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Prof lambros Katafygiotis
,
Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, won
the Senior Research Prize from the
European Association for Structural
Dynamics.
■
Prof Sunghun Kim
, Department
of Computer Science and
Engineering, received the Software
Engineering Innovation Foundation
Award from Microsoft Research.
■
Prof ricky lee
, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, became
President of the IEEE Components,
Packaging and Manufacturing
Technology Society.
■
Prof ricky lee
and his students,
Department of Mechanical
Engineering, won the Best Paper
Award of SMTA China South
Technology Conference. They
also received an Outstanding
Paper Award from International
Conference on Electronics
Packaging.
■
Prof riki takeuchi
, Department
of Management, was honored
with the Allan N Nash Award for
Distinguished Doctoral Graduate
from the University of Maryland.
■
Prof James thong
, Department
of Information Systems, Business
Statistics and Operations
Management, won the Information
Systems Research’s (ISR) ISR Best
Associate Editor Award for 2011.
■
Prof christopher leung
,
Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, was
made a Fellow of the International
Union of Laboratories and Experts
in Construction Materials, Systems
and Structures.
■
Prof Jing zhu
, Department
of Management, received the
Scholarly Achievement Award
for 2011 from the Academy of
Management (HR Division) for the
co-authored paper “The Job-search
Grind: Perceived Progress, Self
Reactions, and Self-regulation of
Search Effort”.
■
Prof James lee
, Dean of
Humanities and Social Science,
received the Japanese Population
Association’s Best Book in
Population Studies Award. The
biennial prize was awarded for the
co-authored book
Prudence and
Pressure: Reproduction and Human
Agency in Europe and Asia,
1700-1900
.
■
Prof matthew tommasini
,
Division of Humanities, saw his
composition
Awaken This Feeling
,
featuring violinist Ara Gregorian,
premiered at
The Intimacy of
Creativity 2011
. The work won top
prize in the Professional Division
of the 6th Annual Robert Avalon
International Competition for
Composers 2012 and was selected
as Finalist for the Ninth Edition
of the International Composition
Competition “Città di Udine”
2012 and the International Music
Prize for Excellence in Composition
2011.
FACULTY AWARDS
