Faculty Awards
The Miami University College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) presents two annual awards to faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding excellence in teaching and research. These awards are the Arthur Olson Generational Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award and the Shreya and Amit Jain CEC Outstanding Researcher Award. Both awards are presented to the faculty at the Spring Alumni & Friends Conference each year. More information on these awards, our most recent honorees, and a list of previous recipients, can be found below.
Arthur Olson Generational Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award
Carter Hamilton, Ph.D.
Before coming to Miami, Carter Hamilton, Ph.D., worked for the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company as a Materials and Process Engineer on the C-130 and P-3 airframes, providing material solutions and metallurgical expertise to Design, Stress and Manufacturing Engineering. Following Lockheed Martin, he worked as the Quality Manager and Plant Metallurgist for Universal Alloy Corporation, coordinating all the activities of the Quality Assurance department and directing metallurgical investigations and alloy development research. Upon coming to Miami University in 2004, he sought to create a classroom environment that engages students through the use and study of actual industry examples, situations, concepts and problems. He has taught numerous courses during his tenure at Miami, ranging from first-year introductory courses to graduate level advanced courses. In addition, he developed and implemented study abroad opportunities at the AGH University Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland for undergraduate and graduate students. Outside of teaching, his research agenda includes a comprehensive program centered on the friction stir welding of dissimilar metals and the associated challenges posed to materials science, metallurgy and manufacturing.
The Arthur Olson Generational Teaching Excellence Award is named in honor of Arthur Andrew Olson, Sr. and Arthur Andrew Olson, Jr. by their namesake grandson/son: Arthur Andrew Olson III – a 1972 Systems Analysis graduate from Miami University’s College of Engineering and Computing.
All three individuals pursued a business career closely tied to the United States government’s recognition of the pivotal importance of technology in the prospering growth of the country’s economy and the welfare of its citizens; all three individuals were/are registered intellectual property attorneys.
The elder Olsons rose to prominence regionally and nationally as senior partners in the intellectual property firm which eventually bore both of their names during the course of the 20th century (from Olson, Mecklenburger, Von Holst, Pendleton & Neuman to Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson), and established themselves individually as professionals highly regarded for professionalism and excellence amongst their peers and clients. Through their work on behalf of individual inventors as well as highly regarded Fortune 500 corporations, these individuals established and protected the intellectual property rights of their clients while helping to shape the United States government’s intellectual property policies so critical to the advancement of technology and the standard of living of its citizens.
2024
Dave Hartup, Associate Teaching Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2023
Alan Ferrenberg, Associate Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering
2022
Andrew Paluch, Associate Professor of Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering
2021
James Chagdes, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
2020
Jessica Sparks, Professor of Chemical, Paper and Biomedical Engineering
2019
Jeong-Hoi Koo, Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
2018
DJ Rao, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering
2017
Kumar Singh, Professor of Mechancial and Manufacturing Engineering
2016
Dmitriy Garmatyuk, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2015
Mike Zmuda, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering
2014
Michael Bailey Van Kuren, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, and the C. Michael Amstrong Professor of Engineering and Interactive Media in AIMS
2013
Bo Brinkman, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering
2012
Andrew D. Sommers, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
2011
Lukasz Opyrchal, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering
2010
Douglas W. Coffin, Professor of Chemical and Paper Engineering
2009
Paula A. Harrison, Professor of Nursing
2007*
James C. Moller, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
2007*
Yu Tong (Jade) Morton, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2006
Elizabeth Howard, Professor of Computer and Information Technology
2005
Alton F. Sanders, Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Emeritus
2004
Anna Dollár, Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
* Two were awarded in 2007, none in 2008.
Shreya and Amit Jain CEC Outstanding Researcher Award
Muhammad P. Jahan, Ph.D.
Muhammad P. Jahan, Ph.D. is a tenured Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering department at Miami University. He was also the graduate program director of the Mechanical Engineering graduate program from Jan, 2020 to Jul, 2023.
Professor Jahan completed his Ph.D. from National University of Singapore in 2010. He worked as a Postdoc at University of Arkansas (2010 – 2012) and as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Western Kentucky University (2012 – 2016). Professor Jahan also worked at Makino Asia Pte Ltd as an R&D Engineer (2009 – 2010) before returning to academia.
His research interests are in the areas of Advanced, Additive, Subtractive, Hybrid, and Micro and Nano Manufacturing. Professor Jahan’s research has been supported by federal, state, and industry grants including NSF, NSF-KY EPSCoR, ODHE, NASA OSGC, LAM Research Corporation, M K Morse Company, and Bullen Ultrasonics. He has received a total of over $2.92M from internal and external grants as PI and co-PI and published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in refereed journals and conferences. He received four best paper awards including the ‘Outstanding Paper Award’ from Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME, USA) and “A.M. Strickland” prize from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE, UK). Dr. Jahan is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and active members of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)."
Amit and Shreya '78 Jain have endowed the Faculty Research Award to recognize their belief in and support of the role of active research on our academic endeavors. Amit served as Chair of the Department of Systems Analysis from 1977-1979. After leaving Miami Amit had a distinguished career in consulting and various tech/IT start ups. Shreya earned her MBA from Miami in 1979.
2024
Mark Scott, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2023
J. Andrew Jones, Associate Professor of Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering
2022
Philippe Giabbanelli, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering
2021
Justin Ye, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
2020
Jason Berberich, Associate Professor of Chemical, Paper and Biomedical Engineering
Andrew Sommers, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
2019
Gokhan Sahin, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2018
Lei Kerr, Spooner Schallek Professor of Chemical, Paper and Biomedical Engineering
2017
Kumar Singh, Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
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