Farah Nourin (’22 PhD, mechanical engineering) and Ahmad Abbas (’20 PhD, mechanical engineering) were among those recognized for outstanding achievement in energy engineering with an Industrial Assessment Center Alumni Award.
While working on their degrees at UWM, Nourin and Abbas were members of UWM Department of Energy-sponsored Industrial Assessment Center (IAC), one of 37 around the U.S. They conducted energy assessments for small and medium-sized manufacturing plants to help companies increase efficiency and save money.
This award was established to recognize former IAC personnel for their outstanding accomplishments in promoting the practices and principles of energy engineering.
Nourin is now working for Eaton Corporation as a senior product engineer. Abbas is currently senior manager for energy & sustainability with Walmart.