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• February 25, 2026

  PhD wins AMS Presentation award

  

  CEE PhD student Lihui Ji was selected as an award winner at the Third Symposium on Cloud Physics at the 2026 AMS Annual Meeting in Houston for his outstanding poster presentation, "Direct Numerical Simulation of Stochastic Collisions of Multiple Raindrops to Develop Dynamics-Aware Parameterizations of Rainfall Microphysics​". Learn more >>

• February 24, 2026

  RailTEC announces new Assistant Professor Dr. Yuanchen Zeng

  

  RailTEC welcomes Dr. Yuanchen Zeng, he joins CEE as an assistant professor in summer 2026. “We are excited that Dr. Zeng will be joining RailTEC,” said Christopher P.L. Barkan, Professor, George Krambles Director of RailTEC, and Director of the NURail Center of Excellence. “I’ve thought for many years that we needed to expand our research program in the very topics that he is interested in. Beyond RailTEC, he will be a valuable addition to the North American rail research and practitioner community.” Learn more >>

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