Aerospace engineering senior Justin Wilkerson is the recipient of the 2009 Ammon S. Andes National Award from Sigma Gamma Tau, the Aerospace Engineering Honor Society.

Aerospace engineering senior Justin Wilkerson

This award honors him as the top aerospace engineering senior in the United States for 2009 based on his academic, service and extracurricular accomplishments. A panel of judges selected Wilkerson from a group of 53 of the top aerospace engineering seniors nationally. In addition to the national award, Wilkerson was recognized as the recipient of the Southwestern Region Award.

An honorarium in the form of a check for $1,000 and a plaque documenting the award were presented to Wilkerson at the Department of Aerospace Engineering Awards Banquet in May by Dr. John Valasek, the national president of Sigma Gamma Tau.

“Justin works hard on his studies, undergraduate research, service activities and publications. This is a fitting reward for his efforts that we can all be very proud of,” Valasek said.

Wilkerson was president of Texas A&M’s Sigma Gamma Tau student chapter for 2008-2009 and graduated in May. He will start graduate school in the aerospace engineering department this fall.

The Sigma Gamma Tau Undergraduate Awards serve to select outstanding aerospace engineering students at both the regional and national levels. Each of the ABET-accredited aerospace engineering departments with a Sigma Gamma Tau chapter are eligible to nominate one student per year for the award. A review board consisting of professional members selects eight regional finalists and the national finalist.

The award was created and named for Ammon S. Andes in 1976 to bestow upon Professor Andes a recognition of his 12 years of service to the society as its national executive secretary-treasurer from 1964 to 1976. Texas A&M University is tied with Purdue University for the most Ammon S. Andes National Award recipients all time, at four each. More Aggie seniors have also been regional winners (19) than any other university.

Written by Dr. John Valasek, valasek@tamu.edu

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