AIChE Fellow: Dr. Ford was elected as a Fellow of AIChE in May 2024. The University of Tulsa posted a news article at https://utulsa.edu/news/utulsa-associate-professor-recognized-as-aiche-fellow/.
2023 Corcoran Award: When the COVID-19 pandemic hit colleges and universities in the United States in March 2020, AIChE’s Education Division rapidly formed virtual communities of practice (VCPs) to support faculty as they dealt with their new teaching situations. Dr. Ford co-led the VCP for labs with Tracy Carter and Jennifer Pascal. The Division organizers and leaders of the VCPs wrote a paper for Chemical Engineering Education, which was selected for the 2023 Corcoran Award for the best paper published in Chemical Engineering Education in the previous year. The paper is available at https://doi.org/10.18260/2-1-370.660-125282.
Dr. Ford was not able to attend the award ceremony, so there are no pictures of her being recognized with the team. Below is an award announcement from the ASEE Chemical Engineering Division’s newsletter with the whole team.
AIChE Executive Committee’s Gary Leach Recognition Award, as part of the leadership for the Virtual Communities of Practice in the Education Division, Nov. 2022.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Education Division Award for Service to Chemical Engineering Education, November 2018. Given for dedicated service to chemical engineering teaching and learning at the local through national levels, from middle school open houses to ASEE Division Chair.
2016 Best Poster Award, Chemical Engineering Division, with Christi Patton Luks, at the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 2016
Kermit E. Brown Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Tulsa, April 28, 2016
Outstanding Chemical Engineering Teacher, Beta Psi Chapter of Omega Chi Epsilon, University of Tulsa, April 2015
Third Place Best Paper Award, 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section Conference, Fort Smith, AR