Outstanding Young Faculty Award

Past recipients of the Manufacturing Division’s Outstanding Junior Faculty (Young Author Award):

• 2024 – No award presented this year
• 2023 – Dr. Md Fashiar Rahman, The University of Texas at El Paso
• 2022 – Dr. Sergio Luna, University of Texas at El Paso
• 2021 – Dr. Zhenhua (David) Wu, Virginia State University
  with Mr. Lorin Scott Sodell, and Dr. Dawit Haile, Virginia State University and Prof. A.A. Elmustafa, Old Dominion University
  “Industry Driven Design and Manufacturing Course for Aerospace Engineering“
• 2020 – Dr. Faisal Aqlan, The Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College
  “Investing in the Future: Bringing Research and Industry into Simulation-based Manufacturing Education” (with co-authors Dr. Qi Dunsworth, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Dr. Jessica Resig, Penn StateWorld Campus)
• 2019 – Dr. Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University
  “Exposing Students to STEM Careers through Hands-on Activities with Drones and Robots“
• 2018 –  Dr. Aditya Akundi, The University of Texas, El Paso (with Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, Zejing Cao, and Hoejin Kim, University of Texas, El Paso)
  “A Deep Learning Graphical User Interface Application on MATLAB” (a best diversity paper)
• 2017 – Dr. Aditya Akundi, The University of Texas at El Paso,
  “Enhancing Additive Manufacturing Education Using Virtual Rapid Prototyping Simulator Tool” (a best diversity paper)
• 2016 – Mathew Schaefer, Milwaukee School of Engineering
  “The Cards Wager Assignment: Betting Homework Points on Statistical Process Control“

About the Division’s Outstanding Junior Faculty (Young Author Award):

• The Outstanding Young Faculty Award recognizes a junior faculty member in the
  manufacturing field. Eligible candidates are identified through either their authorship of
  annual conference papers or nominations by division members.
• The award is presented during the division’s social event at the annual conference.
• The selection is made by the Awards Committee, consisting of the Awards Chair, Division
  Chair, and Program Chair of the Manufacturing Division.
• Depending on the division’s budget, the award may include a monetary component.
• The selection process takes place during the Spring and Summer semesters leading up to the
  annual conference.