End of Year Awards

2018 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation

The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences held its 2018 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation on April 15 to recognize student achievement, faculty mentoring, faculty commitments to service, and excellence in research and teaching.

Promotions

Angela Lueking, professor of energy and mineral engineering

Jonathan Mathews, professor of energy and mineral engineering

Faculty Advising Award

Luis Ayala, William A. Fustos Family Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering and associate head for graduate education, EME

G. Montgomery and
Marion Mitchell Award for
Innovative Teaching

Mort Webster, associate professor of energy engineering

Wilson Award
for Excellence
in Research

Russell Johns, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering

Wilson Research Initiation Grant

Mohammad Rezaee, assistant professor of mining engineering — “Feasibility Study of Recovering Rare Earth Elements from Coal Waste Streams Through an Integrated Bio-Extraction Process”

Tieyuan Zhu, assistant professor of geosciences — “Quantifying Subsurface CO2 Leakage Hazards Using Seismic Coda Waves”

Earth and Mineral Sciences Academy for Global Experience Laureate

Gregory S. Kojadinovich, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering '18

2018 Staff Awards

April 23, 2017 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation

Retirements

Sharon Falcone Miller, senior research associate, EMS Energy Institute, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering, and director of Office of Student Development

Gareth Mitchell, research associate, EMS Energy Institute

Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grant

Chiara Lo Prete, assistant professor of energy economics — “Understanding the Impacts of Water Scarcity on the Evolution of the U.S. Electric Power System”

Promotion

Zuleima Karpyn, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering

April 17, 2016 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation

Promotions

Luis Ayala, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering

Zhen Lei, associate professor of energy and environmental economics

Li Li, associate professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering

John Yilin Wang, associate professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering

E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller 
Faculty Fellow

Chiara Lo Prete, assistant professor of energy economics — “Complementarity-based Equilibrium Models for the Analysis of Market Power in Electric Distribution Networks”

25-Year
Service Award

Sarma Pisupati, professor of energy and mineral engineering and co-director of Coal Science and Technology program, EMS Energy Institute

Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grants

Hamid Emami-Meybodi, assistant professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering — “Unconventional Gas Reservoirs: Production Data Analysis”

Joel Landry, assistant professor of environmental and energy economics — “What are the Economic and Emissions Impacts of New Climate Regulations on Big Trucks?”