FACULTY RECOGNITION in the period 2003-2004:
STUDENT RECOGNITION in the period 2003-2004:
HONORS:
Jennifer Abras: Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship (Advisor,
Prof. M. Smith)
Prof. J. Jagoda
COE Women in Engineering 2004 Faculty Mentoring
Award
Prof. S. Hanagud
Fellow, AIAA
Prof. D. Hodges
Fellow, AHS
Prof. N. Komerath
Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellow, Summer 2004;
Panel Member, President’s Commission on Moon, Mars
and Beyond
Prof. T. Lieuwen
Lockheed Martin Corporation Dean’s Award
For Teaching Excellence, COE; Sigma Xi Young Faculty
Award
Prof. D. Mavris
Outstanding Faculty Leadership for the Development of
Graduate Research Assistants Award, GT
Prof. J.V.R. Prasad
Best Paper (co-author); Uninhabited VTOL Aircraft/
Rotorcraft Session, 59th AHS Forum; Assoc. Editor,
Journal of the American Helicopter Society
Prof. M. Smith
COE Women In Engineering 2004 Excellence in
Teaching Award
Prof. J. Seitzman
Georgia Tech's Sigma Gamma Tau Chapter 2003
Most Valuable Professor Award
Prof. P.K. Yeung
Hesberg Fellow Teaching Award, GTCL
Prof. B. Zinn
2003 AIAA’s Air Breathing Propulsion Award, 2005
International Gas Turbine Institute Scholar
10 YEARS SERVICE RECOGNITION:
Prof. W. Haddad, Dr. Y. Neumeier, Prof. J. Seitzman, Mr. J. Woodruff
Ben Bellows: Best Paper Award, Science Applications International
Corporation (Advisor, Prof. T. Lieuwen)
Patrick Biltgen: 2003 Donnell Dutton Outstanding Aerospace Senior Award
Geoffrey Jeram: 2003 Vertical Flight Foundation Graduate Scholarship Award;
2003 AIAA Foundation Graduate Award for Studies in Carefree Maneuver
Technology for Helicopter and Robotic Control Vehicles; 2003 Best Student
Paper, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference (Advisor, Prof. JVR
Prasad)
Robert Jurenko: Harvey Hochman, AE '54, Scholarship Award
Erik Kabo: James G. and Mary G. Wohlford Scholarship Award
Daniel Laszewki: Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 United Technology Corporation
Undergraduate Fellowship (Advisor, Prof. E. Johnson)
Stephen Medley, Jr.: GT 2004 Sigma Gamma Tau Sophomore Award
Daniel Micka: Senior Award, Georgia Tech Chapter of the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Douglas Niggley: German American Initiative in Science and Technology
Award, School of Modern Languages, GT
Alison Proctor: Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship; Best Student
Paper, 2003 IEEE/AIAA Digitial Avionics Systems Conference (Advisor, Prof.
E. Johnson)
Vesna Stojanovska: ACC Swimmer of the Week, December; Wendy’s Georgia
Tech Student-Athletes of the Week Awards, Oct. 27, Nov. 10, Nov. 17, and
Mar. 22; 3 school records in the 200y 500y and 1000y freestyle; first Tech
woman to score and earn All American recognition at the NCAA.
Michael Turbe: Senior Award, Georgia Tech Chapter of the American Institute
Aeronautics and Astronautics
25 YEARS SERVICE RECOGNITION:
Prof. J. Jagoda
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Suraj Unnikrishnan: Best paper (co-author), Uninhabited VTOL Aircraft/
Rotorcraft Session, 59th AHS Forum (Advisor, Prof. JVR Prasad)
Jia Xu: NSF Fellowship for graduate studies; Marshall Scholarship; Sigma Xi
Undergraduate Research Award, ASME’s 2004 WISE Intern (Advisor, Prof. PK
Yeung)
Ilkay Yavrucuk: Best paper, Uninhabited VTOL Aircraft/Rotorcraft Session,
59th AHS Forum (Advisor, Prof. JVR Prasad)
Boeing Scholarship in Aerospace Engineering:
Livia Carneiro, Elizabeth Deems, Spencer Irvine, Robert Jurenko, Jennifer
Lentz, Stephen Medley, Rebecca Shoaf
School of Aerospace Engineering
Boeing Tuition Scholarship in Aerospace Engineering:
Sean Barnes, Meghan Englert, Patrick Gonzalex, Eric Hendricks, Nathanial
Hunter, Thilini Rangedera, Gwendolyn Sisto
Presidential Undergraduate Research Award:
Sean Barnes, Elise Beisecker, Kevin Flaherty, Anna Ivester, Alex
Hoffman, Eric Lynch, Irnina Mihei, Sara Morris, Pravin Patel,
Ian Stults, Joseph Wilson
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Award:
Nick Borer, Michael Buonanno, Erin McClure
2002-03 AIAA Undergraduate Team Engine Design Competition,
1st place:
Pat Biltgen (team leader), Keith Becker, Min Cho, Kevin Flaherty, Jarret
Lafleur, Josh Loughman (IE), Bob Martin, Chester Ong (advisor, Prof.
J. Olds)
2002-03 AIAA Team Engine Design Competition Award, 2nd place:
Chris Tanner (project manager), Joey Schulz (lead engineer),
Ian Clark, Christian De Jong, Jonathan Fitzpatrick, Carter Mecher,
Shae Williams (advisor, Prof. J. Olds)
2003 AUVSI International Aerial Robotics Competition, 1 st place:
Suresh Kannan (team leader), Henrick Christophersen, Jincheol Ha, Alison
Proctor (advisor, Prof. E. Johnson; Research Engineers, Jeong Hur, Wayne
Pickell)
NASA Reduced Gravity Flight Experiment Program:
Patrick Satyshur (student leader), Kyle Brewer, Daniel Hegeman,
Vickie Maul, Chester Ong (advisor, Prof. E. Johnson)
Faculty, Staff,
and Student
RECOGNITION DAY
APRIL 23, 2004