End of Year Awards

2022 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation

The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ annual celebration of accomplishments was hosted virtually on April 24, 2022. The following EI students, affiliates, and researchers were honored.

Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grant
The Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grants are given to young faculty for the development of new courses or the improvement of current offerings; for travel to professional meetings special course and seminars; to broaden the studies of junior faculty members; and/or to recognize significant contributions of faculty in their first five years in research efforts.	Promotion and Tenure
Barbara Arnold, Professor of Practice in Mining Engineering “3-D Printing in Energy and Mineral Related Laboratory and Engineering Courses”	Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Associate Professor, Energy and Mineral Engineering
	John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow
Faculty Advising Award	This award is designed to assist faculty in continuing and furthering their contributions in teaching, research, and public service.
Jonathan Mathews, Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering	Chiara Lo Prete, Associate Professor of Energy Economics
George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant
The George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant promotes innovative research of high scholarly merit. The award recipient receives $50,000 from the George H. Deike, Jr. Research Endowment Fund and a recognition memento.	Postdoctoral Excellence in Research Award
Joel Landry, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Energy Economics “Assessing the Efficiency and Equity Impacts of the Electric Vehicle Transition Under Alternative Policy Pathways”	Sara Andreoli, EMS Energy Institute

2022 Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award

Luis Ayala, William A. Fustos Family Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, was the recipient of the 2022 Howard B. Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award. The award honors and recognizes outstanding achievement by a faculty member with at least five years of service who effectively guides junior faculty. Howard Palmer was the senior associate dean of The Graduate School from 1984 to 1991.

2020-21 Institutes of Energy and the Environment Seed Grants

The following EME Energy Institute researchers were 2020-21 Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) seed grant recipients in the Integrated Energy Systems category:

Integrated Energy Systems

Randy Vander Wal, professor of energy and mineral engineering, for
the project “Lignin Derived Graphite for Renewable Energy Storage
and Transportation Electrification.”

Andrew Kleit, Hannah Wiseman, professor of law and Wilson Faculty Fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Andrew Kleit, professor of energy and environmental economics, for the project “Expanding the Policy Foundation for Electricity Prosumers: Lessons from New York and California.”

2021 Department of Energy and
Mineral Engineering student awards

The 2021 John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering awards banquet recognized students and faculty in the department. The banquet is held in conjunction with the G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture. EMS Energy Institute students who received awards are listed below.

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants

Nathan Gendrue, Ph.D. student	Jiayi Yu, Ph.D. student	Yiming Zhang, Ph.D. student
Charles B. Darrow Awards		Graduate Merit Award in Mining and Mineral Process Engineering
Shubhadeep Banik, Ph.D. student	Sandra Ike, Ph.D. student	Mark Hovingh, Graduate student