{"id":24246,"date":"2025-05-14T11:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/nabeel-amjad-earns-phd-at-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T11:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:35:56","slug":"nabeel-amjad-earns-phd-at-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/nabeel-amjad-earns-phd-at-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Nabeel Amjad earns PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nabeel Amjad, a part-time educational specialist in the Learning Assistance Center, participated May 10 in the 219th commencement ceremony at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, earning a Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178275 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/NabeelAmjad_PhDGraduation-e1747161436704-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the department&#8217;s celebration on May 8, Amjad received the Bimal K. Malaviya Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, along with a $1,000 check. Established by Professor Malaviya in 2017, the award recognizes graduate teaching assistants who go above and beyond in supporting student learning and academic excellence.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Amjad has accepted a full-time lecturer position at RPI, beginning Aug. 16. &#8220;I\u2019ll be joining the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering &#8211; the very department where I\u2019ve completed my graduate studies. I\u2019m thrilled and grateful about this opportunity and also happy to share that I\u2019ll be continuing as a part-timer at HVCC. HVCC holds a special place in my heart and I truly appreciate all that it has given me,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Amjad received his doctoral hood from his Ph.D. advisor, Professor Catalin Picu, during a May 9 ceremony, and was photographed with<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178273 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/NabeelAmjad_PhDhooding-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" \/> Professor Antoinette Maniatty, head of the Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering Department, and Professor Malaviya at the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178274 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/NabeelAmjad_PhDAward-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Wed, 14 May 2025 11:35:56 +0000 by\u00a0d.gardner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Nabeel Amjad, a part-time educational specialist in the Learning Assistance Center, participated May 10 in the 219th commencement ceremony&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accolades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}