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Departmental Awards
Last Updated: 04/28/2025 | All information is accurate and still up-to-date
The ISE Department has a strong record of academic success. First, you should know that the skilled faculty, dedicated staff and talented students all help make this possible. Because of their efforts, the department wins many awards each year. These honors show how committed everyone is to doing great work. In addition, by working hard and supporting each other, the department continues to lead in industrial and systems engineering.
Student Organizations
- 1969 | Kenneth Franklin
- 1970 | John Foster
- 1971 | David Johnson
- 1972 | Dillon Coleman, Robert Marx
- 1973 | Jerry Simmons
- 1974 | Jeffrey Starling
- 1975 | Michael Wall
- 1976 | Tony Blalock
- 1977 | Suzane Edwards
- 1978 | Clifford Moore
- 1979 | Chris Dagenhart
- 1980 | Lois Bier
- 1981 | Edward Frazelle
- 1982 | record not available
- 1983 | record not available
- 1984 | record not available
- 1985 | record not available
- 1986 | Susan Stone
- 1987 | Kimberly Monroe
- 1988 | Troy Mullen
- 1989 | Lauri Lyerly
- 1990 | Julie Hinshaw
- 1991 | Shawn Lane, Patrick Zugay
- 1992 | Jorge Chu
- 1993 | Noelle Blasi
- 1994 | Mark Presutty, Renee Carter
- 1995 | Angela Cox
- 1996 | Rudy Bombien
- 1997 | Michael Dascal
- 1998 | Laura Hughes
- 1999 | Julie Cunningham
- 2000 | Kent Holmes
- 2001 | Travis Millen, Amy Craig
- 2002 | Jess Bardin, Chris Wiest
- 2003 | Yoshiko Shoji, David White
- 2004 | Marc Szczesny-Pumarada
- 2005 | Chris Culbreth
- 2006 | James Lavin
- 2007 | Jillian Johnson
- 2008 | Saud Alshammari
- 2009 | Pritesh Patel
- 2010 | Teofilo Siman
- 2011 | Sabin Blumenfeld
- 2012 | Kevin McCann
- 2013 | Todd Goldfarb
- 2014 | Kayla Summer
- 2015 | Anjali Mani
- 2016 | Michael Rosenberg
- 2017 | Lingchao Mao
- 2018 | James Ma
- 2019 | Not Awarded
- 2020 | Rachel Harris
- 2021 | Not Awarded
- 2022 | Katie Hodges
- 2023 | David Alan Mahar
- 2024 | Andres Allegre Trevino
- 2025 | Mary Claire Rashford
- 2001 | Tonya Hendricks
- 2002 | Ron Aman
- 2003 | Arlicia Maness
- 2004 | Laura Cook, Brian Deaton
- 2005 | Olivier-Fred Pierre-Louis
- 2007 | Jillian Johnson
- 2008 | Anna Cloaninger
- 2009 | Kinley Taylor
- 2010 | Kevin Zhang
- 2011 | Kalli Hulse, Adam Newton
- 2012 | Adam Newton
- 2014 | Stephen Taylor
- 2019 | Lokesh Karthik Narayanan
College of Engineering
- 2006 | Zachary Adams
- 2016 | Hannah Wetmore
- 2018 | Mikayla Slomski
- 2019 | LingChao Mao
- 2020 | Ryan Winz
- 2023 | Katie Hodges
ISE Departmental Awards
- 1977 | James Tompkins
- 1978 | Edward Clark
- 1979 | John Canada
- 1980 | Clarence Smith
- 1981 | Not Awarded
- 1982 | Thomas Culbreth
- 1983 | John Ekwall
- 1984 | Connie Sue Oldham
- 1985 | Mahmoud Ayoub
- 1986 | Russell King
- 1987 | Gerald Isley
- 1988 | Thom Hodgson
- 1989 | Thomas Culbreth
- 1990 | John Ekwall
- 1991 | Yahya Fathi
- 1992 | Henry Nuttle
- 1993 | Peter O’Grady
- 1994 | Richard Bernhard
- 1995 | James Wilson
- 1996 | Russell King
- 1997 | Thom Hodgson
- 1998 | Yahya Fathi
- 1999 | Yuan-Shin Lee
- 2000 | James Taylor
- 2001 | Denis Cormier
- 2002 | Russell King
- 2003 | Gary Mirka
- 2004 | Michael Kay
- 2005 | Ola Harrysson
- 2006 | David Kaber
- 2007 | Thom Hodgson
- 2008 | Russell King
- 2009 | Stephen Roberts
- 2010 | Ola Harrysson
- 2011 | Reha Uzsoy
- 2012 | Julie Ivy
- 2013 | David Kaber
- 2014 | Russell King
- 2015 | Stephen Roberts
- 2016 | Anita Vila-Parrish
- 2017 | Rohan Shirwaiker
- 2018 | Binil Starly
- 2019 | Maria Mayorga
- 2020 | Russell King
- 2021 | Xu Xu
- 2022 | Paul Cohen, Nur Ozaltin
- 2023 | Osman Ozaltin
- 2024 | Ben Rachunok
- 2025 | Russell King
- 2025 | Ashton Sumpter
The ISE Outstanding Dissertation Award recognizes recent Ph.D. graduates who have written original, innovative dissertations that reflect outstanding technical contributions and are likely to have significant scientific and societal impact.
