Alumni News and Achievements
Anish Poudel, an alumnus in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering, received a “Fast Tracker” award. Poudel was among Railway Age’s “25 Under 40” honored in February 2024 at the magazine's Next-Gen Freight Rail 2024 conference. Here is more: Read more about Poudel's achievement.
Wiranthe Herath, a School of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences alumnus who is now an Assistant Professor at Drake University received a Social Impact Research award from Drake’s Zimpleman College of Business. Herath and his coauthor developed and applied a novel statistical model to improve forecast accuracy for macroeconomic indicators that impact all of society. Herath was a Ph.D. student in mathematics from 2019-2022. His dissertation title was “Dimension Reduction in Multivariate Time Series via Envelope Methods,” and his doctoral advisor was S. Yaser Samadi. Read more about Herath's award.
The School of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering celebrates the achievements of two notable alumni in their professional career.
- Tabitha Stine is general manager of energy solutions services and marketing and branding at Nucor Corp. in the Greater Chicago area. She earned a B.S. in civil engineering from 1997-2001.
- Alec Lenzini is vice president of operations at CNC Foundations, Inc. in St Louis, Missouri. He earned a B.S. in civil engineering from 2008-2012.