Announcements

David Corr has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The membership level of Fellow is the highest one awarded by ASME and recognized members for their outstanding engineering achievements.

Bowen Wang, a PhD student in Deepak's group, has been selected to receive the ASBMR Young Investigator Award for his abstract presentation "Fracture Risk in Type 2 Diabetes: Longitudinal Glycemic Control-based Prediction and Efficacy of Medications".
More details about the award can be found here: https://www.asbmr.org/young-investigator-awards

Juergen Hahn has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the highest grade of membership. Members are nominated to this position in recognition of significant experience in, and service to, the field of chemical engineering.

Deepak Vashishth has been named a fellow of the American Bone and Mineral Society. This honor is given to long-term members who have “made outstanding contributions to the field of bone and mineral science.”

Juergen Hahn has accepted the position of deputy editor-in-chief of the Journal of Process Control. This international journal publishes wide-ranging research on the application of control theory, operations research, and computer science and engineering principles as they relate to energy, nanotechnology, systems biology, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical processing, and data analytics, to name a few.

Michael Bramson, a doctoral student in David Corr's group, has been selected for a Best Paper Award at the 2020 International Symposium on Ligaments & Tendons - XVIII, (the premiere tendon and ligament meeting), in Phoenix, AZ.  He was the sole winner based on his podium presentation of his abstract:

"Hypoxia Improves Biomechanical Properties of Scaffold-Free Engineered Tendon Fibers" by Bramson MTK and Corr DT

 

The department congratulates the graduates of the class of 2020 who will be receiving their degrees during virtual commencement on Saturday, May 23. There is usually a departmental graduation ceremony held the day before graduation, however,  due to the campus being closed, the department has instead put together a video about the graduating class which can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0mc9QkW-Vs

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships were announced today and Christopher Wiedeman has been selected as a winner of the NSF fellowship. Chris is a first year graduate student who works under the supervision of Dr. Ge Wang.

In addition to the fellowships, two current/former students, have revived honorable mentions: Derek Nelson and Sara Harper.