The Texas A&M Engineering Program recently invested 12 new chair and professorship appointments for the 2016-2017 academic year, in addition to recognizing current chair holders and professorships.
Engineering faculty who were awarded the new designation of a chair or professorship were presented with bronzed medallions. The medallions symbolize the honorees’ commitment to teaching, research and service.
New honorees:
A. Daniel Hill — Stephen A. Holditch ’69 Department Head Chair in Petroleum Engineering
Miroslav M. Begovic — Carolyn S. & Tommie E. Lohman ’59 Professorship in Engineering Education
Bonnie J. Dunbar — TEES Distinguished Research Professor
Jaime C. Grunlan — Linda & Ralph Schmidt ’68 Professorship
Anthony Guiseppi-Elie — TEES Research Professorship
Eleftherios Iakovou — TEES Research Professorship
Duncan J. Maitland — Stewart & Stevenson Professorship I
Eyad Masad — Zachry Professorship in Design & Construction Integration II
Prabhakar R. Pagilla — TEES Research Professorship
Alan B. Palazzolo — TEES Research Professorship
Robert E. Skelton — TEES Distinguished Research Professorship
Mark H. Weichold — Halliburton Engineering Global Program Professorship
Current chair and professorship holders:
Stuart D. Anderson - Zachry Chair in Construction Integration
M. Katherine Banks – Harold J. Haynes Dean’s Chair in Engineering
Maria A. Barrufet – Baker Hughes Chair
Bill Batchelor - R.P. Gregory class of ’32 Chair
Jean-Louis Briaud – Spencer J. Buchanan `26 Chair
Kai Chang – TI Chair in Analog Engineering
Dara W. Childs – Leland T. Jordan `29 Chair
Akhil Datta-Gupta – L.F. Peterson `36 Chair
Edward R. Dougherty, Jr. – Robert M. Kennedy `26 Chair
Christodoulos A. Floudas – Erle Nye ’59 Chair Professorship for Engineering Excellence
Costas Georghiades - Delbert A. Whitaker Chair
Je-Chin Han – Marcus C. Easterling `30 Chair
A. Daniel Hill - Noble Chair
David C. Hyland - Royce E. Wisenbaker Class of ’39 Chair
John L. Junkins - Royce E. Wisenbaker Class of ’39 Chair in Innovation
M. Nazmul Karim – Mike O’Connor Chair II
Michael J. King - LeSuer Chair in Reservoir Management
P.R. Kumar – Chair in Computer Engineering
Dimitris C. Lagoudas – John & Bea Slattery Chair
Gholamreza “Reza” Langari – J.R. Thompson (ETID) Department Head Chair
F. Barry Lawrence - Leonard and Valerie Bruce Leadership Chair in Industrial Distribution
Dallas N. Little – E.B. Snead ’25 Chair
Robert L. Lytton - Fred J. Benson Chair
Cesar Malave - Sugar and Mike Barnes Department Head Chair in Industrial and Systems Engineering
Mahboobul Sam Mannan – Mike O’Connor Chair I
Duane A. McVay – Albert B. Stevens Chair Professorship in Petroleum Engineering
Binayak Mohanty - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Chair in Hydrological Engineering and Sciences
Hisham Nasr-El-Din - John Edgar Holt Class of ’27 Chair
John M. Niedzwecki - Wofford Cain Senior Chair in Engineering Offshore Technology
Calvin Parnell – Endowed Chair in Cotton Engineering, Ginning and Mechanization
K.R. Rajagopal - Forsyth Chair in Mechanical Engineering
J.N. Reddy - Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr. Class of ’45 Chair
B. Don Russell, Jr. - Harry E. Bovay, Jr. Chair for the History and Ethics of Professional Engineering
Luis San Andres – Mast-Childs Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Edgar Sanchez-Sinencio - T-I Jack Kilby Chair in Analog Engineering
William S. Saric - George J. Eppright Class of ’26 Chair
Marlan Scully – TEES Distinguished Research Chair
Chanan Singh - Irma Runyon Chair
Vijay Singh - Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering
Peter P. Valko – Robert Whiting Chair in Petroleum Engineering
Marvin L. Adams – HTRI Professorship
