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First place awards for
Ph.D. research presented at the 82nd National Air and Waste
Management Association (AWMA) Meeting, Anaheim, California and for research
given by
Lake Michigan States Chapter of AWMA (1989) “Hygroscopic Properties of
Spray Dryer
Sorbents,” by C.S. Yuan (advisor: M.J. Rood)
First place award for MSE research given by Lake Michigan States Chapter of
AWMA and
3rd place award for research presented at the 83rd National AWMA Meeting,
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (1990) “Modeling the Combustion of Municipal Solid Waste:
Influence of
Recycling on Emission of Air Contaminants and Power Generation,” by R.E. Simek (advisor:
M.J. Rood)
First place award for Ph.D. research given by Lake Michigan States Chapter
of the AWMA
(1991) and 3rd place award for research presented at the 84th National AWMA
Meeting,
Vancouver, British Columbia (1991) “Evaluation of the Removal of SO2 and NO
from Gas
Streams via Dielectric Barrier Discharges,” by M.B. Chang (advisor: M.J.
Rood)
First place awards for MSE research presented at the 85th National AWMA
Meeting, Kansas
City, Missouri and by the Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (1992)
“Theoretical and
Experimental Results Describing the Adsorption of VOCs onto Activated
Carbon Fibers,” by
M.P. Cal (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and S.M. Larson)
Second place national award for MSE thesis, sponsored by James M.
Montgomery Consulting Engineers and Association of Environmental
Engineering Professors (1992) “Modeling the Simultaneous Removal of Sulfur
Dioxide and Hydrogen Chloride from Municipal Waste Combustion Flue Gas via
Spray Dryer Adsorbers,” by J.P. Wood (advisor:
M.J. Rood)
Third place award for MSE research presented at the 86th National AWMA
Meeting, Denver,
Colorado, and 1st place award for M.S.E. research by the Lake Michigan
States Chapter of
the AWMA (1993) “Evaluation of Breakthrough Times for Beds of Activated
Carbon Fibers
Adsorbing n-Butane from Nitrogen,” by O.W. Graf (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and
S.M. Larson)
Third place award for MSE research presented at the 88th National AWMA
Meeting, San
Antonio, Texas, and 1st place award for M.S.E. research by the Lake
Michigan States Chapter
of the AWMA (1995) “Development of Adsorbent Carbons from Waste Tire for
Natural Gas
Storage and Multi-Component Air Pollution Control,” by T.A. Brady
(co-advisors: M.J. Rood
and M. Rostam-Abadi)
First place award for
MSE research paper provided by the Lake Michigan States Section of
AWMA (1996) “Cryogenic Recovery of Volatile Organic Compounds for Re-Use,”
by K.
Carmichael (advisor: M.J. Rood)
First place award for
Ph.D. research paper provided by the Lake Michigan States Section of
AWMA (1996) “Activated Carbon from Illinois Coal and its Environmental
Applications,”
by J. Sun (co-advisors: M. Rostam-Abadi and M.J.
Rood)
Student Paper Award
for Ph.D. research paper provided by the Lake Michigan States Section
of AWMA (1997) "Separation and Recovery of Organic Vapors for Reuse,”
by M. Lordgooei
(co-advisors: M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Student Paper Award
for Ph.D. research paper provided by the Lake Michigan States Section
of AWMA (1997) "Pore size distribution of activated carbon fibers
determined by a novel
adsorption isotherm" by J. Sun (co-advisors: M. Rostam-Abadi
and M.J. Rood)
First Place award for
graduate student platform presentation at 23rd Biennial Conference on
Carbon (Mrozowski Award for best student
presentation), Pennsylvania State University,
State College, Pennsylvania, (1997) “Tire-Derived Activated Carbons for Gas
Separation,
Storage and Clean-up,” by C. Lehmann (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Richard A. Glenn Best
Paper Award, 214th ACS National Meeting, Fuel Chemistry Division,
Las Vegas, Nevada (1997) "Cleanup of Hot Coal Gas with Carbon-Based
Sorbents," M. Cal,
B. Strickler, A. Lizzio,
and M.J. Rood, pp. 872-876. Rood, M.J. (1997) "Influence of
Anthropogenic Aerosol on Climate at Climactically Relevant Regions,"
plenary lecture at
Chinese Association of Aerosol Research Conference, October, Tainan,
Taiwan, 12 pp.
