Alumni & Hall of Fame Awards

Alumni & Hall of Fame Awards

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Alumni Awards

Early Career Excellence Award

This award is for undergraduate or graduate alumni of the University of Nebraska’s Department of Biological Systems Engineering who have excelled and provided valuable leadership in their profession. Nominees should have up to 15 years of professional working experience, exclusive of graduate/professional school. Self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged.

There are four Early Career Excellence Awards:

-Early Career Excellence Award for Undergraduate Alumni with a Biological Systems Engineering Degree

-Early Career Excellence Award for Undergraduate Alumni with an Agricultural Systems Technology Degree (previously known as Mechanized System Management)

-Early Career Excellence Award for Undergraduate Alumni with an Agricultural Engineering Degree

-Early Career Excellence Award for Graduate Alumni from the Department of Biological Systems Engineering and all graduate degrees affiliated with BSE

Click here to nominate an alumni for the Early-Career Excellence Award and/ or to view the nomination criteria. Deadline for submission: July 1st, 2024

For questions about the early and mid-career awards, please contact Dr. Angie Pannier
 

Mid-Career Excellence Award

This award is for undergraduate or graduate alumni of the University of Nebraska’s Department of Biological Systems Engineering who have excelled and provided valuable leadership in their profession. Nominees should have between 15 and 25 years of professional working experience, exclusive of graduate/professional school. Self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged.

There are four Mid-Career Excellence Awards:

- Mid Career Excellence Award for Undergraduate Alumni with a Biological Systems Engineering Degree

- Mid Career Excellence Award for Undergraduate Alumni with an Agricultural Systems Technology Degree (previously known as Mechanized System Management)

- Mid Career Excellence Award for Undergraduate Alumni with an Agricultural Engineering Degree

- Mid Career Excellence Award for Graduate Alumni from the Department of Biological Systems Engineering and graduate degrees affiliated with BSE

Click here to nominate an alumni for the Mid-Career Excellence Award and/or to view the nomination criteria. Deadline for submission: July 1st, 2024

For questions about the early and mid-career awards, please contact Dr. Angie Pannier

 

Most Recent Alumni Award(s) Recipients

  1. Kurtis Charling

    2023 Early Career Excellence Award Recipient

  2. Kelly Brunkhorst

    2023 Mid-Career Excellence Award Recipient

  3. Dr. Pengfei Song

    2022 Early Career Excellence Award Recipient

  4. Brian Magnusson

    2022 Mid-Career Excellence Award Recipient

Hall of Fame Award

The Hall of Fame Award is awarded to graduates of the University of Nebraska’s Department of Biological Systems Engineering and its predecessor (The Agricultural Engineering Department), and to others who have provided valuable leadership and made long-lasting impacts in academic, business, industry, government, and service-related endeavors as well as to the goals and mission of the Biological Systems Engineering Department.

There are generally one or more Hall of Fame Awards given annually.

Click here to nominate a Hall of Fame Award candidate and/ or to view the nomination criteria.  Deadline for submission: July 1st, 2024

For questions about the Hall of Fame awards, please contact Dr.Mark Stone

 

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Most recent Hall of Fame Inductee (s)

  1. Dr. Kathryn (Kitt) Farrell-Poe

    2023 Hall of Fame Award Recipient

  2. Dr. Dennis Schulte

    2023 Hall of Fame Award Recipient

  3. Dr. Jack Nienaber

    2022 Hall of Fame Award Recipient