Community of Innovators Awards
2009 Award Recipients
Faculty Innovator: Teaching and Learning
Scott Hauck, Department of Electrical Engineering
Faculty Innovator: Research
Patrick Stayton, Department of Bioengineering
Faculty Innovator: Junior
Maya Gupta, Department of Electrical Engineering
Student Innovator: Teaching
Tamon Page, Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Student Innovator: Research
Jeffrey Bigham, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Staff Innovator: Classified
Gloria Heaton, Department of Electrical Engineering
Staff Innovator: Professional
Gian Bruno, Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering
Innovator: Team
NanoTech User Facility Team: Scott Braswell, Xiaoxia Gao, Paul Wallace, and Qiuming Yu
Dean's Award
Shivang Dave, Department of Bioengineering
2009 Community of Innovators Award Nominees
Faculty Innovator: Teaching and Learning
Scott Hauck, Electrical Engineering
Paul Labossiere, Mechanical Engineering
Fumio Ohuchi, Materials Science & Engineering
Mamidala Ramulu, Mechanical Engineering
Yinhai Wang, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Mark Zachry, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Faculty Innovator: Research
Sam Jenekhe, Chemical Engineering
Ramulu Mamidala, Mechanical Engineering
Patrick Stayton, Bioengineering
Faculty Innovator: Junior
Jeffrey Berman, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Maya Gupta, Electrical Engineering
Alex Horner-Devine, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Student Innovator: Teaching
Shivang Dave, Bioengineering
Peter Kazarinoff, Materials Science & Engineering
Tamon Page, Materials Science & Engineering
Kurt Spies, Chemical Engineering
Student Innovator: Research
Jeffrey Bigham, Computer Science & Engineering
Kathleen Gygi, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Brian Polagye, Mechanical Engineering
Ehsan Saeedi, Electrical Engineering
Jeffrey Walling, Electrical Engineering
Hin-Lap “Angus” Yip, Materials Science & Engineering
Staff Innovator: Classified
Ling Li, Dean’s Office
Gloria Heaton, Electrical Engineering
Staff Innovator: Professional
Serhad Atakturk, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Daniel Boren, Computer Science & Engineering
Gian Bruno, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Jennifer Gouine, Bioengineering
Mary Heusner, Dean’s Office
Hannah Hickey, Dean’s Office
Melody Kadenko, Computer Science & Engineering
Lorna Latal, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Dennis Lund, CELT/CAEE
Kelli Jayn Nichols, Bioengineering
Aaron Timss, Computer Science & Engineering
Innovator: Team
NanoTech User Facility Team:
Scott Braswell
Xiaoxia Gao
Paul Wallace
Qiuming Yu
About the Awards
The Community of Innovators Awards acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of the college’s teaching and research assistants, staff, and faculty members. The categories are:
- Faculty Innovator: Teaching and Learning
- Faculty Innovator: Research
- Faculty Innovator: Junior
- Student Innovator: Teaching
- Student Innovator: Research
- Staff Innovator: Classified
- Staff Innovator: Professional
- Innovator: Team
- Dean's Award
Students, staff and faculty members can submit online nominations for these awards, which are accepted for four (4) weeks during the month of February. After all nominations have been received, they are reviewed by ad hoc committees who recommend the top candidates to the Dean for the final decision. Award recipients are selected in early May and are notified directly by the Dean.
Each awardee will receive a cash prize of $2,000 (with an exception for the team award). Awardees and nominees are acknowledged at a college-wide reception at the end of the year.
New for 2009:
- The eligibility and criteria have changed for some of the award categories; please review this information closely before submitting your nomination.
- If you are interested in nominating someone for the Faculty Innovator: Junior award, please specify that category; we no longer select a junior faculty awardee from the pool of faculty nominees.
- Last year's “Mission Award” has been replaced by the “Dean’s Award.”

