{"id":579,"date":"2015-05-06T09:46:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T13:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/?p=579"},"modified":"2015-06-08T11:02:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T15:02:38","slug":"computer-science-faculty-receive-deans-awards-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/2015\/05\/06\/computer-science-faculty-receive-deans-awards-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Science Faculty Receive Dean&#8217;s Awards for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 4, 2015 \u2013\u00a0At the eighteenth annual Virginia Tech College of Engineering faculty reception, awards were presented to engineering professors for teaching innovation, research, service, and outreach for 2015.\u00a0 Five outstanding new assistant professors were recognized and certificates of teaching excellence were also awarded.<\/p>\n<p>The Dean\u2019s Awards for Teaching Excellence were presented to: Clifford Shaffer of computer science, Sungwan \u201cSunny\u201d Jung of biomedical engineering and mechanics, and John P. Shewchuk of industrial and systems engineering.<\/p>\n<p>The Dean\u2019s Awards for Research Excellence were awarded to: Wenjing Lou of computer science, Chang Lu of chemical engineering, Amy Pruden of civil and environmental engineering, Pamela VandeVord of biomedical engineering and mechanics, and Chenming \u201cMike\u201d Zhang, of biological systems engineering.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Engineering Faculty Fellows, an award that carries an annual $5000 account for the next three fiscal years to support his or her research, were presented to: Eli Tilevich of computer science, Jennifer Irish of civil and environmental engineering, Kray Luxbacher of mining and minerals engineering, Holly Matusovich of engineering education, Michael Ruohoniemi of electrical and computer engineering, and Christopher Williams of mechanical engineering.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eng.vt.edu\/news\/engineering-faculty-receive-dean-s-awards-excellence-3\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Join the department in congratulating Wenjing Lou, Cliff Shaffer and Eli Tilevich.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Wenjing-Lou_FacultyFellow2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-599\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Wenjing-Lou_FacultyFellow2014-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Wenjing Lou_FacultyFellow2014\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Wenjing-Lou_FacultyFellow2014-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Wenjing-Lou_FacultyFellow2014.jpg 692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Tilevich-and-Benson-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Tilevich-and-Benson-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Tilevich and Benson (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Tilevich-and-Benson-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Tilevich-and-Benson-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Shaffer-and-Benson-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-581\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Shaffer-and-Benson-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Shaffer and Benson (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Shaffer-and-Benson-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/csblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/05\/Shaffer-and-Benson-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 4, 2015 \u2013\u00a0At the eighteenth annual Virginia Tech College of Engineering faculty reception, awards were presented to engineering professors for teaching innovation, research, service, and outreach for 2015.\u00a0 Five outstanding new assistant professors were recognized and certificates of teaching excellence were also awarded. 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