The University of Georgia College of Engineering is pleased to announce the recipients of the faculty and staff awards for 2025. University-level awards were conferred during UGA Honors Week, March 30-April 4, 2025, and college-level honors will be awarded during the College of Engineering’s Celebration of Excellence on April 10, 2025.
University of Georgia Awards
UGA Creative Research Medal
The university established the Creative Research Medals in 1980 to recognize a distinct and exceptional research or creative project, performed by a mid-career faculty member, with extraordinary impact and significance to the field of study.
Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award
Creative Research awards recognize established investigators whose overall scholarly body of work has had a major impact on the field of study and has established the investigator’s international reputation as a leader in the field.
Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar Award
Established by the UGA Research Foundation, Early Career Scholar awards recognize junior faculty whose research, creative and scholarly achievements indicate a trajectory toward an exceptional, sustained research career and an imminent rise to international stature in their field of study.
Regent’s Entrepreneur Award
The University System of Georgia Regents’ Entrepreneur designation recognizes faculty who have demonstrated success in translating research into a commercial setting.
UGA Research Communications Award
Established in 2023, this award recognizes outstanding personal effort during the preceding year in promoting impact and significance of research through activities such as interaction with external news media, social media, or other external outreach, with emphasis on effective collaboration with UGA communications professionals.
UGA Creative Teaching Award
The Creative Teaching Awards are presented annually on behalf of the Office of Instruction to faculty who have demonstrated exceptional creativity in using either an innovative technology or pedagogy that extends learning beyond the traditional classroom or for their creative course design or implementation of subject matter that improves student learning outcomes in their courses.
College of Engineering Awards
Faculty Fellow Award
The award of Faculty Fellow is presented to faculty members in the College of Engineering at the associate professor rank, recognizing excellence in scholarship across the mission areas of the College.
Beshoy Morkos
Brandon Rotavera
Gillespie Curriculum Enhancement Award
The Lowry Gillespie, Jr. Engineering Curriculum Enhancement Award recognizes faculty efforts in incorporating experiential learning in UGA engineering courses.
Award for Excellence in Instruction
The Award for Excellence in Instruction honors outstanding faculty in the College of Engineering who have demonstrated a distinguished commitment to high-quality instruction and creativity related to the engineering instructional program.
Award for Excellence in Research
The Award for Excellence in Research honors outstanding faculty in the College of Engineering who have shown exceptional creativity and achievement in any area of engineering research.
Staff Award for Excellence
The Staff Award for Excellence honors a staff member in the College of Engineering who has demonstrated a strong work ethic, commitment to service and exceptional job performance.
New Staff Award for Excellence
The New Staff Award for Excellence honors a staff member within their first two continuous years of employment with the College of Engineering who demonstrate a strong work ethic, commitment to service, and exceptional job performance.
Award for Excellence in Student Services
The Award for Excellence in Student Services is presented to an outstanding staff member with a primarily “student-facing” role.