Graduate Student Award
(1999) Air & Waste Management Association, Central Illinois
Section, given to C. Lehmann (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi) Chester P.
Siess Graduate Award (1999) Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign given to Christopher M.B.
Lehmann (coadvisors:
M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Graduate Student
Fellowship (1999-2001) AWMA, 2nd place, Christopher M.B. Lehmann
(co-advisors: M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Student Paper Award
for PhD research paper provided by the Lake Michigan States Chapter
of AWMA (1999) "Removal of Mercury Vapor from Simulated
Coal-Combustion Flue Gases
with Sulfur-Impregnated Activated Carbon Fibers (ACFs)," by Hsing-Cheng Hsi (coadvisors:
M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Third place Student
Poster Award for PhD research presented at the 92nd Annual AWMA
Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri (1999) "Direct Aerosol Radiative Forcing
Based on Optical
Measurements at Contrasting, Climatically Important Sites," by
Christian M. Carrico
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
First place Student
Paper Awards for PhD research papers provided by the Lake Michigan
States Section of AWMA (2000) "Volatile Organic Compound Recovery
Using Activated-
Carbon Fiber-Cloth with Rapid Electrothermal
Desorption,” by Patrick D. Sullivan (advisor:
M.J. Rood) and “Adsorption of Methyl Ethyl Ketone and Acetone by
Tire-Derived Activated
Carbon and Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth,” by David Ramirez (advisor: M.J.
Rood)
Second place Student
Paper Award for PhD research papers provided by the Lake Michigan
States Chapter of AWMA (2000) " Preparation of Sulfur-Impregnated
Activated Carbon
Fibers (ACFs) for Removal of Mercury Vapor from Simulated Coal-Combustion
Flue
Gases,” by Hsing-Cheng Hsi
(coadvisors: M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Second place Student
Paper Award for PhD research papers provided by the Lake Michigan
States Chapter of AWMA (2000) “Ambient Aerosol Optical Properties at a
Midwestern USA
site: Closure for Measured and Modeled Light Scattering Coefficients,” by
Pinar Kus
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
First place Student
Poster Award for PhD research presented at the 93rd Annual AWMA
Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah (2000) "Waste Tires: An Air Quality Control
Device?" by
Christopher Lehmann and David Ramirez (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Graduate Student
Fellowship (2001-2002) AWMA, 2nd place, Christopher M.B. Lehmann
(co-advisors: of M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Ph.D. Student Paper Award for PhD research provided by the Lake Michigan
States Section of AWMA (2001) “Application of Optimal Sulfur Impregnation
Protocol on Low-Cost Carbonaceous and Non-Carbonaceous Adsorbents for
Mercury Removal,” by Hsing Cheng Hsi, (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Second Place Student
Poster Award for PhD research at the 94th Annual AWMA Meeting,
Orlando, FL (2001) “Closure Between Measured and Modeled Light Scattering
Coefficients
for Sodium Chloride Test Aerosols and Dry Ambient Aerosols,” by Pinar Kus (advisor: M.J.
Rood)
Student Paper Award
for PhD research paper provided by the Lake Michigan States Section
of AWMA (2001) “Closure Between Measured and Modeled Light Scattering
Coefficients
for Sodium Chloride Test Aerosols and Dry Ambient Aerosols,” by Pinar Kus (advisor: M.J.
Rood)
Student Paper Award
for PhD research paper provided by the Lake Michigan States Section
of AWMA (2001) “Adsorption Capacities and Heats of Adsorption for Organic
Vapors on
Tire-, Coal- and Phenol- Derived Activated Carbons,” by David Ramirez
(advisor: M.J.
Rood)
Third Place Student
Poster Award for Ph.D. research at the 94th Annual AWMA Meeting,
Orlando, FL (2001) “Adsorption Capacities and Heats of Adsorption for
Organic Vapors on
Tire-, Coal- and Phenol-Derived Activated Carbons,” by David Ramirez
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
Second Place Student
Poster Award for MSE research at the 94th Annual AWMA meeting,
Orlando, FL (2001) “Characterization of Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth
Adsorption/Electrothermal Regeneration System for
Compounds with High Vapor Pressures,” by Suk-yi
Lo, Katherine Dombrowski, and Christopher M.B.
Lehmann (advisor: M.J. Rood)
First Place Student
Paper Competition of Lake Michigan States Chapter of AWMA (2001)
“Characterization of Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth Adsorption/ Electrothermal Regeneration
System for Compounds with High Vapor Pressures,” by Christopher M.B.
