PSESMAS Engineering Science and Mechanics Department Early Career Recognition Award

The PSESMAS Engineering Science and Mechanics Department Early Career Recognition Award recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves at work (e.g., academia, industry, government, military) and in their community within the first 10 years after earning their latest Penn State engineering science and mechanics degree.

Recipients

2025

Davis Evans ('15 B.S., '16 M.S)

2023/2024

Abdalla Nassar ('08 B.S. E Sci, '12g Ph.D. ESMCH)

Aniruddh Vashisth ('14 M.S, ESMCH, 18 Ph.D. ESMCH)

2020/2021

Muhammad Faryad (’12 Ph.D. ESMCH)

2019/2020 (Fall and Spring)

Corey Cochrane (’04 B.S. EE, ’07 M.S. EE, ’14 Ph.D. E MCH)

Joshua Park (’14 B.S. E SC, ’15 M.S. ESMCH)

Jacqueline Van Pelt (’09 B.S. E SC)

2019

Spring: Jonathan Pitt (’05 M.S. E MCH, ’09 Ph.D. ESMCH)

2018

Fall: Guneet Sethi (’04 M.S. E MCH, ’08 Ph.D. ESMCH)

Spring: Abby Dodson (’12 E SC)

2017

Amber Black (’14 Ph.D. ESMCH)

2016

Benjamin Ross (’06 E SC, ’07 M.S. ESMCH)

2015

Fall: Shawn Keebaugh (’03 E SC, ’08 Ph.D. ESMCH)

Spring: Mukul Dixit (’07 E SC, ’08 M.S. ESMCH, ’12 M.Eng. SYSEN)

2014

Joseph Geddes (’01 E SC, ’01 M.S. ESMCH, ’06 Ph.D. ESMCH)

2013

Fall: Fei Wang (’05 Ph.D. ESMCH)

Spring: Brian Piccione (’05 E SC)