Research, scholarship and creative activity are all recognized at the annual ceremony.
As Texas Tech University continues to rise in worldwide rankings, faculty research is at the heart of the mission. On Thursday (Nov. 15), President Lawrence Schovanec and Vice President for Research Joseph Heppert took time to recognize the efforts of the Texas Tech faculty at the Celebration of Faculty Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity annual ceremony.
“Only a faculty member can understand the anxiety of working on a project or proposal and not knowing what the outcome will be,” Schovanec said, noting how vital faculty research and publishing is in the five major worldwide rankings.
“Research output is a reflection of what all of you are doing. It's being noted here today, and beyond the personal accomplishments, it also has a tremendous impact on the students of this university.”
Heppert, a world-renowned researcher in chemistry, echoed Schovanec's praise and said it was important to recognize faculty who have made significant contributions to Texas Tech's mission.
“We're here because we don't think we have enough opportunities to say thank you for what you do,” Heppert said. “We all want to leave this place better and more nationally renowned and recognized than when we arrived, and as a faculty, we're all a part of accomplishing that.”
National/International recognition
Professional Association Awards
The Architectural League 2018 Emerging Voices Series
- Ersela Kripa, Architecture
- Stephen Mueller, Architecture
2018 Helen & Howard Marraro Prize in Italian History from the American Historical Association
- John Howe, History
Climate One: Stephen H. Schneider Award
- Katharine Hayhoe, Political Science
S. Arch 2018 Best Completed Project Award – Residential Building
- Ophelia Mantz, Architecture
- Rafael Beneytez-Duran, Architecture
T2018 Distinguished Service Award, United States Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE)
- Nancy McIntyre, Biological Sciences
Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society Merit Award
- Ravi Joshi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Fellow and 2017 Stephen J. Klaine Environmental Education Award
- Ron Kendall, Environmental Toxicology
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai Professor WB Achwal Endowed Oration Award
- Seshadri Ramkumar. Environmental Toxicology
Appointments, Fellowships, and Other Honors
Fulbright Specialist Award
- Anita McChesney, Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures
- Costican Bradatan, Honors College
- David Weindorf, Plant and Soil Sciences
Baruch S. Blumberg Chair in Astrobiology, Library of Congress
- Bruce Clarke, English
National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Program Award
- Costican Bradatan, Honors College
International Affairs Fellowship with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
- David Lection, Political Science
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Food Safety
- Mindy Brashears, Animal & Food Sciences
Texas State Historian
- Monte Monroe, University Libraries/Southwest Collection
Fellowship with the Textile Institute in the United Kingdom
- Seshadri Ramkumar, Environmental Toxicology
Memorial Lecturer Award
- Steve Presley, Environmental Toxicology
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)
- Tanja Karp, Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend
- Zachary Brittsan, History
Fellows
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow
- Andreas Neuber, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Donald Lie, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin Faculty Fellow
- Asheley Landrum, College of Media & Communication/Advertising
Optical Society of America Fellow
- Hongxing Jiang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jingyu Lin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fellow of The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
- Jingyu Lin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Fellow
- Ron Kendall, Environmental Toxicology
Texas Tech Targeted External Faculty Awards
Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award
- Antonio Ladeira, Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures
- John Gilliam, Personal Financial Planning
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Jeremy Marston, Chemical Engineering
- Rui He, Mechanical Engineering
- Zhe Wang, Human Development and Family Studies
Issued Patents
Small molecule analogs of E40RF1 to control weight gain related to diabetes
- Nikhil Dhurandhar, Nutritional Sciences
Liquid oil production from shale gas condensate reservoirs
- James Sheng, Petroleum Engineering
Method to introduce Salmonella into ground meat
- Guy Loneragen with Katelyn Malin, Animal & Food Sciences
Portable apparatus for soil chemical characterization
- David Weindorf, Plant and Soil Sciences
