Honors and awards

National teaching award for Kenealy

Doug Kenealy, assistant professor of animal science, has received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the USDA's Food and Agricultural Sciences division. The national award recognizes teaching quality, philosophy and methodology; service to students and the profession; and professional growth and development.

ISU entomologists are part of team that claims two national awards

Matthew O'Neal and Erin Hodgson, assistant professors of entomology, are members of a national soybean coalition that has received the 2009 National Excellence in Multistate Research Award from the American Public Land-Grant Universities, and the 2009 Integrated Pest Management Team Award from the Entomological Foundation.

eXtension Honors Iowa State University Extension Educator

Pat Swanson, Extension specialist in family financial management, was honored by eXtension as part of its first national awards for outstanding partners as well as individual and team achievement. Swanson was honored for her work with eXtension's Financial Security for All community of practice.

Midwest Award for Larock

Richard Larock, University and Distinguished Professor in chemistry, received the Midwest Award from the American Chemical Society's Midwest Regional. The award recognizes meritorious contributions to the advancement of pure or applied chemistry, chemical education and the profession of chemistry in the Midwest region.

van Leeuwen is Innovator of the Year

Hans van Leeuwen, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, has been named R&D Magazine's 2009 Innovator of the Year.

Reiman Gardens wins Green/Sustainable Tourism award

Reiman Gardens was awarded the Green/Sustainable tourism award from the Iowa Department of Economic Development's Tourism Office and the Iowa Travel Federation for its efforts in sustainability.

Architecture faculty honored by Iowa AIA

Calvin Lewis, chair and professor of architecture; and Kate Schwennsen, professor of architecture and associate dean for academic programs in the College of Design, were honored by the Iowa chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Lewis received the 2009 AIA Iowa Medal of Honor, which recognizes a member for distinguished service to the architecture profession. Schwennsen received the the 2009 AIA Iowa Educator Award, which recognizes contributions to architectural education in the state.

King Pavilion receives chapter award

The King Pavilion addition on the north side of the College of Design received an Excellence in Design Merit Award from the Iowa chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The award recognizes excellence in architecture and emphasizes its importance in the community. The addition was designed by RDG Planning and Design, Des Moines. Its "green" roof was designed by Conservation Design Forum, Elmhurst, Ill.

Golemo receives two awards

Michael Golemo, chair and professor of music, received the Outstanding Sponsor Award from Kappa Kappa Psi. Golemo also received the Dr. Johnnie Vinson Award from Tau Beta Sigma

Chemist honored by American Physical Society

Pat Thiel, was awarded the 2010 David Adler Lectureship Award by the American Physical Society. The award recognizes Thiel as an outstanding contributor to the field of materials physics through her contributions to surface structure and dynamics of complex metallic alloys.

'Iowans of Influence'

Iowa Farmer Today staff members and readers collaborated on composing a list of the 25 most influential people in Iowa agriculture over the past 25 years. Seven faculty from the College of Agriculture of Life Sciences were named Iowans of Influence:

• Alfred Blackmer, who died in 2006, an agronomy professor and developer of a late-spring nitrogen soil test that allowed farmers to better understand and refine fertilizer application.
• Lauren Christian, who died in 1998, an international leader in swine genetics and a professor of animal science for 33 years. Christian was the first director of the Iowa Pork Industry Center.
• Mike Duffy, longtime extension agricultural economist and director of the Beginning Farmer Center, instrumental in helping farmers refine their operations to become more efficient.
• Neil Harl, professor emeritus of agricultural economics, a leader in areas of estate planning and farm finance.
• Paul Lasley, longtime professor of sociology, instrumental in development of the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll.
• John Lawrence, extension livestock marketing economist since 1991 and director of the Iowa Beef Center since 1998, has worked to make producers understand cost of production and other tools to make their operations more efficient.
• Bob Wisner spent more than 40 years as an Extension grain marketing economist at ISU before retiring in 2007.

Award-winning policy paper

Three Iowa State University researchers -- Tristan Brown, a post-doctoral research associate for the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development; Dermot Hayes, professor of economics and the Pioneer Chair in Agribusiness; and Robert C. Brown, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and the Iowa Farm Bureau Director of the Bioeconomy Institute -- recently wrote an award-winning policy paper in the Farm Foundation's "30-Year Challenge Policy Competition." Their essay, "The Embedded Carbon Valuation System: A Policy Concept to Address Climate Change," shared first-place honors in the contest's climate change category. The competition called for innovative and promising public policy options to address agricultural and food system challenges outlined by the Farm Foundation.

"Best dissertation" honor for Sandoval

Gerardo Sandoval, assistant professor of community and regional planning, has received the 2009 Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for best dissertation in planning from the American Collegiate Schools of Planning. His dissertation, "The Catalytic Gaze: Co-evolutionary Adaption in an Emerging New Mesoamerican Neighborhood in Los Angeles," examines a redevelopment project in LA's MacArthur Park and how immigrants were able to use the top-down revitalization effort to their advantage.

Bulla named Educator of the Year

David Bulla, ISU journalism and mass communication, was named the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's Newspaper Division's Educator of the Year. The award honors professors who have demonstrated track record of achievement in preparing journalism students, advancing journalism education and promoting career development.

Chang wins IBM Faculty Award

Carl Chang, professor and chair of computer science at Iowa State University, has been awarded his third IBM Faculty Award. The IBM Faculty Awards is a competitive worldwide program intended to foster collaboration between researchers at leading universities worldwide and those in IBM research, development and services organizations, and to promote courseware and curriculum innovation to stimulate growth in disciplines and geographies that are strategic to IBM.

LAS awards

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences honored 34 faculty and staff members for their accomplishments Sept. 2 during the fall LAS Faculty/Staff Convocation. More.

