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.