Spring 2026 CEMS Awards Highlights
A few of this semester's award winners, from left to right: Chris Bartel, Benjamin Magruder, and Andre Mkhoyan
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (06/04/2026) — CEMS faculty, students, and alumni earned several notable awards and recognitions during the Spring 2026 semester, reflecting achievements in research, teaching, service, leadership, and innovation. We are pleased to recognize the following honors:
Faculty Awards
- Chris Bartel: 2026 McKnight Land-Grant Professor
- Michelle Calabrese: DOE Early Career Research Program Award
- Prodromos Daoutidis: IChemE Sargent Medal
- Paul Dauenhauer: 2026 Faculty Innovator of the Year
- Chris Ellison: 2025 ACS POLY Fellow
- Dan Frisbie: Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education
- Timothy Lodge: 2026 ACS Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award
- Andre Mkhoyan: Distinguished McKnight University Professor
- Matthew Neurock: Red Cedar Circle Distinguished Alumni Award
Alumni Awards
- Benjamin Magruder: 2026 Schmidt Science Fellow
- Stacey Yuxin Ma and Weichang Zhou: Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Student Awards
- Courtney Archibald: President’s Student Leadership & Service Award
- CEMS Bladesmithing Team: First Place, 2026 TMS Bladesmithing Competition
- Shinnosuke Kamohara: ECS Travel Grant
- Hyunsol Son: APS DMP Ovshinsky Travel Award
- Joint Safety Team: HSRM Safety Champion Award
- Shivasheesh Varshney and Sooho Choo: APS Ovshinsky Travel Award
Congratulations to all of our faculty, students, and alumni on these well-earned recognitions.
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