The Billy & Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Centennial Engineering Research Award is supported through an endowment funded by Claude R. Hocott, Ch.E. (B.S. 1933, M.S. 1934, Ph.D. 1937). Hocott's education in engineering, years of practice as an engineer, leadership in industrial research, and active participation and interest in teaching gave him an increasingly deep respect for quality research. This respect, along with his love for his alma mater, prompted him to establish this award.
The objective of the award is to recognize faculty members who have made significant contributions in advancing the profession of engineering through documented research conducted while affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin. It is important that the recipient's work brought significant credit to the engineering profession and is determined exemplary by the recipient's peers.
Recipients
2023-24
Benny Freedman, Chemical Engineering
2022-23
S.V. Sreenivasan, Mechanical Engineering
2021-22
David Allen, Chemical Engineering
2020-21
Stelios Kyriakides, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
2019-20
Mary Wheeler, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
2018-19
George Georgiou, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
2017-18
Joseph Beaman, Mechanical Engineering
2016-17
C. Grant Willson, Chemical Engineering
2015-16
Arumugam Manthiram, Mechanical Engineering
2014-15
Thomas Hughes, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
2013-14
Chandra Bhat, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
2012-13
Nicholas Peppas, Biomedical Engineering
2011-12
Jacob Abraham, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2010-11
Mukul Sharma, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
2009-10
Alan Bovik, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2008-09
Sanjay Banerjee, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2007-08
Gary Pope, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
2006-07
Adam Heller, Chemical Engineering
2005-06
John Howell, Mechanical Engineering
2004-05
Ashley Welch, Biomedical Engineering
2003-04
John Goodenough, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2002-03
David Fowler, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
2001-02
Richard Tucker, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
2000-01
Larry Lake, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
1999-2000
James Brock, Chemical Engineering
Clyde Lee, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1998-99
Kenneth Stokoe, II, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1997-98
Edward Powers, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1996-97
Al Tasch Jr., Electrical and Computer Engineering
1995-96
James Jirsa, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1994-95
Donald Paul, Chemical Engineering
1993-94
Victor Szebehely, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
1992-93
Raymond Loehr, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1991-92
Byron Tapley, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
1990-91
John Breen, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1989-90
Tatsuo Itoh, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1988-89
J. Tinsley Oden, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
1987-88
J. K. Aggarwal, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1986-87
Jason Speyer, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
1983-84
Robert Schecter, Mechanical Engineering
