Professor Ed Delp has been recognized with the Morrill Award, which honors West Lafayette faculty members' outstanding career achievements and is Purdue's highest career achievement recognition for a faculty member.

The Office of the Provost gives Morrill Awards to faculty members who have excelled as teachers, researchers and scholars, and in engagement missions. The awards are named for Justin Smith Morrill, the Vermont congressman who sponsored the 1862 legislation that bears his name and allowed for the creation of land-grant college and universities.

Each Morrill Award was accompanied by a $30,000 prize, which may be used as discretionary funds or as salary supplements.