Professor Connie Weaver speaks at the award ceremony

This program, established in 2003 by the provost and vice president for research, recognizes faculty members who attract large sponsored research grants in excess of $1 million to Purdue University. Each award recipient receives a bronze acorn engraved with his or her name and is honored at a luncheon organized by the Office of the Provost.

2008 Recipients

• Andrisani, Ourania M., Professor of Basic Medical Sciences
  
• Bajaj, Anil K., Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  
• Ballotti, Dean M., Assistant Dean of Students/Horizons Program
  
• Campanella, Osvaldo H., Professor of Agrigultural and Biological Engineering
  
• Carignano, Marcelo A., Manager of Computational Computing
  
• Cohen, Howard S., Chancellor, Purdue University Calumet
  
• Collins, William B., Clinical Associate Professor of Communication
  
• Delaurentis, Daniel A., Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  
• Ferruzzi, Mario, Assistant Professor of Food Science and Nutrition
  
• Grama, Ananth Y., Professor of Computer Science
  
• Hacker, Thomas J., Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Technology
  
• Hagovsky, Thomas C., Associate Professor of Aviation Technology
  
• Hamilton, Roy L., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Education Opportunities Program
  
• Heinz, Michael G., Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing
  
• Huber, Jessica H., Associate Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing
  
• Hudmon, Karen S., Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
  
• Kim, Chang H., Associate Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology
  
• MacDermid, Shelley, Associate Dean of Consumer and Family Sciences
  
• Meckl, Peter H., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  
• Mobley, Stacey, Assistant Professor of Foods and Nutrition
  
• Peeta, Srinivasm Professor of Civil Engineering
  
• Peroulis, Dimitrios, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Pourpoint, Timothee, Senior Research Scientist
  
• Ritchie, Kenneth P., Associate Professor of Physics
  
• Sadeghi, Farshid, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  
• Siegmund, Thomas H., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  
• Son, Steven F., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  
• Song, Xiaohui Carol, Senior Research Scientist
  
• Stach, Eric A., Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
  
• Sterkenburg, Ronald, Associate Professor of Aviation Technology
  
• Strickland, Elizabeth A., Associate Professor of Audiology and Speech Sciences
  
• Suitor, J. Jill, Professor of Sociology
  
• Sun, Chin-Teh, Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor of Aeronautical and Astrological Engineering
  
• Vemulapalli, Ramesh, Associate Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology
  
• Xu, Dongyan, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
  
• Yang, Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Physics
  
• Zhou, Daoguo, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
  
• Zillich, Alan J., Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice