William
Jones
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Year Awarded: 1973
College: Engineering
Award Level: Research
Eluned
Jones '87
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Year Awarded: 2011
Dr. Eluned Jones’ is the Director of the Master of Agribusiness (MAB) program, an intercollegiate degree program with the Mays Business School, and chairs the Intercollegiate Faculty of Agribusiness. Jones holds Honors BS (University of Bath, UK) and MS (N.C. State University) degrees in horticultural crop production and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Texas A&M. She was a faculty member at Virginia Tech for 14 years before joining the Texas A&M faculty in August 2002. Jones is a co-recipient of awards for excellence from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association and the American Society of Agronomy, and is a fellow of the Kellogg-funded Leadership Development Program at the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy. She chaired numerous regional and national academic committees relating to food and agribusiness marketing and policy including the American Agricultural Economics Association Sections on Extension and on Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy. She served on the Federal Grain Inspection and Packers and Stockyards Administration Industry Advisory Committee and chaired the Wheat Industry Resource Committee of the National Association of Wheat Growers. Jones is advisor to all MAB students and also teaches two of the core courses in the program. Since fall 2002 she has advised 116 MAB graduates and currently advises 38 students in the MAB program. Jones has taught and given presentations worldwide, and has helped establish an undergraduate agribusiness degree in El Salvador and a Master of Agribusiness in Armenia. Jones research analyzes the political and economic influence of institutions on the food system, in particular the public/government versus private role in assuring transparency, traceability and food safety across global supply chains.
One colleague wrote, “She is a strong and passionate advocate for her students. She sets her sights on transforming their lives, a true challenge to accomplish within the short time-frame of the professional master’s degree. Life transformations do not come easy and they only are possible with the application of multiple approaches to teaching and guidance. Dr. Jones begins by helping students understand concepts, engaging them in new ideas, opening their minds to new solutions or opportunities, and then energizing and rewarding them to follow through.”
College: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Graduate Mentoring
Ellen R.
Jordan
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Year Awarded: 2018
Ellen Jordan earned a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University, and a master’s and doctoral degrees from Oregon State University. As a dairy specialist, Dr. Jordan oversees all aspects of dairy management educational programs for dairy producers in Texas, including nutrition, cow comfort, herd health, water resource management, labor training and management, heifer development, environmental protection, and reproduction. She has worked with dairy producers throughout the country troubleshooting herd productivity issues and environmental concerns and has participated in dairy seminars or workshops throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Mexico, China and the Kyrgyz Republic. In collaboration with the Borlaug Institute and industry partners, she has provided training for many international visitors from Russia, Japan, Panama, Morocco, Turkey, Iraq, and Afghanistan. She has authored or co-authored 15 refereed journal articles, more than 300 popular press articles, and more than 1,600 radio programs. Dr. Jordan has been interviewed or served as an information source for media outlets, such as USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Chicago Tribune, as well as being interviewed for ABC, CBS, NBC, WB, and Fox affiliates on such diverse topics as BSE, Foot and Mouth Disease, product safety, dairy industry trends, hormones in milk, and drought. She has generated more than $2.2 million in support of dairy extension programs from diverse sources, including the Texas Association of Dairymen, American Jersey Cattle Association, USDA, Texas Animal Health Commission, Southwest Dairy Farmers, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™, PepsiCo Foundation, and nutrition and pharmaceutical industry allies. She has edited the proceedings for over 35 state, national, and regional technical conferences in reproduction, nutrition, labor management, and environmental management.
College: Department of Animal Science
Award Level: Extension, Outreach, Continuing Education and Prof
Sally Guyton
Joyner
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Year Awarded: 2002
College: Business
Award Level: Teaching
John L.
Junkins
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Year Awarded: 2008
John Junkins (Ph.D., UCLA, 1969) holds the Royce E. Wisenbaker Chair and also the title of Regent’s Professor. Prior to joining Texas A&M in 1985, he held academic appointments at the University of Virginia and at Virginia Tech. He has also held positions at McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and has consulted with over two dozen laboratories. Dr. Junkins is the author of over 370 publications, including 6 textbooks and several patents. He is a prolific mentor, having directed over 100 graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. Over a third of his 38 Ph.D. students are on leading faculties worldwide and have given rise to three generations of Ph.Ds. His former students constitute a significant school of thought in industry and academia.