American Phytopathological Society honors

Lois Tiffany, professor emeritus, was presented an Honorary Career from the American Phytopathological Society. The award was for her service and dedication in teaching graduate courses in mycology for more than 50 years at Iowa State. Forrest Nutter, plant pathology, was presented the Distinguished Service Award, the North Central Division's highest honor.

Thiel selected for distinguished service award

Pat Thiel, senior chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has been named the winner of the 2010 Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry. The award recognizes distinguished service in the advancement of surface chemistry. More.

Rose is certified engineer of the year

John Rose, a systems analyst in IT Services' systems and operations area, was named the 2009 Certified Engineer of the Year, North America, by Red Hat Inc., an international provider of open source computer software. He is one of five IT engineers worldwide to receive this honor. The certification recognizes "hard work, expertise, and innovation using Red Hat skills to solve technical problems and deliver value to their companies and institutions." More.

Jones receives Bailey award

Douglas Jones, associate professor of veterinary pathology, is the recipient of Iowa State's 2009 Bailey Research Career Development Award. He'll receive $150,000 over three years. Jones and his team propose to develop an immune-feedback vaccine delivery device to circumvent maternal antibody inhibition.

Ying receives Young Investigator Award

Lei Ying, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, was one of 15 researchers recently awarded the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Young Investigator Award. DTRA is part of the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Strategic Command. Ying will receive $100,000 a year for two years to support his research. More.

Gordon elected to society's first group of fellows

Mark Gordon, Frances M. Craig Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, was elected to the first class of fellows of the American Chemical Society. The society's board created the fellows program to "recognize members of the [society] for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession and the society." More.

Hagedorn elected ASHE president

Linda Serra Hagedorn, director of the Research Institute for Studies in Education (RISE) and professor in educational leadership and policy studies, has been elected president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, an association of higher education researchers. Her one-year term as president-elect begins in November.

Lonergan named AMSA Distinguished Research Award winner

Elisabeth Lonergan, professor of animal science, was awarded the Agricultural Media Summit 2009 Distinguished Research Award, which recognizes research contributions to the meat industry.

ABE faculty and students grab most awards

ISU agricultural and biosystems engineering faculty and students received the highest number of awards at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers' 2009 annual meeting. Winners include senior Gayle Bishop; faculty Matt Darr, Matthew Helmers, Robert Burns, Charles Schwab, Hongwei Xin, Ramesh Kanwar, Jim Baker and Jeff Lorimor; and PhD alum Betsy Pappas.

Kanwar named John Deere gold medal winner

Ramesh Kanwar, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, has been named the 2009 winner of the John Deere Gold Medal Award. The award is given for distinguished achievement in the application of science and art to the soil. He is being honored for outstanding contributions as a researcher, educator and developer of water management programs.

Rothschild receives distinguished service award

Max Rothschild, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Life Sciences and director of the Center for Integrated Animal Genomics, has been named the 2009 recipient of Distinguished Service Award by the American Agricultural Editors' Association.

Babcock named to board

Bruce Babcock, professor of economics and director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

Learning communities awards

The ISU Learning Communities Awards committee selected winners of four awards, recognizing extraordinary contributions by ISU faculty and staff. The recipients were: Gail Nonnecke (Corly Brooke Advocate Award), the Agricultural Business Learning Community (Outstanding Innovations Award), Tom Polito and Pat Walsh (Champion Award), and Jane Jacobson and Mack Shelley (Collaborator Award). More.

Phye named fellow

Gary Phye, a professor of educational psychology in curriculum and instruction, has been honored for his outstanding, substantial and sustained research by the American Educational Research Association. Phye also was inducted into the association's inaugural class of research fellows in April.

Political science's Cunninghams receive Fulbright Awards

Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham and David Cunningham, both assistant professors of political science, will leave for Norway in late June for a year of separate research projects. The Fulbright Awards complement postdoctoral fellowships that both Cunninghams received from the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway. More.

Bugeja recognized for media ethics research

Michael Bugeja, professor and director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, won the Clifford G. Christians Award for Research in Media Ethics for his 2008 Oxford University Press book, "Living Ethics Across Media Platforms." The award recognizes scholarship about important theoretical issues in the areas of ethics, mass communication theory, and the relationship between media, technology and culture.

Anex appointed to EPA board

Rob Anex, associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, received a one-year appointment on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's board of scientific counselors. He will provide expertise on such things as life-cycle analysis of biorenewable and biobased product systems, the conversion of biomass to energy and industrial ecology.

Gordon wins American Chemical Society award

Mark Gordon, Frances M. Craig Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, was selected by the American Chemical Society as the 2009 recipient of the Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research. More.

Chrusciel appointed to board of examiners

Don Chrusciel, business services director in Facilities Planning and Management, was appointed to the 2009 board of examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Chrusciel will evaluate applicants for the national award, which recognizes performance excellence in organizations.

Iowa Small Business Development Centers receives SBA award

The Iowa Small Business Development Centers received the District Director's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Recovery (Iowa) from the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA). It recognizes the organization's role in assisting hundreds of businesses during Iowa's recovery from last year's devastating floods and tornadoes.

Hogberg honored with distinguished service award

Maynard Hogberg, chair of the animal science department, received the National Pedigreed Livestock Council's distinguished service award. The award recognizes his strategic planning and visioning for the livestock industry, and partnerships with the livestock industry and breed associations.

White receives award for lipid research

Pamela White, dean of the College of Human Sciences, has been selected as the winner of the 2009 Stephen S. Chang Award for Lipid or Flavor Science for significant contributions to lipid or flavor science by the Institute of Food Technologists. The award honors an institute member.