Calls for 2024 Awards

The following awards are now open for nominations. All nominations are due March 22, 2024 to the college's Academic Personnel team at coeadap@ucdavis.edu.

Faculty Awards

• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
• Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
• Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Research Award
• Outstanding Senior Research Award

Graduate Student Awards

• Jeffery C. Gibeling Master's Thesis Excellence Award
• Zuhair A. Munir Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation

Awards Committee Charge

• There shall be a Committee for Awards composed of one representative from each department and division of the College of Engineering. The Associate Dean for Academic Personnel and Planning shall serve as an ex officio member of this Committee.  The Committee shall meet at least once each quarter.
• The Committee shall seek to identify award opportunities for engineering faculty and coordinate interdepartmental or college-wide responses.
• The Committee shall send out a call to each department and division in the college for nominations to receive an Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, Outstanding Senior and Mid-Career Research Awards, and the Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award. The Committee will review all nominations for these awards and make recommendations to the Dean.
• The Committee shall send out a call to each department and division in the college for nominations to receive the Zuhair A. Munir Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation and Jeffery C. Gibeling Master's Thesis Excellence Award. Committee members will review all nominations and make the final selection.
• Committee members shall consult with their home department to propose names of potential speakers for the Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series. The Awards Committee will review the list of suggested speakers at its fall meeting prior to being forwarded to the Dean.

Awards Committee Members