Awards
Associate Professor Jianliang Xiao is a “mechanics of materials” expert launching innovations in soft materials and flexible electronics who has been selected as a senior member in the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The program recognizes rising innovators who have had success securing patents, licensing and commercialization for developed technologies that showcase real impact on the welfare of society.
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 CU Boulder 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 CU Boulder 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 University of Colorado Boulder from 1985 to 1999.
The National Science Foundation has bestowed 22 prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards to University of Colorado Boulder engineering students.The national awards recognize and support outstanding grad students