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Seven faculty members from the College of Engineering were selected to receive a 2018 Distinguished Achievement Award from Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students. They were among a group of 24 outstanding members of Texas A&M faculty and staff who were honored.
First presented in 1955, the university-level Distinguished Achievement Awards have been awarded to more than 1,000 professionals who have exhibited the highest standards of excellence at Texas A&M.
The 2018 Distinguished Achievement Awards were formally presented to the recipients on April 27 during ceremonies in Rudder Theatre on the Texas A&M campus.
The 2018 recipients from the College of Engineering were:
For Teaching:
Mark T. Holtzapple, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Krishna R. Narayanan, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
For Research:
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Nancy Amato, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
![Balbuena](../_news-images/coe-news-balbuena-1may2018.jpg)
Perla B. Balbuena, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
![Kezunovic](../_news-images/coe-news-kezunovic-1may2018.jpg)
Mladen Kezunovic, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
For Individual Student Relations:
![McAdams](../_news-images/coe-news-mcadams-1may2018.jpg)
Daniel A. McAdams, Department of Mechanical Engineering
For Administration:
![Anand](../_news-images/coe-news-anand-1may2018.jpg)
N.K. Anand, Executive Associate Dean