End of Year Awards

2022 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation

The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ annual celebration of accomplishments was hosted virtually on April 24, 2022. The following EI students, affiliates, and researchers were honored.

Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grant

The Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grants are given to young faculty for the development of new courses or the improvement of current offerings; for travel to professional meetings special course and seminars; to broaden the studies of junior faculty members; and/or to recognize significant contributions of faculty in their first five years in research efforts.

Barbara Arnold
Professor of Practice in Mining Engineering
“3-D Printing in Energy and Mineral Related Laboratory and Engineering Courses”

Promotion and Tenure

Hamid Emami-Meybodi
Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering

Faculty Advising Award

Jonathan Mathews
Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering

John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow

This award is designed to assist faculty in continuing and furthering their contributions in teaching, research, and public service.

Chiara Lo Prete
Associate Professor of Energy Economics

George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant

The George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant promotes innovative research of high scholarly merit. The award recipient receives $50,000 from the George H. Deike, Jr. Research Endowment Fund and a recognition memento.

Joel Landry
Assistant Professor of Environmental and Energy Economics
“Assessing the Efficiency and Equity Impacts of the Electric Vehicle Transition Under Alternative Policy Pathways”

Postdoctoral
Excellence in Research Award

Sara Andreoli
EMS Energy Institute

2022 Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award

Luis Ayala, William A. Fustos Family Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was the recipient of the 2022 Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award. The award honors and recognizes outstanding achievement by a faculty member with at least five years of service who effectively guides junior faculty. Howard Palmer was the senior associate dean of The Graduate School from 1984 to 1991.

2020-21 Institutes of Energy and the Environment
Seed Grants

The following EME Energy Institute researchers were 2020-21 Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) seed grant recipients in the Integrated Energy Systems category:

Randy Vander Wal, professor of energy and mineral engineering, for the project “Lignin Derived Graphite for Renewable Energy Storage and Transportation Electrification.”

Hannah Wiseman, professor of law and Wilson Faculty Fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Andrew Kleit, professor of energy and environmental economics, for the project “Expanding the Policy Foundation for Electricity Prosumers: Lessons from New York and California.”

2021 Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
student awards

The 2021 John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering awards banquet recognized students and faculty in the department. The banquet is held in conjunction with the G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture. EMS Energy Institute students who received awards are listed below.