Award Winners for Convocation 2020
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Full event program can be found here.
Presidential Leadership Awards
Ayushi Sangoi (undergraduate)
Biomedical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Newark College of Engineering
William Ho (graduate)
Chemical Engineering, Newark College of Engineering
Excellence in Research from Schools & Colleges
Dr. Qiang Tang, Computer Science, Ying Wu College of Computing
Dr. Xiaoyang Xu, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Newark College of Engineering
Dr. Maurie Cohen, Humanities, College of Science and Liberal Arts
Dr. Wenda Cao, Physics, College of Science and Liberal Arts
Dr. Haisu Zhang, Martin Tuchman School of Management
Dr. Gabrielle Esperdy, Hillier College of Architecture and Design
Overseers Excellence in Research Prize & Medal
Dr. Namas Chandra
Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Lou Kondic
Mathematical Sciences
Overseers Excellence in Service Award
Dr. Michael Ehrlich
Martin Tuchman School of Management
Blake Haggerty, Nicole Bosca, Cassandra Sardo, and Amal Shah
Office of Digital Learning
Master Teachers
Dr. Cesar Bandera
Martin Tuchman School of Management
Dr. Ecevit Bilgili
Chemicals and Materials Engineering
Dr. Stephen Pemberton
Federated History
Constance A. Murray Diversity Award
Dr. James Geller
Computer Science
Promotion to Distinguished Professor
Dr. Treena Arinzeh
Biomedical Engineering
Promotion to Professor
Dr. Shahriar Afkhami
Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Bruce Bukiet
Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Gabrielle Esperdy
Hillier College of Architecture and Design
Dr. Iulian Neamtiu
Computer Science
Dr. Xianqin Wang
Chemical and Material Engineering
Dr. Zhipeng Yan
Martin Tuchman School of Management
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Dr. Sagnik Basuray
Chemical and Material Engineering
Dr. Brittany Hamfeldt
Mathematical Sciences
Dr. J. Britt Holbrook
Humanities
Dr. Dong-Kyun Ko
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Xuan Liu
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Hieu Pham Trung Nguyen
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. David Shirokoff
Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Daphne Soares
Biological Sciences
Dr. Roman Voronov
Chemical and Material Engineering
Dr. Donghee Yvette Wohn
Informatics
Dr. Xiaoyang Xu
Chemical and Material Engineering
Promotion to Associate Professor
Dr. Mengyan Li
Chemistry and Environmental Science
Tenure
Dr. Esra Buyuktahtakin Toy
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Dr. Xiaobo Li
Biomedical Engineering
Promotion to Senior University Lecturer
John Egan
Humanities
Narendra-Neel Khichi Jr.
Humanities
Stephanie Santos
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Louis Wells
Humanities