The College of Engineering recognizes outstanding teaching activities of faculty and graduate students by awarding Teacher of the Year awards.
Early Career Teaching Excellence Award
Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year
Nomination documents for each award can be viewed by clicking the links. Nominations should be submitted to alissa.k.kuntz@ndus.edu. The deadline for the Excellence in Teaching and Early Career Teaching Awards is 5 p.m. on Friday, April 12, 2024. The deadline for the Graduate Teaching Award is 5 p.m. on Friday, March 29, 2024.
The College of Engineering recognizes the achievements of faculty and graduate students by awarding Researcher of the Year awards.
Early Career Research Excellence Award
Graduate Research Assistant of the Year
Nomination documents for each award can be viewed by clicking the links. Nominations should be submitted to alissa.k.kuntz@ndus.edu. The deadline for the Excellence in Research and Early Career Research Awards is 5 p.m. on Friday, April 12, 2024. The deadline for the Graduate Research Award is 5 p.m. on Friday, March 29, 2024.
The College of Engineering introduced an Outstanding Staff Award in 2019 to recognize and honor unusual dedication and outstanding contributions by a staff members to the success of the college.
Any NDSU staff member, faculty member, or student may submit a nomination. The nomination consists of just a letter of two pages or less describing the nominee’s contributions to the success of the College of Engineering.
Nominations for outstanding staff awards should be submitted to alissa.k.kuntz@ndus.edu by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 9, 2024.
| 2023 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Ying Huang |
| Early Career Excellence in Teaching | Ewumbua Monono |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year | Ismat Ara |
| 2022 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Mijia Yang |
| Early Career Excellence in Teaching | Abdul-Aziz Banawi |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year | Zhaofan Li |
| 2021 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Joseph Latimer |
| Early Career Excellence in Teaching | Danling Wang |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year | Lauren Singelmann |
| 2020 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Kalpana Katti |
| Early Career Excellence in Teaching | Ali Amiri |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year | Hizb Ullah Sajid |
| 2019 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Long Jiang |
| Early Career Excellence in Teaching | Ravi Yellavajjala |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year | Dayakar Lavadiya |
| 2018 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Dean Steele |
| Early Career Excellence in Teaching | Keerthi Nawarathna |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year | Ashkan Eslaminejad |
| 2017 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Achintya Bezbaruah |
| Early Career Excellence in Teaching | Zhibin Lin |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year | Jonathan Armstrong |
| 2016 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | No award given |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year | Mohana Asha Latha Dubasi |
| 2015 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Jacob Glower |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year | Anthony Waldenmaier |
| 2014 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Tom Bon |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year | Navaratnam Leelaruban |
| 2013 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Sivapalan Gajan |
| 2012 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Teaching | Wei Lin |
| 2023 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Jordi Estevadeordal |
| Early Career Research Award | Rex Sun |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Yangchao Liao |
| 2022 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Zhibin Lin |
| Early Career Research Excellence | Wenjie Xia |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Amirhadi Alesadi |
| 2021 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Ying Huang |
| Early Career Research Excellence | Ravi Yellavajjala |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Dayakar Lavadiya |
| 2020 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Xiangfa Wu |
| Early Career Research Excellence | Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Xingyu Wang |
| 2019 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Chad Ulven |
| Early Career Research Excellence | Di Wu |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Yanchao Li |
| 2018 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Kalpana Katti |
| Early Career Research Excellence | Zhibin Lin |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Longeeshan Velmanickam |
| 2017 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Fardad Azarmi |
| Early Career Research Excellence | Ying Huang |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Sajid Asif |
| 2016 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Xinhua Jia |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Xiaofeng Lyu |
| 2015 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Xuefeng Chu |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Yidong Peng |
| 2014 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Achintya Bezbaruah |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Kashif Bilal |
| 2013 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Jing Shi |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Zhengping Zhou |
| 2012 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Excellence in Research | Scott Pryor |
| Graduate Research Assistant of the Year | Gong Li |
| 2023 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Paraprofessional/Office Support Level | Jacalyn Benson |
| Professional Level | Kyle Bosch |
| 2022 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Paraprofessional/Office Support Level | Ruth Wirtz |
| Professional Level | Rob Sailer |
| 2021 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Paraprofessional/Office Support Level | Tanya Erickson |
| Professional Level | Alissa Kuntz |
| 2020 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Paraprofessional/Office Support Level | Kayla Dewey |
| Professional Level | Joel Hanson |
| 2019 | |
| Award | Winner |
| Paraprofessional/Office Support Level | Tiffany Neuharth |
| Professional Level | Nancy Rossland |