Category Archives: Awards

CEE Students, Brakewood Earn William Millar Award for Paper
UT’s Candace Brakewood led a team that won the Transportation Research Board’s William Millar Award, the second year in a row a team from her group has done so.
Alshibli and Jarrar Win Top ASTM Award
Professor Alshibli and his coauthor will be presented with the 2023 Hogentogler Award, the most prestigious technical award given by ASTM Committee D18.

Smoke and Stroke: Investigating the Long-term Effects on Wildfires on Heart Health
Professor Joshua Fu is starting a $3.7M, five-year project with Emory University researching the long-term effects of wildfire smoke on cardiovascular health.
Campus Awards Round-Up
CEE faculty, staff, and students have been recognized with numerous awards distributed across the university this spring.
Department Awards Faculty and Staff
The department held its annual awards banquet, recognizing the contributions and achievements of its faculty and staff.
Department Holds Inaugural Scholarship Reception
The department hosted its inaugural CEE Student Scholarship Reception, awarding $200,000 in scholarships to 98 undergraduates.
Four One Health Initiative-Backed Projects Include CEE Faculty
Four projects that include CEE faculty were awarded funding from UT’s One Health Initiative, a seed grant competition intended to create transdisciplinary synergies on campus.
Sun Wins Third in Geosyntec Paper Competition
Gradate research assistant Yanchen Sun won third place in the 2022 Geosyntec Groundwater Student Paper Competition for his Bisphenol A research.
Zhang Picks Up First Place in Student Data Analysis Competition
Doctoral student Miaomiao Zhang won first place for the Long-Term Infrastructure Performance Student Data Analysis, a competition run by the Federal Highway Administration.
Darling and Collaborators Pick Up TRB’s Millar Award for Research Benefitting Low-Income Transit Riders
Research from recent graduates Wes Darling and Emily Carpenter and graduate student Tami Johnson-Praino won The William Millar Award from the Transportation Research Board.