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March, 2006

Professor Saif Islam receives the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award

 

Professor M. Saif Islam has received the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award for the College of Engineering Dean’s Faculty Award Program. This is the highest honor the College of Engineering can bestow upon its faculty.

 

The goal of the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award is to honor achievements of outstanding faculty members early in their careers and additionally to provide peer recognition within the College of Engineering. Only those candidates whose credentials, for work done at the Davis campus, which would place them among the top of their peer group are nominated. Candidates for this award should have a UC Davis record that clearly demonstrates excellence in academic pursuits as evidenced by especially high achievement in the quality and significance of their research and teaching. This award is given annually and is a one-time award for each recipient. The faculty member that is selected receives an award of $2,500 as well as a plaque acknowledging receipt of this award.

 

The award plaque and the accompanying certificate was presented to Prof. Islam at the College of Engineering New Faculty and Dean’s Annual Award Reception on November 8, 2006. Recipient of the Dean’s Faculty Award are added to a permanent display board located in the main lobby of the Kemper Hall to honor the achievements of the outstanding faculty members within the College of Engineering .