Legacy Award in the College of Engineering

The Legacy Award is given to someone who is or was a tenured College of Engineering faculty member in recognition of outstanding career-long performance and dedication to the College. Their service to UTA should include an unbroken span of at least 20 years as a faculty member and/or service as an administrator, they should have a distinguished record of academic accomplishments, including research, teaching and service, and they should demonstrate national and international recognition.

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Khosrow Behbehani

Khosrow Behbehani's nearly 40-year career in bioengineering leaves a legacy of research excellence, collaborative outreach, and superb leadership. His research led to a culture of patenting and licensing technology at UTA. He defined the model for institutional collaboration by establishing a joint research laboratory for medical imaging with UT Southwestern. He led the effort to make the graduate program in biomedical engineering into the Department of Bioengineering, later adding an undergraduate program. As Dean, he built the foundation of top-level fundraising activities by significantly increasing the number of endowed chairs and professorships in the College.

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Mo-Shing Chen

Mo-Shing Chen's career spanned more than four decades, earned him international recognition in the field of power systems engineering and defined engineering research at UTA. He established the University's first research center, first international visiting researchers' program and first international continuing education course and symposium. He also produced UTA's first Ph.D. graduate and received the Edison Electric Institute's first power engineering educator award. His philosophy of “How will our students benefit?” resulted in top-tier national rankings and global recognition for UTA and research that continues today.