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Graduate Student Wins Poster Award
January 21, 2016
The Asphalt Pavement Association of New Mexico (APANM) recently chose of our graduate students, Asif Rahman, to receive a $1,000 poster award at the 53rd Paving and Transportation Conference sponsored by the Department of Civil Engineering. The poster award is given to a student who is interested in pursuing a career in the transportation/geotechnical/pavement engineering in New Mexico. Asif 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; Asif Rahman; Henry Smith; and Brian Jones, Executive Director of APANM. Congratulations to Asif!
