Nominations for 2026 are now open - Click Here
Nominations are due no later than February 8th, midnight.
As a means to support and reward excellence to College of Engineering faculty and staff members, the following awards are conferred on an annual basis. The awards are administered by the College of Engineering Faculty and Staff Awards Committee, with final approval given by the dean of the college. Awardees will be recognized at an annual awards dinner held during Engineers' Week. Anyone in the College of Engineering may nominate a deserving faculty or staff member. The nomination should be accompanied by a supporting statement and should address the nominee’s major accomplishments with respect to criteria listed for the award.
Nomination Guidelines
The nomination should be accompanied by a supporting statement and should address the nominee’s major accomplishments with respect to criteria listed for the award (below).
- IMPORTANT: Please refer to Award Criteria below and address the items specified–your nominee will be evaluated by these criteria.
- SPECIFICATIONS: Nomination Statement must be one-page minimum, two-page maximum –One-inch margins –12 point Times New Roman –Single spaced.
- SUPPORTING MATERIAL: Although not required, supporting documentation may be submitted but must be included with your Nomination Statement as a single PDF file.
Awards and Criteria
IMPORTANT: Your nomination will be evaluated by the criteria of the specific award
Synergy Awards
Teaching-Research-Service Synergy Award (Faculty) This award recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in all three areas of teaching, research and community engagement/service. This successful awardee excels in bringing out the synergy of the three aspects of the faculty position. Student-centered focus, service-orientation and scholarly thinking should be integrated in the awardee’s activities. One $1,000 award will be presented each year to a faculty member.
Leadership Synergy Award (Faculty and Staff) This award recognizes a faculty and a staff member who represents a unique combination of interpersonal skills, intrapersonal skill, and professional skills. The awardees are leaders in their chosen line of work and possess a broad set of skills including entrepreneurship, communication, as well as being self-directed and visionary. Awardees are active in managing their professional lives while exhibiting skills that attract others to follow and share in the vision. Two $1,000 awards will be presented each year, one to a faculty member and the other to a staff member.
One-College Synergy Award (Faculty and Staff) This award recognizes a faculty and a staff member who represents the college as a single entity through services and attitudes. The awardee inspires other people within the college to aspire to grow and contribute to the college. Two $1,000 awards will be presented each year: one to a faculty member and the other to a staff member.
Bromilow Awards (Faculty and Staff)
Bromilow Outstanding Staff Service Award This award recognizes outstanding contributions, superior service and special contributions to the college. Such activities to be considered are long-term service, student organization assistance or support, election or appointment as an officer or committee member in a college, university or community organization that serves students, staff or faculty members, or the public at large. Nominees can be either exempt or non-exempt and must be at least .75 percent full-time employees. Recognition will be for superior service, such as:
- Long-term service.
- Assistance to student organizations.
- Election or appointment to service as an officer in a university or community organization serving the students, staff or the public.
- Outstanding service on university committees.
- Special contributions to respective departments.
Bromilow Teaching Excellence Award (Faculty–Awarded in even numbered years)
- Teaching
- Curricula Development
- Publications/Promotion of Teaching
- Student Activities
- Laboratories
- Alternative Teaching Environments
Mentorship Award (Faculty-awarded in odd numbered years or Staff -in even numbered years)
The College of Engineering encourages mentorship as a means to help staff grow professionally and achieve their full potential. This award recognizes senior faculty and staff members who, as mentors, act as trusted and influential supporters for junior faculty or staff mentees. Successful nominations for this award must clearly demonstrate the mentor’s contribution toward a mentee’s success and relates the mentee’s success to the mentor’s guidance. One award of $1,000 will be made each year to either a faculty or staff member.
Bhatti Family Graduate Assistant Awards (1 master’s level, 1 doctoral level)
In support of graduate education in the College of Engineering, the Bhatti family has established an award to provide recognition and wage supplement to outstanding current graduate assistants. Two awards will be made—one for a master’s level student and one for a doctoral student. The awardees should be recommended based on their academic performance and contributions to their respective departments as graduate assistants.
