2013 Awards & Honors
Robert Evans
Larry Stikeleather
See: the full list of awards since 2003. All Faculty Awards
Faculty Achievers' Highlights...
Dr. Evans received the prestigious Royce J. Tipton AwardÂ
Dr. Robert Evans, PE, and Professor and Head of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, recently received the Royce J. Tipton Award at the U.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (USCID) conference “Using 21st Century Technology to Better Manage Irrigation Water Supplies” in Scottsdale, Arizona.Â
The Tipton Award is a highly prestigious lifetime achievement award given by The American Society of Civil Engineers. The award is in recognition of a person that “has made a definitive contribution to the advancement of irrigation and drainage engineering either in teaching, research, planning, design, construction, or management, these contributions being made through notable performance, long years of service, or specific actions which have served to advance the science of irrigation and drainage engineering.”

Dr. Grant Ellington
Dr, Grant Ellington Receives Tobacco Growers Extension Service Award
Dr. Grant Ellington received an Extension Service Award at the Annual Meeting of the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina (TGANC),held February 1, 2013. The award was presented by Craig West Craig West, Past President of the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina. Ellington received the award at the Southern Farm Show held at the State Fair Grounds. This award acknowledges work and assistance provided to the tobacco farmers of North Carolina.

Dr. Larry Stikeleather
Dr. Stikeleather Received Outstanding BAE Professor Award
Dr. Larry Stikeleather, P.E. received the 2012-2013 Outstanding BAE Professor Award. This award is given by Bio & Ag students in recognition of the special effort of a professor in the department. Dr.Stikeleather was recognized for his continuing commitment to teaching. The award was presented at the 2013 Student Banquet held at the NC State JC Raulston Arboretum.
Faculty Awards and Honors Listing
| Awards & Honors - 2013 - present | Recipient |
| 2013 Royce J. Tipton Award American Society of Civil Eningeers | Dr. Robert Evans, P. E. |
| 2013 Tobacco Growers Association Extension Service Award | Dr. Grant Ellington, P.E. |
| 2012 -13 Outstanding BAE Professor Award | Dr. Larry Stikeleather, P. E. |
| Awards & Honors - 2012 | Recipient |
| 2012 ASABE New Holland Young Researcher Award | Dr. Wayne Yuan |
| 2012 Soil and Water Conservation Society -Hugh Hammond Bennett Chapter Award | Dr. Greg Jennings, P. E. |
| 2011- 12 Outstanding BAE Professor Award | Dr. Michael Boyette P. E. |
| Awards & Honors - 2011 | Recipient |
| 2011 NC State Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award | Dr. Larry Stikeleather, P. E. |
| 2011NC State Innovator of the Year | Dr Kenneth R. Swartzel, Associate Faculty |
| 2011 Resource Development Awards | Dr. Wayne Skaggs, P. E. |
| 2011 ASABE A. W Farrall Young Educator Award | Dr. Mari Chinn |
| 2010- 11 Outstanding BAE Professor Award | Dr. Rodney Huffman, P. E. |
| 2011 NC State Grange Search for Excellence Award from NC Extension | Dr. Gary Grabow, P. E. |
| 2011 Outstanding Leadership Award Southern Region Water Program | Dr. Greg Jennings, P. E. |
| 2011 Environmental Education Achievement Award from the International Erosion Control Association (IECA) | Dr. Greg Jennings, P. E. |
| Awards & Honors - 2010 | Recipient |
| 2010 Marvin Collins Outstanding Planning Award from the NC Chapter of the American Planning Association | Dr. Jean Spooner |
| ASABE, PEI Professional Engineer of the Year Award | Dr. Rodney L. Huffman, PE |
| International of Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR), Merit Award | Dr. Lingjuan Wang |
| ASABE, Fellow | Dr. Robert Sowell |
| Awards & Honors - 2009 | Recipient |
