The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science recently celebrated alumni and student achievements at the 2022 MFD Distinguished Alumni & Graduates Awards. Held virtually on July 6, the 2022 award recipients were as follows:
Distinguished Alumni Award
Dr. Ray Ambrose
Chief Executive Officer of Elk Petroleum
Dr. Tayfun Babadagli
Professor of Petroleum Engineering
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Unconventional Oil Recovery
University of Alberta
MFD Early Career Award
Dr. Leonardo Velasco-Estrada
Assistant Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede de la Paz
Dr. Hyun-Tae Hwang
Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky
Dr. Shanyuan Niu
Assistant Professor at Nanjing University
MFD Outstanding Student Awards
Lyman L. Handy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Petroleum Engineering
Darby Warburton
Charles J. Rebert Chemical Engineering Outstanding Student Award
Stephen Jon Quiton
Charles J. Rebert Chemical Engineering Outstanding Service Award
Katarina Stanley
Ronald G. Minet Award for Best Design Project
Gustavo Lanser, Grace Park, Aamani Ponnekanti, Anna Rogers, Katarina Stanley, Elana Wadhwani
MFD Masters-Outstanding GPA Award
Kanwal Gupta – Petroleum Engineering
Litao Shen – Chemical Engineering
Zhiang Li – Chemical Engineering
Zhe Duan – Materials Engineering
Deming Yin – Materials Engineering
Changyu Yang – Materials Science
MFD PhD Awards
Best Teaching Assistant Jenny Wang Award
Ricki Chairil
MFD Nominee for Best Dissertation Award
Yu Wang- Materials Science