The School of Engineering Recognizes its Best and Brightest

The School of Engineering hosted its Fifth Annual Awards Banquet on February 15 ^th, 2011. The School honored its most outstanding juniors, seniors, graduate students, alumni and teachers from each department. Two faculty members, Dr. Sohyung Cho and Dr. Huagao Zhou, were also recognized for their remarkable research. Approximately 300 School of Engineering students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends attended the event. Ed Grady, a 1972 urban and environmental engineering graduate, served as the keynote speaker. Mr. Grady gave an inspirational and informative speech about his time at SIUE, his impressive career and lessons he has learned throughout his life. Group Anatolia provided the Banquet attendees with a beautiful mix of Turkish-folk music. Dean Sevim commented, "I am thrilled to see this banquet becoming a tradition for the School with the support of all our constituencies. It helps bond all of us around our School's mission to become the center for excellence in engineering education in this region."