Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award
Texnikoi is an organization of undergraduate students in the College of Engineering that recognizes qualities of leadership, integrity and personality as exemplified by active participation and leadership in extracurricular activities. Each year the active membership of Texnikoi selects one of the younger alumni of the College of Engineering as a recipient of the Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award. This award is based upon their achievements since graduation, evaluated in light of the objectives of Texnikoi.
Alumni Award Nomination Form and Information
2009 Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award Recipient
Daniel L. Wieczynski
Daniel L. Wieczynski graduated in mechanical engineering from Ohio State in 1990, and began his career with the Exxon Company at the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Refinery. After several engineering and supervisory assignments, he transferred to Exxon Company U.S.A. headquarters in Houston, Texas, in 1997 and held positions in the refining and supply organizations.
In 1999, Wieczynski moved to Fairfax, Virginia, to assist in the merger of the Exxon and Mobil Supply organizations. In 2000, he was named Turnaround and Construction department head for the Baytown, Texas Refinery. During this period, the Baytown Refinery was awarded the Construction Industry Safety Excellence award as the safest industrial entity in the Unites States. In 2003, Wieczynski moved to the ExxonMobil Development Company in Houston, where he held positions in business management and human resources.
In 2006, Wieczynski was named pipeline project manager for the Adriatic Liquid Natural Gas Terminal in Italy, responsible for the construction of a 40-kilometer pipeline from the world’s first offshore LNG receiving terminal to the Italian natural gas grid. In 2008, he became project manager of the South Hook LNG Terminal in Milford Haven, Wales. A joint venture between Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil, and Total, South Hook LNG is Europe’s largest LNG terminal. The first phase of the $1.6B terminal is currently in operation, with the second phase in service later in 2009.
Additionally, Wieczynski leads ExxonMobil’s Ohio State engineering recruiting team and enjoys returning to campus annually to interview talented engineers for a career with ExxonMobil. He is active in the United Way Young Leaders program and American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and is a strong supporter of the Scouting movement.
Wieczynski currently resides in Wales with his wife, Lisa, and daughters, Alexis and Sofia. Enthusiastic travelers, they enjoy exploring new cultures and countries together.
Texnikoi Outstanding Alumni Award Past Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Graduation Department/Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Daniel Wieczynski | ME 90 |
| 2008 | Vineet Arya | EE, FCOB 93, 00 |
| 2007 | John Russell | ME, PhD 94, 00 |
| 2006 | Karen Eisenloffel | ARCH, CE 83, 90 |
| 2005 | Steven Auvil | ME 88 |
| 2004 | John Rudolph | ISE 90 |
| 2003 | Marybeth Lima | AG 88, PhD FAB 96 |
| 2002 | Nancy Porter | WE 85 |
| 2001 | Richard Brandon | CHE 83 |
| 2000 | Wes Blankenship | ME 86, 88, 91 |
| 1998 | Nancy Dawes | CHE 81 |
| 1997 | David Tatman | IE 80 |
| 1996 | Douglas Brown | CHE 78, 79 |
| 1994 | Jacquelyn Kovach | WE 76 |
| 1993 | Gary Tatterson | CHE 74, 77 |
| 1992 | Colette Pierce-Burnette | ISE 80 |
| 1991 | Karen Murphy | CHE 79 |
| 1990 | Douglas Smith | CHE 68, 69 |
| 1989 | Dr. Kenneth McKelvey | CHE 67, 68 |
| 1988 | Jeffrey Rodek | ME 75 |
| 1987 | Dr. Eric Grulke | CHE 71,72,75 |
| 1986 | John Salladay | CHE 68, 68 |
| 1985 | Dr. Eugene Jarrett | CHE 66, 68 |
| 1984 | Bruce Wilson | MIN 65 |
| 1983 | Kerry Hertenstein | CHE 71,71 |
| 1982 | Thad Perry | ISE 67 |
| 1981 | Karen Hendricks | CHE 71 |
| 1980 | Thomas Thomas | EE 66, 66 |
| 1979 | William Lowrie | CHE 66 |
| 1977 | William Fuller | IE 48 |
| 1975 | Robert Stafford | EE 61 |
| 1974 | Thomas Eyerman | Arch 63 |
| 1973 | Philip Stevens | IE 56 |
| 1972 | Larry Hench | CER 64 |
| 1971 | Thomas Fitz | CHE 66 |
| 1970 | Dr. Earl Dietz | CER 59 |
| 1969 | James Bassett | LandArch 52 |
| 1968 | Phillip Bowser | ME 50 |
| 1964 | Kent Brandt | Arch 51 |
| 1963 | James Farst | CHE 56 |
| 1962 | Dr. James Johnson | CER 47 |
| 1959 | Robert Sessions | IE 48 |
| 1958 | John Wright | MIN 49, 50 |
