Outstanding Engineering Alumni
 

Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award

Established in 1966, the Penn State Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Engineering and recognizes graduates who have reached exceptional levels of professional achievement. It rewards outstanding alumni for their success in their field and for the impact they have had and will continue to have on society and their profession.

ESM Recipients:

  • 2018 - Barbara Covolus Faust (B.S. ’64)
  • 2017 - John Starr (B.S. '90)
  • 2016 - Howard Witham (M.S. ’88)
  • 2015 - Ellen Arruda (B.S. ’85, M.S. ’88)
  • 2014 - Ned Brokloff (B.S. ’82)
  • 2013 - Wesley Blakeslee (B.S. ’69)
  • 2012 - Susan Tousi (B.S. ’91)
  • 2011 - Emil Hayek (B.S. ’90)
  • 2010 - John Bender (M.S. ’76)
  • 2009 - Eric Cummings (B.S. ’89)
  • 2008 - Gary Gentzler (B.S. ’60)
  • 2007 - Krishna Kandarpa (Ph.D. ’75)
  • 2006 - John Longenecker (M.S. ’73)
  • 2005 - Charles Dages (M.S. ’77)
  • 2004 - Sam Zamrik (M.S. ’61, Ph.D. ’65)
  • 2003 - Walter Miller (B.S. ’65)
  • 2002 - Nicholas Godici (B.S. ’72)
  • 2001 - J. Ronald Unger (B.S. ’63)
  • 2000 - Edward Frymoyer (B.S. ’59)
  • 1999 - Yoh-Han Pao (Ph.D. ’52)
  • 1998 - David Brewer (B.S. ’59)
  • 1997 - Dale Mosier (B.S. ’67)
  • 1996 - Jane Gitschier (B.S. ’74)
  • 1995 - E. Joel Martin (B.S. ’68)
  • 1994 - William Thomas Kennedy (B.S. ’64)
  • 1993 - Owen Richmond (Ph.D. ’58)
  • 1992 - James E. Carnes (B.S. ’61)
  • 1991 - A. Frederick Thompson (B.S. ’63)
  • 1990 - William Douglass (M.S. ’62, Ph.D. ’66)
  • 1989 - Guy Dilworth, Jr. (M.S. ’79)
  • 1988 - Glen Chatfield (B.S. ’65)
  • 1987 - Alex Cimochowski (B.S. ’62)
  • 1986 - Frank Gabron (M.S. M.E. ’55)
  • 1985 - John Frasier (M.S. ’56, Ph.D. ’58)
 
 

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The Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) is an internationally distinguished department that is recognized for its globally competitive excellence in engineering and scientific accomplishments, research, and educational leadership.

Our Engineering Science program is the official undergraduate honors program of the College of Engineering, attracting the University’s brightest engineering students. We also offer graduate degrees in ESM, engineering mechanics, engineering at the nano-scale, and an integrated undergraduate/graduate program.

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics

212 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-4523