Nancy M. Amato – Unocal Professorship
N.K. Anand - James M. Class of ’12 and Ada Sutton Forsyth Professorship
Kalyan Annamalai - G. Paul Pepper Class of ’54 Professorship
Robin L. Autenrieth - A.P. and Florence Wiley Professorship
Perla B. Balbuena - Gas Processors Suppliers Association Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Shankar P. Bhattacharyya - Robert M. Kennedy Class of ’26 Professorship
Thomas A. Blasingame – Robert L. Whiting Professorship
Rodney Bowersox – Ford Motor Company Design Professorship I
Satish Bukkapatnam – Rockwell International Professorship
Dragomir B. Bukur – Joe M. Nesbitt Professorship
Mark Burris – Herbert D. Kelleher Professorship in Transportation
Jerald A. Caton - Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Professorship
Hamn-Ching Chen – A.P. & Florence Wiley Professorship I
David E. Claridge - Leland T. Jordan Class of ’29 Professorship
Gerard L. Cote - Charles H. and Bettye Barclay Professorship
Dilma Da Silva – Ford Motor Company Design Professorship II
Aniruddha Datta - J.W. Runyon, Jr. Professorship in Electrical Engineering
Yu Ding – Mike and Sugar Barnes Professorship
Mehradad Ehsani – Robert M. Kennedy ’26 Professorship I
Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi – McFerrin Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Prasad N. Enjeti - T-I Professorship in Engineering
Sharath Girimaji – General Dynamics Professorship
Yassin A. Hassan – Sallie & Don Davis ’61 Professorship in Engineering
Arul Jayaraman - Ray B. Nesbitt Professorship
Daniel F. Jennings - I. Andrew Rader Professorship
Ibrahim Karaman - Chevron Professorship
Mladen Kezunovic – Eugene E. Webb ’43 Professorship in Electrical Engineering
Yue Kuo – Dow Chemical Professorship
Mark A. Lawley – TEES Research Professorship
Victor Jorge Leon - Allen-Bradley Professorship
Jenn-Tai Liang – John E. and Deborah F. Bethancourt Professorship
John Mander - Zachry Professorship in Design and Construction Integration
Scott Miller - Debbie and Dennis Segers Class of ’75 Professorship
Rabi H. Mohtar – TEES Research Professorship
Robin Murphy - Raytheon Company Professorship in Computer Engineering
Alan Needleman – TEES Distinguished Research Professor
Cam V. Nguyen – TI Professorship II in Analog Engineering
Zivko Nikolov, Dow Professor in Process Engineering
Eric L. Petersen – Nelson-Jackson Professorship
Stratos Pistikopoulos – TEES Distinguished Research Professor
Andreas A. Polycarpou - Meinhard H. Kotzebu Class of ’14 Professorship
Robert E. Randall - W.H. Bauer Professorship in Dredging Engineering
Lawrence Rauchwerger – Eppright Professorship in Engineering
A.L. Narasimha Reddy - J.W. Runyon, Jr. Professorship in Electrical Engineering
Helen Reed – Edward “Pete” Aldridge `60 Professorship
Peter Rentzepis – TEES Distinguished Research Professor
William Schneider – Zachry Industry Teaching Program
Taher M. Schobeiri - Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. Professorship
Jorge M. Seminario - Lanatter and Herbert Fox Professorship in Chemical Engineering
Jose Silva-Martinez - T-I Professorship in Analog Engineering
Arun R. Srinivasa – Holdredge/Paul Professorship
Hung-Jue Sue – TEES Research Professorship
Ramesh Talreja - Tenneco Professorship
Valerie E. Taylor - Royce E. Wisenbaker Professorship
Hamid A. Toliyat - Ratheon Professorship in Electrical Engineering
Victor Ugaz – Charles D. Holland `53 Professorship
Jennifer Welch - Chevron Professorship
Steven M. Wright - Royce E. Wisenbaker Professorship
Ralph A. Wurbs - Arthur McFarland class of 1905 Professorship in Engineering
Ding Zhu - L.F. “Pete” Peterson Class of ’36 Professorship
Behbood "Ben" Zoghi - Victor H. Thompson Professorship