Alumni

McKelvey Engineering Awards

Washington University McKelvey School of Engineering recognizes the professional accomplishments and service of distinguished alumni and friends.

2026 McKelvey Engineering Awardees. From left: Aaron Bobick, Stu Brown, Polly Shrewsbury, Michael Lefenfeld, Chris Kroeger, Ahad Kahn

McKelvey Engineering Awards Nomination Guidelines

2026
Stuart Brown
Michael Lefenfeld
Polly Shrewsbury
Ahad Khan – Engineering Entrepreneurship Award
J. Chris Kroeger – Dean's Award

Emerging Leader Awards
Jeff Gamble MS ’15, PhD ’17
Eric Jensen BS ’08
Rebecca Vincent BS ’08
Grant Taylor Williams BS ’07, BS ’07, MS ’09

2025
Rebecca Fushimi
Matt Holton
Randy Knight
Rebecca Losli
Phil Bayly – Dean's Award

Emerging Leader Awards
Kenneth Edwards, BS ’04
Krista Gietl, BS ’13, MS ’14
Elisabeth Rennell Hosmer, BS ’08

2024
Bob Behnken
Laurie Bowen
Greg Hyslop
David Moellenhoff
Edward Lou – Engineering Entrepreneurship Award
John Berra and Charlotte Berra – Dean's Award

Emerging Leader Awards
Joe Beggs, BS '20
Vinoo Ganesh, BS '13
Maisie Mahoney, BS '16
Jennifer Sisto Gall, BS '10

2023
Andre Audi
Craig Kaufman
Andrew Schiermeier
Mariah Weyland Gratz
Parag Mallick – Engineering Entrepreneurship Award
Dave Rossetti and Jan Avent – Dean's Award

Emerging Leader Awards
Frank Bergh, BS '08
Craig Goergen, BS '05
Kate Nevin, BS '09, MS '09
Fiona Turett, BS '09

2022
Randall Bateman
Marcia Brown-Rayford
Verneta Simon
Rajesh Bhat – Engineering Entrepreneurship Award
Herman T. & Phenie R. Pott Foundation – Dean's Award

Emerging Leader Awards
Christine Hansen, BS '10
Melissa Holtmeyer Terlaje, BS '06, MS '07, PhD '12
Jennifer Pangborn-Dolde, BS '06, MS '06
John Schupbach, MD, BS '10, MBA

2021
Mark Barteau
Louis Griesemer
Tony Nocchiero
Nancy Pendleton
Blake Marggraff & Joe McDonald - Engineering Entrepreneurship Award
Gary Wendlandt - Dean's Award

Emerging Leader Awards
Robert Hamilton, BS ‘08
Patti Harburg-Petrich, BS ‘05, MS ‘05
David Levene, BS ‘05
Brent Ramerth, BS ‘07
Stephanie Willerth, MS ‘08, PhD ‘08

2019
Lorrie Cranor
Chas Eggert
Raj Gupta
Fred Palmerton
Deanne Bell - Young Alumni Award
Don and Karen Jubel - Dean's Award

2018
Vincent Belusko
Steve Lowy
Cedric Yu
Nathalie de Vos Burchart - Young Alumni Award
Jan Holloway and Michele Liebman - Dean's Award

2017
Libby Allman
Brian Hoelscher
Raghu Sugavanam
Peter Young
Michael Lefenfeld - Engineering Entrepreneurship Award
David and Carol Gast – Dean's Award

2016
Anna Apanel
Alexander Gray
Steven Kramer
David Karandish - Engineering Entrepreneurship Award
Chris Sims - Engineering Entrepreneurship Award
John Zook - Young Alumni Award
Ralph Quatrano – Dean's Award

2015
Harry Cheung – Young Alumni Award
Suren Dutia
Marvin Gibbs
Hanford Gross
Michael Holtz
Michele Liebman
Richard Mattione – Dean's Award
Bruce Rittmann

2014
Harold Barron
Gaurav Garg
Peter Leemputte
Christine Lorenz
Stephen Sands
Jonathan Turner – Dean's Award

2013
T. Alan Hurwitz
Zachary J. Lemnios
James Leonard
W. E. Moerner
Joel Groves – Young Alumni Award
Frank Yin – Dean's Award

2012
Larry Chiang
Richard Janis
Deepak Kantawala
Janice Karty
Milind Kulkarni
James McKelvey, Jr.
Jennifer Dionne – Young Alumni Award
Salvatore Sutera – Dean's Award

2011
S. Massoud Amin
Sanjai Kohli
Mark Levin
Frederick Oertli
Matthew Ettus – Young Alumni Award
Jerome R. Cox, Jr. – Dean's Award

2010
Christopher Chivetta
Janet Holloway
Marija Ilic
Panganamala Ramana Kumar
William Eatherton – Young Alumni Award
Jack Bodine – Dean's Award

2009
Dev Ashis Banerjee
George Bauer
Victor Hermelin
Anna L. Patterson
John C. Sommerer
Gerald J. Williams
Robert Behnken – Young Alumni Award
Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer – Dean's Award

2008
Paul L. Chandeysson
Sunil G. Hirani
Donald A. Jubel
Charles E. Simmons
Ellen W. Zegura
Michael K. Gibbons – Dean's Award
Michael B. Lefenfeld – Young Alumni Award

