Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
The Chancellor's and Provost's Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity honor App State faculty members for superior achievement in their fields. A committee of faculty members from each academic college and University Libraries selects the recipients, who are nominated by chairs, deans or other faculty, or are self-nominated. Two awards are conferred per year — the Chancellor's Award and the Provost's Award, which celebrate the research, scholarship and creative endeavors of faculty and staff.
Dr. Rahman Tashakkori
Award Year: 2025
Lowe’s Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science
Dr. Rahman Tashakkori is the Lowe's Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in App State's Department of Computer Science, housed in the College of Arts and Sciences. Tashakkori joined the department as an assistant professor in 2000 and was promoted to full professor in 2011. He served as department chair from 2017 to 2023.
Since joining App State, he has established interdisciplinary collaborations and research, engaging both colleagues and students. Tashakkori has created and taught several computer science courses and mentored more than 200 graduate and undergraduate students. Additionally, Tashakkori has presented at local, regional, national and international conferences and authored nearly 70 scholarly publications.
One nominator wrote that Tashakkori's "commitment to mentoring and graduating students is unmatched," and "his ability to generate innovative research ideas and secure external funding is absolutely remarkable."
Last spring, Tashakorri and his research team were awarded a $641,951 grant from NCInnovation to support commercializing parts of the Beemon Hive Monitoring System — an innovative tool for decreasing honeybee die-off and increasing hive production.
He holds a doctorate in computer science, as well as master's degrees in nuclear engineering and engineering science — all from Louisiana State University. He earned his bachelor's degree in physics from Ahwaz University in Iran.