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NCSU Department of Biological and Agriclutural Engineering

Faculty Awards and Honors

2013 Awards & Honors

Robert Evans

Larry Stikeleather

Grant Ellington

Sanjay Shah

William Hunt

See: the full list of awards since 2003. All Faculty Awards

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Faculty Achievers' Highlights...

Dr. Evans presents lecture at the USCID conferenceDr. Evans received the prestigious Royce J. Tipton Award 

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. 

Dr. Evans presented with Tipton AwardThe 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.”

 

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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.

 

 

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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.

 

 

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Dr. Sanjay Shah

Dr. Sanjay Shah received a 2013 President' Volunteer Service Award

"The President' Volunteer Service Award" presented by the Corporation for National and Community Service (http://www.nationalservice.gov/) for serving as a technical volunteer in Bangladesh in 2012.

 

 

 

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Dr. William Hunt

Dr. William Hunt received a 2013 University Faculty Scholar Award

The University Faculty Scholars Program, established in 2012 by Chancellor Woodson to recognize and reward emerging academic leaders among our faculty, identifies approximately twenty (20) tenured or tenure-track faculty scholars each year.  Faculty members selected as University Faculty Scholars will carry the title for a five-year period

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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.
2013 University Faculty Award Dr. William Hunt
2013 The President' Volunteer Service Award Dr. Sanjay Shah
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
Lifetime Achievement Award, American Peanut Council, Dr. Tom Whitaker
ASABE, Fellow

Dr. Robert Sowell
Emeritus Professor

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
Merit Award, USDA/ARS Dr. Tom Whitaker
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
Merit Award, USDA/ARS Dr. Tom Whitaker
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
Coyt T. Wilson Distinguished Service Award, American Peanut Research and Education Society Dr. Tom Whitaker
Merit Award, USDA/ARS Dr. Tom Whitaker
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
Harvey W. Wiley Award, Association of Official Analytical Chemists Dr. Tom Whitaker
NE Regional Directors "Honor Award" 2003 Dr. Roger Rohrbach