CEC honors 16 graduate students

October 1st, 2019

The College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) honored students for their scholarly productivity and teaching excellence at a ceremony in May.

The award winners were nominated by professors in their home departments, then selected by a department committee or department chair for college consideration.

Graduate Educator Award recipients are:

  • Mohanad Abdulazeez, civil, architectural and environmental engineering
  • Abdulaziz Abutunis, mechanical and aerospace engineering
  • Mustafa Al-Alwani, geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering
  • Yani Lin, geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering
  • Chance Moore, mining and nuclear engineering
  • Jared Rhodes, chemical and biochemical engineering.

The Ph.D. Scholar Award recipients and their advisors are:

  • Danish Ali, mining and nuclear engineering, advised by Dr. Samuel Frimpong
  • Husam Alkinani, geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering, advised by Dr. Shari Dunn-Norman
  • Leonardo E. Brito da Silva, electrical and computer engineering, advised by Dr. Donald Wunsch
  • Liang Fan, civil, architectural and environmental engineering, advised by Dr. Genda Chen
  • Yingqi Li, mechanical and aerospace engineering, advised by Dr. Ming Leu
  • Chuang Lin, civil, architectural and environmental engineering, advised by Dr. Xiong Zhang
  • Jingyang Pu, geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering, advised by Dr. Baojun Bai
  • Satyaki Roy, computer science, advised by Dr. Sajal Das
  • Xinchang Zhang, mechanical and aerospace engineering, advised by Dr. Frank Liou
  • Chen Zhu, electrical and computer engineering, advised by Dr. Jie Huang.