Recognition

Tarek Abdoun, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Director, NEES-NSF Geotechnical Centrifuge Research Center is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Shamsher Prakash Research Award for Excellence in the Practice of Geotechnical Engineering. The award is given to young engineers, scientists and researchers from all over the world who have made significant, independent contributions and showed promise of excellence in Geotechnical Engineering and/or Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.