Four CEGE graduate students will be supported in 2021 by the Hsiao Shaw-Lundquist Fellowship. Recipients include Svetlana Baranova, a mathematics and geomechanical engineering student advised by Sofia Mogilevskaya; Xiating Chen, a water resources engineering student advised by Xue Feng; and Tianyi Li (advised by Raphael Stern) and Te Xu (advised by Michael Levin), who both study transportation engineering.
The Hsiao Shaw-Lundquist Fellowship was established in 2005 by Jennie and Fred Hsiao who are recognized leaders in the Chinese American community in Minnesota. It is offered through the University of Minnesota China Center. The Fellowship makes financial support available to students who are full-time in the UMN graduate school, who study civil engineering, hydro-mechanics, water resources, or architecture, and who have a strong connection to or interest in China.
The China connections and interests of these four CEGE graduate students highlight benefits and cross-fertilization that international connections bring to civil engineering.
