Science Foundation Arizona, or SFAz, recently announced its 2017 SFAz Bisgrove Scholars Awards, with four of the five state recipients coming from the University of Arizona. UA researchers Michael Marty, Jianqiang Cheng, Luke McGuire and John Schaibley each will receive $200,000 in support of their research.

Cheng is an assistant professor of systems and industrial engineering. He earned his BS in mathematics and applied mathematics from Shanghai University in China in 2007, and a PhD in computer science from the University of Paris-Sud, France, in 2013. Prior to joining the UA, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California. His research interests include large-scale risk analysis, or stochastic, programming for network design and energy management systems.