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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">We had five outstanding dissertations submitted for competition for Best Dissertation Award. Two of the first prize winners both had 35+ refereed publications with about a dozen as first authors. Here is
the decision made by the Awards Committee:</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">First Prize: $1,000 and plaque to each of the two awardees:
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="color:#1F4E79">1. Manmohan Singh, Biomedical Engineering, Major Professor: Dr. Kirill Larin.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79"> 2. Jun Mao, Mechanical Engineering, Co-Major Professors: Drs. Ken White and Zhifeng Ren</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Second Prize: $500 and plaque to Chong Dai, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Major Professor: Dr. Yandi Hu.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Congratulations to all the awardees and their major professors. These individuals will be recognized at the Engineering Convocation on May 11, 2018.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Suresh Khator</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Suresh K. Khator, Ph.D., P.E. Phone: 713-743-4205</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Associate Dean, College of Engineering Fax: 713-743-4214</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Professor of Industrial Engineering Email:
</span><a href="mailto:skhator@uh.edu" id="LPlnk658041" previewremoved="true">skhator@uh.edu</a><span style="color:#1F497D">
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">E421 Engineering Building 2
</span><a href="http://www.ie.uh.edu/faculty/khator" id="LPlnk527508" previewremoved="true">www.ie.uh.edu/faculty/khator</a><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Houston, TX 77204-4008</span></p>
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