College Of Engineering Honors Six Former Students

Via engineering.tamu.edu

The Texas A&M College of Engineering honored six alumni during the 2017 Outstanding Alumni Awards Banquet.

Receiving the Outstanding Alumni Honor Award were:

Fiona McCracken Allen ’82, regional manager, Trinity River Authority.
Anthony Bahr ’91, president and co-founder, WildHorse Resource Development Corp.
Dennis J. Seith ’79, chief executive officer, INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA.
Emina Soljanin ’94, professor, Rutgers University.
Jimmy Williams ’83, executive director and distinguished service professor, Carnegie Mellon University.

Receiving the Outstanding Early Professional Achievement Alumni Award was Isaac Wesley Ekoto ’06, principal member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories.

 Allen earned her Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 1982 from Texas A&M. She previously received the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Distinguished Graduate Award and is a former ; Texas A&M Engineer of the Year, 

Bahr received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M. He is a three-time Aggie 100 winner and a member of the Mays Business School Development Council and the Petroleum Ventures Advisory Board.

Seith received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M in 1979. He has served as a member of A&M's engineering advisory council and chemical engineering advisory council, and he established the Cathy and Dennis Seith ’79 Faculty Fellowship and the Cathy ’79 and Dennis Seith ’79 Study Abroad Scholarship.

Soljanin received her Master of Science and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Texas A&M in 1989 and 1994. Soljanin is an IEEE Fellow and recipient of the IEEE Information Theory Society Padovani Lectureship Award. 

Williams earned his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M in 1983. He serves on the engineering advisory board at Texas A&M and is the chair-elect of the Association of Former Students board at Texas A&M.

Ekoto earned his doctoral degree in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M in 2006. He previosuly received the Texas A&M Outstanding Young Aerospace Engineer Award, and he serves on the academic advisory board for the Department of Aerospace Engineering.

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