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2024 FABE Student Scholarship and Awards Banquet

April 19, 2024
2024 FABE Banquet

On Wednesday, April 17th, 2024, the Ohio State Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) held its annual Student Scholarship and Awards Banquet. The banquet, held at the Nationwide 4-H Center on campus, honors faculty, staff, students and alumni for contributing to the department's advancement in 2024. 

The keynote speaker was Jenna Elleman, a Regional Integrated Solutions Manager for Ag-Pro Companies and a department graduate in 2019. She shared her top 10 tips for students to succeed after their graduation. After that, department chair Dr. Scott Shearer gave his unit updates for the academic year, and then the awards ceremony commenced. This year, there were several incredible award and scholarship recipients: 

IPAG DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD

Dr. Dennis Stombaugh

IPAG OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD

Paul Chester and Rick Galehouse

IPAG INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTOR AWARD

Chad Gariety, Milwaukee Tool

IPAG OUTSTANDING STAFF TEACHER AWARD

Dr. Patrick Sours

GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD

Joey Smith

FABE GRADUATE LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE AWARD

Anmol Kaur Gill

graduate research award

Master's: Anmol Kaur Gill and Ph.D.: Shyam Singh

HENRY J. BARRE AWARD FOR GRADUATE STUDY IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Nate P. King-Smith

THE REVEREND PAVLOS T. TAIGANIDES-DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR/ROBERT E. STEWARD MEMORIAL AWARD

Jaden Tatum

IAC Construction Systems Management Student Leadership Award

Winston Milton

FABE OUTSTANDING SENIORS

Ethan Kaper, Garrett Thomas, Brady Kolb, and Elly Motter

CFAES DISTINGUISHED SENIORs

Ashley Bergman, Kyle Northup, Timothy Sullivan, Zachary Johnson

Several student scholarships were also given out, and although FAFSA delays have delayed the completion of scholarship gifts, the department awarded $122,900 to 70 students at Wednesday's banquet. 

Finally, the FABE and ASM Senior Capstone and Design awards were given out. 

ASM OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATOR AWARD

Dairy Automation in Ohio Feasibility: Kyle Northup, Garrett Thomas

ASM OUTSTANDING INNOVATOR AWARD

FSR Double Boom Sprayer: Timothy Sullivan, Ben Bostelman, Payton Niekamp

FABE OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATOR AWARD

Forge Biologics: Aayush Patel, Charlie Martin, Jasmine Karmilowicz

FABE OUTSTANDING INNOVATOR AWARD

AgrAbility: Alex Pariso, Bobby Bench, Ashley Bergman, Valentino Carriero

Thank you to all who came to the 2024 FABE Student Scholarship and Awards Banquet, and congratulations to all of the winners!