Earlier this week, faculty, staff, students, alumni, industry partners, and friends of FABE gathered to celebrate their achievements and another phenomenal academic year at the annual Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Student Scholarship and Awards Banquet.
The day began with seniors in agricultural systems management (ASM) and food, agricultural and biological engineering (FABE) presenting their Capstone Design posters. Seniors in ASM and FABE work on capstone projects all year beginning in the autumn. Projects are sponsored by industry partners from around the world seeking these student teams to help solve real problems.
Following the presentations, the FABE banquet began. This year, the keynote speaker was Dean Cathann A. Kress, who shared words of wisdom with the audience and joined in the celebration of a great year of accomplishments. Dr. Scott Shearer, Professor and Chair of FABE reflected on a number of achievements made by faculty, staff, and students throughout the year before beginning the awards portion of the evening.
In addition to annual awards, the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering awarded over $100,000 in financial aid to over 60 undergraduate students and incoming freshmen for the 2018-2019 academic year.
Continue reading for the full list of awards and scholarships presented at the 2018 FABE Student Award and Scholarship Banquet:
Faculty, Staff, and Industry Awards:
Presented by Dr. Scott Shearer
Distinguished Alumni Award
- Stanley W. Joehlin
Outstanding Service Award
- Kurt Keljo, Franklin SWCD
Industry Contributor Award
- The Lincoln Electric Co.
Outstanding Staff Teacher Award
- Michael J. Lichtensteiger
Graduate Student Awards:
Presented by Trey Colley
FABE Graduate Teaching Award
- Subbiah Nagappan
FABE Graduate Leadership and Service Award
- Jeffrey Kast
Graduate Research Award
- Asmita Khanal (MS Award)
- Ashish Manandhar (PhD Award)
Undergraduate Student Awards and Scholarships:
Presented by Jenna Lee, Justin Haerr, and Emanuel Barnes
George and Betty Merva Scholarship Endowment
- Paul Bowman
Sam Huber Undergraduate Teaching Award
- Brooke Robinson
- Kendra Harder
R.D. Barden Scholarship Award in Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Michael Schmenk
Richard T. and Iola Keller Brown Scholarship Fund
- Emily Russell
Ardith K. Nolte Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering Scholarship Fund
- Spencer Bauman
- Holden Edmonds
- Josh Hollinger
McCuen Award
- Christopher Baird
- Anousheh Lawrence
Central Ohio Associated General Contractors Scholarship
- Emanuel Barnes
Alice Lucile Russel Scholarship Fund
- Michael Schmenk
- Tristan White
Paul Rofkar Scholarship Endowment
- Josh Elledge
- Hayley Jenkins
- Tanner Matthews
- Gaoshoutong Si
- Clare Sollars
- Megan Williams
Alan Clay Bondurant Memorial Fund
- Nicholas Hixenbaugh
- Jenna Lee
- Jack Lynch
- Lukas Moreland
- Tristan White
Frank Irons Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Scholarship
- Morgan Dent
- David Keck
- Karen Morawski
- Anthony Wiley
Ross/Abbott Laboratories Undergraduate Minority Endowment Scholarship
- Matt Carlisle
Homer W. Joehlin Memorial Scholarship Fund in Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Bailey Cadena
- Marshall Downing
- Sydney Dull
- Joelle Hemmelgarn
- Donovan Kitchen
- Jeffery Smith
R.C. Miller Student Award Fund
- Matthew Klopfenstein
Cecil and Eloise Robinson Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Endowment Fund
- Carter Simons
Carl Kipp, Jr. Paygro Garick Scholarship Fund
- Brian Jacoby
David L. Kahler Power Equipment Award
- Austin Sigman
Ohio AgriBusiness Association’s Ag Systems Management Scholarship
- Christopher Shoup
The Fredrick Ives Chair's Scholarship Fund
- Jacob Lesch
Robert J. and Yvonne E. Gustafson Scholarship Fund
- Robert Kramer
- Noah Weyrick
Lamp Fund in Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Douglas Balbaugh
- Tanner Shinkle
- Natalie Stiwald
Consolidated Grain and Barge (CGB) Scholarship
- Justin Haerr
- Rex Tietje
Joseph D. Blickle Educational Development Fund
- Joseph Bielanski
- Derek Goodman
- Nathan Hazzard
- Samuel Riekert
- Joseph Smith
- Jonathan Clark
- Dylan Erks
- James Fulton
- Alexander Kutz
- Brendon Ring
- Abigail Stewart
- Natalie Stiwald
- Ryan Schatz
- Shana Weidner