Originally published on May 6, 2019 via the College of Engineering.

Congratulations to all of the 2019 College of Engineering graduates!

This year’s convocation at the Jon M. Huntsman Center was a special time that recognized the hard work of all of our graduating Ph.D, master’s and undergraduate students. Also during the ceremony on May 3, COE Dean Richard B. Brown honored a number of people for their outstanding work. See below for a list of the award recipients. Also click below for a photo gallery of the 2019 convocation, and click here to see a video of the entire convocation.

University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award
Cynthia M. Furse, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Utah Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award
Feng Liu, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Distinguished Professor of Computing at the University of Utah
Charles D. Hansen, Professor, School of Computing

ASEE Lifetime Achievement Award in Engineering Education
K. Larry DeVries, Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering

IEEE Computer Society Computer Science and Engineering Undergraduate Teaching
Robert R. Kessler, Professor, School of Computing, Entertainment Arts and Engineering

College of Engineering Outstanding Service Award
Gretchen W. McClain, Principal, GW McClain Advisory Services

College of Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Award
Kun Tian, Materials Science and Engineering

College of Engineering Graduating Student Leadership Award and Student Address
Steven M. Stafsholt, Chemical Engineering