2020
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
FOUNDERS’ DAY HONORS CONVOCATION 2020
WELCOME The Founders’ Day Honors Convocation celebrates outstanding academic achievements of our faculty members and students. As we recognize these achievements, we remember the efforts of those women and men who made this university a reality, and we prepare for the accomplishments of the future. Thank you for helping us honor the outstanding work being highlighted.
Table of Contents Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
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Excellence in Graduate Teaching
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Excellence in Research
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Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students
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Excellence in Faculty Academic Advising
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Excellence in Librarianship
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Excellence in English Language Institute Instruction
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Excellence in Instructional Design
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Excellence in Professional Service
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Recognition of Service to the University
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Emeritus and Emerita
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Emeritus and Emerita Members of the Faculty and Administration
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Reach for the Stars
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Pegasus Professor
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Past Recipients of the Pegasus Professor Award
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Retired and Retiring Faculty
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Student Awards
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Acknowledgments
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E XCEL L ENC E IN UNDER GR ADUATE TE ACHING
C OL L EGE AWAR DS College of Arts and Humanities Matthew Bryan Nick Shrubsole Sandra Sousa Laurie Uttich
College of Business Administration Christopher Leo
College of Community Innovation and Education Gregg Buckingham Abby Milon Amanda Walden
College of Engineering and Computer Science Issa Batarseh Sudeshna Pal
College of Health Professions and Sciences Suha Saleh Adam Wells 1
College of Medicine Dorilyn Hitchcock
College of Nursing Laura Gonzalez
College of Optics and Photonics Christopher Kyle Renshaw
College of Sciences Karin Chumbimuni Torres Lori Dunlop-Pyle Brittany Durrani Matthew Rex Sandra Wheeler
Rosen College of Hospitality Management Wei Wei
UNIV ER S ITY AWAR D Karin Chumbimuni Torres College of Sciences
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E XC EL L ENC E IN G R ADUATE TEAC H ING
C OL L EGE AWAR DS College of Arts and Humanities Elizabeth Horn
College of Business Administration Dana Joseph
College of Community Innovation and Education Stacy Van Horn
College of Engineering and Computer Science YeonWoong Jung
College of Health Professions and Sciences Carey Rothschild
College of Medicine Claudia Andl
College of Nursing Ladda Thiamwong
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College of Optics and Photonics Pieter Kik
College of Sciences Michael Mousseau
Rosen College of Hospitality Management Jeeyeon Hahm
UNIV ER S ITY AWAR D Carey Rothschild College of Health Professions and Science
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EXC EL L ENC E IN R ES EAR C H
C OL L EGE AWAR DS College of Arts and Humanities Vladimir Solonari
College of Business Administration Lisa Baudot
College of Community Innovation and Education William Russell
College of Engineering and Computer Science Kareem Ahmed
College of Health Professions and Sciences Michael Rovito
College of Medicine Dinender Singla
College of Nursing Mindi Anderson
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College of Optics and Photonics Demetrios Christodoulides
