6 | HIGHLIGHTS
FACULTY HONORS AND AWARDS TED MOUSTAKAS • The MBE Innovator, North America MBE Board
(continued) M. SELIM ÜNLÜ • Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics.
• Distinguished Scholar, BU College of Engineering
UDAY B. PAL
XIN ZHANG
• 2010 BU College of Engineering Dean’s Catalyst Award for his research with Soumendra Basu on a novel, low-cost and environmentally friendly method of producing solar-grade silicon from sand.
• Inaugural Distinguished Faculty Fellow (2009-2013)
• Appointed to serve as Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics. • Boston University 2010 Ignition Award: University-wide seed grant competition. VINOD K. SARIN • Chief Editor CHM: Invited to be Chief Editor of Comprehensive Hard Materials (CHM), a forthcoming three volume, 80 article, multi-author book project, to be published by Elsevier.
Annual Report 2010–2011
• Advanced Energy Consortium (AEC) Award (2010) • Schlumberger Award for Excellence and leadership in MEMS/NEMS Research (2010) • Nanomedicine Phase II Award (2010) • Cover article in Advanced Materials (2010) • Best Paper in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2010) • Best Paper Award in IEEE Sensors (2010)