Twenty-three faculty members at Missouri University of Science and Technology received promotions and/or tenure effective Sept. 1.  

Those faculty members are:

• Dr. Mich­ael Bruening, promoted to professor of history and political science
• Dr. Devin Burns, promoted to associate professor of psychological science and granted tenure
• Dr. Aleksandr Chernatynskiy, promoted to associate professor of physics and granted tenure
• Dr. Jessica Cundiff, promoted to associate professor of psychological science and granted tenure
• Dr. Bill Gillis, promoted to associate teaching professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Dr. Joseph Graham, promoted to associate professor of nuclear engineering and radiation science and granted tenure
• Dr. Xiaoming He, promoted to professor of mathematics and statistics
• Dr. Jie Huang, promoted to associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and granted tenure
• Dr. Ryan Hutcheson, promoted to teaching professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Dr. Catherine Johnson, promoted to associate professor of mining and explosives engineering and granted tenure
• Kelly Koob, promoted to associate teaching professor of mathematics and statistics
• Dr. Aditya Kumar, promoted to associate professor of materials science and engineering and granted tenure
• Dr. Jossalyn Larson, promoted to associate teaching professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Hongyan Ma, promoted to associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering and granted tenure
• Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, granted tenure
• Dr. Jillian Schmidt, promoted to associate teaching professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Dr. Rachel Schneider, promoted to associate teaching professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Patrick Taylor, promoted to associate teaching professor of computer science
• Dr. Jeffrey Thomas, promoted to teaching professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Dr. Xuerong Wen, promoted to professor of mathematics and statistics
• Dr. David Wright, promoted to professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Alexey Yamilov, promoted to professor of physics
• Dr. Peizhen Zhu, promoted to associate teaching professor of computer science.