College of Sciences Zenghu Chang
Rosen College of Hospitality Management Edwin Torres Areizaga
UNIV ER S ITY AWAR D Demetrios Christodoulides College of Optics and Photonics
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E XCE L L ENC E IN MENTOR ING DOC TOR AL ST UDE NTS Engineering, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences
UNIV ER S ITY AWAR D Ronald DeMara College of Engineering and Computer Science
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E XCE L L ENC E IN MENTOR ING DOC TOR AL ST UDE NTS Social Science, Humanities, Education, Business, Art and Health
UNIV ER S ITY AWAR D Stephanie Vie College of Arts and Humanities
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E XCE L L ENC E IN FAC U LTY ACADEMIC ADVISING
UNIV ER S ITY AWAR D Patricia Farless College of Arts and Humanities
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EXC EL L ENC E IN L IB R AR IANS HIP
UNIV ER S ITY AWAR D Tina Buck UCF Libraries
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E XCE L L E N CE IN ENG L IS H L ANG UAG E INSTITUT E INST RUCT ION
UNIV ER S ITY AWAR D Mark Kerlin UCF Global
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E XCEL L ENC E IN INSTR U C TIONAL DESIGN
UNIV ER S ITY AWAR D Baiyun Chen Division of Digital Learning
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E XCEL L ENC E IN P R OF ES S IONAL S ERVICE
UNIV ER S ITY AWAR D Beatriz Reyes-Foster College of Sciences
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R ECO GNITION OF S ER V IC E TO THE UNIVE RSIT Y 20 Y EAR S Burnett Honors College
Juli Dixon
Ronnie Korosec
Suzanne Martin Abby Milon
College of Arts and Humanities
Stephen Sivo
James Brown
Lynn Unruh
Stephen Ethridge
Mark Winton
Marcella Farina College of Engineering and Computer Science
Patricia Farless Mark Gerstein
Linan An
Scott Hall
Suryanarayana Challapalli
Lori Ingle
Quanfang Chen
Carla Poindexter
Luis Rabelo
Terry Thaxton
Kirk Scammon
Kristina Tollefson
Yongho Sohn Rajan Vaidyanathan
College of Business Administration Joseph Milon
College of Graduate Studies
David Scrogin
Shawn Burke Rae Hanson
College of Community Innovation and Education
Dean Reed
David Boote
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R ECO GNITION OF S ER V IC E TO THE UNIVE RSIT Y 20 Y EAR S College of Health Professions and Sciences
Division of Digital Learning Sue Bauer
Robin Kohn
Nancy Swenson
College of Sciences
Office of Research
Aniket Bhattacharya
Jaydeep Mukherjee
Costas Efthimiou Deguang Han Peter Hancock
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Christine Hanlon
Deborah Breiter Terry
Patrick Higgins Mark Rapport
UCF Libraries
Kimberly Renk
Richard Harrison
Pamela Thomas
Terrie Sypolt
30 Y EAR S College of Community Innovation and Education
College of Arts and Humanities Lyman Brodie
Robert Everett
Madelyn Flammia Keith Koons Shelley Park
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R ECO GNITION OF S ER V IC E TO THE UNIVE RSIT Y 30 Y EAR S College of Engineering and Computer Science
College of Sciences Clint Bowers
Kien Hua
Sudipto Choudhury
Kuo-Chi Lin
Michael Johnson
Zhihua Qu
David Nickerson Alfons Schulte
College of Optics and Photonics
Janan Smither
James Ross
Office of Research Jeffrey Sonne
40 Y EAR S College of Engineering and Computer Science Charles Hughes
50 Y EAR S College of Arts and Humanities
Division of Digital Learning
Walter Gaudnek
Charles Dziuban
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EMERITUS AND EMERITA Diane Andrews Associate Professor Emerita, Nursing Systems
Deborah Breiter Terry Professor Emerita, Tourism, Events and Attractions
Paul Desmarais Associate Lecturer Emeritus, Nursing Practice
Mary Ann Feldheim Associate Professor Emerita, Public Administration
Daniel Holsenbeck Senior Vice President Emeritus
Mujtaba Husain Professor Emeritus, Clinical Sciences
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Kuo-Chi Lin Associate Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ali Orooji Associate Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
