May 7, 2019
Recognition of Excellence 2019
Posted in: Awards & Recognition
On May 2, 2019, CSAM held it’s 15th annual Recognition of Excellence event. The College was invited to nominate colleagues, students, and co-workers in the CSAM community who made significant contributions this past year. We want to thank all these individuals who go above and beyond to make a difference in CSAM.
This year, we recognized:
For Community Building
- Daniel Truitt
- Developed and implemented TEAM CSAM
- Steven Greenstein and Dr. Eileen Murray
- Assisted in RHMLC tutoring staff to work directly with 1800+ students
- Scott Kight
- Inspired faculty and staff to volunteer and engage in CSAM initiatives, activities and events
- Aihua Li
- LSAMP Director since 2016 with a distinguished record of student mentorship
- Amy Tuininga
- 3rd year of Green Teams and building partnerships across the University and with community/industry
For Leadership
- Dawei Li (and Sammy Samkough)
- Leadership for the Computer Science Club to plan and implement HawkHack
- Celeste Van Nice
- Founding Director of our Student Success Center
- Pankaj Lal
- Founding Director of the Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center (CESAC)
- Mark Chopping
- Leadership for the Environmental Science and Management program and its recruiting
- Gennae Hinson
- Director of Career Development
For Professional Recognition
- Yang Deng
- 2019 AAEES Superior Achievement Award for his project studying emergency water treatment with ferrate(VI) in response to natural disasters
- Kirsten Monsen (student nominated: Gerard Nasser)
- Excellence in advising and creating a “safe space” for students
- Kalli Wood and Ms. Charlotte Cuss Bracchitta
- Significant creativity and success in getting the new CSAM Student Success Center up and running
For Student Recognition
- William Anderson, nominated by Dr. Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba
- Daniel Ciarletta, nominated by Dr. Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba & Dr. Greg Pope
- Angelo Cirinelli, nominated by Dr. Lora Billings
- Junkui Cui, nominated by Dr. Yang Deng
- Tony Elias, nominated by Dr. Sandra Adams
- Kimberly Fabijanczuk, nominated by Dr. Jinshan Gao
- Koralee Grullon, nominated by Ms. Gennae Hinson
- Tori Zirul, nominated by Dr. Scott Kight
For Alumni Achievements
- Adebanke (Banke) Fagbemi, PhD
2019 Retirees
- Ernie Ma (hired in 1983), Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Mark Hubey (hired in 1983), Department of Computer Science