Graduate Student of the Month
Carl R. Ice College of Engineering recognizes one outstanding graduate student from each department during the academic year. This program was established to enhance graduate student recognition and development. Students are nominated each month by their department heads.
September 2021 recognitions
Abbas' research focus is on the calibration of the SMCFT for prestressed concrete beams reinforced with FRP. Fun facts include: swimming, cooking; raclette is his favorite food; bucket list items are visiting the Mont-Saint Michel, flying in a hot air balloon, designing an iconic structure, receiving his doctoral degree and watching the aurora borealis. Abbas is from Kuwait. Advisor is Bill Zhang.
Research focus is on agricultural sensors and data analytics. Fun facts include: receiving a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and pursuing his doctoral degree in agricultural engineering; Han is from Gansu, China, and enjoys basketball and reading. His favorite food is Chinese, and his bucket list includes owning a successful business, swimming in the ocean and taking a painting class. Advisor is Naiqian Zhang.
Research focus is in the area of electrochemistry, catalysis and energy conversion. Fun facts: Liu is from China, and enjoys fishing, hiking and camping. His favorite food is soy-braised pork. Liu's top bucket list item is to be a professor at a university. Chuancheng Duan is his advisor.
Al Shboul comes to Manhattan from Jordan. His research focus is on structural engineering. He enjoys watching movies and his favorite food is seafood. His top bucket list item is riding in a gondola in Venice, Italy. Hayder Rasheed is his advisor.
Tanash's research is in high-performance computing. Fun facts include traveling, camping, playing tennis and volleyball. He is from Jordan and his favorite food is shawarma. Top bucket list item is sponsoring a child's education. His advisor is Daniel Andresen.
Zia is from Islamabad, Pakistan, and enjoys listening to music, traveling, singing, exploring new cultures and making new friends, organizing social events, cooking, playing badminton, and tutoring and counseling. Her favorite foods are chapli kabab, fish tikka and faluda. Making a difference in the lives of people with her hard and soft skills tops Zia's bucket list. Her research interest is in thermal ablations for the treatment of cancer, and her advisor is Punit Prakash.
Chen comes to Manhattan from China. She enjoys traveling and painting. Her favorite food is spinach. At the top of Chen's bucket list is to visit Iguazu Falls. Her advisors are Shuting Lei and Suprem Das, and her research focuses on the interaction between ultrafast laser and nanomaterials.
Morrow comes to Manhattan from Valley Falls, Kansas. His research area is in the thermal and fluid sciences. Fun facts include reading, woodworking and disc golf; pizza is his favorite food and Morrow's top bucket list item is earning his Ph.D. Advisor is Melanie Derby.