Dr. Junkins is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics; he is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the American Astronautical Society. He has received a dozen national and international honors, including the AIAA Pendray Aerospace Literature Award and the International Astronautical Federation’s Frank Malina Medal.
College: Engineering
Award Level: Graduate Mentoring
John L.
Junkins
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Year Awarded: 2001
College: Engineering
Award Level: Research
Joyce
Juntune '97
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Year Awarded: 2011
Dr. Joyce Juntune has been a member of the faculty for thirteen years. She holds a B.A. in Elementary Education from Bethel College, a M. S. in Curriculum and Instruction from St. Cloud State University and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University. During her time at Texas A&M she has taught Child Development for Educators, Adolescent Development, and Educational Psychology. She spearheaded the development of the undergraduate minor in Creative Studies. The first class in the spring of 2004 had 13 students. Today Dr. Juntune has 80 - 90 students in each of her Creative Studies classes: Personal Creativity and Giftedness, Creativity and Creative Problem Solving, and Lateral Thinking: Systematic Innovative Thinking. Dr. Juntune also teaches the following graduate classes: Nature and Needs of the Gifted, Social and Emotional Needs of the Gifted, Programming for the Gifted, Creative Thinking, Intelligence and Creativity, Educational Psychology, Child and Adolescent Development, and Learning Theories. Dr. Juntune has taught at the preschool, elementary, and middle school levels and conducts professional development training for school districts across the state. Her ability to make theoretical concepts applicable to the classroom has led to her being known as "The Teacher's Teacher". She has received the Texas A&M SLATE Award for teaching, the President's Award by the Texas Association for Gifted and Talented, and the David Tanner Champion of Creativity Award by the American Creativity Association. She has been selected as a 2011 Fish Camp namesake and was named to the Hall of Fame at her former high school.
The following are comments from teaching evaluations that demonstrate students' appreciation for Dr.
Juntune's teaching style: “Thank you for being such a great teacher! Your guidance and mentorship has made all the difference for me during my time at TexasA&M. You believed in my ability even when I did not. You have taught me so much and I am forever indebted to you.”
“Wow! What a wonderful, dynamic learning experience you provided me! I am so glad that I took your classes. You helped me find my passion - teaching children. You have such a gift Dr. Juntune!”
College: Education and Human Development
Award Level: Teaching
Craig
Kallendorf
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Year Awarded: 2010
College: College of Liberal Arts
Award Level: Research
Howard
Kaplan
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Year Awarded: 1993
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Research
Ibrahim
Karaman
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Year Awarded: 2013
Ibrahim Karaman joined the faculty of the Dwight Look College of Engineering in 2000. He holds joint appointments in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is chair of the Materials Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, and is associate director of the Texas Institute for Intelligent Materials and Structures. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His honors include a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, the Robert Lansing Hardy Award from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, and the Gary Anderson Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Dr. Karaman is a highly cited and internationally recognized expert in advanced structural and functional materials with emphasis on nanostructured and multiphase structural materials and conventional and magnetic shape memory alloys. He has authored or coauthored 157 peer-reviewed journal articles, one book chapter and 24 peer-reviewed papers in conference proceedings that have been cited more than 2,000 times. He is a world authority on shape memory alloys and has made fundamental discoveries that promise to revolutionize the field. His supporters credit his distinction not only to his remarkable scientific-technical contributions but also to his leadership as an educator and his commitment to K-12 education and raising scientific curiosity among the young. A colleague writes that Professor Karaman is an energetic and effective multidisciplinary researcher who will continue to make significant impacts on materials research and education throughout the world. His research areas are at the forefront of science and materials engineering discovery, and are expected to generate continued opportunities. Another colleague adds that there is no doubt that Texas A&M and society as a whole will enjoy and benefit from his desire to make materials that will make the world a better place.