Haripada Saha Professor Emeritus, Physics
Rosemarye Taylor Professor Emerita, Educational Leadership and Higher Education
Thomas Wan Professor Emeritus, Health Management and Informatics
Denise Young Associate Vice President Emerita
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EMER I TU S A ND E M E RITA MEMB ER S OF THE FAC U LTY AND ADMINIST RAT ION Louis J. Acierno Richard Adicks Betty Anderson Henry R. Anderson Larry C. Andrews Robert L. Armacost Lee H. Armstrong Vicky Arnold Karen Aroian Graeme L. Baker Dale Bandy Beth Barnes Virginia Barr-Henderson Karl-Heinrich Barsch Donna Baumbach John F. Bergner, Jr. John E. Biegel Patricia J. Bishop Timothy Blair Robert Bledsoe David L. Block Robert Bohm John R. Bolte Glenn D. Boreman Subir K. Bose William Bozeman Jack Brennan Thomas Brewer Robert C. Brigham William R. Brown Ronald A. Browne Doug Brumbaugh Wayne A. Burroughs William G. Callarman Penelope Canan John Cannon William F. Carroll Christian Clausen Trevor Colbourn
Newel W. Comish Kristin G. Congdon Ida Cook David Cooper Richard A. Cornell Elaine B. Cox Albert T. Craig Richard Crepeau Glenn N. Cunningham Duane L. Davis Marcela Del Rio Richard G. Denning Narsingh Deo Robert Dipboye Paul Dombrowski Helen Donegan Ronald D. Dutton Arthur M. Dutton Charles D. Dziuban Llewellyn M. Ehrhart Leslie L. Ellis Burton E. Eno Ernest E. Erickson William K. Esler Thomas G. Evans Fred Fedler Lloyd W. Fernand, Jr. José Fernández Robert G. Flick Robert C. Ford Myron Fottler Earl C. Fowler Ke Francis Terry J. Frederick Robert Nash Gennaro Richard D. Gilson Paul Giordano Avelino Gonzalez Stephen Goodman
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Harold E. Green Harold L. Griffith Ratan Kumar Guha Harry O. Hall Richard C. Harden J. Paul Hartman Dona Lea Hedrick David E. Hernandez Terry L. Hickey Charles (Ross) Hinkle Djehane Hosni Yasser Ali Hosni Susan Hubbard John W. Hubler Thomas Huddleston, Jr. Phyllis J. Hudson Cynthia Hutchinson Michael C. Hynes David B. Ingram Mourad E. H. Ismail Diane M. Jacobs David R. Jenkins Rosie Webb Joels Mark Johnson William H. Johnson Daniel Jones Halsey R. Jones Frank E. Juge, Jr. Jeffery Kaplan Husain Kassim James Katt Robert D. Kersten Jean Kijek James L. Koevenig David T. Kuhn Shiou-San Kuo Marcella L. Kysilka Wendell Lawther Shirley A. Leckie
Aaron Liberman Leslie Sue Lieberman Jane Lieberman Ralph A. Llewellyn Steve Lotz Ernest J. Lytle Brooks C. Madsen Donald Malocha Linda Malone Patricia Cripe Manning Bruce E. Mathews Guy Mattson James D. McBrayer William McGee Nancy R. McGee Jack McGuire Waldron M. McLellon Milan D. Meeske Charles N. Micarelli D. Howard Miles Calvin C. Miller Ernest E. Miller Charles N. Millican Waltraud Q. Morales Ben B. Morgan Lucy Crymble Morse Michael Moshell Faissal Moslehy Amar Mukherjee Thomas A. Mullin Patrick Murphy David W. Nicholson Chad Nye M. Timothy O’Keefe Stuart E. Omans John A. Osborne Bernard Ostle Mary Palmer Peter T. Panousis Sampath Parthasarathy Gordon W. Paul Bruce Pauley
George E. Pawlas Andrew Payer Robert Leroy Pennington Julia Pet-Armacost Johnny L. Pherigo Ronald L. Phillips Roy Pickering Jennifer C. Platt Robert D. Pritchard Burt Pryor Ransford C. Pyle A. Essam Radwan Richard C. Reidenbach Wallace W. Reiff Samuel Richie Frank D. Rohtler Jack B. Rollins Ronald S. Rubin John H. Salter Carol Saunders Gerald J. Schiffhorst James Schott George F. Schraeder Jamie Schwartz David F. Scott, Jr. Donald Seay Kathryn Seidel Howard Sherwood Jerrell H. Shofner William T. Silfvast Frances Blackwell Smith Stanley Smith Harry W. Smith Franklin F. Snelson Paul N. Somerville Steven E. Sorg Donald Stap Allyn Mac Lean Stearman Consuelo E. Stebbins George I. Stegeman June S. Stillman Valerie Storey
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I. Jack Stout Steven Sutton Michael J. Sweeny Haven C. Sweet Michael Taylor Walter K. Taylor Phillip K. Taylor James S. Taylor Anthony P. Tesori Margaret Thomas William Thompson Herbert C. Towle LeVester Tubbs Richard D. Tucker Nicolaos S. Tzannes Charles M. Unkovic Mary P. Van Hook Eric Van Stryland Lynn W. Walker Ron Wallace Marty Wanielista Bruce Whisler Roseann S. White Gary E. Whitehouse Wilfred Wienke Diane Wink Rudy J. Wodzinksi J. Gary Wolf James Wright Burton Wright Edgar B. Wycoff Marvin M. Yarosh Gour-Tsyh (George) Yeh Mark Young Yousef A. Yousef Boris Zeldovich