Lehmann,
Katherine Dombrowski, and Suk-yi
Lo (advisor: M.J. Rood)
National Scholarship
Award (2001-2002) AWMA, Suk-yi Lo (advisor: M.J.
Rood)
National Scholarship
Award (2002-2003) AWMA, David Ramirez (advisor: M.J. Rood)
First Place Student
Paper Competition of Lake Michigan States Chapter of AWMA (2003)
“Development of a Membrane-Based Diffusion Dryer,” by Zaher
Hashisho and Michael
Wieczorek (advisor: M.J. Rood)
National Scholarship
Award (2003-2004) AWMA, Amit Kaldate
(co-advisors: D.L. Thurston
and M.J.Rood)
First Place Student
Paper Competition of Lake Michigan States Chapter of AWMA (2003)
“Development of cost- effective adsorption-electrothermal
desorption system using activated
carbon fiber cloths,” by Amit Kaldate
(co-advisors: D.L. Thurston and M.J. Rood)
Second Place Student
Poster Award for PhD research at the 96th Annual AWMA meeting,
San Diego, CA (2003) “Development of cost- effective adsorption-electrothermal desorption
system using activated carbon fiber cloths,” by Amit Kaldate
(co-advisors: D.L. Thurston and
M.J. Rood)
First Place Student
Paper Competition of Lake Michigan States Chapter of AWMA (2003)
“Capture and Recovery of Organic Vapors with a Pilot-Scale Electrothermal-Swing
Adsorption System," by Eduardo Vidal and David Ramirez (advisor: M J
Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2005) “Field
Testing of the Digital Opacity Method to Quantify Plume Opacity,“ by Ke Du (advisor: M.J.
Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2005) “Fixed-Bed
Microwave Swing Adsorption System for the Capture and Recovery of Organic
Vapors”, by
Zaher Hashisho
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
Graduate College
Dissertation Travel Grant, Graduate College, University of Illinois, 2005,
by Zaher Hashisho
(advisor: M.J. Rood).
Second Place National
Student Paper/Poster Competition in Sustainable
Development/Pollution Prevention, 98th Annual Conference & Exhibition,
Minneapolis, MN
“Fixed-Bed Microwave Swing Adsorption System for the Capture and Recovery
of Organic
Vapors,“ by Zaher Hashisho
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
Outstanding
Cooperator’s Award from Illinois State Geological Survey (2006), M.J. Rood
Third place award in
Sustainable Development/Pollution Prevention Student Paper/Poster
Competition, (2006) “Towards Sustainable Environment: Using Nanoadsorbents and
Microwaves to Capture and Recover Emissions from Dry Cleaners and Petroleum
Bulk
Terminals” 99th A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, by Zaher Hashisho (advisor: M.J.
Rood).
Third place award in
Doctoral Student Paper/Poster Competition, 99th A&WMA Annual
Conference & Exhibition, (2006) “Towards Sustainable Environment: Using
Nanoadsorbents
and Microwaves to Capture and Recover Emissions from Dry Cleaners and
Petroleum Bulk
Terminals” 99th A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, by Zaher Hashisho (advisor: M.J.
Rood).
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2006) “A Novel
Approach to Dampen Concentration Fluctuations Upstream of Biofilters and Oxidizers”, by
Zaher Hashisho
(advisor: M.J. Rood).
CEE Alumni Teaching
Fellowship, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department,
University of Illinois, 2006, by Zaher Hashisho, (advisor: M.J. Rood).
Mavis Memorial Fund
Scholarship, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, 2006, by
Zaher Hashisho
(advisor: M.J. Rood).
First place award in
Doctoral Student Paper/Poster Competition, (2007) “A Novel Approach
to Dampen Concentration Fluctuations Upstream of Biofilters
and Oxidizers”, 100th
A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, by Zaher
Hashisho and Hamidreza Emamipour
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2007) “Ground–
based Lidar Measurements of Dust Plumes Generated
from Unique Military Activities”, by
Ke Du (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2007) “Steady-State
Desorption of Organic Vapor from Activated Carbon with Electrothermal
Swing Adsorption”, by Hamidreza Emamipour (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2007) “A Closure
Study: Real Refractive Index of Aerosol Particles”, by Wei Wang (advisor:
M.J. Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2007) “Dampening
Concentration Fluctuations Upstream of Biofilters
and Oxidizers using Concentration and
Flow Rate –Controlled Desorption of Activated Carbon”, by Zaher Hashisho (advisor: M.J.
