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The ceremony recognized holders of endowed chair and professorship investitures between March 1, 2021, and Feb. 28, 2022. | Image: Texas A&M Engineering
Outstanding faculty members from the Texas A&M University College of Engineering received one of the highest honors in academia during the recent investiture ceremony. This year, faculty members who were named holders of endowed chairs and professorships between March 1, 2021, and Feb. 28, 2022, were recognized. They were honored at a combined ceremony on March 29, which also recognized recipients of faculty awards and Engineering Genesis awards.

The faculty members who were awarded the designation of a chair or professorship 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

I. Yucel Akkutlu
2021 J. Edgar Holt '27 Endowed Chair in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering

Robert Ambrose
2021 J. Mike Walker ’66 Chair in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering

Scott Socolofsky
2021 J. Walter "Deak" Porter '22 and James W. "Bud" Porter '51 Chair in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ding Zhu
2021 McCain Engineering Chair in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering

Perla B. Balbuena
2021 Mike O'Connor Chair I in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering

Faisal Khan
2021 Mike O'Connor Chair II in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering

Stefan Hurlebaus
2021 R.P. Gregory ’32 Endowed Chair in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professorships

Marcelo Sanchez
2021 A.P. and Florence Wiley Professorship II in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Shankar Chellam
2021 A.P. and Florence Wiley Professorship III in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ivett Leyva
2021 College of Engineering Excellence Professorship in the Department of Aerospace Engineering

Choongho Yu
2021 G. Paul Pepper ’54 Professorship in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering

Srikanth Saripalli
2021 J. Mike Walker ’66 Professorship in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering

Guillermo Aguilar
2021 James and Ada Forsyth Endowed Professorship in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering

Bryan Rasmussen
2021 Leland T. Jordan Professorship in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering

Eduardo Gildin
2021 L.F. Peterson '36 Endowed Professorship in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering

Yunlong Zhang
2021 Peter C. Forster ’61 Professorship in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Roozbeh Jafari
2021 Tim and Amy Leach Professorship in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Mary Beth Deisz Hueste
2021 Truman R. Jones, Jr. ’43 Professorship in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Moo-Hyun Kim
2021 W.H. Bauer Endowed Professorship II in the Department of Ocean Engineering