2021 Wilson Banquet and Awards PresentationThe College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ annual celebration of accomplishments was hosted virtually on April 11, 2021. The following EI students, affiliates, and researchers were honored. | |
E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller | Charles Hosler Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Faculty AwardThis award honors faculty who have demonstrated exemplary leadership that manifests the ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion into practical action in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
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Faculty Mentoring AwardThis award was created to honor faculty members in the college for their outstanding work in mentoring students or junior faculty members. The recipient is honored with a recognition memento and a monetary award.
| George H. Deike, Jr. Research GrantThe George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant promotes innovative research of high scholarly merit. The award recipient receives $50,000 from the George H. Deike, Jr. Research Endowment Fund and a recognition memento.
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Hamid Emami-Meybodi, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering, was selected for his proposal “Transport Behavior of Condensed Fluids in Ultratight Porous Media: Evidence for Mechanisms Other Than Advection”
Luis Ayala, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering
Mohammad Rezaee, associate professor of mining engineering, was selected for his proposal “Unlocking Unconventional Lithium Resources through Development of Efficient, Lowcost, and Environmentally Benign Extraction Processes and Production of Lithium Battery Products”
Feifei Shi, assistant professor of energy engineering, was selected for her proposal “Unlocking Unconventional Lithium Resources through Development of Efficient, Low-cost, and Environmentally Benign Extraction Processes and Production of Lithium Battery Products”
Chiara Lo Prete, associate professor of energy and mineral engineering2020 Wilson Banquet and Awards PresentationThe College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ annual celebration of accomplishments was hosted virtually on April 26, 2020. The following EI students, affiliates, and researchers were honored. | |||
25-Year Service Award Serguei Lvov, professor of energy and mineral engineering | Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty GrantsThe Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grants are awarded to junior faculty for the development of new courses or the improvement of current offerings; for travel to professional meetings; to broaden the studies of junior faculty members; or to recognize significant contributions in research efforts.
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Fall 2019 EMSAGE LaureatesThe College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Academy for Global Experience (EMSAGE) is the college’s signature undergraduate recognition program. Select students are recognized with the distinctive designation of EMSAGE Laureate.
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Wilson Research Initiation GrantThe Wilson Research Initiation Grant was established to provide an extra spark to the research career of a junior faculty member.
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Wilson Award for Outstanding Service
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Sekhar Bhattacharyya, associate teaching professor, was selected for his proposal “Transforming Teaching Focus from Fossil Fuel to Mineral Resources used in Enduring Products and in Renewable Energy Sector”
Ian Wasserman, energy engineering
Amin Mehrabian, assistant professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, was selected for his proposal “Rate-Dependent Solutions for the Productivity and Injectivity Index of Deformable Subsurface Rock”
Tieyuan Zhu, assistant professor of geosciences, was selected for his proposal “Excitation of Seismic Waves by the Atmosphere: Using Thunderquakes by Lightning Stroke for Solid Earth Tomography”
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Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants
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EME-PNGE Graduate | EME Graduate | MNGE Undergraduate | ||
2020 Institutes of Energy and the Environment | ||
Energy and Environmental Resilience“Bioinspired Self-Healing Cement for Sealing Well Leakage: Towards Sustainable Shale Gas Supply”
| Future Energy Supply“Coupled Large-scale Energy Conversion and Storage by Biphasic Redox Flow Battery and Photo-ionic Cells”
| Water“Granulation of Algal-Bacterial Consortia for enhanced CO2 capture and Resource Recovery”
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Issue Number
11
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