Ramin Sabbagh, an INFONEER alumni, has won the 2018–2019 Graduate College Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award in the Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering. His thesis, “Semantic Text Analytics Technique for Classification of Manufacturing Suppliers“, was directed by Dr. Farhad Ameri, Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology. Ramin is currently a Ph.D. student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at University of Texas at Austin.
This is the first time in the history of the Department of Engineering Technology that a graduate student in the Technology Management program has received such a prestigeous award.
The Outstanding Master’s Thesis award is in alignment with the Conference of Southern Graduate School’s (CSGS) regional competition. By winning this award, Ramin has earn the chance to win additional funding and to attend the organization’s annual conference.