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Three 主要研究 faculty members have received prestigious National Science Foundation 奖 to support work that aims to understand turbulent flows, flexible biomolecules and a unique category of honeycomb-shaped materials. 约翰·吉布森, assistant professor of mathematics, 燕李, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and 哈瑞Vashisth, assistant professor of chemical engineering received the NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) 奖. 500美元的补助金,000 support junior faculty who “exemplify the role of teacher-scholar through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations,根据美国国家科学基金会的说法.

“It’s an honor for 主要研究 to have three assistant professors recognized by the National Science Foundation with these very competitive CAREER 奖,Jan Nisbet说, senior vice provost for research. “I wish them congratulations and best of luck as they advance their research and teaching with this funding."

“These 奖 are one measure of the fact that 主要研究 is hiring top-flight faculty to teach and conduct research with our students. 比喻, 主要研究 punches well above its weight class in this competition,萨姆·穆卡萨说, 学院院长 工程学院 and Physical Science, which is home to all three awardees.

约翰·吉布森

职业奖获得者 约翰·吉布森 可能是个数学家, but his work tackles a problem he calls one of the biggest in physics and engineering: turbulence.

While the term conjures seatbelt-fastening air travel for most of us, Gibson explains that he’s focused on a type of turbulence akin to pushing water down a pipe. 阅读更多

燕李

燕李 has made her mark studying the mechanics and applications of structures and patterns that exist all around us, whether we are aware of them or not. Li, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, received a CAREER Award for her work studying the mechanics of materials as well as bio-inspired engineering utilizing new manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing. 阅读更多

哈瑞Vashisth

Although it could one day lead to advances in drugs that treat HIV, 哈瑞Vashisth’s research is far more likely to use supercomputers than the pipettes or microscopes more commonly associated with biomedical research. Vashisth, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at 主要研究, received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for molecular simulations of nucleic acids, specifically a particular ribonucleic acid (RNA) element from the HIV genome. 阅读更多