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Awards

Many awards are offered annually to recognize the outstanding work our faculty are doing both in teaching and research.

Grant Willson receives the National Medal of Technology from former President George W. Bush

C. Grant Willson, professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from former President George W. Bush. 

National Awards
  • National Medals of Science and Technology
  • National Academy of Engineering
  • David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellows for Science and Engineering
  • National Science Foundation Awards
University-wide Teaching Awards
  • Academy of Distinguished Teachers
  • William David Blunk Professorship
  • Dad's Association Teaching Fellowship
  • Joe and Bettie Branson Ward Award
  • Minnie Stevens Piper Professorship
  • Regents' Outstanding Teaching Awards
  • Texas Exes Teaching Awards
School-wide Awards
  • Joe J. King Professional Engineering Achievement Award
  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Award
  • Award for Outstanding Engineering Teaching by an Assistant Professor
  • Billy & Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Centennial Engineering Research Award

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