2007
Vincent Hoi-Yuen Li
Richard P. Mattione
Jonathan S. Turner
Richard A. Roloff

2006
Andrew M. Bursky
Arnold W. Donald
Harold H. Schreimann
Gary E. Wendlandt
Preston M. & Nancy Green – Dean's Award
Danielle Forget-Shield – Young Alumni Award

2005
William L. Bernard
Thomas J. Feichtinger
Howard M. Nelson, Jr.
Gregory A. Sullivan
Clarence M. Turley, Jr.
Cynthia A. Gruensfelder – Young Alumni Award
I.E. Millstone – Dean's Award

2004
Joseph F. Boston
Joseph C. Moquin
David J. Rossetti
Anthony Thompson
Allen R. Atkins – Dean's Award
Robert L. Mullenger – Young Alumni Award

2003
Dale H. Besterfield
Richard E. Pinckert
John L. Stein
David F. Winter
Matthew M. Thomas – Young Alumni Award
William A. Peck – Dean's Award

2002
John M. Berra
Ramon A. Von Drehle
Lois A. Hedg-peth
Donald R. Kozlowski
Glen E. Stuckel
Peter J. Hanratty – Young Alumni Award
John K. Russell – Dean's Award

2001
Lilia A. Abron
C. Baker Cunningham
Donald F. Essen
John B. Morgan
Robert E. Myers
Dinesh S. Bhatia – Young Alumni Award
Gene K. Beare – Dean's Award

2000
Santanu Das
George M. Johnson
Laurel Kaleda
James M. Mozley, Jr.
Christopher Chivetta – Young Alumni Award
James M. and Judith H. McKelvey – Dean's Award

1999
Malcolm Deisenroth, Jr.
Nicolas M. Georgitsis
Dennis L. Kessler
Cecil Lue-Hing
Gregory A. Sullivan
Harold W. Wiese
Joan M. Huser – Young Alumni Award
Thomas L. Bugnitz – Dean's Award

1998
William H. Abbott
Harold Y. H. Law
Sanford A. Silverstein
Otis J. Sproul
Annette N. Sutera – Young Alumni Award
Stephen F. Brauer – Dean's Award

1997
John T. Cookson, Jr.
Thomas P. Dunne
Henry A. Jubel
John W. Kourik
Frederick J. Oertli – Young Alumni Award
Florence S. Farrow – Dean's Award
John F. McDonnell (Excellence in Engineering & Technology Award Recipient)

1996
Jack R. Bodine
Norman Foster
Rudolph Freedman
Joseph R. Moyer
Michael Riordan – Young Alumni Award
Jerome F. & Rosalie Brasch – Dean's Award

1995
Paul J. McKee, Jr.
William F. Patient
Stanley I. Proctor, Jr.
Nick A. Schuster
Gregory A. Sullivan – Young Alumni Award
Stanley L. & Lucy Lopata – Dean's Award

1994
Myron Dmytryszyn
Lee Harrison III
Charles A. Lebens
Eugene W. Lohman
Henry G. Schwartz, Jr.
Arnold W. Donald – Young Alumni Award
William K. Y. Tao – Dean's Award

1993
Wm. Terry Fuldner
Ellen L. Lee
Peter A. Puleo
Donald K. Ross
Andrew M. Bursky
Elvera Stuckenberg – Dean's Award

1992
William J. Coad
Frank G. Kriz
James M. McKelvey
Robert P. Stupp

1991
Carl J. Deutsch, BSME'50
Albert G. Hill
Raymond F. Pieper

1990
Walter R. Evans
Julian W. Hill
Janet C. Lenz

1989
Charles A. Buescher, Jr.
Rubin Feldman
Sanford N. McDonnell

1988
Erwin F. Branahl
Charles G. Gulledge
John R. Moore
Hermann F. Spoehrer

1987
Jerome F. Brasch
John W. Fisher
A. Carl Weber

1986
Frederick C. Ballman
Richard D. Dunlop
Bernard Fischlowitz
Ralph L. Gray
Harold Guller.

1985
Stifel W. Jens
Michael M. McCarthy
Herbert M. Patton, Jr.

1984
Aaron Fischer
Milton Klein
Louis W. Matthey

1983
Elmer L. Deicke
Leon R. Strauss
John F. Yardley

1982
Joseph W. Globig
Kendall Perkins
William K. Y. Tao

1981
Gene K. Beare
August H. Homeyer
I. E. Millstone

1980
John P. Diesel
Don A. Fischer
Philip L. Siteman

1979
Erwin R. Breihan
Richard S. Frank
Joseph C. Hogan
Louis S. Sachs
William F. Wischmeyer

1978
Conway B. Briscoe
Stanley L. Lopata
Richard K. Moore
Robert K. Mueller
Louis E. Sauer

1977
Frank E. Dolson, Jr.
Charles E. Eberle
Rodolfo L. Garcia
Stanley F. Kaisel
Richard A. Young

1976
William J. Hedley
George E. Owen
Thomas J. Pashos
Richard A. Roloff
Gerald V. Williamson

1975
Daniel Broida
Charles M. Fullgraf
Vance C. Lischer, Sr.
John A. Logan
Henry J. Zimmermann