- 2022 | Karl Schuchard
- 2023 | Shohanuzzaman Shohan
- 2024 | Yunsoo Ha
- 2025 | Linfeng Wu
The ISE Outstanding Doctoral Scholar of the Year Award recognizes current doctoral students’ excellence in doctoral research, scholarship and professional achievements.
- 2022 | Kimia Vahdat
- 2024 | Erik Rosenstrom
The ISE Outstanding Master’s Student of the Year Award recognizes current Master’s students for academic and professional excellence and commitment to the ISE department, profession, and community while at NC State. This can include academic and research achievements, excellence beyond coursework, and commitment to advancing their studies through internships/work experience.
- 2022 | Ashwin Ramachandran
- 2024 | Gowthami Lakshminarayana
- 2025 | Warren Kay
The ISE Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award recognizes recent MS graduates who have written original and innovative theses or equivalent on a fundamental or applied topic of interest in the industrial engineering domain.
- 2022 | Claudia Alvarado
- 2025 | Corbin Goodwin
- 1962 | James Hackney III
- 1963 | William Deal
- 1964 | Arthur Mattox
- 1965 | Emory Enscore
- 1966 | Robert Chappell
- 1967 | James Higgins
- 1968 | David Parker
- 1969 | William Arnold III
- 1970 | R.L. Lauridsen
- 1971 | K.D. Franklin
- 1972 | Thomas Foster
- 1973 | Gary Sechler
- 1974 | Robert Marx
- 1975 | R.A. Walker
- 1976 | Betty Higley
- 1977 | Michael Wall
- 1978 | Tony Blalock
- 1979 | David Murray
- 1980 | Tamala Barrier
- 1981 | Christopher Irwin
- 1982 | Lewis Kellogg
- 1983 | Edward Frazelle
- 1984 | Sally Smith
- 1985 | Carole English
- 1986 | Kathleen Rau
- 1987 | Maria Pribas
- 1988 | Frederick Indermaur
- 1989 | Thomas Hall
- 1990 | Kimberly Monroe
- 1991 | James Sebring
- 1992 | Lauri Lyerly
- 1993 | Julie Hinshaw
- 1994 | Patrick Zugay
- 1995 | DeLynn Atkinson, Sherri Wells
- 1996 | Paula Borden
- 1997 | Mark Presutty
- 1998 | Jaime Miguel, John Stubbs
- 1999 | Michelle Hill
- 2000 | Jeannie McCabe, Ashley Morrison
- 2001 | Link Neal, Steve Kelly
- 2002 | Laura Hughes
- 2003 | Travis Millen
- 2004 | Amy Craig, Chris Wiest
- 2005 | Jess Bardin
- 2006 | Natalie Johnsen, Jessica McCoy, Andrew White, David White
- 2007 | Kyle Ward, Brent Hauser
- 2008 | Zachary Adams, Kylie Goodell
- 2009 | Jim Tsai
- 2010 | Jillian Johnson
- 2011 | Jessica Jeppsson
- 2012 | Teofilo Simman
- 2013 | Emily Tucker, Lisa Cook
- 2014 | Michelle Ebersole
- 2015 | Michael Harrison
- 2016 | Melissa Pressley
- 2017 | Jennifer Frix
- 2018 | Ally Schueneman
- 2019 | Gibson Russell
- 2020 | Ryan Winz
- 2021 | Not Awarded
- 2022 | Tafui Leggard, Connor Simpson
- 2022 | Gimantha Perera
- 2023 | Asya Atik and Meriem Laroussi
- 2024 | Corbin Goodwin, Edric Pham and Jack Wilson
- 2025 | Jack Wilson
- 2022 | Pavel Koprov, Meriem Laroussi, Shohananuzzaman Shohan and Zachary Traylor
- 2023 | Kendra Canegata, Ethan Houser, Kurtis Konrad and Margaret Tobey
- 2024 | Hardik Birla, Behnam Jabbari Marand, Tavila Sharmin, Audrey Westlund and Andrea Zamudio
- 2025 | Nafi Ahmed, Matthew Izzo, YongSeok Jeon, Safina Luu, Sebastian Rodriquez Cartes and Nick Steinlage
- 2013 | Rob Lasson
- 2018 | Rob Lasson
- 2019 | Karen Welton
- 2020 | Justin Lancaster
- 2022 | Debbie Allgood-Station
- 2023 | Julia Abate
- 2024 | Christina Pucci
- 2025 | Emily Lewis
https://provost.ncsu.edu/ofe/awards-and-honors/internal-awards/
To learn about the ISE departmental awards, Go to our ISE External and Internal Awards to learn about the ISE departmental awards.