REACH FOR THE STARS
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REACH FOR THE STARS
Kareem Ahmed College of Engineering and Computer Science
Luca Argenti College of Sciences & College of Optics and Photonics
Jacquelyn Chini College of Sciences
Kelly Kibler College of Engineering and Computer Science
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PEGASUS PROFESSOR
PEGASUS PROFESSOR ‘20
“Knowledge provides the opportunity to contribute.” DR. RONALD DEMARA joined UCF in 1992, fresh from his doctoral program after previously working at IBM as an electrical engineer. At the time, UCF was one of the smaller universities in the United States with a graduate degree program in his field of microprocessor hardware design. His research since then has centered on making computer chips more compact, reliable and greener. Microprocessors are ubiquitous today, fulfilling vital roles ranging from thermostats to robotic vacuums. While DeMara has had international success with his research, he is innovating ways to help students learn. “I created an infrastructure called the Evaluation Proficiency Center so students can take their exams online, giving graduate teaching assistants and faculty more time to help tutor,” DeMara says.
WATCH VIDEO
PEGASUS PROFESSOR ‘20
“Reach for the planets.”
DR. JOSEPH HARRINGTON is an internationally renowned planetary scientist and a key member of UCF’s Planetary Science group. His research centers on exoplanets, or planets that orbit stars other than the sun. He also has an asteroid named after him: Joeharrington. “Once I got here, the research group I founded made the first separate detection of day and night on an exoplanet and the first detection of disequilibrium chemistry on an exoplanet, which is a potential sign of life,” Harrington says. “We developed the methods we will use to detect life, once we have telescopes powerful enough to make the right measurements of planets that are hospitable to life.” His work has been featured on the cover of the journal Science and has had several publications in Nature, bringing worldwide publicity for UCF.
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WATCH VIDEO
PEGASUS PROFESSOR ‘20
“The arts foster creativity and inspire change.” DR. JULIA LISTENGARTEN is a theatre professor in a league of her own. Not only does she create and direct theater performances, she also writes about contemporary playwriting and theatre making – she’s published four books and over 20 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals. Dean Jeffrey Moore describes her as dynamic. “Julia is very diverse in her commitments. She has published with major journals but still has time to ‘run things’ at Theatre UCF,” he says. “She’s never satisfied with the status quo and cares deeply about the program and our students. She always goes the extra mile.” While Listengarten says seeing her students up on stage is her biggest joy as a professor, she’s also been involved in two large, collaborative projects. 26
WATCH VIDEO
PEGASUS PROFESSOR ‘20
“Virtual reality has long been a dream. Finally, it is a reality.” DR. GREGORY WELCH is not a nurse, he is a computer scientist and engineer. So why is he in the College of Nursing? Dean Mary Lou Sole has called his appointment an “experiment.” “He was our first faculty to be a non-nurse,” Sole says. “What would a computer scientist bring to us? He brought us his computer science knowledge to help us address clinical questions related to healthcare.” One of those needs was how students practice on patients. It’s important for students, whether they are studying to become nurses or physicians, to learn how to interact with patients, and to diagnose things such as a stroke. Welch and his team developed the very first physical-virtual patient.