Rood)
Best Research &
Development Team Award Innovative Measurements of Particulate Matter
Emissions for Dust from Unique Military Activities, Department of Defense,
Energy Research and Development Center-Construction Engineering Research
Laboratory, Champaign, IL (2007), Rood Research Group
Fellow, Air and Waste
Management Association (2008), M.J. Rood
A&WMA Scholarship
(2008-2009), John Atkinson (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
A&WMA Milton
Feldstein Memorial Scholarship (2009-2010), Kaitlin Mallouk (Advisor: M.J.
Rood)
First place award in
Doctoral Student Poster Competition, (2009) “Synthesis and Characterization
of Carbon-Based Iron Catalysts Prepared by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis”,
102nd A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, by John Atkinson
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
First place award in
Masters Student Paper Competition, (2009) “Capture and Recovery of Organic
Gases for Reuse”, 102nd A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, by
Kaitlin Mallouk (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2009) “Synthesis and
Characterization of Carbon-Based Iron Catalysts Prepared by Ultrasonic
Spray Pyrolysis”, by John Atkinson (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2009) “Measurement of
Dust Emissions Generated by Military Vehicles Using Optical Remote Sensing
Method at Fort Carson, Colorado”, by Wangki Yuen
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2009) “Capture and
Recovery of Organic Gases for Reuse”, by Kaitlin Mallouk (advisor: M.J.
Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2009) “Computer
Interface for Bench-Scale Gas Capture and Recovery System”, by David
Johnsen (advisor: M.J. Rood
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2009) " Capture and
Recovery of Organic Gases with Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth, Electrothermal Desorption, and Post-Desorption
Treatment ", by Kaitlin Mallouk (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2009) by John Atkinson
(co-advisors: M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2009) " Electrothermal Heating Control During Regeneration of Activated
Carbon Fiber Cloth ", by David Johnsen (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2009) "
Quantification and Characterization of Dust Emissions from Tracked and
Wheeled Vehicles Using Optical Remote Sensing ", by Wangki Yuen (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Graduate Student
Scholarship, Lake Michigan States Section of AWMA (2009) by Benjamin Brem (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and T. Bond)
Depart of Defense
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship
Award (2009) by Andrew Nelson (advisor: M.J. Rood)
National Science
Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2009-2012), Kaitlin Mallouk,
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
First place MS Thesis
award, (2010) " Development of Carbon Adsorbents from Organic Salt
Precursors and their Environmental Applications. ", 103rd
A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, by John Atkinson
(co-advisors: M.J. Rood and M. Rostam-Abadi)
Second place MS Thesis
award, (2010) " Bench-Scale Gas Capture and Recovery System using Activated
Carbon Fiber Cloth. ", 103rd A&WMA Annual Conference &
Exhibition, by David Johnsen (advisor: M.J. Rood)
First place award in
Doctoral Student Poster Competition, (2010) " Electrothermal
Heating Control During Regeneration of Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth ",
103rd A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, by David Johnsen
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
Young
Professional Best Paper Award in the Air Group (2010),
"Experimental study of a biocatalyst-promoted carbonate absorption
process for CO 2 capture from post-combustion flue gases", 103rd
A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, by Arezoo
Khodayari (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and Y. Lu)
Lyman A. Ripperton Environmental Educator Award, Air & Waste
Management Association (2010), M.J. Rood
World Best Technology
Showcase, ERDC-CERL/UI, Digital Optical Method, Environmental Quality
Technology (2010), Rood Research
Group
Ravindar
K. and Kavita Kinra
Fellowship (2010-2012), Srinidhi Balasubramanian
(co-advisors: M.J. Rood and S. Koloutsou-Vakakis)
A&WMA Milton
Feldstein Memorial Scholarship (2010-2011), David Johnsen (advisor: M.J.
