Tau Beta Pi Awards

The Tau Beta Pi student engineering honor society also coordinates an annual awards program to honor outstanding CEPS students, staff, faculty, alumni, and working engineers and scientists.

Tau Beta Pi students on stage at spring awards ceremony

how to nominate for spring awards

All nomination packets must be received by Wednesday, February 25, 2026. Please submit e-mail nominations to the Chief, Tau Beta Pi Faculty Advisor at:  steveb@uwyo.edu

Jo Paintin receiving an Outstanding Staff Award from Cameron Wright at the banquet in 2025

The successful award recipient will be a faculty member selected by the members of the Tau Beta Pi Honor Society.

 

Outstanding Faculty Member Nomination Form

The successful award recipient will be identified by a Selection Committee including the award’s recent winners. Nomination packets must include the following:

 

  • Nomination letter
  • Data on current and former students and post-docs, including dates of admission and graduation, publications, presentations, awards, and other career data
  • Graduate teaching data, including evaluations for the last two years, course syllabi, advanced-level textbooks, etc.
  • External funding data, including examples of use to advance graduate education
  • Current Vitae
  • A small sample of self-selected published work is acceptable but not crucial
  • Other data pointing to effective graduate research and teaching

 

Please submit e-mail nominations to the Chief, Tau Beta Pi Faculty Advisor at:  steveb@uwyo.edu

For the College’s Outstanding Staff Awards, please provide a minimum of three letters of nomination detailing demonstrated excellence in service to the College.   The successful award recipients will be identified by a Selection Committee as described in the attachment.

 

  • Students may submit nominations for the TBP Outstanding Staff Award
  • Faculty, academic professional, research associates, and staff are encouraged  to submit nominations for the CEPS Outstanding Staff Award
  • Previous winners may be considered after a 5 year period since last receiving the award.

 

Outstanding Staff Award Nomination Form

These awards recognize outstanding alumni accomplihsments.

 

Outstanding Alumni Engineer Nomination Form

 

Outstanding Alumni Scientist Nomination Form

These awards recognize outstanding service to the State.

 

Wyoming Eminent Engineer Nomination Form

 

Wyoming Eminent Scientist Nomination Form

SAM HAKES OUTSTANDING GRADUATE RESEARCH AND TEACHING AWARD RECIPIENTS

  • 1984     Donald Adams  
  • 1985     Gabor Vali  
  • 1986     Robert Gunn  
  • 1987     Ken Chong  
  • 1988     Donald Boyer  
  • 1989     Henry Haynes  
  • 1990     Kynric Pell  
  • 1991     Howard Silver  
  • 1992     Victor Hasfurther
  • 1993     David Cooney  
  • 1994     Arthur Boresi  
  • 1995     James Fornstrom          
  • 1996     James Smith  
  • 1997     Thomas Parish 
  • 1998     Jay Puckett  
  • 1999     Pradeep Agarwal
  • 2000     Chan Yul Cha  
  • 2001     John McInroy  
  • 2002     Terry Deschler  
  • 2003     Robert Kelly  
  • 2004     Macia J. Radosz
  • 2005     John Pierre
  • 2006     Youqing Shen
  • 2007     Norman Morrow
  • 2008     Mark J. Balas
  • 2009     Suresh Muknahallipatna
  • 2010     Dimitri Mavriplis
  • 2011     Jonathan Naughton
  • 2012     Jefferson Snider
  • 2013     Bart Geerts
  • 2014     Maohong Fan
  • 2015     Zhien Wang
  • 2016     Mohammad Piri
  • 2017     Hertanto Adidharma
  • 2018     Xiaoeong Lui
  • 2019     (No award given)
  • 2020     Maohong Fan
  • 2021     Patrick Johnson
  • 2022     Kam Weng Ng
  • 2023     Chip Kobulnicky
  • 2024     Morteza Dejam