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“It looks a little bit like a department-store mannequin.” WATCH VIDEO
PA ST R ECI PIENTS OF THE P EGAS US P R OF ESSOR AWARD Mohamed Abdel-Aty Maureen Ambrose Deborah Beidel Kevin Belfield Clint Bowers Daniel Britt Humberto Campins Zenghu Chang Arlen F. Chase Diane Z. Chase Demetrios Christodoulides Joshua Colwell Humberto Cruz Henry Daniell Peter J. Delfyett, Jr. Lisa Dieker Aristide Dogariu Karen Dow Charles D. Dziuban Llewellyn M. Ehrhart Jose B. Fernandez Robert Folger Michael Georgiopoulos Avelino Gonzalez David Hagan Kerstin Hamann Peter Hancock Kien A. Hua Charles E. Hughes Michael C. Hynes Jana Jasinski Jayanta Kapat
Naim Kapucu Waldemar Karwowski Alain Kassab Ranganathan Kumar Donald Malocha Reed Noss Jennifer Platt Tison Pugh Zhihua Qu Talat Rahman Debra R. Reinhart Kathleen Richardson Martin Richardson Robin Roberts Jeff Rupert Eduardo Salas Sudipta Seal Mubarak Shah Yongho Sohn Mary Lou Sole Eric Van Stryland Stella Sung Martine Vanryckeghem Linda Walters Marty Wanielista Graham Worthy James Wright Shin-Tson Wu Cherie Yestrebsky Cynthia Young Jiann-Shiun Yuan
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R ETIR ED AND R ETIR ING FAC ULTY College of Arts and Humanities
College of Health Professions and Sciences
Patrick Rushin
Cecyle Carson
College of Business Administration
Mary Dillon
Bradley Braun
Tom Ehren Michael Frumkin
College of Community Innovation and Education
Kenyatta Rivers John Ryalls
Walter Doherty
Gerald Smith
Dave Edyburn
Bonnie Yegidis
Michael Flint Donna Frazee
College of Nursing
Michael Hynes
Patricia Lafferty
Bobby Jeanpierre
Susan Ricci
Kathleen King Rosemarye Taylor
College of Sciences
Thomas Wan
David Kaup John Malala
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Philip Pollock David Rollins
Mostafa Bassiouni
Haripada Saha
Kuo-Chi Lin Fidelia Nnadi
Office of Research
Ali Orooji
Daniel Hull UCF Libraries Margaret Scharf
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STUDENT AWAR DS F OU NDER S ’ AWAR DS College of Arts and Humanities
College of Nursing
Taylor Pryor
David Frederick
College of Business Administration
College of Optics and Photonics
Marisa McCarty
Hannah West
College of Community Innovation and Education
College of Sciences Jenna Dovydaitis
Kyler Gray
College of Undergraduate Studies
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Jady Chen
Irene Tanner
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
College of Health Professions and Sciences
Sean McGrinty
Danielle Scognamiglio College of Medicine Cody Autrey
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STUDENT AWAR DS HONOR S IN THE MAJOR College of Arts and Humanities
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Anna Kester
Daniel Rosato
College of Sciences
College of Sciences
Julia Carlin
Alyson Johnson
OUTSTANDING MASTER ’S THESIS College of Sciences Lea Harvey
O U TSTANDING DOC TOR AL DIS S ER TAT ION College of Community Innovation and Education
College of Sciences Alireza Safaei
Saundra Tabet
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Our sincere appreciation to the following university groups and department personnel for their assistance: Commencements, Convocations, and Recognitions Committee Faculty Excellence Faculty Excellence Awards Committees Founders’ Day Committee Office of Instructional Resources Office of Presidential Events
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The University of Central Florida adopted the Pegasus as the university’s official symbol to reflect the institution’s purpose. The Pegasus represents the harmony between the humanities and the sciences and also the efforts of UCF, its students, staff, faculty, and alumni to Reach for the Stars.