Rood)
First place MS Thesis
award, (2011) "Experimental and theoretical study of CO2
absorption into potassium carbonate solution promoted with enzyme",
104th A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, by Arezoo
Khodayari (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and Y. Lu)
Department of CEE
Alumni Graduate Assistantship for Teaching Excellence (2011), Kaitlin
Mallouk, (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Environmental Chemistry
Graduate Student Award. American Chemical Society, (2011), Kaitlin Mallouk,
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
Tied 2nd Place, PhD
Student Platform Paper Competition (2011) "Energy Efficiency During
Capture and Recovery of Organic Gases with Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth, Electrothermal Swing Adsorption, and Post-Desorption
Treatment", 104 th A&WMA Annual
Conference & Exhibition, by Kaitlin Engle Mallouk (advisor: M.J. Rood)
University Research
Honor Award, Organic Gas Capture for Effective Reuse or Disposal, Excellence
in Environmental Engineering, Award American Academy of Environmental
Engineers (2011), Rood Research Group
University of Illinois
Mavis Future Faculty Fellows Program (2011-2012), Kaitlin Mallouk,
(advisor: M.J. Rood)
University of Illinois
Mavis Future Faculty Fellows Program (2011-2012), John Atkinson, (advisor:
M.J. Rood)
Engelbrecht Fellowship (2012), Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, John Atkinson (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Department
of Environmental Engineering and Science Annual Symposium Best Oral
Presentation (2012), John Atkinson (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Department
of Environmental Engineering and Science Annual Symposium Best Technical
Poster (2012), Beni Brem
(co-advisors: Tami Bond and M.J. Rood)
First
place award in Doctoral Student Paper Competition, (2012)
"Investigation of Bioaerosol Removal from a
Gas Stream and Inactivation Using Acoustically Enhanced Impaction"
105th Annual A&WMA Annual Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX,
Andy Nelson (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Second
place award in Doctoral Student Paper Competition, (2012) “Open Burning and
Open Detonation PM10 Mass Emission Factor Measurements with Optical Remote
Sensing, 105th A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, Wangki Yuen (advisor: M.J. Rood)
First
place Montgomery Watson Harza Consulting
Engineers/AEESP Master Thesis Award (2012) “Bench-Scale Evaluation of an
Energy Efficient Acoustic Aerosol Purification Device with a Newly Designed
Bioaerosol Testing and Evaluation Chamber”, Andy
Nelson (advisor: M.J. Rood)
Soporowski Award, Air & Waste Management
Association (2012), M.J. Rood
A&WMA Milton
Feldstein Memorial Scholarship (2012-2013), Andrew Nelson (Advisor: M.J.
Rood)
University Research
Grand Prize, Determining Atmospheric Plume Opacity Using Low-Cost Digital
Still Cameras, Excellence in Environmental Engineering Award, American
Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (2013), Rood Research
Group
Third place award in
Doctoral Student Paper Competition, (2013) “Effects of activated carbon
fiber cloth’s physical structure, chemical composition, and adsorbed
material on its electrical resistance”, 106th A&WMA Annual Conference
& Exhibition. David Johnsen (advisor: M.J. Rood)
US Army Engineer and
Scientist Exchange Program (2012-2013). Andrew Nelson (advisor: M.J. Rood).
Faculty for the Future
Fellowship (2013-2014), Schlumberger Foundation, Srinidhi Balasubramanian
(co-advisors: M.J. Rood and S. Koloutsou-Vakakis)
Outstanding
Student Presentation Award (2013), Platform presentation, American Geophysical
Union Fall Meeting, Srinidhi Balasubramanian (co-advisors:
M.J. Rood and S. Koloutsou-Vakakis)
Third place award in Doctoral Student Paper Competition, (2014)
“Modeling Temporal Variability in Gaseous Ammonia Emissions from Chemical Fertilizer Usage in Midwest USA”, 107th A&WMA Annual Conference
& Exhibition. Srinidhi Balasubramanian (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and S. Koloutsou-Vakakis)
Lake Michigan States Travel Scholarship,
Air&Waste Management Association
(2013 & 2014), Srinidhi Balasubramanian (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and S. Koloutsou-Vakakis)
Racheff Student Travel Award,
Environmental Engineering & Science Program, CEE, UIUC (2012 & 2014),
Srinidhi Balasubramanian (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and S. Koloutsou-Vakakis)
Faculty for the Future Fellowship, Schlumberger Foundation (2013-2015),
Srinidhi Balasubramanian (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and S. Koloutsou-Vakakis)
Graduate Conference Travel Award, UIUC (2014 & 2016),
Srinidhi Balasubramanian (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and S. Koloutsou-Vakakis)
Richard S. and Mary E. Engelbrecht Fellowship (2017),
Srinidhi Balasubramanian (co-advisors: M.J. Rood and S. Koloutsou-Vakakis)
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