As an organization committed to inspiring excellence in technical education, ABET admires and applauds remarkable achievements. Each year, ABET honors exceptional efforts by individuals, institutions and organizations through five awards: the Linton E. Grinter Distinguished Service Award, the ABET Fellow Award, the ABET and The Lemelson Foundation Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Innovation in Sustainability Award, the Claire L. Felbinger Award for Diversity and Inclusion and the ABET Innovation Award.
“Held at a new venue, the event was especially exciting as we debuted the ABET and Lemelson Foundation Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Innovation in Sustainability Award as part of the special awards program,” said 2023-2024 ABET Awards Chair S. K. Ramesh, Ph.D. “ABET’s mission shone brightly through the evening as we heard about our distinguished award winners.”
Congratulations to the 2024 ABET Awards winners:
Linton E. Grinter Distinguished Service Award
Karan Lea Watson
For transformational leadership in guiding ABET through significant organizational restructuring that resulted in more agile and strategic governance. Dr. Watson’s wisdom, ability to forge consensus, and contributions in multiple ABET roles significantly enhanced and elevated public confidence in engineering education and ABET accreditation.
ABET Fellow Awards
Lizette Chevalier
For dedicated leadership in support of excellence in engineering education, and contributions to the collaborative efforts across all commissions to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles in the harmonized criteria.
David “Hoot” Gibson
For sustained leadership and service in building ABET bridges to community colleges in computing and engineering cybersecurity disciplines and their accreditation.
Larraine A. Kapka, P.E.
For exceptional leadership, dedicated service, exemplary contributions to enhancing the quality of training for program evaluators, and unwavering commitment to improving accreditation processes.
Philip A. Schenewerk
For sustained service and cross commission leadership in developing criteria, training, and materials in the area of safety.
Carol Schulte
For exceptional contributions to improving technical education quality through customer-focused strategies, cultivating an inclusive and diverse environment in accreditation processes.
ABET and The Lemelson Foundation Engineering for One Planet (EOP) Innovation in Sustainability Award
Jennifer Watt
For implementing innovative strategies to advance sustainability education across campus and the broader education community and motivating transformation in engineering disciplines and beyond.
ABET Innovation Award
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Engineering Design Program
For creating an ABET accredited program integrating humanities and technical topics in a hands-on, human-centered, multi-disciplinary approach to design, fostering student passion about design and its potential to improve society.
Claire L. Felbinger Award for Diversity and Inclusion
Yannis C. Yortsos
For pioneering initiatives that champion diversity, inclusion, and access by reimagining who we are, what we do, and what we look like to engineer a better world for humanity.
“Through their inspiring work to create a better, safer and more sustainable world, our award recipients are making a profound difference in our lives,” Ramesh continued. “As we look ahead to next year’s Awards nominations, I am especially grateful to my colleagues on the ABET Awards committee and subcommittee members for your diligence, time and efforts.”
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