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Sedrick Huckaby, assistant professor of art, is one of seven winners of the 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, hosted by the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs graduate students Baishakhi Biswas, Sherry Fabricant, Jacob Schwarz, and Ahoura Zandiatashbar won the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water award for their design to reduce stormwater runoff from future campus construction projects. The competition was part of the agency's 2015 Campus RainWorks Challenge.
Engineering Assistant Professors Yi Hong, Junzhou Huang, Ankur Jain, and Yuze "Alice" Sun each won five-year, $500,000 Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grants, the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for junior faculty.
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists bestowed the 2016 Presidential ¡Dale! Award on Communication Lecturer Julian Rodriguez.
Joe Lundy, adjunct professor in the Civil Engineering Department, received the Award of Merit from the American Society for Testing and Materials International's Committee on Concrete Pipe. The award, which includes a fellowship, is ASTM's highest recognition for individual contributions to developing standards.
Electrical engineering Assistant Professor Ali Davoudi, Professor Frank Lewis, and doctoral students Vahidreza Nasirian and Josep Guerrero won three "Best Paper" Awards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, including the organization's 2016 Power and Energy Society Prize Paper Award.