ALUMNUS EMINENT ENGINEER OR SCIENTIST AWARD RECIPIENTS

  • 1995     Anton (Tony) Radman, Jr.  
  • 1996     Dwight Senser  
  • 1997     Donald R. Lamb  
  • 1998     Thomas A. Lockhart  
  • 1999     Harold O. Kester  
  • 2000     Wayman Wing  
  • 2001     William Bellamy  
  • 2002     Constantine H. Houpis  
  • 2003     John W. Steadman      
  • 2004     James R. Goodman         

  • 2005     Jerry M. Calkins
  • 2006    Patrick Burns
  • 2007     Jeffrey Daniel Rowe
  • 2008     Terrence Dwan
  • 2009     John C. Bellamy II
  • 2010     Sally Steadman
  • 2011     David L. McPherson
  • 2012     Lynn Kirlin
  • 2013     Michael Petera
  • 2014     Harold McCaskey
  • 2015     David Whitman
  • 2016     William Dolling
  • 2017     Glen Larson
  • 2018     Carolyn Hardy Olsen
  • 2019     Joe Leimkuhler
  • 2020     Griffin Corpening
  • 2021     Bill Bellamy
  • 2022     Lee Larson
  • 2023     Eric Marsh
  • 2024     Gene Humphrey
  • 2025     Jason Vap

WYOMING EMINENT ENGINEER OR SCIENTIST AWARD RECIPIENTS

  • 1956     Earl Lloyd
  • 1957     Joseph Yant
  • 1958     Max Hangartner
  • 1959     Ross Stapp
  • 1960     Ray Brambly  
  • 1961     G. R. MacDougall
  • 1962     Joe Banner
  • 1963     Jack Woolrich
  • 1964     R. Jack Smith
  • 1965     Lloyd Taggart
  • 1966     Robert Sensintaffer
  • 1967     Homer Scott
  • 1968     Emerick Huber
  • 1969     John Smith
  • 1970     Howard Arnett
  • 1971     William Ainsley
  • 1972     Kent W. McDaniel
  • 1973     Hugh Binford
  • 1974     Robert Olsen
  • 1975     (no award given)
  • 1976     Russell Donley
  • 1977     Robert Schultz
  • 1978     Floyd Bishop
  • 1979     Wilford J. Westre 
  • 1980     Leno Menghini
  • 1981     George Christopulos
  • 1982     J. Kenneth Kennedy
  • 1983     Wayne Johnson
  • 1984     Walter Pilch
  • 1985     Joseph Bailey
  • 1986     Albert “Boots” Nelson
  • 1987     Forrest Kepler, Jr.
  • 1988     William Grenier
  • 1989     Charles Wilson
  • 1990     Frank Trelease
  • 1991     John Bellamy
  • 1992     Pete Jorgensen
  • 1993     Paul Rechard
  • 1994     Dan Glandt
  • 1995     Glenn B. Mullens
  • 1996     Sam D. Hakes
  • 1997     William A. Clevenger
  • 1998     Donald G. Diller
  • 1999     Gordon W. “Jeff” Fassett
  • 2000     Victor E. Anderson
  • 2001     Doyl M. Fritz
  • 2002     Donald J. Livingston
  • 2003     Michael K. Purcell 
  • 2004     Richard C. Moore
  • 2005     Gary Kloefkorn
  • 2006     Eugene M. Wilson
  • 2007     Henry “Terk” Therkildsen
  • 2008     Ray Jacquot
  • 2009     Dave Whitman
  • 2010     Charles Dolan
  • 2011     James Kladianos
  • 2012     Bruce Pivic
  • 2013     Ted Gertsch
  • 2014     Thomas Edgar
  • 2015     Jim Pearce
  • 2016     Pat Tyrrell
  • 2017     Joe Feeley
  • 2018     Jay Puckett
  • 2019     Jerry Calkins
  • 2020     Joe Lord
  • 2021     Stephen P. Hanlon
  • 2022     Mary Shafer-Malicki
  • 2023     Gene Humphrey
  • 2024     Vincent Garcia
  • 2025     Angie Schrader