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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 25, 2016
Media Contacts:
Walter Rich
Communications Manager
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Summary Sentence:
Coulter Department garners the most awards among departments
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Some BME Faculty and Staff Award Winners 2016 - Honors Luncheon
Rachel and Jeff
Wilbur Lam
Eberhard Voit
Sathya Gourisankar
Rob Butera
Cassie Mitchell
Marcus Center - Ravi, Robert, Krish, BIrgit, Steve Cross
Younan XiaOn Friday, April 22, the Georgia Institute of Technology honored the most outstanding faculty and staff for the 2015-2016 academic year at its annual honors luncheon held in the student center ballroom. This year, the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering collected the most awards of any department across all of Georgia Tech.
The event honors faculty and staff whose service, activities, and accomplishments have been particularly noteworthy over the past year. The event was hosted by Kim Harrington, associate vice president, Office of Human Resources, and Colin Potts, vice provost, Undergraduate Education, Office of the Provost. Bud Peterson, president of Georgia Tech, presented the last award and gave the final remarks.
Wallace H. Coulter Department Biomedical Engineering faculty and staff honored this year were:
| Rachel Arnold | Outstanding Staff Performance Award |
| Jeff Caimano | Outstanding Staff Performance Award |
| Ravi Bellamkonda | Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award * |
| Krishnendu Roy | Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award * |
| *Robert Guldberg and Birgit Smith Burton were also awarded Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award | |
| Sathya Gourisankar | Outstanding Professional Education Award |
| Wilbur Lam | Innovation in Co-Curricular Education Award |
| Cassie Mitchell | Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award |
| Robert Butera | Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award |
| Eberhard Voit | Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities Award |
| Younan Xia | Sigma Xi Faculty Best Paper Award |
Media Contacts:
Walter Rich
Communications Manager
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
