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Faculty were invested as holders of endowed chairs and professorships and presented with bronze medallions during the recent Faculty Awards banquet. | Image: Texas A&M Engineering

Fifteen 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 at the Faculty Awards banquet. The faculty members who were appointed as holders of endowed chairs and professorships for 2022 were acknowledged. The ceremony, held on April 4, also celebrated the recipients of faculty awards and Engineering Genesis awards.

The faculty members were invested during the ceremony and presented with engraved bronze medallions, which symbolize each honoree’s commitment to teaching, research and service.

2022 Professorships

Raymundo Arroyave
Segers Family Dean’s Excellence Professorship I in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Anna Birely
Williams Brothers Construction Company Career Development Professorship II in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Alfredo Garcia
Mike and Sugar Barnes Professorship III in the Wm Michael Barnes ’64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Arum Han
TI Professorship II in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Harry Hogan
Halliburton Engineering Global Programs Professorship in Engineering Academic and Student Affairs

Yong-Rak Kim
Beavers Charitable Trust/William F. Urban ’41 Professorship in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jeetain Mittal
Kenneth R. Hall Professorship in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering

Stephanie Paal
Williams Brothers Construction Company Career Development Professorship I in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Luca Quadrifoglio
E.B. Snead ’25 Career Development Professorship II in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Lesley Wright
Jana and Quentin A. Baker ’78 Career Development Professorship in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering

Le Xie
Segers Family Dean’s Excellence Professorship II in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2022 Chair Appointments

Prasad Enjeti
Texas Instruments Jack Kilby Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

George Ligler
Dean’s Excellence Chair in Multidisciplinary Engineering in the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering

Frances Ligler
Eppright (George) ’26 Chair in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Marcelo Sanchez
Fred J. Benson Chair in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering