William A. Chittenden II Award

To an outstanding graduate student in ISE.

William Chittenden received his B.S. degree in General Engineering in 1950 and proudly served in the United States Marines during both World War II and the Korean War. Bill joined Sargent and Lundy in Chicago in 1952, where he moved through the ranks of Project Manager, Project Director, and Manager of the Mechanical Engineering Department. In 1977 he was named Director of Engineering and several years later Director of Services. He currently is a retired Senior Partner (CEO) of the firm.

During his tenure at Sargent and Lundy, Bill pioneered the development of design procedures for nuclear power plants and supervised the design and construction of a number of both fossil-fuel and nuclear power plants. He is the author of more than 41 technical papers and is a registered professional engineer in 21 states. He is a Fellow of both the American Nuclear Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering.

In 1978, Bill received the Gamma Epsilon Distinguished Alumnus Award. In 1989 he received the University of Illinois, College of Engineering’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. He remained actively involved with Engineering at Illinois through the end of his life, and was a charter member of the Dean’s Board of Visitors.

Past Recipients of the Award

• 2023
• Carolina Carvalho Manhães Leite
• 2021
  Yifan Hu
• 2020
  Menglong Li
  Peter McGlaughlin
• 2019
  Hossein Nick
  Zinat Matin
• 2018
  Ashish Khetan
• 2017
  Megan McGovern
  Ketan Date
• 2016
  Andrea Cadenbach
  Chandrasekaran Jayaraman
• 2015
  Zhenyu Hu
• 2014
  Richard Reskoske
• 2013
  Aida S. Williams
• 2012
  Mark D. Michelotti
• 2011
  Matthew Ralph
  Rui Yang
• 2010
  Todd Baxter
• 2009
  Ankur A. Kulkarni
  Christopher G. Valicka
• 2008
  Conrad S. Tucker
• 2007
  Juan Mejia
• 2006
  Andrew P. Williams
• 2005
  Noureddine Tayebi
• 2004
  Roberto Andrade
  Nikhil Chopra
• 2003
  Arash Mahboobin
• 2002
  Kumara Sastry
• 2001
  R. Ryan Ohs
• 2000
  Joel Krauska
• 1999
  Rex Andrew Wagner
• 1998
  William R. Norris
• 1997
  Daniel BlockKaitlin Sherwood
• 1995
  Edward L. Spellman II
• 1993
  Julie A. Jewell
• 1991
  Margaret A. Schneller
• 1989
  Matthew A. King