ESM Early Career Recognition Award

The ESM Early Career Recognition Award recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves at work (e.g., academia, industry, government, military) and in their community within the first 10 years after earning their latest Penn State engineering science and mechanics degree.

Nominations are sought from anyone who knows an ESM alumna or alumnus who has distinguished themselves in one or more of these areas.

To nominate an individual for the ECR Award, please complete the supporter form. Please ask the candidate to submit the candidate form. Please note that individuals may also nominate themselves.

Candidates are encouraged to submit letters of support from colleagues, supervisors, or other appropriate references. Up to two letters of support may be submitted. We encourage at least one support letter for work achievements and one support letter for community achievements. Inclusion of a curriculum vitae or résumé from the nominee with a limit of three pages, and an emphasis on the nominee’s most significant or recent accomplishments is required.

Nominations Deadline

Nominations are now open for the 2022/2023 awards. Please complete a supporter form and send to alumnirelations@esm.psu.edu.

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Recipients

2023/2024

Abdalla Nassar ('08 B.S. E Sci, '12g Ph.D. ESMCH)

Aniruddh Vashisth ('14 M.S, ESMCH, 18 Ph.D. ESMCH)

2020/2021

Muhammad Faryad (’12 Ph.D. ESMCH)

2019/2020 (Fall and Spring)

Corey Cochrane (’04 B.S. EE, ’07 M.S. EE, ’14 Ph.D. E MCH)

Joshua Park (’14 B.S. E SC, ’15 M.S. ESMCH)

Jacqueline Van Pelt (’09 B.S. E SC)

2019

Spring: Jonathan Pitt (’05 M.S. E MCH, ’09 Ph.D. ESMCH)

2018

Fall: Guneet Sethi (’04 M.S. E MCH, ’08 Ph.D. ESMCH)

Spring: Abby Dodson (’12 E SC)

2017

Amber Black (’14 Ph.D. ESMCH)

2016

Benjamin Ross (’06 E SC, ’07 M.S. ESMCH)

2015

Fall: Shawn Keebaugh (’03 E SC, ’08 Ph.D. ESMCH)

Spring: Mukul Dixit (’07 E SC, ’08 M.S. ESMCH, ’12 M.Eng. SYSEN)

2014

Joseph Geddes (’01 E SC, ’01 M.S. ESMCH, ’06 Ph.D. ESMCH)

2013

Fall: Fei Wang (’05 Ph.D. ESMCH)

Spring: Brian Piccione (’05 E SC)