Outstanding faculty members from the Texas A&M University College of Engineering received one of the highest honors in academia at the investiture ceremony held during a virtual event on April 27. This year’s event recognized faculty who were named holders of endowed chairs and professorships between March 1, 2019 and Feb. 28, 2021.
The faculty members who were awarded the designation of a chair or professorship were invested during the ceremony and will receive bronze medallions. The medallions are engraved with the name of their chair or professorship and symbolize the honorees’ commitment to teaching, research and service.
Chairs
Anand J. Puppala
2019 A.P. & Florence Wiley Chair in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jodie L. Lutkenhaus
2020 Axalta Coating Systems Chair in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Yossef A. Elabd
2020 Axalta Coating Systems Chair II in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Ali Erdemir
2020 Halliburton Chair in the College of Engineering
Stanley Williams
2019 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Antony Jameson
2020 Jack E. & Frances Brown Chair I in the College of Engineering
Jamie C. Grunlan
2020 Leland T. Jordan '29 Chair in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Scott D. Schaefer
2020 Lynn '84 & Bill Crane '83 Department Head Chair in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Eric L. Petersen
2019 Nelson-Jackson Chair in the J. Mike Walker '66 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Linda Katehi
2021 O'Donnell Foundation Chair II in the College of Engineering
Thomas J. Overbye
2021 O'Donnell Foundation Chair III in the College of Engineering
George J. Moridis
2019 Robert L. Whiting Chair in Petroleum Engineering in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
Lewis Ntaimo
2020 Sugar & Mike Barnes Industrial & Systems Engineering Department Head Chair in the William Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Zachary C. Grasley
2019 Zachry Chair in Construction Integration in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professorships
Miroslav M. Begovic
2021 Carl O. '51 and Nina A. Moore Professorship in the College of Engineering
Nancy Currie-Gregg
2020 Don Lummus '58 Professorship in the College of Engineering
Guofei Gu
2020 Eppright Professorship in the College of Engineering
Kristi J. Shryock
2019 Frank and Jean Raymond Foundation Inc. Instructional Associate Professorship in the College of Engineering
David S. Schechter
2020 George & Joan Voneiff Professorship in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
Swaroop Darbha
2020 Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Mechanical Engineering Professorship in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bimal Nepal
2021 I. Andrew Rader Professorship I in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution
N.K. Anand
2021 James J. Cain Professorship III in Mechanical Engineering in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mark Balas
2020 Leland T. Jordan '29 Professorship I in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Anastasia H. Muliana
2021 Linda & Ralph Schmidt '68 Professorship in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Hae-Kwon Jeong
2021 McFerrin CHEN Professorship in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Michael Nastasi
2019 Sallie & Don Davis '61 Professorship in Engineering in the College of Engineering
Roozbeh Jafari
2021 Tim and Amy Leach Professorship in Engineering in the College of Engineering
Tanmay P. Lele
2020 Unocal Professorship in the College of Engineering
Aakash Tyagi
2020 Zachry Teaching Professorship I in the College of Engineering
Gregory E. Chamitoff
2020 Zachry Teaching Professorship II in the College of Engineering
TEES Eminent Professor
Warren F. Miller
2019 TEES Eminent Professorship for Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station