, Dean Ian Robertson presented awards to several engineering faculty and staff. These honors recognized exceptional contributions in research, teaching and service to society. The 2025 awards and honorees include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nader Behdad<\/a>, McFarland-Bascom Professor in electrical and computer engineering. Read more<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tiago Moreira<\/a>, a scientist in the Solar Energy Laboratory and Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kassi Akers<\/a>, an academic program specialist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stephanie Diem<\/a>, an assistant professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jesse Hampton<\/a>, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joshua San Miguel<\/a>, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Franklin Hobbs<\/a>, an assistant teaching professor in materials science and engineering. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maria Zarzalejo<\/a>, the college’s director of undergraduate advising. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kaibo Liu<\/a>, Grainger STAR Professor in industrial and systems engineering. Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a ceremony on March 13, 2025, Dean Ian Robertson presented awards to several engineering faculty and staff. These honors recognized exceptional contributions in research, teaching and service to society….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":68175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_mbp_gutenberg_autopost":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2368,2499],"tags":[],"department":[2386,2387,2388,2390,2391,2392,2389],"class_list":["post-107638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-faculty","department-chemical-biological-engineering","department-civil-environmental-engineering","department-electrical-computer-engineering","department-industrial-systems-engineering","department-materials-science-engineering","department-mechanical-engineering","department-nuclear-engineering-engineering-physics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107639,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107638\/revisions\/107639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107638"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=107638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Bollinger Academic Staff Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Research<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Inclusive Excellence in Engineering Awards<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Harvey Spangler Award for Innovative Teaching and Learning Practices<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
James G. Woodburn Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
University and Academic Staff Distinguished Achievement Award<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Ragnar E. Onstad Service to Society Award<\/h5>\n\n\n\n