21 faculty members named to endowed chairs, professorships, and fellowships
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors appointed 21 faculty members to endowed chairs, professorships, and fellowships at its Aug. 20 meeting.
After review by the appropriate college committee, the college dean makes recommendations for approval by the provost and the Board of Visitors. These appointments may continue through the active career of the professor at the university unless it is relinquished in favor of some other honored or administrative appointment or unless the appointment has specific term limitations that may be renewable.
Follow the links below to read more about each faculty member.
- Rana Ashkar, College of Science, Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellowship
- R. Michael Buehrer, College of Engineering, Fred C. Lee Endowed Chair
- Tanyel Bulbul, College of Engineering, Preston and Catharine White Fellowship
- Charles Calderwood, College of Science, Leo and Melva Harris Faculty Fellowship
- Cayelan Carey, College of Science, Patricia Caldwell Faculty Fellowship
- Amanda Demmer, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Paul and Linda Austin Military History Professorship
- Christina DiMarino, College of Engineering, Dushan Boroyevich Ph.D. ’86 Junior Faculty Fellowship
- Stanley B. Grant, College of Engineering, Nick Prillaman Professorship
- Russell A. Green, College of Engineering, Charles E. Via Jr. Professorship in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Bryan Hsu, College of Science, Blackwood Junior Faculty Fellowship
- Jennifer L. Irish, College of Engineering, Charles P. Lunsford Professorship
- Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz, College of Engineering, Anthony and Catherine Moraco Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Ming Jin, College of Engineering, Shirish S. Sathaye Junior Faculty Fellowship in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ioannis Koutromanos, College of Engineering, Raymond G. and Madelyn Ann Curry Faculty Fellowship in Structural Engineering
- Lindsay Lally, College of Engineering, Pulte Homes Professorship
- Guoliang “Greg” Liu, College of Science, L.C. Hassinger Senior Faculty Fellowship in Nanoscience
- Lingjia Liu, College of Engineering, Andrew J. Young Professorship in Electrical Engineering
- Giulio Menciotti, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Anne Hunter Professorship in Veterinary Medicine
- Tripp Shealy, College of Engineering, Bowman Faculty Fellowship in Sustainable Land Development
- Walid Thabet, College of Engineering, Pulte Homes Professorship
- Jeffrey S. Walling, College of Engineering, Boebel Engineering Fellowship
