2021 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ annual celebration of accomplishments was hosted virtually on April 11, 2021. The following EI students, affiliates, and researchers were honored.
E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Faculty Fellowship |
Charles Hosler Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Faculty Award |
| The E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Faculty Fellowship was created to support faculty of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in the earth, energy, and material sciences. | This award honors faculty who have demonstrated exemplary leadership that manifests the ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion into practical action in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. |
 Hamid Emami-Meybodi, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering, was selected for his proposal “Transport Behavior of Condensed Fluids in Ultratight Porous Media: Evidence for Mechanisms Other Than Advection” |
 Luis Ayala, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering |
Faculty Mentoring Award |
George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant |
| This award was created to honor faculty members in the college for their outstanding work in mentoring students or junior faculty members. The recipient is honored with a recognition memento and a monetary award. | The George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant promotes innovative research of high scholarly merit. The award recipient receives $50,000 from the George H. Deike, Jr. Research Endowment Fund and a recognition memento. |
| Luis Ayala, professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering |
 Mohammad Rezaee, associate professor of mining engineering, was selected for his proposal “Unlocking Unconventional Lithium Resources through Development of Efficient, Lowcost, and Environmentally Benign Extraction Processes and Production of Lithium Battery Products” |
Tenure Chiara Lo Prete, associate professor of energy and mineral engineering |
 Feifei Shi, assistant professor of energy engineering, was selected for her proposal “Unlocking Unconventional Lithium Resources through Development of Efficient, Low-cost, and Environmentally Benign Extraction Processes and Production of Lithium Battery Products” |
2020 Wilson Banquet and Awards Presentation
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ annual celebration of accomplishments was hosted virtually on April 26, 2020. The following EI students, affiliates, and researchers were honored.
25-Year Service Award |
Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grants |
 Serguei Lvov, professor of energy and mineral engineering |
The Gladys Snyder Junior Faculty Grants are awarded to junior faculty for the development of new courses or the improvement of current offerings; for travel to professional meetings; to broaden the studies of junior faculty members; or to recognize significant contributions in research efforts. |
Fall 2019 EMSAGE LaureatesThe College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Academy for Global Experience (EMSAGE) is the college’s signature undergraduate recognition program. Select students are recognized with the distinctive designation of EMSAGE Laureate. |
 Sekhar Bhattacharyya, associate teaching professor, was selected for his proposal “Transforming Teaching Focus from Fossil Fuel to Mineral Resources used in Enduring Products and in Renewable Energy Sector” |
 Ian Wasserman, energy engineering |
Feifei Shi, assistant professor of energy engineering, was selected for her proposal “Novel Monolithic Single Atom Catalyst for Renewable Fuels” |
Wilson Research Initiation Grant |
E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Faculty Fellowship |
| The Wilson Research Initiation Grant was established to provide an extra spark to the research career of a junior faculty member. | The E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Faculty Fellowship was created to support faculty of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in the earth, energy, and material sciences. |
 Amin Mehrabian, assistant professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, was selected for his proposal “Rate-Dependent Solutions for the Productivity and Injectivity Index of Deformable Subsurface Rock” |
 Tieyuan Zhu, assistant professor of geosciences, was selected for his proposal “Excitation of Seismic Waves by the Atmosphere: Using Thunderquakes by Lightning Stroke for Solid Earth Tomography” |
Wilson Award for Outstanding Service |
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 Seth Blumsack, professor of energy business and finance |
 William Groves, associate professor of industrial health and safety |
2020 Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering student awards
The John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering had its 2020 Awards Banquet on April 20. This banquet recognizes students and faculty in the department. The banquet is held in conjunction with the G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture. EMS Energy Institute Students who received awards are listed below.
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants |
Graduate Teaching
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| Ziyan Li, Ph.D. student |
Sheng Zhi, Ph.D. student |
Yiming Zhang, Ph.D. student |
EME-PNGE Graduate
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MNGE Undergraduate
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| Fengyuan Zhang, Ph.D. student |
Ziyan Li, Ph.D. student |
Harmonie Ngamuyeka, undergraduate senior student |
2020 Institutes of Energy and the Environment Seed Grants
The following EMS Energy Institute researchers were 2019–20 Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) seed grant recipients:
Energy and Environmental Resilience |
Future Energy Supply |
Water |
| “Bioinspired Self-Healing Cement for Sealing Well Leakage: Towards Sustainable Shale Gas Supply”—Dahi Taleghani Arash, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences | “Coupled Large-scale Energy Conversion and Storage by Biphasic Redox Flow Battery and Photo-ionic Cells”—Feifei Shi, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences | “Granulation of Algal-Bacterial Consortia for enhanced CO2 capture and Resource Recovery”—Meng Wang, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences |
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