Alumni Awards
AE Distinguished Alumni Award
The AE Distinguished Alumni Award is given to alumni in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in their profession .
| Date | Awardees |
| 2024 |
Prasun Desai |
| 2023 | Rick Mange |
| 2022 | Daniel J. Dorney |
| 2020 | Michael J. Burghardt, William P. Norby |
| 2019 | Jason B. Ditman, Susan Althoff Gorton, Mark D. Maughmer |
| 2018 | Paul Dees, Rich Field, Michael F. Lembeck |
| 2017 | Michael S. Hopkins, Arthur A. Ibers, John K. Soldner |
| 2016 | Erik A. Johnson, Alexandre Kosmala, James B. Mocarski, Laura L. Bogusch |
| 2015 | Richard W. Hoch, D. Christopher Raymond |
| 2014 | Stanley A. Deal, Donald J. Leo |
| 2013 | Steve Wells & Dan Jensen |
| 2012 | Jeff Fisher & Abdollah Khodadoust |
| 2011 | Blaine Brown & Jay Onken |
| 2010 | Terry Jaggers |
| 2009 | Stephen Hoffman & Catherine Koerner |
| 2008 | Bruce Donaldson |
| 2006 | Mark Crowley |
| 2005 | Shirley Dyke & Barry Butler |
| 2004 | Gregory C. Mayer |
| 2003 | Michael W. Miller & Robert E. Spitzer |
| 2002 | Lee H. Sentman & Thomas J. Tobey |
| 2001 | William Heckathorn & Rodney Jacobs & William Moore |
| 2000 | Bruce T. Goodwin & George K. Muellner |
| 1999 | Scott D. Altman & Kenneth L. Atkins & Eugene G. Hill |
| 1998 | Steven J. D'Urso |
| 1997 | Gary L. Jennings and Mark Page |
| 1996 | Craig Bolt, Robert Gregg III, and Gustav Nystrom |
| 1995 | David Riley and Daniel Young |
| 1994 | Ross Bisplinghoff |
| 1993 | James DeLaurier and John Hsu |
| 1992 | Rudolph Yurkovich |
| 1991 | Larry Cooper and Jerry Lundry |
| 1990 | John Kirby and Vernon Roan |
| 1989 | Rao Channapragada, Preston Henne and Emmett Kraus |
| 1988 | Robert Liebeck and Steven Nagel |
| 1987 | John Fisher and Richard Grant |
| 1986 | Gerald Karr |
| 1984 | Thomas Cost, Eugene Pelka, Rimas Vaicaitis and Colman Winn |
| 1983 | Ronlad Banas, Paul Fuller and Edward Thompson |
| 1982 | Fredric Cohan, Larry Howell and Curtis Vail |
| 1981 | Donald Doty, Steven Drum, Allen Green, Charles Herndon and Jean Vaillancourt |
| 1980 | Robert Farquhar and John Prodan |
| 1979 | Walter Reeder, Harry Sauerwein and John Williams |
| 1978 | Sterling Campbell, Fred Breuer, John Heckel, Paul Klevatt and Herschel Sams |
| 1977 | Gene Armstrong, Russell Hopps, Edwin Spuhler, Noel Thyson and Clive Whittenbury |
| 1976 | Max Braun, Alan Kehlet, Pillutla Murthy, Stanley Newman, Sridhar Ramachandra, Robert Tatro and James Xerikos |
| 1975 | William Brooks, Charles Badewitz and Earl Dowell |
| 1974 | Phil DeProntine, Hassan Hassan and Allen Ormsbee |
| 1973 | Lembit Pottsepp |
AE Outstanding Recent Alumni Award
The AE Outstanding Recent Alumni Award is given to alumni, who have graduated from the AE Department within the past 15 years, in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in their profession.
