We wish to congratulate alumni & friends of the College of Engineering who are recipients of the following campus awards & recognitions.

• Chancellor’s Medal
  The Chancellor’s Medal is the highest honor bestowed on individuals for exemplary and extraordinary service to the campus.
   
• Honorary Degrees
  Recipients of an honorary degree are individuals of exceptional distinction who have achieved outstanding intellectual, social, or creative achievements in a specific field of endeavor and/or have made extraordinary contributions to the University of Massachusetts Amherst or to the Commonwealth.
   
• Distinguished Achievement Awards
  Recognizes individuals for their exceptional achievements in a chosen profession, for demonstrated leadership, and for other exemplary accomplishments that merit the special recognition of the university.
   
• University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Awards
  These awards recognize personal or professional achievement or outstanding contributions of service to the community, the Alumni Association, or the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
   
• College of Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients
  (2010-present)
  Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award have brought recognition and honor to the College of Engineering through their professional achievements, leadership, and service to the profession, university, and society.
  Recipients of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award are worthy ambassadors for the UMass Amherst College of Engineering and have shown extraordinary effort and notable success in their early careers.
   
• College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
  (1974-1998)
   
• College of Engineering Alumnus/Alumna of the Year Award
  (2000-2003)
  This award recognizes outstanding career achievement, civic involvement, and service to the College of Engineering and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
   
• College of Engineering Duane E. Cromack Young Alumni Award
  This award was established in 1996 by the Engineering Alumni Association in honor of Dean Cromack on his retirement. It recognizes alumni, age 35 or younger, for their success in the application of their engineering education in work after graduation from the university. Such achievement may be in a number of fields such as engineering practice, administration, research, consulting, and teaching.

Chancellor's Medal - Alumni

1987	Marshall G. Jones '72G, '74PhD
1995	Duane E. Cromack '59
1996	Daeje Chin '79 MS
1997	Robert C. Wiesel '72
1998	Robert C. Gunness '32
2012	David McLaughlin '84, '89 PhD

Honorary Degrees

1963	Doctor of Science	Robert Charles Gunness '32
1979	Doctor of Science	Bernard B. Berger
1982	Doctor of Engineering	Andrew C. Knowles, III '57
1982	Doctor of Science	John F. Welch, Jr. '57
1991	Doctor of Engineering	Nicholas N. Boraski '50
1999	Doctor of Engineering	Vladimir Haensel
2007	Doctor of Engineering	James M. Smith '67
2012	Doctor of Engineering	Mark E. Russell '85 MS

Distinguished Achievement Awards

2010	Jerome M. Paros '60
2009	Robert Brack '60

University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Awards

Honorary Alumnus

1996	Raymond A. Nash
1998	Vladimir Haensal '99 HD
2003	John and Elizabeth Armstrong

Distinguished Alumni Award

2001	John G. Drosdick '68 MS
2004	Chang-Gyu Hwang '86 PhD
2006	Mark E. Russell '85 MS
2007	Arlindo Jorge '50 BS

Distinguished Faculty Award

2009	Ting-wei Tang

Distinguished Service to the University

1975	Joseph S. Marcus '54 MS
1977	Andrew C. Knowles, III '57, '82 HD
1978	Robert P. Lawrence
1980	Robert Charles Gunness '32, '63 HD
1984	Janice Rittenburg Rossbach '49
1987	David J. Beaubien '57
1996	Marshall G. Jones '72 MS, '74 PhD Distinguished Professional and Community Service Award
1996	Kristen Breder '88PhD Distinguished Young Alumnus Award for Professional Service

College of Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients

2021

Distinguished Alumni Award

• Victor Bahl ’97 PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Jeffrey Elkins ’86, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
• Robert W. Ivester ’91, ’93 MS, ’96 PhD, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
• Edward H. Kalajian ’69 MS, ’71 PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Christine Seymour ’95 PhD, Chemical Engineering

Outstanding Young Alumni Award

• Kokui Francisca Adesokan ’09, Chemical Engineering
• Jacob Lauzier ’07, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Christine Roy ’04, ’05 MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh ’15 PhD, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
• Akshaya Shanmugam ’12 MS, ’15 PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2020

Distinguished Alumni Award

• Amir Amini ’83, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Rena Bizios  ’68, Chemical Engineering
• Nick Bowen  ’92 PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Lizetta Fennessy ’92, ’94 MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Emanuel Melachrinoudis ’80 PhD, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Outstanding Young Alumni Award

• David Babson ’04, Chemical Engineering
• Ivan Bercovich ’09, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Christina Jones ’07, ’09 MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Paul Witherell ’04, ’06 MS, ’09 PhD, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

2018

Senior

• Mark Bradley ’79, Chemical Engineering
• Sadiye F. Guler ’96 PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Jennifer Jordan ’93, ’96 MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Frank Riordan ’91, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Junior

• Daniel S. Amichetti ’12, Chemical Engineering
• Seth J. Berkowitz ’12, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Kenneth B. Canty ’98, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Brian Mullen ’04, ’07 MS, ’09 PhD, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

2017

Senior

• Jon W. Dietrich ’69, ’74 MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Ellen J. Ferraro ’89, ’94 PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Spyros Michail ’88 MS, ’91 MS, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
• Karin Rotem ’99 PhD, Chemical Engineering

