Emily de Jong Receives the 2025 Centennial Prize for Best Thesis in MCE

Emily de Jong, a PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, receives the award for her thesis, "Cloudy with a Chance of Microphysics: Modeling Droplet Collisions for the Climate Scale." She is advised by Tapio Schneider, Theodore Y. Wu Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering.

Centennial Prize for the Best Thesis in Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Awarded each year to a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in applied mechanics, civil engineering or mechanical engineering whose doctoral thesis is judged to be the most original and significant by a faculty committee appointed annually by the Executive Officer for Mechanical and Civil Engineering.