Awards and Honors
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Siebel scholarships are prestigious awards that honor about 100 of the top graduate students nationwide in business, bioengineering, computer science, and energy science programs. Recipients are selected during their final year of studies based on their outstanding academic performance and leadership and will receive a $35,000 award. Read More
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Mechanical engineer Jeff Wang and physician Charlotte Gaydos will oversee the development of a tool to detect the presence and severity of infections like gonorrhea.New cases of sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise worldwide, and some strains have become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat them. Read More
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Denis Wirtz, co-founder and core faculty member at INBT, Vice Provost for Research, and Theophilus Halley Smoot Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and his team was awarded funding by the National Institute of Aging to investigate nuclear protein lamins role in chronological aging. Nuclear lamin is a structural network inside a cell’s nucleus that provides both mechanical support and regulates certain cell functions such as cell division and DNA replication. Read More
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He creates molecular sieve membranes and catalysts to improve industrial efficiency and reduce waste, pollution. Oil refineries and chemical manufacturing plants are known for their meandering pipes, billowing smokestacks, and… Read More
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Peter Searson, co-founder and core faculty member at INBT and Joseph R. and Lynn C. Reynolds Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the Whiting School of Engineering, was awarded… Read More
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Jordan Green, professor of biomedical engineering and faculty member at the Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT), was named one of the National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM) Emerging Leaders in Health and… Read More
