DETROIT (April 23, 2014) - Twenty-five Wayne State University College of Engineering faculty and staff members were among those honored at Wayne State's 2014 Employee Recognition Program, held April 22 in the university's Community Arts Auditorium.
Honorees were:
45 Years of Service
Erhard Rothe, professor of chemical engineering and materials science
40 Years of Service
Tapan Datta, professor of civil and environmental engineering
Steven Salley, associate professor of chemical engineering and materials science, alternative energy technology, and electric-drive vehicle technology
35 Years of Service
Dorothy Harris, secretary IV
30 Years of Service
Carol Miller, professor of civil and environmental engineering
25 Years of Service
Nabil Chalhoub, professor of mechanical engineering
Daniel Durisin, research engineer
Chin-An Tan, professor of mechanical engineering
Mumtaz Usmen, professor of civil and environmental engineering and alternative energy technology
Yang Zhao, professor of electrical and computer engineering
20 Years of Service
Victor Berdichevsky, professor of mechanical engineering
Rita Coyne, administrative assistant I
Andrea Eisenberg, academic services officer IV
Richard Ellis, associate dean of academic affairs and student services
Michele Grimm, undergraduate program chair and associate professor of biomedical engineering
Howard Matthew, professor of chemical engineering and materials science
Keith Wadley, academic advisor II
15 Years of Service
Michael Anderson, research support officer
Changhe Huang, professor (research) of electrical and computer engineering
Abhilash Pandya, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
10 Years of Service
Jing Hua, associate professor of computer science
Xin Jin, assistant professor (research) of biomedical engineering
Jeremy Nofs, systems integrator
Olena Palyvoda, assistant professor (research) of electrical and computer engineering
Wei-Ping Ren, associate professor of biomedical engineering
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Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution of higher education offering 370 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 28,000 students. For more information about engineering at Wayne State University, visit engineering.wayne.edu.