Professor Chin-Pao Huang, the Donald C. Philips Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, wins the 2008 Francis Alison Faculty Award. 

The University of Delaware’s highest competitive award for faculty, the Alison Award is given each year to a faculty member of who has made notable contributions to his or her field of study. Notable contributions are defined in the context of the achievements of the Rev. Dr. Francis Alison, who was described by a contemporary as “the greatest classical scholar in America,” and that "few schoolmasters ever taught a larger number of pupils who afterwards acquired such distinguished reputations.”

During his 30-plus-year career here at UD, Professor Huang has gained a national and international reputation as a great scholar, and he has without a doubt had a tremendous impact on educating a very large number of future scholars. Prof. Huang exemplifies the modern “scholar-schoolmaster.”  Since he joined the University of Delaware in 1974, Dr. Huang has advised 55 master’s degree students and 32 doctoral candidates in the aquatic chemistry area. Of the latter group, 18 are now teaching at universities throughout the world, and seven have achieved the rank of full professor.

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