College: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Award Level: Research
Larry
Keeley
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Year Awarded: 1990
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Research
Dale
Keipper
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Year Awarded: 1968
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Research
Katherine
Kelly
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Year Awarded: 2001
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Arden
Kemler
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Year Awarded: 1963
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Teaching
Ann L.
Kenimer
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Year Awarded: 2006
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
John C.
Keyser
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Year Awarded: 2015
John Keyser, professor and associate head for academics in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, joined the faculty of the Dwight Look College of Engineering after earning his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000. His nominators say that he is an outstanding and gifted teacher, a brilliant researcher, and an individual who is committed to serving his profession and the students of Texas A&M. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in computer graphics, including the required undergraduate courses, Programming Studio and Analysis of Algorithms, and seminar courses. His department head credits him as a key contributor to the wholesale revision of the department’s undergraduate curriculum. She says he came up with the big picture of how the courses could fit together, providing greater flexibility and preparing students for internships, earlier; both of which helped improve retention. Dr. Keyser generously contributes time to students outside the classroom. He coached the student programming team that won first place in the south-central U.S. region in 2004 and competed in the international finals in 2005. He also served as the advisor for the Texas Aggie Game Developers, the advisor for the Texas A&M Computing Society, and coordinator for the department’s high school contests. Dr. Keyser is a devoted research mentor to both undergraduate and graduate students. He has graduated 9 Ph.D. students and 11 master’s students, as well as mentoring 4 undergraduate students in research. Dr. Keyser consistently receives glowing feedback from his teaching evaluations and his students credit him with helping them build successful careers. One former student writes that, even years after graduation, he still seeks Dr. Keyser’s advice. “Am I still his student? Not in the traditional sense, but I still value his opinion greatly. And he continues to teach me things. Does all this make Dr. Keyser a great teacher? It does to me.”
College: College of Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
Mladen
Kezunovic
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Year Awarded: 2018
Dr. Kezunovic earned a diploma of engineering from the University of Sarajevo and a master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Kansas. He joined the College of Engineering in 1992. He is a Regents Professor at Texas A&M University where he has served for 31 years and is currently professor and holder of the Eugene E. Webb Professorship. Currently, he serves in several leading roles at the university: director, Smart Grid Center; site director, Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSerc); and director, Power Systems Control and Protection Lab. He is also the principal consultant, as well as president and CEO of XpertPower Associates, and has been providing consulting services to over 50 customers world-wide for over 25 years. He was a consultant for EdF’s Research Centre in Clamart, France, and a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Kezunovic was an Eminent Scholar at Texas A&M University in Qatar and is an Expert Visiting Scholar funded by the Brazilian government. He served three terms on the Board of Directors of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel initially established by NIST. He has been recently appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy to serve on the U.S. Department of Energy Electricity Advisory Committee. Dr. Kezunovic has been a principal investigator on over 150 research and development projects, published more than 550 papers and given over 120 invited lectures, short courses and seminars around the world. He is an IEEE Life Fellow and Distinguished Speaker, CIGRE Fellow and Honorary Member, and Registered Professional Engineer in Texas. He is the recipient of the Inaugural 2011 IEEE Educational Activities Board Standards Education Award “for educating students and engineers about the importance and benefits of interoperability standards” and of the CIGRE Technical Committee Award for "remarkable technical contribution to the study committee B5, protection and automation" in 2013.
College: Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Award Level: Research
Ann
Kier
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Year Awarded: 2014
Ann B. Kier earned her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri?Columbia and her DVM from Texas A&M. She joined the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 1993 where she serves as the Director of the NIH T32 and R25 Training Programs for graduate veterinarians. In research, Dr. Kier collaborates with her graduate students to develop mouse models used in research with fatty acid, cholesterol, and glucose metabolism. She is the author more than 200 publications and book chapters and has served on numerous editorial boards and NIH study sections. Over the span of her career, Dr. Kier has been advisor, committee member, and/or mentor for more than 95 graduate and professional students. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the CVM Bridges Teaching and Service Award for Outstanding Student Mentoring, the NIH Scientific Review Evaluation Award, and the Texas A&M Women’s Week Administrator Award.