| Date | Awardees |
| 2024 | Mohammad Naraghi |
| 2023 | Heather Arneson |
| 2022 | Steven Macenski |
| 2020 | Scot E. Campbell, Leia Stirling |
| 2019 | Adi M. Boulos, Karl R. Klingebiel, Samantha D. McCue |
| 2018 | Jason Kamphaus |
| 2017 | Erik Antonsen, John Yu |
| 2016 | Jeremy R. Alonso, Gina M. Miller |
| 2015 | David A. Shaw |
| 2014 | Jason M. Merrit, Edward A. Whalen |
| 2013 | Lynn Craig McGrew |
| 2012 | Samuel Schweighart & Kazuhiro Horie |
| 2011 | Aaron Trask |
| 2010 | Carrie Hartman & Daniel Therriault |
| 2009 | Pamela McVeigh & Daniel Thunnissen |
| 2008 | Qi (Joyee) Kim & Justin Berman |
| 2007 | Richard Mange, Cheol Kim & Presun Desai |
| 2005 | Michael Kerho, Matthew Cummings & Laura Bogusch |
| 2004 | Donald J. Leo |
| 2003 | David L. Carroll & Erik A. Johnson |
| 2002 | Abdollah Khodadoust |
| 2001 | Andrew Higgins |
| 2000 | Albert L. Herman & Robert A. Waldo |
| 1999 | Catherine A. Larson Koerner |
| 1998 | Shirley J. Dyke |
| 1995 | Stephen Alexanader and Michael Lembeck |
| 1994 | Steven D'Urso and Brian Fuesz |
| 1993 | Lee Archambault and Michael D. McFarland |
| 1992 | William Heckathorn and Mark Maughmer |
| 1991 | Gary T. Yip |
| 1990 | Gail Jonkouski, Michael Miller and Mark Page |
| 1989 | Stephen Hoffman, William Moore and John Rice |
| 1988 | Michael Bragg, Paul Nus and Shawn Sheridan |
| 1987 | James Korkowski |
| 1984 | Stewart Stoddart |
| 1983 | Clifford Chrisman, Raymond Curtis and John Nixon |
| 1982 | William Drysdale, Preston Henne and William Walters |
| 1981 | James DeLaurier, John Madden, Michael Mariani and David Scheiwe |
| 1980 | Kenneth Atkins, Tom Forster, Harold Kerzner and Emmett Kraus |
| 1979 | Bruce Donaldson, John Majerus, Steven Nagel and Vernon Roan |
| 1978 | Albert Bennett, Clark Bullard, Gerald Karr and Kenneth Roth |
| 1977 | Larry Howell, John Hsu, Richard Martin and Rimas Vaicaitis |
| 1976 | Stephen Patay and Curtis Vail |
| 1975 | Thomas McDaniel |
| 1974 | George Carruthers |
| 1973 | Earl Dowell |
Harry H. Hilton Dedicated Service Award
The Harry H. Hilton Dedicated Service Award was created in 2022 to honor alumni who have gone above and beyond in service to the department.
| Date | Awardees |
| 2024 | Dan Jensen |
| 2023 | Michael Miller |
| 2022 | Larry J. Howell |
College of Engineering at Illinois Alumni Award for Distinguished Service
The College of Engineering Alumni Award for Distinguished Service is conferred upon exceptional alumni each year. Recipients are recognized for professional distinction through outstanding leadership, contributions to the field of engineering, creativity, and entrepreneurship; as well as service to society, the professional community, and to the department, college, or university. To see the full list, visit the college webpage.
| Date | Awardees |
| 2021 | Stanley A. Deal and Michael S. Hopkins |
| 2019 | Larry J. Howell |
| 2015 | Michael Bragg |
| 2013 | Robert Farquar |
| 2011 | Scott Altman |
| 2009 | Lee Archambault |
| 2008 | Eugene Hill |
| 2006 | Bruce Goodwin |
| 2005 | Preston Henne |
| 2002 | George Muellner |
| 1994 | Robert Liebeck |
| 1991 | Richard Grant |
| 1988 | Steve Nagel |
| 1982 | Alan Kehlet |
| 1975 | George Carruthers |
Alumni Association Achievement Award
Established in 1957, this is the highest honor bestowed upon alumni of the University of Illinois by the Alumni Association on behalf of the University of Illinois. It is presented to those alumni who have attained outstanding success and national or international distinction in their chosen business, profession, or life's work, and whose accomplishments reflect admirably on or bring honor to their Alma Mater. This list includes those members of the AE Department bestowed with the University of Illinois Alumni Association Achievement Award. For the full list, visit the Alumni Association webpage.
| 2018 | |
|
1992 |
Steven Nagel |
Alumni Loyalty Award
Established in 1957, this award is bestowed upon alumni of the University of Illinois who have made significant, notable, and meritorious contributions and who have consistently demonstrated exceptional loyalty, commitment, dedication, and service to the University of Illinois Alumni Association for the advancement of their Alma Mater. This list includes those members of the AE Department bestowed with the University of Illinois Alumni Loyalty Award.
| 1994 | Craig Bolt |
| 1990 | Herschel Sams |
| 1984 | Artha Chamberlain (staff) |
| 1977 | Lee Sentman |
| 1976 | Charles Hurter |
| 1973 | Larry Howell, Katherine Howell (LAS) and Richard Ollila |
| 1970 | James Xerikos |