Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering, was chosen to receive the Educational Leadership – College-Level Promotion of Education Award at the BEYA STEM Conference (Feb. 8-10) in Washington. According to the BEYA website, the Educational Leadership – College-Level Promotion of Education Award is given to a collegiate faculty or administrative staff member who has demonstrated “a strong commitment to preserving superior engineering, scientific and technical education programs.”
https://engineering.unl.edu/terri-norton-earns-beya-educational-leadership-award/
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Hamid Vakilzadian, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was honored with the George F. McClure Citation of Honor on Feb. 3 at the IEEE-USA Awards and Recognitions Ceremony in Burlingame, Calif. The Citation of Honor is given to IEEE "members who have made exemplary contributions toward achieving the aims of professional activities in the United States." Vakilzadian was cited for "unequaled commitment to the growth and prosperity of the Electro-Information Technology (EIT) Conference and for leadership in Region 4 Technical and Professional Activities." He organized the EIT2017 conference that was hosted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May 2017.
https://engineering.unl.edu/hamid-vakilzadian-earns-ieee-usa-citation-honor/