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Heidi Theisen will present the undergraduate commencement address when the Michigan State University College of Engineering honors 750 undergraduates during five, in-person graduation services on Sunday, May 2.

Sandra Christlieb, whose dedicated support of STEM education in the Michigan State University College of Engineering, has earned her statewide recognition from the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation.

As one of the Great Lakes states and with an abundance of natural resources, Michigan should be doing everything it can to promote sustainability and renewable energy solutions. But we're not. To date, we've largely ignored one innovative opportunity to significantly reduce carbon: renewable natural gas.

Volodymyr Tarabara of the Michigan State University College of Engineering received a prestigious Fulbright Global Scholar Award to collaborate internationally on tracking down surface-associated viruses.

The largest source of renewable energy in the world is hydropower that accounts for about half of all renewable energy production. The sustainability of this conventional power source is increasingly being called into question as more is learned about the ongoing detrimental effects of dams.

John Verboncoeur is representing Michigan State University on the Standing Council of the National Science Foundation's new Engineering Research Visioning Alliance. He is the associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Engineering, and he is a professor of electrical and computer engineering as well as computational mathematics, science and engineering.

Mehrnaz Ghamami is a transportation engineer, planner and mathematical modeler who has taken a strong interest in sustainable transportation modes, including bikes and alternative fuel vehicles (AFV).

Sneha Banerjee, an electrical engineering graduate student, received the IEEE Nuclear Plasma Sciences Society Graduate Student Award for 2021.