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Mark Orazem: President of International Society of Electrochemistry
Professor Mark Orazem is the President of the International Society of Electrochemistry. The International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) is a non-profit organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which now comprises about 3,000 members from more than 70 countries. Annual and Topical meetings are held throughout the world, with meetings held in Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America, and, soon, in Africa. The society journal, Electrochimica Acta, provides a high-impact-factor vehicle for sharing ideas and results.
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Tony Ladd: 2010 Thomas Baron Award
For his contributions to the development of lattice-Boltzmann techniques, Professor Tony Ladd was honored with the "Thomas Baron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems" by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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Fan Ren: 2010 Albert Nerken Award & Named New IEEE Fellow
Professor Fan Ren has won the 2010 Albert Nerken Award. This is one of the premier professional awards bestowed by the American Vacuum Society (AVS). The citation reads "For the development of advanced processing techniques for compound semiconductors". He will receive a cash award, certificate and an honorary lectureship at the 57th AVS International Symposium and Exhibition in Albuquerque in October. Professor Ren was also selected to become IEEE Fellow "for contributions to processing technologies for compound semiconductor devices."
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Tanmay Lele: NSF CAREER Award
Professor Tanmay Lele has been selected to receive the highly prestigious NSF CAREER award. His research is on a fundamental question in cell biophysics: "How does mechanical connectivity between the nucleus and the cytoskeleton control key cell functions like mechanosensing, motility and adhesion?"
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Jennifer Sinclair Curtis: Fulbright Research Scholar, New ASEE Fellow, New AICHE Fellow
Professor Jennifer Sinclair Curtis received a Fulbright Research Scholar Award to Australia for 2010-2011. The topic of her research was "Computational Modeling of Particulate Flow". She was hosted by the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Dr. Curtis has also been selected to become a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education for her outstanding contributions to engineering education. Additionally, Professor Curtis was elected AIChE Fellow "for pioneering contributions to particle technology, simulation of multiphase, fluid-particle flows, and outstanding national leadership in chemical engineering education and service".
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Sergey Vasenkov: NSF CAREER Award
Professor Sergey Vasenkov has been selected to receive the highly prestigious NSF CAREER award. The title of his project is "Fundamentals of the Relationship between Pore Structure and Transport of Light Gases in Materials with a Hierarchy of Pore Sizes". The project focuses on obtaining fundamental understanding of gas diffusion in porous membranes and related materials with a broad distribution over pore sizes.
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Oscar Crisalle: Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology Award
Professor Crisalle received this award at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning in 2010. The award is granted to a faculty member who has contributed in the most highly creative ways to teaching, learning, and technology in higher education.
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Ranga Narayanan: Fulbright Award and $3.2 Million NSF Research Grant
Professor Ranga Narayanan has received the the Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award; the country of visit is Israel. He will visit the Technion Israel Institute of Technology for performing research in Interfacial Patterns in 2012.
Dr. Narayanan and collaborators were also awarded a $3.2 million NSF Research and Training Grant
An investigating team led by Proessor Ranga Narayanan has won a major research and training grant from the US National Science Foundation. This major funding from NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering is part of the Partnership in International Research and Education (PIRE) program. It is a first for the College of Engineering, the first to be awarded to the University of Florida and the first in the country in the general area of fluid mechanics. The grant will support research in areas ranging from interfacial flows and patterns to suspension and particulate flows, microfluidics, flow control and turbulence
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Richard Dickinson: New AIMBE Fellow
Richard Dickinson, Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering, was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering for his significant contributions to the field.
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