Seventeen faculty members at Missouri University of Science and Technology received promotions or tenure effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:

• Baojun Bai, promoted to associate professor of geological sciences and engineering with tenure
• Stuart Baur, promoted to associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering with tenure
• Shannon Fogg Menand, promoted to associate professor of history and political science with tenure
• Yu Ning Ge, promoted to associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering with tenure
• Umit Koylu, promoted to professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Hyoung Koo Lee, promoted to associate professor of mining and nuclear engineering
• Ioulia Medvedeva, promoted to associate professor of physics with tenure
• Susan Murray, promoted to professor of engineering management and systems engineering
• Paul Ki-Souk Nam, promoted to associate professor of chemistry with tenure
• Robert Paige, associate professor of mathematics and statistics with tenure
• Von Richards, promoted to professor of materials science and engineering
• Sahra Sedighsarvestani, promoted to associate professor of electrical and computer engineering with tenure
• Ganesh Venayagamoorthy, promoted to professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Thomas Vojta, promoted to professor of physics
• Jeffrey Winiarz, promoted to associate professor of chemistry with tenure
• Lifeng Zhang, promoted to associate professor of materials science and engineering with tenure
• Yahong Rosa Zheng, promoted to associate professor of electrical and computer engineering with tenure.