End of Year Awards

Shea Winton

2014 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation

The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences held its 2014 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation on April 27 to recognize student achievement, faculty mentoring, faculty commitments to service, and excellence in research and teaching.

George H. Deike, Jr.
Research Grant

Luis Ayala, associate professor and associate department head for graduate education, John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, received the George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant for An Integrated Experimental and Analytical Approach to Production Performance Analysis of Liquid Rich Shale Reservoirs.

E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller
Faculty Fellow

Randy Vander Wal, professor, John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, received the E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Faculty Fellow award.

Wilson Award
for Excellence in Research

Jeffrey R. S. Brownson, associate professor, John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, received the Wilson Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Paul F. Robertson Award
for the Breakthrough of the Year

Chris Marone, professor of geosciences and associate head of graduate programs and research, Department of Geosciences, and Demian Saffer, professor of geosciences, received the Paul F. Robertson Award for Breakthrough of the Year.

2014 Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering student awards

The John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering had its 2014 Awards Banquet on April 25. This banquet recognizes 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.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants
Amrita Mukherjee, Ph.D. Student
Ronald T. Wincek, Ph.D. Student

PNGE Merit Awards
Saeid Khorsandi Kouhanestani, Ph.D. Student
Victor A. Torrealba, B.S. Student

Frank and Lucy Rusinko Graduate Fellowship
Joseph P. Abrahamson, Ph.D. Student

Robert and Leslie Griffin Award
Joseph P. Abrahamson, Ph.D. Student

Charles B. Darrow Awards
Chethan K. Gaddam, Ph.D. Student
Aditi B. Khadilkar, Ph.D. Student
Wenjia Wang, Ph.D. Student

Issue Number

Magazine Issue

Energy Innovation - Summer 2014

Energy Institute

2014 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation

George H. Deike, Jr.Research Grant

E. Willard and Ruby S. MillerFaculty Fellow

Wilson Awardfor Excellence in Research

Paul F. Robertson Awardfor the Breakthrough of the Year

2014 Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering student awards

George H. Deike, Jr.
Research Grant

E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller
Faculty Fellow

Wilson Award
for Excellence in Research

Paul F. Robertson Award
for the Breakthrough of the Year