Faculty Awards

Comprehensive Faculty Awards List

Teaching

2018 Student Success Faculty Fellow
Center for Teaching Excellence Competitive Award, University Level, Texas A&M University
Galen D. Newman

2017 Outstanding Mentor Award
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Texas A&M University
Galen D. Newman

Research

2017 ICNHRR Best Paper Award
Understanding the Notion between Resiliency and Recovery through a Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Section 404 Wetland Alteration Permits before and after Hurricane Ike.
Reja, M.Y., Brody, S., Highfield, W. & Newman, G. ICNHRR, Galen D. Newman

2016 CELA/CLASS Annual Research Award
‘Smart Shrinkage: Design for the Undeveloping Landscape.’
Joint national research award from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) and the California Landscape Architecture Student Scholarship Fund (CLASS)
Galen D. Newman

2016 CELA Academy of Fellows Outstanding Poster Award
Council of Educator’s in Landscape Architecture (CELA) research award for ‘Design Assessment for Sustainable Hydrologic System Development Using a Systematic Framework.’
Sohn, W.M., Kim, J.H., & Newman, G, Galen D. Newman

Fellowship

2017 CELA Excellence in Research and Creative Scholarship Award (Junior Level)
National research award, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
Galen D. Newman

Student Awards

National Awards

2018 CELA “Student Award for Creative Scholarship.”
“Climate Change Armor.”
Student: Zixu Qiao

2017 National ASLA “Honor Award: Analysis and Planning Category.”
“Climate Change Armor.”
Student: Zixu Qiao

2016 National ASLA “Honor Award: Student Community Service Category.”
“Neighborhood Detox: Enhancing Resilience in a Hazard Vulnerable Area.”
Student: Yangdi Wang

2016 National ASLA “Honor Award: Analysis and Planning Category.”
“Sifting the Landscape: Transforming Vacant Lands through Smart Decline.”
Student: Yuxian Li

State Awards

2018 “TX-ASLA Award of Excellence.”
“Resilience through Regeneration.”  Planning and Analysis Category, Graduate.
Student Team: Xueqi Song & Rui Zhu. 

2018 “TX-ASLA Honor Award.”
“Protecting Home: Strategies to Prevent Gentrification.”  Planning and Analysis Category, Undergraduate.
Student Team: Damaris Martinez, Catalino Diaz, Eun Taek Yoon, Antoni Kwiatkowski, and Natalie Somerville. 

2018 “TX-ASLA Honor Award.”
“Wetland P.R.I.D.E.” General Design Category, Graduate.
Student Team: Lingshuang Meng, Shen-Yu Hu, & Priya Katoch. 

2018 “TX-ASLA Merit Award.”
“The R.A.I.N. Lab.” General Design Category, Graduate.
Student Team: Carolina Pena Rojas, Xinyi Bu, Yaxuan Han.

2017 APA-TX “Student Project Award.”
“Reclaiming Vacancies: A Community Revitalization and Resilience Strategy.”
Student: Saima Musharrat. 

2017 “TX-ASLA Award of Excellence.”
“Nature as Catalyst.” General Design Category, Undergraduate.
Student Team: Jiazheng, “Dennis” Zhu, Cristian Gonzales, Daniel Molina, Victor Duron.

2017 “TX-ASLA Award of Excellence.”
“Softening the surface: Balancing Green and Gray Space Ratios.” General Design Category, Graduate.
Student Team: Xueqi Song, Rui Zhu & Zehao Wang. 

2017 “TX-ASLA Award of Excellence.”
“Visualizing Vitality – Maximizing the Potential of Under-utilized Area.” Analysis and Planning Category, Graduate.
Student Team: Zhihan Tao, Bingjie Zhao, & Kaidi Ye.

2017 “TX-ASLA Honor Award.”
“The Arboreal Necklace -Maximizing Infiltration in a Drought-Prone Landscape.” Analysis and Planning Category, Graduate.
Student Team: Liang Zhao, Mengfei Bao, & Zhen Yao. 

2017 “TX-ASLA Honor Award.”
“Re.S.T.O.R.E..”  Planning and Analysis Category, Undergraduate.
Student Team: Alaina Parker, Molly Morkovsky, Phillip Hammond, Maritza Sanchez, & Claudia Pool. 

2017 “TX-ASLA Honor Award.”
“Climate Change Armor.”  Planning and Analysis Category, Graduate.
Student: Zixu Qiao. 

2016 “TX-ASLA Honor Award.”
“Idle Grounds: Maximizing Resiliency in the Urban Landscape.”
Student Team: Christina Anderson, Hunter Jayroe, Stephen Parsons, Ashton Williams & Bryce Wood.

2016 “TX-ASLA Merit Award.”
“Grey to Green: For Healthy Communities.”
Student Team: Tamara Hajovsky, Courtney Kuehner, & Yamile Garcia, Clayton Blount. 

2016 “TX-ASLA Merit Award.”
“Multimodal Transportation Systems and Transit Oriented Development: Concepts for Bryan-College Station, Texas and Texas A&M University.”
Student Team: Qiushuo Li, Yuxian Li & Xin Shu.

Other Awards

2017 “TAMU Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2nd Place.”
“The Saving Grace Project.”
Student Team: Laura Ruiz, Vanessa Ngo, Francisca Yanez, Leticia Meza 

2016-2017 ARCC King Medal for Excellence in Environmental Research.”
“Forecasting Vacancy Dynamics in Growing versus Shrinking Cities.”
Architectural Research Centers Consortium 

2016 “H-GAC Project Showcase: Outreach.”
“Neighborhood Detox: Enhancing Resilience in a Hazard Vulnerable Area.”
Student: Yangdi Wang