Department of Mechanical Engineering

THREE ME GRADUATE STUDENTS AWARDED TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Three ME Graduate Students have recently been awarded Teaching and Research Excellence Awards.

Mike Groen, a Teaching Assistant of Dr. Mike Pate, received the Teaching Excellence award for his outstanding performance as a Teaching Assistant during his work towards a graduate degree. The purpose of the award is to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement by graduate students in teaching.

Chengzhi Tang, a Research Assistant of Dr. Ted Heindel, and Andrew Mitchell, a Research Assistant of Dr. Pranav Shrotriya, each earned the Research Excellence Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize graduate students at the time of their graduation for outstanding research accomplishments as documented in their theses and dissertations. These students are also expected to be academically superior and able to not only do research, but develop a well written product.

Each Teaching and Research Excellence Award consists of a letter of commendation from the ISU President and a certificate of achievement signed by the ISU President and the Graduate Dean. Each recipient will also be recognized at the time of their graduation – each will be given an honor cord, cited in the ISU Commencement Program and recognized during the ceremony; the award is also be noted on the student's transcript.

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