Awards
Tamara Lehman, assistant professor of computer engineering, has earned a CAREER award through the National Science Foundation to address hardware vulnerabilities in microarchitecture designs while exploring security metrics for future hardware designs.
Two ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ faculty members, a former faculty member and a distinguished alumnus will be among 128 new members inducted into the academy in October.
With the help of a $4.5 million award through the Anschutz Acceleration Initiative, they are working to bring two new products to the market that will transform procedures in the small bowel region.
Kate Starbird is now an associate professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering.
Professor Rajagopalan Balaji, a ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ professor of civil engineering and an expert in hydrology, climatology and water resources, has been named an honorary fellow of the Indian Meteorological Society for his pioneering research on Indian monsoon variability and its impact on public health and flood preparedness.
Lucy Pao was honored by the IEEE Control Systems Society for advancing research in wind turbine control systems. Her IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award recognized the work with her former PhD student Michael N. Sinner, now a researcher at NREL and collaborators from ForWind – Center for Wind Energy Research in Germany.
Laurel Hind, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, has received a $646,000 NSF CAREER Award to study immune system regulation and disease, while also promoting scientific literacy in immunology through a new outreach program.
Kristina M. Johnson served as a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ from 1985 to 1999.
The National Science Foundation has bestowed 22 prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards to ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ engineering students.The national awards recognize and support outstanding grad students
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) board of directors has established the Dan M. Frangopol Medal for Life-Cycle Engineering of Civil Structures in honor of Frangopol, a distinguished ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ professor emeritus with a significant career in the university’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering.