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Class of 2025 Honorees

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Distinguished mechanical engineer

Shatel Bhatka

B.S.M.E., University of Texas at Austin, 1999
M.S. Space Architecture, University of Houston, 2007
distinguished mechanical engineer

Bunker Hill

B.S. PHY, Texas A&M University, 1991
M.S.M.E., University of Texas at Austin, 1993
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1997
Hall of fame

Larry Keast

B.S.M.E., University of Texas at Austin, 1967 
distinguished mechanical engineer

Marc Polanka

B.S.M.E., University of Dayton, 1992
M.S.M.E., Stanford University, 1993
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1999
outstanding young mechanical engineer

Vivek Sakhrani

B.S.M.E., The University of Texas at Austin, 2008
M.S. Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015
distinguished mechanical engineer

H. Davis Thames

B.S.M.E., University of Texas at Austin, 1989
M.S.M.E., Texas A&M University, 1991
M.B.A., University of California Los Angeles, 1999
distinguished mechanical engineer

Tim Van Pham

B.S.M.E., University of Texas at Austin, 1994
past honorees

Class of 2024 Honorees

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Distinguished mechanical engineer

Fred Buckingham

B.S.M.E., The University of Texas at Austin, 1975
M.S.M.E., The University of Texas at Arlington, 1980
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Arlington, 1993
outstanding young mechanical engineer

Ashley Durand

B.S.M.E., The University of Texas at Austin, 2008
M.S.M.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012
Hall of fame

Gerardo Pinzon

B.S.M.E., The University of Texas at Austin, 1987
M.B.A., Texas A&M International University, 1995
M.S.E.E., Texas A&M University Kingsville, 2002
distinguished mechanical engineer

Stephen N. Smith

B.S.M.E., The University of Texas at Austin, 1990
distinguished mechanical engineer

Yuntian Zhu

B.S. Met., Hefei University of Technology, 1983
M.S.M.S.E., Oregon Graduate Inst. Sci. Tech., 1991
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1994
past honorees

Class of 2023 Honorees

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Distinguished mechanical engineer

Randy Charles

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1982
M.S., Education Administration, Tarleton State University, 2005
honorary mechanical engineer

Don DeWalch

B.B.A. Route to Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1957
distinguished mechanical engineer

Michael Linford

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005
outstanding young mechanical engineer

Daniel Nicholson

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007
honorary mechanical engineer

Carolyn Seepersad

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, 1996
B.A., Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Oxford University (UK), 1998
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004
mechanical engineering hall of fame

Michael Swenson

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1975

Class of 2022 Honorees

  • Columbia Mishra
  • Emily Boyd
  • Nannette Wright
  • James Mikulak
  • Atul Kohli
  • Jean Claude “JC” Jammal
  • William Oberkampf
  • Ronald Matthews
  • Atlee Cunningham, Jr.
  • David Bogard

Class of 2020 Honorees

  • Albert Swantner
  • Scott Arnold
  • Matthew Chasen
  • Amanda Dodd
  • Jill Engel-Cox
  • Steven Nichols
  • Matt Ralls
  • Gregory N. Smith
  • William Zartler
  • Robert Bass
  • Jack Howe
  • H. Lee Norris
  • Richard Neptune

Class of 2019 Honorees

  • Sumit Singh
  • Chase Canfield III
  • Binz DeWalch
  • Edgar Figueroa
  • Casey Fox
  • Terry Hendricks
  • Emily Nelson
  • William Schneider
  • Azita Sharif
  • Jack F. Browder, Jr.
  • Robert Viktorin
  • Arumugam Manthiram

Class of 2018 Honorees

  • Danielle Applestone
  • Terrence Alger
  • Richard Church, Jr.
  • Robert Grimes
  • Michael Hart
  • Laura Lewis
  • Steven Trujillo
  • Lisa Waters
  • Bryan Willson
  • David Frank
  • Benjamin Houston, Jr.
  • Michael Webber

Class of 2017 Honorees

  • Jacob Cordova
  • Alok Warey
  • Leslie Fallon
  • Gary Polansky
  • Glenn Gilkey
  • Michael Reese
  • Noboru Kikuchi
  • Ernest Linn Draper, Jr.
  • Kenneth Diller

Class of 2016 Honorees

  • Jason Dees
  • Clifton Roozeboom
  • Ronald Nixon
  • Cheryl Blanchard
  • Glenn Goss
  • Michael Khonsari
  • Michael McGarry
  • Milton Lee
  • Ronald Hughes
  • Edward Hyman
  • Gary Vliet
  • Jeann Falcon

Class of 2015 Honorees

  • Catherine (Cat) Tradd
  • Julio Guerrero
  • Carl Langner
  • Harovel Wheat
  • J. Parker Lamb

Class of 2014 Honorees

  • Jennifer Street
  • Mike Naeve
  • Thomas Keller Towns
  • Clifford Thomson
  • David Blackstock
  • Susan Rosenbaum

Class of 2013 Honorees

  • Sara Brand
  • Robert Ambrose
  • Greg DeKunder
  • Michael McShane
  • Denise Elston
  • Kenneth Ball
  • John Howell

Class of 2012 Honorees

  • Amy Yip
  • Christopher Pappas
  • Reynaldo Calderon
  • David E. Leigh
  • Don Foster
  • John B. Goodenough

Class of 2011 Honorees

  • Marcus Ashford
  • Joseph Beaman, Jr.
  • Daniel Crowley
  • Janet Ellzey
  • John MacGuire

Class of 2009 Honorees

  • Stacy Genovese
  • Lee Leffingwell
  • Arthur Ratzel, III
  • J. Mike Walker
  • Glenn Staats
  • Philip Schmidt

Class of 2008 Honorees

  • Suman Das
  • Karen Nyberg
  • Douglas Suttles
  • Richard Relyea
  • Eric Jones
  • Sam Zamrik
  • Walt Benson

Class of 2007 Honorees

  • David K. Leigh
  • Andrew Mawer
  • Susan Allen
  • Robert Olsen
  • Bear Poth
  • Byron Elliott Short, Jr.
  • Marcel Gres
  • Richard Walton

Class of 2006 Honorees

  • Gloria Driscoll
  • Kjell Knutsen
  • Royce Holland, Jr.
  • Marvin Odum, III
  • Warren Waggoner
  • Wesley Barnes
  • James Nugent
  • Nathaniel Shapiro
  • Shaunna Black

Class of 2005 Honorees

  • Catherine Foerster
  • John Gully
  • Nathaniel Sledge, Jr.
  • Enrique Barrera
  • Dale Klein

Class of 2004 Honorees

  • Jerri Paul
  • Ryan Thompson
  • Kim Ess
  • Bob Leibrock
  • Karen Thole
  • Mary Jo Knobelsdorf
  • Patrick Barry Niland
  • Ofodike (DK) Ezekoye