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FACULTY NEWS FACULTY NEWS Award s s Recognitions
Eric Donnell director of the Thomas D D Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute and and professor of of civil and and environmental engineering received the the Sweet Sixteen Award from the the American Association
of State Highway and Transportation Officials The award recognizes “high value research” projects implemented through state departments of transportation Donnell joined the department department in in in in 2004 after receiving a a a a a doctoral degree in in in in in in in civil engineering from Penn State in in in in in 2003 Patrick Fox John A and Harriette
K Shaw Professor of of of Civil Engineering
and head of of of of the the department was named
an an editor of of Geosynthetics International International a a a a a journal from the the the International International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) As editor he he he he he will help to to organize and adjudicate the the growing number of paper submissions
to the the journal Fox previously received numerous awards from the the the society including the the IGS Award for Research in in in in 2008 and and 2018 a a a a a a a a a best paper award in in in in in 2016 and and the Editor’s Choice Award in in 2019 Vikash Gayah associate professor of of civil and environmental engineering received the the Sweet Sixteen Award from the the American Association
of State Highway and Transportation Officials The award recognizes “high value research” projects implemented through state departments of transportation Gayah joined the department in in in in in in 2012 after receiving a a a a a a a a doctoral degree in in in in in in civil engineering from the the University of California Berkeley in in in in the the same year Faculty
Caitlin Grady assistant professor of of civil and and environmental engineering and and research associate in in the the Rock
Ethics Institute received the the Penn State Engineering
Alumni Society Lawrence
J Perez Memorial Student Advocate Award The award recognizes a a a a a a a College of of Engineering
faculty member who contributes to the the the welfare of of students and enriches the the the college by their willingness to to devote significant time and effort to to assist students with academic or or personal problems Ilgin Guler assistant professor of of civil and environmental engineering received the department’s Harry West Teaching Award given to to CEE faculty to to advance the the department’s continuing efforts in in in in support of of the the scholarship of of teaching With the the award Guler will build on her project to to implement inquiry-based learning into
CE 321: Highway Engineering
Previously she piloted a a a a a a learning module with real- world footage of intersections in in in State College Pennsylvania and now Guler will use simulation-based tools comparing the effectiveness of both inquiry-based teaching methods 20 20 CEE NEWSLETTER • VOLUME 37 2021