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Pratt School of Engineering Awards
Recognizing faculty and staff excellence
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
- Dean's Award for Leadership in Program and Operational Excellence
- Dean's Staff Lifetime Achievement Award
- Dean's Staff Early Impact Award
Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award
Recognizes an outstanding educator. These faculty inspire students to learn and apply knowledge, engage students in the classroom and share their love of engineering.
2022 Daniel Sorin
2021 Libby Bucholz
2020 Eric S. Richardson
2019 Wanda Krassowska Neu
2018 David Katz
2017 Matt Brown
2016 Brenton D. Hoffmann
2015 Andrew D. Hilton
2014 Rebecca Simmons
2013 Roger Barr
2012 Neal Simmons
2011 Jonathan Protz
2010 Joseph Nadeau
2009 Craig Henriquez
2008 Wanda Krassowska
2007 Kathryn Nightingale
2006 Henri Gavin
2005 Donald B. Bliss
2004 Lisa Gresham Huettel
2003 Charles M. Harman
2002 Gary A. Ybarra
2001 George W. Pearsall
Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award
Given each year to an outstanding researcher. These faculty inspire their colleagues, serve others, contribute to the knowledge base and have a deep passion for their work.
2022 Yiran Chen
2021 Maiken Mikkelsen
2020 Ken Brown
2019 Charles Gersbach
2018 Steve Cummer
2017 Guillermo Sapiro
2016 Jungsang Kim
2015 Jeffrey T. Glass
2014 Nenad Bursac
2013 Stefano Curtarolo
2012 Gabriel Lopez
2011 Nimmi Ramanujam
2010 Kam Leong
2009 Mark Wiesner
2008 Piotr Marszalek
2007 David Brady
2006 David Smith
2005 Ashutosh Chilkoti
2004 Karl G. Linden
2003 Ashutosh Chilkoti
2002 Lawrence Carin
2001 Lori Setton
Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award
Given to a member of the faculty in recognition of superior dedication to undergraduate teaching.
2022 Maggie Mbugua Gatongi
2021 Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
2020 Joel Collier
2019 Ann Saterbak
2018 Kathy Nightingale
2017 Mark Palmeri
2016 Roger W. Nightingale
2015 Charles S. Wallace Jr.
2014 Elizabeth Bucholz
2013 Lisa Huettel
2012 Mark Palmeri
2011 Daniel Sorin
2010 Robert Malkin
2009 Brian Mann
2008 Benjamin Yellen
2007 Joseph Nadeau
2006 John Board
2005 Laurence N. Bohs
Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research
Recognizes the career achievements of an individual, while honoring all engineering faculty, who through excellence in teaching and research have challenged and nurtured students and contributed to growing humanity's knowledge.
2022 Martin Brooke
2021 Marc Sommer
2020 Aaron Franklin
2019 Sina Farsiu
2018 Warren Grill
2017 Fan Yuan
2016 Jennifer L. West
2015 Kathryn R. Nightingale
2014 Lori Setton
2013 Charles Gersbach
2012 Stefan Zauscher
2011 Gregg Trahey
2010 David Katz
2009 Steve Cummer
2008 Warren Grill
2007 Earl Dowell
2006 Adam Wax
2005 Leslie M. Collins
Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
Recognizes an individual, while honoring all members of our Duke Engineering community, who through excellence in mentoring and advising have nurtured and guided students and colleagues, thereby helping build a better future.
2022 Michael Rizk
2021 Shani Daily
2020 Rebecca Simmons
2019 Gregg E. Trahey
2018 Marcus Henderson
2017 Marc Sommer
2016 Claudia K. Gunsch
2015 Jenny Sloop Johnson
2014 Charles Parker
2013 LaTondra Murray
2012 Bridget Fletcher
2011 Devendra Garg
2010 Krishnendu Chakrabarty
2009 Pei Zhong
2008 Joseph Izatt
2007 George Truskey
2006 Linda Franzoni and David Schaad
2005 Michael R. Gustafson II
Dean’s Award for Leadership in Program and Operational Excellence
Given to a faculty member or staff leader who excels in managing and enhancing programs that impact the Duke Engineering community. Considerations for the award include operational excellence, responsiveness to program participants and continuous improvement through the integration of new tools and process innovations.
2023 Bridget Fletcher
2022 Ruby Nell Carpenter
2021 Manuela Damian
2020 Patrick McGuire
2019 Crystal Chapman
2018 Amy Kostrewa
2017 Lauren Stulgis
2016 Deborah Fraze
2015 Minnie Glymph
2014 Mark Walters
2013 Rebecca Dupre
Dean's Staff Lifetime Achievement Award
Established in 2023, this award is given to a staff member with an extensive record of major accomplishments in improving the Pratt School of Engineering. The staff members nominated for this award must have 10 or more years of service to Pratt and have demonstrated a consistent record of going above and beyond their normal duties to demonstrate sustained improvement of the Pratt Community including but not limited to impacting students, assisting faculty and staff teams, and improving the operational efficiencies of our programs.
2023 Kip Coonley
Dean's Staff Early Impact Award
Established in 2023, this award recognizes the early impact of staff team members with 5 or fewer years of service to the Pratt community. The award is intended to recognize new staff team members who have demonstrated excellence in their roles but who have had notable accomplishments that exceed expectations for new team members.
2023 Danielle Giles