Oregon Stater Awards

2024 Oregon Stater Awards

2024 Nominations are now open.

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The Oregon Stater Awards honor alumni and industry partners whose contributions exemplify Oregon State’s leadership over the past 150 years.

Oregon Stater Tribute Magazines

2023 Oregon Stater Awards

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2023 Oregon Stater Awards Ceremony. You can read more about our award recipients in the 2023 tribute magazine.

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2023 Award Recipients

Engineering Hall of Fame

Dennis Fritz
’67 M.S. Mechanical Engineering
’64 B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Academy of Distinguished Engineers

Modjtaba “Moji” Ghodoussi, PhD
’85 M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Pavan Kumar Hanumolu
’06 Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Carl “Brady” Haynes
’01 B.S. Nuclear Engineering
Jay D. McRae, PE, MBA
’83 B.S. Civil Engineering

Tsai-Chen Wang
’96 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
’92 M.S. Chemical Engineering

 

Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers

Elizabeth Crain, PE
’08 B.S. Chemical Engineering
Wesley Deason
’13 M.S. Nuclear Engineering
R. Brian Jackson
’12 Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering
’08 M.S. Nuclear Engineering

Sarah Jones
’09 B.S. Civil Engineering
Kevin Kemper
’11 M.S. Mechanical Engineering
’09 B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michael Levy
’19 B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Paige Molzahn
’16 M.S. Environmental Engineering
’14 B.S. Chemical Engineering
Alison Tanaka
’09 H.B.S. Civil Engineering
Anh B. Tong
’18 Ph.D. Industrial Engineering

David Zier
’09 Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering
’04 M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering
’02 B.S. Computer Engineering

On Nov. 17, the 24th Oregon Stater Awards celebrated the achievements of our alumni at the frontiers of engineering and their profound impact on our profession and our world.

Oregon Stater Awards Ceremony

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2022 Oregon Stater Award Recipients

Hall of Fame

Major General Julie A. Bentz, Ph.D., USA, Retired
’86 B.A. General Sciences (Radiological Health)
’86 B.S. General Sciences (Radiological Health)

Academy of Distinguished Engineers

Hubert A. Gasteiger
’89 M.S. Chemical Engineering

Brian Gray
’93 B.S. Civil Engineering

Jorge Grilo
’94 M.S. Electrical Engineering
’97 Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Daniel Jordheim
’87 B.S. Nuclear Engineering 
’91 M.S. Nuclear Engineering 

Melinda Sych 
’97 B.S. Chemical Engineering

Steve Vincent
’82 B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Council Of Outstanding Early Career Engineers

Alan Blood
’04 B.S. Computer Engineering
’05 B.S. Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Alex Brown

’10 M.S. Radiation Health Physics
’13 Ph.D. Radiochemistry

Jason Hower
’06 B.S. Chemical Engineering

Parth Nilesh Khimsaria 
’16 B.S. Manufacturing Engineering 
’16 B.S. Industrial Engineering

Monica Morales, PE, ENV SP
’12 B.S. Civil Engineering
’15 M.S. Civil Engineering 

Andrew Patterson
’02 B.S. Construction Engineering Management

Nadia Payet
’11 Ph.D. Computer Science

Jordan Reed
’12 B.S. Industrial Engineering

Mark W. Shaver 
’05 H.B.S. Nuclear Engineering

Samantha Wallace
’17 B.S. Bioengineering

The 23rd anniversary of the Oregon Stater Awards hosted by Oregon State University’s College of Engineering celebrated achievements at the frontiers of engineering and their profound impact on the profession and our world. The Oregon Stater Awards honor alumni and industry partners whose contributions exemplify Oregon State’s leadership over the past 150 years.

