Honorees Annually – 2005 through 2010

Beginning with the first award in April 2005, the McDonald Mentoring Award program is designed to celebrate annually those who have enduringly engaged minds, elevated spirits, and stimulated best efforts. It also aspires to help spread the virtues of excellent mentoring and advising in the engineering and applied sciences community.

The program recognizes diverse professionals in engineering and the applied sciences who, as exemplary mentors and advisors, have significantly and consistently supported the personal and professional development of others.

Aside from simply learning more about each of these outstanding individuals, there are many reasons to contact our honorees. You may wish to add your own congratulations! You may want to renew a former acquaintance. Or, you may want to learn more and become a better mentor or advisor yourself.

A sincere effort is made to keep this information, including contacts, up to date. However, the individual's or institutions' own web sites and directory listings should also prove helpful.

Affiliations and titles are listed as at the time of each award.

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2008 – 4th Year of Awards:

Samuel M. Allen, Ph.D.

POSCO Professor of Physical Metallurgy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE), School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Website: http://dmse.mit.edu/faculty/faculty/smallen

William P. Ball, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, Maryland.

Website: http://engineering.jhu.edu/~dogee/g/?id=101

Michael P. Brenner, Ph.D.

Glover Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Website: www.seas.harvard.edu/ourfaculty/profile/Michael_Brenner

Steven M. Cramer, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin; Madison, Wisconsin.

Website: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cee/faculty/cramer_steven.html

Joseph A. Izatt, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; Durham, North Carolina.

Website: http://fds.duke.edu/db/pratt/BME/faculty/joseph.izatt

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2007 – 3rd Year of Awards:

Amedeo R. Odoni, Ph.D.

T. Wilson Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Website: http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/people/odoni.html

Thomas C. Sheahan, Sc.D., P.E.

Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University; Boston, Massachusetts.

Website: http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~tsheahan/index.htm

Lester K. Su, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, Maryland.

Website: http://engineering.jhu.edu/~me2/listing3.html?select=fl&id=232&item=g

George A. Truskey, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; Durham, North Carolina.

Website: http://www.bme.duke.edu/faculty/truskey/index.php

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2006 – 2nd Year of Awards:

Robert E. Cohen, Ph.D.

St. Laurent Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Website: http://web.mit.edu/cheme/people/faculty/cohen.html

Gabor Fichtinger, Ph.D.

Director of Engineering, Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technologies, Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, Maryland.

Website: http://www.cisst.org/~gabor/

Linda P. Franzoni, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Associate Dean for Student Programs, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; Durham, North Carolina.

Website: http://www.mems.duke.edu/faculty/franzoni/index.php

Carter J. Kerk, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Rapid City, South Dakota.

Website: http://www.hpcnet.org/sdsmt/directory/personnel/ckerk

David Schaad, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; Durham, North Carolina.

Website: http://www.cee.duke.edu/faculty/schaad/index.php

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2005 – 1st Year of Awards:

Michael R. Gustafson II, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; Durham, North Carolina.

Website: http://www.ece.duke.edu/fds/pratt/ECE/faculty/mrg

Todd C. Hufnagel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, Maryland.

Website: http://www.jhu.edu/~matsci/people/faculty/hufnagel/hufnagel.html

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PAGE IMAGES:

Top Row: (L) Award program medallion, obverse. (C) First Johns Hopkins honoree, Dr. Todd Hufnafel, with Marion McDonald and School of Engineering Associate Dean Andrew Douglas in May 2005. (R) The family of Dr. Carter Kerk, admiring the first Tau Beta Pi award, conferred in October 2006.

Sidebar: All awardees pictured, in order of list, "Honorees Annually – 2005 through 2009" of this page.

This Web site and all images it contains are being used for limited and noncommercial purposes, principally teaching and personal mentorship. McDonald Mentoring Award medallion art © 2005 Capers W. McDonald.

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