Dr. Ming Leu’s PhD student Tao Liu received the honor of the 2023-2024 CEC dean’s Ph.D scholar.
Eleven Ph.D. students at Missouri S&T received dean’s honors from the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) during a campus ceremony held in late April.
Seven students received the Dean’s Ph.D. Scholar Award, which recognizes scholarly contributions among the most productive Ph.D. students. Three students received the Dean’s Graduate Educator Award, which recognizes excellence in teaching by graduate students.
“Missouri S&T is home to some of the nation’s best Ph.D. students, and the students receiving these awards are among the best of the best,” says Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, CEC’s associate dean for academic affairs. “These students have demonstrated excellence in their fields, either through their scholarship or skills in the classroom, and they should be commended, as well as their advisors.”
Award winners were selected after a two-tier process. First, each of the nine CEC departments selected up to three nominees. Then, a committee selected the winners.
Tao Liu, mechanical and aerospace engineering, nominated by Dr. Ming Leu, Keith and Pat Bailey Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering, is one of the winners of Dean’s Ph.D. Scholar Award.
Selection committee members included Drs. Doug Bristow, professor of mechanical engineering; Kelly Liu, professor of geophysics; Hongyan Ma, Benavides Scholar and associate professor of civil engineering; and R. Joe Stanley, professor of electrical and computer engineering.