The University of Texas at Austin, the Cockrell School of Engineering, and the Engineering Foundation gratefully acknowledge receipt of funds from Mr. Joe J. King, ME 1925, to establish the Joe J. King Professional Engineering Achievement Award. Administration of funds is in accordance with the Regents' Rules and Regulations.
Mr. King's education in engineering, his years of practice as an engineer, and the rewards he received in his practice left him with an increasingly deep respect for the profession. This respect, along with his love for his alma mater, led him to establish the award.
The objective of the award is to recognize a faculty member who has made significant contributions in furthering the profession of engineering. In the words of Mr. King: "My feeling is that the recognition should encourage faculty members to demonstrate capabilities in broadly advancing the professional practice of engineering." Thus, of primary importance is that the work of the recipient has brought credit to the profession of engineering.
Recipients
2023-24
Chandra Bhat, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
2022-23
Lizy K. John, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2021-22
Kenneth Stokoe, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
2020-21
Oguzhan Bayrak, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
2019-20
Richard Crawford, Mechanical Engineering
2018-19
Robert Heath, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2017-18
Michael Engelhardt, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
2016-17
Randy Machemehl, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
2015-16
Stelios Kyriakides, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
2014-15
Alan Bovik, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2013-14
Benny Freeman, Chemical Engineering
2012-13
David Bourell, Mechanical Engineering
2011-12
Thomas Hughes, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
2010-11
Ted Rappaport, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2009-10
Stephen Nichols, Mechanical Engineering
2008-09
David Allen, Chemical Engineering
2007-08
Mary Wheeler, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
2006-07
John Ekerdt, Chemical Engineering
2005-06
Ronald Matthews, Mechanical Engineering
2004-05
Larry Lake, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
2003-04
Kenneth Diller, Biomedical Engineering
2002-03
Joseph Beaman, Mechanical Engineering
2001-02
James Jirsa, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
2000-01
David Fowler, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1999-2000
Hans Mark, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
1998-99
John Howell, Mechanical Engineering
1997-98
Byron Tapley, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
1996-97
C. Michael Walton, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1995-96
Dale Klein, Mechanical Engineering
1994-95
J. Tinsley Oden, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
1993-94
David Himmelblau, Chemical Engineering
1992-93
Raymond Loehr, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1991-92
Robert Schechter, Chemical Engineering
1990-91
Richard Tucker, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1989-90
Thomas Edgar, Chemical Engineering
1988-89
Joseph Malina, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1987-88
James Fair, Chemical Engineering
1986-87
John Breen, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1985-86
Edward Powers, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1984-85
J. Parker Lamb, Mechanical Engineering
1983-84
B. Frank MuCullough, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1982-83
Ernest Gloyna, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1981-82
Donald Paul, Chemical Engineering
1980-81
J. Neils Thompson, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1979-80
H. Grady Rylander Jr., Mechanical Engineering
1978-79
Herbert Woodson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1977-78
Lymon Reese, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
1976-77
John McKetta, Chemical Engineering
