Awards

Mark Hernandez CEAE professor Mark Hernandez has been selected to receive the 2012 HENAAC Education Award recognizing the best and brightest engineers and scientists within the Hispanic community. The award will be presented in October at the 24th annual HENAAC Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

CEAE professor Vijay Gupta received the 2012 Community Service Award from the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI). The award was "in recognition of his outstanding vision and leadership in the development of interdisciplinary research in hydrologic science" and was presented at the consortium's third biennial...

CEAE professor Michael Brandemuehl was awarded the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Exceptional Service Award in June 2012. The award recognizes ASHRAE Distinguished Award recipients who have continued to serve the Society faithfully and with exemplary effort.

Sarah Bounty receiving her award from conference organizer Ron Hofmann (University of Toronto) Sarah Bounty, an MS candidate working with Professor Karl Linden in environmental engineering, won the Best Student Presentation Award at the International UV Association (IUVA) North American Conference in Toronto, Canada in September 2011 for her paper...

Professor Gregor Henze, in conjunction with Chicago-based Clean Urban Energy (CUE), has developed a cloud-based optimization engine that integrates energy system operations in large commercial buildings with the operation of the electric grid system. The software has been exclusively licensed to CUE for commercial use. Professor Henze’s work has also...