| Charles A. Black Communications Award presented by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) | Dr. Wayne Skaggs, PE |
ASABE, Massey-Ferguson Educational Gold Medal Award |
Dr. Wayne Skaggs, PE |
| ASABE, Fellow | Dr. Larry F. Stikeleather, PE |
| ASABE, Hancor Soil and Water Engineering Award | Dr. Robert O. Evans, PE |
| ASABE, Irrigation Engineering Award | Dr. Ronald E. Sneed, PE Emeritus Professor |
| North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Teaching Fellow Award | Dr. Gary Roberson, PE |
| CALS Resource Development Award | Dr. Thomas Losordo |
| College of Engineering George H. Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award | Dr. Andy Hale |
| Special Specialist Award presented by the North Carolina Associate Cooperative Extension Specialists | Dr. Sanjay Shah |
| Awards & Honors - 2008 | Recipient |
| American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Young Extension Award | Dr. William F. Hunt, PE |
| 2008 NCSU BAE Outstanding Alumnus | Dr. Tom Whitaker |
| USDA Superior Service Group Award | Dr. Tom Whitaker |
| Campus EarthWise Award | Rhonda Sherman, Extension Specialist |
| Keynote Speaker, International Water Congress, Seville, Spain, "Advances in Waste Management in the U.S. |
Dr. Robert Rubin Emeritus Professor |
| Serving on the Executive Committee of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET | Dr. David Beasley, PE |
| Awards & Honors 2007 | Recipient |
| ASABE Gunlogson Countryside Engineering Award |
Dr. Greg Jennings, PE |
| ASABE Fellow | Dr. Phil Westerman, PE |
| ASABE Fellow (Professor emeritus, Forestry, Biological and Agricultural Engineering) | Dr. Awatif Hassan |
| Outstanding Extension Service Award, North Carolina Tobacco Grower's Association | Dr. Michael Boyette |
| Arkansas Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineers | Dr. John Classen |
| Inducted into the Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension (AOFEE) |
Dr. William F. Hunt |
| Governor's Award for Water Conservationist of the Year, NC Wildlife Foundation | Dr. William F. Hunt |
| NC State Alumni Outstanding Extension and Outreach Award | Dr. William F. Hunt |
| Who's Who in Engineering Academia | Dr. Albert Jarett Visiting Professor |
| Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on Greenhouse Cooling: Methods, Technologies and Plant Response, Almeria, Spain | Dr. Daniel Willits |
| Awards & Honors 2006 | Recipient |
| ASAE Fellow-2006 Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) | Dr. David Beasley, PE |
| FPSA Foundation FPEI Food Engineering Award at ASABE Annual Meeting | Dr. Brian Farkas |
| CALS Pride of the Wolfpack Recognition | Dr. David Beasley, PE |
| CALS Pride of the Wolfpack Recognition | Dr. Garry Grabow, PE |
| Awards & Honors 2005 | Recipient |
| President's Citation from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers | Dr. David Beasley, PE |
| ASAE Fellow-2005 Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) | Dr. Robert O. Evans, PE |
| 2005 ASAE Massey-Ferguson Educational Award | Dr. James Young, PE |
| ASAE 2005 Gunlogson Countryside Engineering Award | Dr. Philip Westerman, PE |
| Gertrude Cox Lifetime Achievement Award | Dr. Roger Rohrbach |
| Inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineering | Dr. David Beasley, PE |
| University Teaching Award 2005 | Dr. Gary Roberson, PE |
| Awards & Honors 2004-03 | Recipient |
| Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers | Dr. David Beasley, PE |
| NC State Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor 2003 | Dr. Crowell Bowers |
| Honorary State FFA Degree | Dr. Crowell Bowers |
| Outstanding Extension Specialist for NCSU and NCA&T for support of county programs from the NCSU Association of Extension Specialists | Dr. William F. Hunt, PE |
| 2003 NC State/Nancy G. Pollock Dissertation Award | Dr. Michael Burchell |
| NE Regional Directors "Honor Award" 2003 | Dr. Roger Rohrbach |


