Graduate student Sili Deng, co-supervised by Professors C.K. Law and M. E. Mueller, has been selected to receive a Bernard Lewis Fellowship of the Combustion Institute, which is to be awarded at the upcoming 36th International Combustion Symposium to be held in Seoul, Korea on July 31st to August 5th. The Lewis Award is the most prestigious recognition of accomplishments and potential for young combustion researchers internationally. Sili also won one of the five university-wide Excellence in Teaching Award in 2014.