AWARDS
Faculty
2025
Dr. Brendan Higgins: College of Agriculture Dean's Researcher Award
Dr. Sushil Adhikari: SEC Faculty Achievement Award
2024
Dr. Simerjeet Virk: ASABE Outstanding Manuscript Reviewer
Dr. Brendan Higgins: ASABE New Holland Young Researcher Award and Outstanding Associate Editor
Dr. Jasmeet Lamba: ASABE Superior Paper Award
Dr. Hossein Jahromi: Outstanding Faculty
2023
Dr. Brendan Higgins: Outstanding Publication with High Impact Factor
Dr. Tanzeel Rehman: Outstanding Publication with High Scientific Impact
Dr. Sushil Adhikari: Dean's Researcher Award
Dr. Debolina Charkraborty: Outstanding Publication with High Economic Impact
Dr. Brendan Higgins, Dr. Sushil Adhikari, and Dr. Jasmeet Lamba: Dean's Grantsmanship Award
Dr. Sushil Adhikari: Listed in Stanford's Top 2% Scientists in the World
Dr. Brendan Higgins: Outstanding Faculty
2022
Dr. Sushil Adhikari: Fred H. Pumphrey Teaching Award and College of Engineering SGA Faculty Award
Dr. Sushil Adhikari and Dr. Brendan Higgins: Dean's Grantsmanship Award
Dr. Brendan Higgins: Outstanding Publication with High Impact Factor
Staff
2025
Erin Duffie: Auburn University Employee of the Year Award
2024
Bobby Bradford: Outstanding Staff
Caroline Whiting: Auburn University Employee of the Year Award:
James Johnson: Outstanding College of Agriculture A&P Employee Award
Caroline Whiting: Auburn University Spirit of Excellence Award
2023
Caroline Whiting: Outstanding Staff
2022
Bionca King: Outstanding Staff
Undergraduate
2025
Evan McClelland, Baylee Mcguirt, Godwin Owolabi, and Emily Ward: 2nd Place Agriculture Olympics
Jake Gaertner, Kylie Moore, and Jada Neal: 1st Place Capstone Design Showcase
Carson Bedics, Chrystel Drummonds, Morgan Maguire, and Hailey Rhodes: 3rd Place Capstone Design Showcase
Ali Boardwine: Student Employee of the Year Award
2024
Ayden Kemp: ASABE K.K. Barnes Student Paper Award
Jada Neal: 1 of 13 Inaugural Mathews Scholars Program Fellows
Al Dean Francisco: College of Agriculture Undergraduate Research Fellowship Achievement Award
Ayden Kemp: 1st Place AUSome Science Video
Ali Boardwine: 1st Place Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Southeast Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Ayden Kemp, Melisa Shaffer, and Grace Wood: 1st Place College of Engineering Inaugural Capstone Design Showcase
Easton Foreman, Justus Smith, Ann Inskeep: 2nd Place College of Engineering Inaugural Capstone Design Showcase
Ayden Kemp: Oustanding BSEN Student
Louie Harris: Outstanding BATM Student
2023
Camille Colter: Engineering Together Design Award
Ayden Kemp: Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship and Astronaunt Scholarship
Ed Williams: Outstanding BSEN Student
Jacob Sizemore: Outstanding BATM Student
2022
Dylan Bowen and Julia Palazolo: Outstanding BSEN Student
Graduate
2025
Faraz Ahmad, Carter Freeman, Md. Mesbahul Maruf, Hamid Syed, and Mohtasim Hadi Rafi: Excellence in Productivity Award
Louie Harris: 2nd Place ASABE Equipment Tech Conference Graduate Student Poster Competition
Jacob Sizemore: 3rd Place ASABE Equipment Tech Conference Graduate Student Poster Competition
Md. Hasibur Rahman: Outstanding Master's Student
Vivian Usha: 100+ Women Strong Annual Graduate Award
Vivian Usha: 100+ Women Strong Graduate Student Fellowship Award
Justus Ilemobayo: 2nd Place Graduate Engineering Research Showcase
Dale Hartmann: Honorable Mention Graduate Engineering Research Showcase
Ayden Kemp: Biosystems Engineering Winner Graduate Engineering Research Showcase
Faraz Ahmad: Best 1st Year Graduate Student Presentation Graduate Engineering Research Showcase
Jacob Sizemore: G.O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award
2024
Hasibur Rahman: Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship Award
Ranveer Singh: College of Agriculture Sustainable Ecosystems & Renewable Resource Management Poster Winner
Justus Ilemobayo: College of Agriculture Food Animal Systems & Integrated Food & Human Health Systems Poster Winner
Alireza Fallahi: Young Researcher Award
Hamid Syed, Faraz Ahmad, Mohtasim Hadi, Mesbahul Maruf, and Carter Freeman: Exellence in Productivity Award
Preetika Kaur: Master's Theis Award
Nathaniel Azubuike Nwogwu: Master's Thesis Award
Raziyeh Jokar: ASABE Presentation Excellence Award
Bipasyana Dhungana: ASABE Energy Systems Oral Presentation Committee Award
Rachel Day, Noor Fatima, Raziyeh Jokar, and Vivian Usha: 2nd Place ASABE Bioprocess Startup Competition
Hamid Syed: FFAR Fellow
Wellington Arthur: 1st Place Alabama Mississippi Water Conference
Hamid Syed: Engineering College Award for Oral Presentation Student Research Symposium
Ashish Bhattarai: Best Poster Presentation College of Engineering Student Research Symposium
Post Doctoral
2024
Gurparshad Singh Brar: College of Agriculture Sustainable Ecosystems & Renewable Resource Management Poster Winner
Takhellambam Jijoychandra Singh: Distinguished Dissertation Award
Preetika Kaur: 1st Place Boyd-Scott Graduate Research Award
Kritika Malhotra, Jingyi Zheng, and Ash Abebe: ASABE Superior Paper Award
Samuel Di Rit: Natural Horticulture Competition Finalist
Suman Budhathoki: Master Thesis Award
Olamide Durodola: Master Thesis Award
Hemendra Kumar: Distinguished Dissertation Award
Olumide Falana: Outstanding Graduate Student Council Senator
Kritika Malhotra: Auburn University Outstanding Ph.D. Student
Preetika Kaur: Auburn University Outstanding Master's Student
Olumide Falana: Engineering Graduate Research Showcase Best Poster Presentation
2023
Rakesh Kumar: ES&T Letters Excellence in Review
Olumide Falana: Certificate of Excellence Award
Alumni
2024
Dylan Bowen: NSF-GRFP
John Deal Jr: Outstanding Alumnus
2023
Marc Ivey: Outstanding Alumnus
2022
John Bolte: Outstanding Alumnus
Departmental
2025
Auburn University Annual Provost's Exellence in Assessment Award
2024
Alpha Epsilon: ASABE Most Oustanding Chapter Award
2023
Auburn University Writing Committee Award for Excellence in Writing Across Curriculum:
Awarded to the Department of Biosystems Engineering for the ongoing commitment to writing in the discipline, its strong support of Auburn University writing programs and initiatives, engagement of new faculty in the department's culture of writing, effective use of eportfolios, a valuable contribution to eportfolio project, and successfully securing grants that include writing.
