More than 300 alumni, students, faculty, staff and industry friends turned out Tuesday for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s 7th Annual Awards Banquet.
The event recognized outstanding students, alumni, teachers, researchers and retiring employees.
“This event is a celebration of the outstanding accomplishments of the School’s students, faculty and alumni,” said School of Engineering Dean Hasan Sevim. “We truly appreciate our many friends and supporters of the School joining us to honor and recognize our award winners.”
Bruce Schopp, who graduated in 1982 from SIUE with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and is a licensed professional and structural engineer spoke about how his family, as well as his parents, teachers and students are important to him and to SIUE. Schopp is president and COO of Oates Associates and is active in the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers. He also is a member of the SIUE School of Engineering Advisory Board and serves as vice president of the Board of Directors for the American Council of Engineering Companies.
Those honored during the awards banquet included the following:
Civil Engineering
- Outstanding Junior – Lacey Albers
- Outstanding Senior – Bradley Ripley
- Outstanding Graduate Student – Jessica Eichhorst
- Oustanding Alumna – Vicki S. LaRose
- Outstanding Faculty – Dr. Ryan Fries
Construction
- Outstanding Junior – Tony Probst
- Oustanding Senior – Bryon Graminski
- Outstanding Alumnus – Keith Poettker and Ryan Poettker
- Outstanding Faculty – Dr. Anne Werner
Computer Science
- Outstanding Junior – Elizabeth Littman
- Outstanding Senior – Nate Lawson
- Outstanding Graduate Student – Alex Towell
- Outstanding Alumnus – David McQuinn
- Outstanding Faculty – Dr. Gary Mayer
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Outstanding Junior – Christopher Branch
- Outstanding Senior – Loree Hayden
- Outstanding Graduate Student – Missael Garcia
- Oustanding Alumnus – Rob Beutel
- Outstanding Faculty – Dr. Ying Shang
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Outstanding Junior – Clayton Marsland
- Outstanding Senior – Ayse Betul Akyuz
- Outstanding Graduate Student – Nima Rafibakhsh
- Outstanding Alumna – Sherri L. Koehnemann
- Outstanding Faculty – Dr. Emmanuel Eneyo
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Outstanding Junior – Luke Hunt
- Outstanding Senior – Derek Hoerchler
- Outstanding Graduate Student – Richard George
- Outstanding Alumnus – Thomas Petrunich
- Outstanding Faculty – Dr. Serdar Celik
Awards also were given to Dr. Xin Chen from the Industrial and Manufacturing department for Outstanding Researcher; Mike Basler from Basler Electric for Outstanding Adjunct Instructor; Mike Blakey from Anheuser Busch for Outstanding Advisory Board Member; Dr. Albert Luo of the Mechanical Engineering department, and Marty Reynolds from the Environmental Resources Training Center for Outstanding Service. Retiring faculty member Dr. Luis Youn, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, also was honored.