Dr. Kier has devoted extensive time and effort to mentoring graduate students at Texas A&M. One former student credits her for single-handedly changing the culture and paradigm for graduate education in the department while she was department head. A point proved by a five-fold increase in the department’s graduate enrollment over of two years. Students and faculty know her as a person of integrity and focus with a love for mentoring students and a talent to inspire them to do their best. Invariably her students comment about her passion, encouragement and commitment to their success. She has also inspired her students to become mentors themselves. One of those former students wrote, “She is brilliant, kind, remarkable, excellent and much esteemed…. However as a mentor, she is truly the best one a student could ever ask for…. She has inspired me, even at this stage, to mentor those students in need: those students who have small time beginnings yet have big time dreams.”
College: College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Award Level: Graduate Mentoring
M. Jimmie
Killingsworth
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Year Awarded: 2003
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Warren
Kilpatrick
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Year Awarded: 1997
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
Clarissa
Kimber
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Year Awarded: 1992
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Teaching
Michael R.
Kinney
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Year Awarded: 2015
Michael Kinney is an associate professor and KPMG Faculty Fellow in the Department of Accounting in the Mays Business School. He began his career at Texas A&M after earning a Ph.D. at the University of Arizona. He has received several college and departmental teaching awards and has been a Price Waterhouse Teaching Excellence Professor. Over his career, he has taught courses at all program levels spanning multiple content areas. But for the past eight years, he has been teaching exclusively in the Mays MBA programs in College Station and Houston and also playing a substantial role as subject matter expert in the required capstone projects undertaken by all MBA students. In addition, since 2007, he has served as coordinator of the Ph.D. program in accounting. Because students in the Executive and Professional MBA programs are full-time employees and the program is taught in Houston, faculty mentoring is particularly important. His nominator explains that Dr. Kinney is always willing to spend an extraordinary amount of time outside of class to help his students develop academically and personally. “He aspires to establish a personal relationship with each one” even though he usually teaches more than 150 MBA students and approximately 20 Ph.D. students each year. Following up, a colleague comments that Mike Kinney is the perfect balance of encouragement and truth for his students, “unafraid to confront when necessary, but always urging them on to greater things.” In conclusion, his nominator says, “He is a very important asset to our MBA and Ph.D. students and I am confident that he will continue to make significant contributions to our students and programs throughout his career.”
College: Mays Business School
Award Level: Graduate Mentoring
Jennie
Kitching
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Year Awarded: 1998
College: TAEX
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
Laura
Kitzmiller
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Year Awarded: 1981
College: Education and Human Development
Award Level: Teaching
Andreas
Klappenecker
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Year Awarded: 2014
Andreas Klappenecker earned his Ph.D. from the University of Karlsruhe (now called Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) in Germany. He joined the faculty of the Dwight Look College of Engineering in 2000. His research interests include the design and analysis of algorithms, in particular quantum algorithms, randomized algorithms, and dynamic distributed algorithms. He teaches mainly in the area of theoretical computer science, where his courses range from very large undergraduate core courses to cutting edge research courses. He has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, a TEES Select Young Faculty award, and an Undergraduate Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. He was also named a Halliburton Faculty Fellow and Fellow-at-Large of the Santa Fe Institute.
A supporter says, regardless of the level or the size of the class, Dr. Klappenecker consistently receives impressive teaching evaluations. One of the qualities that makes him a great teacher is his desire to focus on student learning and improving teaching methods. For example, he has been particularly interested in improving students’ problem-solving skills. So, last fall, he overhauled an algorithms course required for all computer science undergraduates, introducing a flipped classroom model where students learn new content online by watching video lectures outside of class and work on assigned problems in class. This allowed him to interact with students and provide personalized guidance in problem solving. Student comments indicate the technique worked exceptionally well and student performance on midterm exams improved in comparison to previous versions of the course. In the words of his nominator, Professor Andreas Klappenecker “is an outstanding and gifted teacher, a brilliant researcher, and an individual who is committed to serving his profession and the students of Texas A&M University.”
College: College of Engineering
Award Level: Teaching