Awards
May 12, 2017
Michaela Cooley, a senior studying biomedical engineering, won the Student Research Award from Society for Biomaterials Drug Delivery Special Interest Group. Cooley has conducted research in the Bio-inspired Engineering for Advanced Therapies Laboratory for 2 1/2 years under the guidance of…
May 12, 2017
Materials Science and Engineering Professor Frank Ernst, recipient of a 2017 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching, is sure his students know he considers them his “colleagues in science” by making himself approachable and seeking their most creative ideas. That “open-door” teaching method…
May 05, 2017
Distinguished University Professor Ica Manas-Zloczower wins award from Society of Plastics Engineers
The award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions in the field of plastics education, through teaching, mentoring and outreach. Disciplines considered include: Teaching undergraduate, graduate and/or industry-based students; Developing plastics-related…
May 05, 2017
The Provost Scholars Program submitted a “Resolution of Recognition and Appreciation” for Provost William A. “Bud” Baeslack III. The resolution cited Baeslack’s research contributions and work with the Provost Scholars Program, a partnership between ӰƵ and East…
May 05, 2017
A team of biomedical engineers at ӰƵ took home first place in the collegiate division at the inaugural Medical Capital Innovation Competition. The team won for its technology, called NeuroRadVision, which is described as “a computerized decision support software…
May 05, 2017
The Teratology Society recently honored Sonia Minnes, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, for her research on prenatal cocaine exposure. The society is made up of interdisciplinary scientists who research birth defects, reproduction and…
April 27, 2017
On April 16, 245 ӰƵ faculty and staff members successfully completed a 12-week exercise incentive program. By way of the HealthTrails app or website, participants virtually traveled through trails in places as diverse as China, Denmark, Italy, Australia and…
April 27, 2017
Five ӰƵ faculty members were inducted as American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) fellows. They are: Nicole Steinmetz, associate professor of biomedical engineering; Nick Ziats, professor of pathology and associate professor of…
April 27, 2017
Dhamakapella placed third at the South-Asian fusion a cappella national championships, All-American Awaaz, in New York City April 22. The team competed against groups from Texas A&M, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, MIT, Rutgers University and the University of Miami. In…
April 27, 2017
Kakul Joshi, a REACH strategy coordinator with the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, won a 2017 Medicine, Society and Culture Travel Grant from the Medical Humanities and Social Medicine Initiative. She presented "Produce prescriptions for food insecure patients with…