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Graduate Student Awarded Scholarship
January 14, 2016
The Asphalt Pavement Association of New Mexico (APANM) recently awarded a $2,000 scholarship to one of our graduate students, Amina Mannan, at the 53rd Paving and Transportation Conference sponsored by the Department of Civil Engineering. The scholarship is awarded to a student who is interested in pursuing a career in the transportation/geotechnical/pavement engineering in New Mexico. Amina is a PhD student in the department concentrating on geotechnical engineering and studying under Dr. Rafiqul Tarefder.
In the photo at left are Dr. Mahmoud Taha, Chair of the department; Amina Mannan; and Brian Jones, Executive Director of APANM. Congratulations to Amina!