SEDTAPP Awards and Honors
2008
Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award - June 2008
SAE International
Recipient: Matt Parkinson
Awarded at the SAE Digital Human Modeling Conference
Innovation and Design Process Award - May 2008
Green Building Association of Central Pennsylvania
Recipient: Penn State 2007 Solar Decathlon Team for the MorningStar entry
Lawrence J. Perez Memorial Student Advocate Award - April 2008
Penn State College of Engineering
Recipient: Sven Bilén
2007
Fourth Place, International Solar Decathlon
U.S. Department of Energy
Recipient: Penn State's entry, MorningStar
Awarded on the National Mall in Wachington, D.C.
Ford Motor Company Best Paper Award - 2007
ASME International Design Automation Committee
Recipient: Matt Parkinson
Excellence in Oral Presentation Award - 2007
SAE Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference and Exhibition
Recipient: Matt Parkinson
Editor-in-chief of the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering
IJSLE - www.ijsle.org
Recipient: Tom Colledge
SEDTAPP Distinguished Student Service Award - Fall 2006
Recipient: Tony Doucette
Senior, Civil Engineering
Nominated by Sven Bilén, Associate Professor of Engineering Design
Division's Best Publication Award, 2006
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Libraries
Recipient: Gül Kremer
Penn State Engineering Society (PSES) Outstanding Teaching Award
Recipient: Gül Kremer
Best Chapter and Best Faculty Advisor
Engineers for a Sustainable World
Recipients: Best Chapter - Greg Rybka and Anthony Dente, then-president and vice president of Penn State's ESW chapter
Best Faculty Advisor - Thomas Colledge
Award for Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Divisions
Presented by the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers
SEDTAPP Distinguished Student Service Awards - Spring 2006
Recipients: Greg Rybka
Senior, Mechanical Engineering
Nominated by Andy Lau, Associate Professor of Engineering Design
Amy Blank
Senior, Mechanical Engineering
Nominated by Tom Colledge, Assistant Professor of Engineering Design
Arch T. Colwell Merit Award for outstanding paper - 2005
SAE International
Recipient: Matt Parkinson
Kauffman Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award
American Society for Engineering Education
Recipient: Liz Kisenwether
2005 Price Institute Innovative Entrepreneurship Educators Award
Recipient: Liz Kisenwether/E-SHIP minor
Service and Leadership Award
Penn State College of Education
Recipient: Tom Colledge
Lawrence J. Perez Student Advocate Award
Penn State College of Engineering
Recipient: Tom Colledge
2003
First Place - 2003 GE Learning Excellence Award, $10,000.
Recipient: Andrew Lau
Penn State Engineering Society (PSES) OUTSTANDING ADVISING AWARD
Presented by the College of Engineering at Penn State University
Recipient: Sven Bilén
Recognition by the President of The Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Graham B. Spanier, as one of the best faculty members at Penn State
Recipient: Gül Kremer
National Research Council Research Associateship Award in the Air Force
Summer Faculty Fellowship Program at the Human Effectiveness Directorate,
Warfighter Training Research Div- WPAFB-OH, June-August 2003.
Recipient: Gül Kremer
ACE / AT&T Award Technology as a Tool for Internationalization
Recipient: Richard Devon
Outstanding Staff Award Presented by SEDTAPP
Recipient: Janie Burns
Outstanding Staff Award Presented by SEDTAPP
Recipient: Debra Witherite
2002
Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching, Electrical Engineering Department
Recipient: Sven Bilén
National Research Council Research Associateship Award in the Air Force
Summer Faculty Fellowship Program at the Human Effectiveness Directorate,
Warfighter Training Research Div- Texas, June-July 2002.
Recipient: Gül Kremer
2001
Outstanding Alumna, Fayette Campus, Pennsylvania State University
Recipient: Renata Engel
2000
CASA/SME University LEAD Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (member of winning program team)
Recipient: Renata Engel
Recognition by the President of The Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Graham B. Spanier, as one of the best faculty members at Penn State
Recipient: Xinli Wu
Who's Who Among America's Teachers Award (The Best Teachers in America Selected by the Best Students)
Recipient: Xinli Wu
Recognition by the Corporate and Foundation Alliance
Recipient: Learning by Industry-Driven Design program, which is headed by Dhushy Sathianathan.
1999
Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching
Recipient: Renata Engel
Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award
Presented by the American Society for Engineering Education.
Recipient: Nabil Kallas
Most Innovative Teacher Award
Presented by the USG Academic Assembly and the Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning
Recipient: Richard Devon, Honorable Mention
GE Award for Excellence in Teaching
Presented by the Penn State College of Engineering
Recipient: Richard Devon
1998
Boeing Outstanding Educator Award
Presented by the Boeing Company in recognition of Penn State's effort in enhancing Learning by Industry Driven Design
Recipients: Renata Engel, Richard Devon, Nabil Kallas, and Dhushy Sathianathan.
Penn State Engineering Society (PSES) OUTSTANDING TEACHING AWARD
Presented by the College of Engineering at Penn State University
Recipient: Dhushy Sathianathan
Provost Award for Collaborative Instruction & Curricular Innovation
Presented by the Provost at Penn State University
Recipient: Dhushy Sathianathan and Richard Devon
LaMarr Kopp International Achievement Faculty Award
Recipient: Richard Devon, finalist
1997
Provost Award for Collaborative Instruction & Curricular Innovation
Presented by the Provost at Penn State University
Recipient: Renata Engel
Outstanding Practice in Instructional Development
Presented by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Recipient: Dhushy Sathianathan
1996
Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award
Presented by the American Society for Engineering Education
Recipient: Dhushy Sathianathan
Provost Award for Collaborative Instruction & Curricular Innovation
Presented by the Provost at Penn State University
Recipient: Dhushy Sathianathan and Richard Devon
1995
Provost Award for Collaborative Instruction & Curricular Innovation
Presented by the Provost at Penn State University
Recipient: Renata Engel
1994
Provost Award for Collaborative Instruction & Curricular Innovation
Presented by the Provost at Penn State University
Recipient: Renata Engel, Nabil Kallas and Dhushy Sathianathan
1993
Provost Award for Collaborative Instruction & Curricular Innovation
Presented by the Provost at Penn State University
Recipient: Renata Engel
Centennial Certificate for Service and Leadership
Presented by the American Society for Engineering Education
Recipient: Richard Devon
1992
Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award
Presented by the American Society for Engineering Education
Recipient: Renata Engel
Group Achievement Award
Presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Recipient: Richard Devon
1991
Distinguished Service Award
Presented by the Engineering Design Graphics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education
Recipient: Bob Foster