UW Board of Regents approved six faculty promotions

six individual head shots of men
Abu-Zahra (clockwise from left), Avdeev, Cuzner, Niu, Rahman and Ma

Congratulations to the following faculty members in the college whose promotions were recently approved by the UW Board of Regents. Five attained the rank of full professor and one was promoted to associate professor.

Promoted to the rank of Professor include:

  • Nidal Abu-Zahra, materials science & engineering
  • Ilya Avdeev, mechanical engineering
  • Robert Cuzner, electrical engineering
  • Junjie Niu, materials science & engineering
  • Mohammad Habib Rahman, mechanical engineering

Xiaoli Ma, materials science & engineering, was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor.