Judith has authored or co-authored many research publications and received numerous awards for excellence in teaching. She has served on the University of Colorado Foundation Board of Directors and its Board of Trustees. Other service has included membership on the Army Science Board and as president of the Council of the Operations Research Society of America. She has chaired the Advisory Committee for the National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate. in Physics from the University of Colorado. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. She is Professor Emerita of Operations Research in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Illinois. From 1986 to 1992 she served as Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate College. Judith began her career at Illinois in 1972 as an assistant professor in CEE, later moving to the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering when Jon became CEE department head. вЂњSo it is very fitting that a collaborative space in the new addition carries her name, and we both hope that a lot of enjoyable and beneficial learning will happen over the years in this space.вЂќ вЂњJudith has always had a strong interest in various forms of participatory learning: learning by doing, learning by collaboration,вЂќ Jon said. Judith was the first woman to be appointed to the tenure-track faculty in CEE. Professor Emeritus Jon Liebman has made a leadership gift to establish a student collaboration space named for his wife, Professor Emerita Judith Liebman.

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