Fifteen faculty members at Missouri S&T received promotions and/or tenure, effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:

• Dr. Lana Alagha, promoted to professor of mining engineering
• Julia Alexander, promoted to associate teaching professor of education
• Dr. Maria Barbosa, promoted to associate professor of arts, languages, and philosophy and granted tenure
• Dr. Cecil Chua, promoted to professor of business and information technology
• Dr. Anthony Convertine, promoted to associate professor of materials science and engineering, and granted tenure
• Dr. Mary Gillis, promoted to associate teaching professor of education
• Dr. Jie Huang, promoted to professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. DongHyun Kim, promoted to associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and granted tenure
• Dr. Bih-Ru Lea, promoted to professor of business and information technology
• Dr. Hongyan Ma, promoted to professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Dr. Jeremy Maurer, promoted to associate professor of earth sciences and engineering, and granted tenure
• Dr. Venkata Sriram Siddhardh Nadendla, promoted to associate professor of computer science and granted tenure
• Dr. Justin Pope, promoted to associate professor of history and political science and granted tenure
• Dr. Shun Saito, promoted to associate professor of physics and granted tenure
• Kelly Tate, promoted to teaching professor of English and technical communication.

9 tenured S&T faculty honored

Additionally, nine faculty members were honored with the Post Tenure Review Excellence Award. This award is granted to faculty who excel in scholarship and teaching through the five-year review period after achieving tenure: The recipients are:

• Dr. Daryl Beetner, professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Petra DeWitt, associate professor of history and political science
• Dr. Xiaoming He, professor of mathematics and statistics
• Dr. Ulrich Jentschura, professor of physics
• Dr. Jagannathan Sarangapani, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Rutledge-Emerson Professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Thomas Schuman, professor of chemistry
• Dr. Risheng Wang, associate professor of chemistry
• Dr. Alexey Yamilov, professor of physics
• Dr. Yanzhi Zhang, professor of mathematics and statistics.

About Missouri S&T

Missouri University of Science and Technology is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students located in Rolla, Missouri. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T offers over 100 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation’s top public universities for salary impact, according to The Wall Street Journal. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit www.mst.edu.