Faculty and staff receive Bromilow Awards
The College of Engineering presented the Bromilow Faculty and Staff Awards on Feb. 20. Established in 1978 to honor the late Frank Bromilow, former College of Engineering dean, they are the only awards given by the college.
Recipients for the faculty awards are nominated by the engineering faculty and selected by the College of Engineering department heads.
Jeanine Cook and Shuguang Deng both received the 2009 Distinguished Bromilow Excellence in Research Award.
Cook, who was recently selected as one of the exclusive winners of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.
Deng, who has earned recognition as a strong leader in nanostructured materials and hydrogen fuel cell technology, is an associate professor of chemical engineering. Deng holds the Robert Davis Professorship in Chemical Engineering, and he is first recipient of the professorship.
The 2009 Bromilow Staff Excellence award went to College of Engineering Business Manager Diana Monteith. Monteith has worked in the Dean’s Office as the business manager since December 1996 and is experienced in handling the numerous aspects of not-for-profit budgeting, accounting and financial management.
Chemical engineering student Trevor Jones was the recipient of the 2009 Bromilow Scholarship Award. Jones is the president of the Engineer’s Council and is expected to graduate in May 2009.
The Bromilow awards ceremony is followed by a lecture. This year’s lecture, given by award recipient Jeanine Cook, was titled “Computer Architectures and Supercomputing: Past, Present, and Future.”
The Bromilow lecture and awards were established in honor of Frank Bromilow, dean of the College of Engineering and director of the Engineering Experiment Station from 1961-1974. The awards are considered annually by the College of Engineering in recognition of Bromilow’s leadership and enhancement of the quality of faculty during his tenure as dean.
By Sarah Campos
February 2009