Junior

• Marnie A. Bonner ’09, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
• Dawn T. Eriksen-Stapleton ’07, Chemical Engineering
• Yong Liu ’02 PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Heather A. Rothenberg ’03 MS, ’09 PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering

2016

Senior

• Roberto Padovani ’83MS, ’85PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
• Edward S. Price ’90, Chemical Engineering Department
• Martin C. Ross ’86, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
• John P. Sullivan Jr. ’72, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Junior

• Vered Bisker-Leib ’02MBA, ’03PhD, Chemical Engineering Department
• Aaron M. Dollar ’00, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
• Tiffany (Tauscher) Labrie ’03, ’05MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
• Justin Peavey ’93, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients (1974 –1998)

1974	John F. Welch, Jr., ChE '57	1987	William A. Gardner, EE PhD '72
1974	Andrew C. Knowles III, EE '57	1987	Stanley F. Gizienski, '43
1974	George A. Marston, Dean	1987	James E. A. John, Dean
1975	Ardashus A. Aykanian, ME '50	1988	Duane E. Cromack, ME PhD '59
1975	John R. Picard, EE '58	1988	Stephen R. Kellogg, Sr., CE '72
1975	Joseph S. Marcus, CEE '54	1988	John G. Whitehead, IE/OR '59
1976	David R. Horsefield, CE '52	1988	Harpal S. Dhillon, IE/OR PhD '74
1976	Eugene A. Taylor, CE '50	1989	William F. O'Neill, EE '64
1976	Kenneth G. Picha, Dean	1989	Doris G. Preston, ChE '58
1977	Nicholas N. Boraski, IE/OR '50	1989	John P. Sullivan, Jr., CE '72
1977	Chester H. Clarridge, EE '56	1989	Robert D. Vanasse, CE '68
1977	Theodore P. Theodores, ME '58	1990	William D. O'Neill, CE '60
1978	Royal P. Allaire '38	1990	H. Brian Thompson, ChE '60
1978	David J. Beaubien, EE '57	1990	Robert F. Trocchi, EE '55
1978	Richard V. deGrasse, EE '61	1991	Robert P. Mozgala, IE '61
1978	E. Ernest Lindsey, Professor	1991	Dwight A. Sangrey, MS CE '64
1979	Alden H. Howard, EE '51	1991	Robert A. Trotta, ME '74
1979	Rexford Wilson, EE '57	1991	John H. Underwood, ME '62
1979	Ellsworth L. Sharpe, ME '59	1992	Nancy B. Hellman, Asst. Dean
1979	Karl N. Hendrickson, Professor	1992	Ghazi Darkazalli, ME MS '72, PhD '77
1980	Clinton F. Goodwin, '16	1992	Lawrence D. Shayer, MS ChE '61
1980	Ara Aykanian, EE '56	1992	William L. Schweber, MS EE '74
1980	James Constantino, IE '58	1993	Lynn M. Campana, IE/OR '81
1980	John Corsi, Jr. IE '61	1993	Donald C. Tucker, ME '59
1981	Samuel J. Ameen, EE '50	1993	Richard D. Reardon, CE '58
1981	Robert J. Byrne, IE '70	1994	Robert B. Brack, CE '60
1981	John A. Paraskos, ChE '69	1994	Benedict Galas, ChE '51
1982	Charles J. Gibowicz, Jr. CE '57	1994	Lance A. Glasser, ECE '74
1983	Frank R. L. Daley, Jr. '40	1995	Hugh R. Mackenzie, ME '55
1983	Charles F. Reeves, CE '54	1995	Janice R. Rossbach, Math '49
1983	Russel C. Jones, Dean	1995	Richard H. Sioui, ChE '68
1984	Frederick E. Crory, CE '55	1995	Paul C. Washburn, III, IE '81
1984	Donald R. Muzyka, ME '60	1996	P. Michael Masterson, ChE '75
1984	William Boyer, Prof., Posthumous	1996	Trent Poole, ME '73
1985	James D. Walker, '41	1996	Cheryl L. Watkins, ME '81
1985	Joseph A. Dombrowski, EE '51	1997	Irving J. Winters, Jr. IE MS '84, PhD '88
1986	Edwin L. Thomas, ME '69	1997	Barbara Gatslick Jessel, EE '77
1986	Frederick B. Seel, ME '51	1998	David F. Bonneau, ECE '77
1986	Marshall G. Jones, ME MS '72, PhD '74	1998	Edward S. Jamro, MS EVE '75
		1998	Marie P. Laplante, ChE '87

College of Engineering Alumnus/Alumna of the Year Award (2000-2003)

2000	Charles F. Perrell, IE '71, MBA '72
2001	Marshall G. Jones, ME MS '72, PhD '74
2002	Dev V. Gupta, EE PhD '77
2003	Diane P. Mellor, IE/OR '78

College of Engineering Duane E. Cromack Young Alumni Award

1996	Robert A. Smith, IE/OR '88
1997	Jill Boski, ME '95
1998	Stephen R. Dunne, ME '89
2000	Leslie K. Jelalian, EE '88, ECE MS '91
2002	Robert R. Derosier III, ChE '97
2003	Matthew T. Valade, CEE '93, EVE MS '95
2003	Wendy L. Parmenter, CEE '99, EVE MS '01