Accolades: Notable Achievements for September 5, 2017
El-adaway Named Fellow of the ASCE
Islam El-adaway was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a distinction only granted to about one percent of the organization’s 150,000 members in the civil engineering profession.
El-adaway is an associate professor in civil engineering and is also the director of the Civil Infrastructure System-of-Systems Interdependency Laboratory (CI2SI-L). His research focuses on mitigating the management challenges associated with the sustainability of infrastructure systems.
In June, El-adaway and civil engineering doctoral student Mohamed Saeid Eid were awarded the ASCE 2017 Journal of Management in Engineering Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award for their paper entitled “Sustainable Disaster Recover Decision-Making Support Tool: Integrating Economic Vulnerability into the Objective Functions of the Associated Stakeholders.” This research has implications for post-disaster recovery efforts in regard to reducing the economic vulnerability of the affected community.
Hall and Team Recognized for Security Training
Howard Hall, Governor’s Chair Professor for Nuclear Security, received the Faculty of the Year Award from the Law Enforcement Innovation Center, an agency of UT’s Institute for Public Service. Hall and team also earned the Project of the Year Award for their Chemical Weapons Security Training program. Team members include Ray Burden, Chris Jones, and Rick Lambert.
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eVOL9 Program, Faculty, and Staff Recognized
The 2017 National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA) will host their 2017 National Conference on September 10-13 at Virginia Tech. Jalonda Thompson, assistant director of Engineering Diversity Programs, and Rachel McCord, research assistant professor in Engineering Fundamentals, will present on their work with the Engineering VOLunteers for Ninth Graders (eVOL9) program at the conference. Their talk is titled “It Takes a Village: Equipping Students, Parents, and Teachers for Engineering.”
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The eVOL9 summer program has also been shortlisted for the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Airbus Careers 2017 Diversity Award. This award honors successful projects which encourage young people of all profiles and backgrounds to study and succeed in engineering. Finalists will be announced in September. Three individuals will be invited to present their projects at the GEDC annual conference in Niagara Falls, Canada.
Read about the GEDC Airbus Career awards
Blache Invited to Speak on Asset Management
Klaus Blache was invited to speak to ExxonMobile researchers and scientists regarding “Attaining Competitive Advantage Through Asset Management” at the August 24 ExxonMobile Workshop. Activities at the workshop focused on asset management best practices with a goal to understand the state of art of asset management, encourage collaboration and discussion on the topic of asset optimization in industry, and to imagine the future of asset management in ExxonMobil.