2019 Mechanical Engineering Faculty Awards Recipients

April 19, 2020

The Mechanical Engineering Awards were established by the ME department in 2015 to motivate and to recognize ME faculty members with a superior record of teaching, research, and service in the department.

The 2019 award winners were Emily Spayde, Like Li, Heejin Cho, and Dustin Spayde.

Emily Spayde, Assistant Clinical Professor, was selected to receive the Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award.  This award recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to excellence in teaching, advancing the educational mission of the ME Department, and incorporating innovation in undergraduate and/or graduate teaching.  This award was open to all instructors, clinical, assistant, associate, and full professors in the ME department.

Like Li, Assistant Professor, was selected to receive the Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award.  This award recognizes exceptionally influential research accomplishments by a junior faculty.  The ME Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award was open to all assistant professors in the ME department.

Heejin Cho, TVA Associate Professor, was selected to receive the Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award. This award recognizes exceptionally influential research accomplishments by a senior faculty. The ME Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award was open to all the associate and full professors in the ME department.

Dustin Spayde, Instructor, was selected to receive the Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Faculty Service Award. This award recognizes a faculty member who has excelled in the service category, and has shown outstanding leadership in the ME department, the college, and the university, in K12 outreach, diversity activities, industrial outreach, etc. This award is open to instructors, clinical, assistant, associate, and full professors in the ME department.

Emily Spayde

Like Li

Heejin Cho

Dustin Spayde