2021 Oregon Stater Award Recipients

Hall of Fame

Theodore G. Lewis
’66 B.S. Mathematics

Academy of Distinguished Engineers

Christopher Carpenter
’85 B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Jeanette Ourada
’87 B.S. Computer Science

Rachele Turnbull
’96 B.S. Construction Engineering Management

Pieter van Zee
’95 M.S. Computer Science

Kent Welter
’03 Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering
’01 M.S. Nuclear Engineering

Kenneth J. Williamson
’70 M.S. Environmental Engineering
’68 B.S. Civil Engineering

Council Of Outstanding Early Career Engineers

Jacob Benz
’08 M.S. Nuclear Engineering
’05 B.S. Nuclear Engineering

Christopher Burke
’00 B.S. Construction Engineering Management

Joshua Hille
’16 M.S. Industrial Engineering 
’14 B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Charles Keller
’07 B.S. Nuclear Engineering

Amy Ko
’02 H.B.S. Computer Science and Psychology

Katie Merrill
’15 B.S. Industrial Engineering and Finance

Tadesse Meskele
’13 Ph.D. Civil Engineering

Staci (Van Norman) Moulton
’09 B.S. Chemical Engineering

Gregory Newbloom
’09 B.S. Chemical Engineering

Robert Rose
’06 M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering
’02 B.S. Computer Science and Computer Engineering

Please join Oregon State University’s College of Engineering for the 21st anniversary of the Oregon Stater Awards to celebrate achievements at the frontiers of engineering and their profound impact on the profession and our world. The Oregon Stater Awards honor alumni and industry partners whose contributions exemplify Oregon State’s leadership over the past 150 years.

2019 Oregon Stater Award Recipients

Hall of Fame

Robert Yüksel Yildirim
'89 M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Academy of Distinguished Engineers

James Culbertson
’72 B.S. Business Administration

Yunteng Huang
’97 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering

Walter Pebley
’84 B.S. Agricultural Engineering

Ronald Sarazin
’76 B.S. Industrial Engineering

Daniel Wachs
’95 B.S & ’97 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, ’97 M.S. Nuclear Engineering

Council Of Outstanding Early Career Engineers

Kelly Aust
’10 B.S. Construction Engineering Management

Teresa S. Bailey
’02 B.S. Nuclear Engineering

Emily A. Caffrey
’10 B.S. Nuclear Engineering, ’12 M.S. & ’16 Ph.D. Radiation Health Physics

Jason M. Culp
’99 B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Farhad Farahbakhshian
’08 M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering

Debra Gale
’12 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering

Todd Gerlach
’00 B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Richard Przybyla
’08 H.B.S. Electrical Engineering

Jeffrey Rask
’02 B.S. Chemical Engineering

Tim Sissel
’97 B.S. Construction Engineering Management

Please join Oregon State University’s College of Engineering for the 20th anniversary of the Oregon Stater Awards to celebrate achievements at the frontiers of engineering and their profound impact on the profession and our world. The Oregon Stater Awards honor alumni and industry partners whose contributions exemplify Oregon State’s leadership over the past 150 years.

2018 Oregon Stater Award Recipients

Hall of Fame

Jim Piro
’74 B.S. Civil Engineering

Academy of Distinguished Engineers

Doug Adkisson
’76 B.S. Nuclear Engineering

Jeremy L. Corwin
’11 M.S. Radiation Health Physics

Terri S. Fiez
’90 Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering

Tom Gerding
’84 B.S. Construction Engineering Management

Sarady Tan
’88 B.S Chemical Engineering & General Science
’90 M.S. Chemical Engineering

Randall A. Worsech
’83 B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers

Joel Andersen
’04 B.S. Construction Engineering Management

Colette Gaona
’08 B.S. Chemical Engineering

Stephanie Y. Harsche
’00 B.S., ’02 M.S. Nuclear Engineering

Brad Heller
’09 B.S. Computer Science

Jill Lewis
’11 B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Eric MacKender
’00 B.S. Chemical Engineering

Con O’Connor
’99 B.S. Construction Engineering Management

Heidi Wolfe
’06 B.S. Mechanical Engineering