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Mark Byrne, Daniel F.
Accreditation. Fergus was selected as one
experts to make research funding
and Josephine Breeden
of 36 keynote speakers. His presentation
decisions for the Paul G. Allen Family
associate professor of
on the assembly and preparation of
Foundation’s Distinguished Investigator
chemical engineering,
accreditation teams was heard by
program. The competitive grant program
has been awarded a
professors, scholars, policy makers and
supports high-risk, high-reward research
$400,000 grant from
administrators from around the world.
that is otherwise unlikely to receive
the National Institute of
funding through traditional sources.
Health to study and develop extended-
Sean Gallagher,
wear contact lenses that treat glaucoma
associate professor of
Anton Schindler,
by slowly releasing a controlled dose
industrial and systems
associate department
of medication to the eye over an
engineering, has been
chair and professor of
extended period of time. Byrne is the
recognized as an
civil engineering, has
principal investigator (PI), and is joined
American Industrial
been selected as a
by veterinary ophthalmologist and co-
Hygiene Association
Fellow of the American
PI Meredith Voyles, doctoral student
(AIHA) Fellow. This distinction is awarded
Liana Wuchte, chemical engineering
to individuals who have been AIHA
designation of fellow is a highly respected
undergraduates Andrew Hightaian and
members in good standing for a minimum
and recognized title in the industry.
Carter Lloyd, project veterinarian Bettina
of 15 years and have made significant
Schindler is honored for his contributions
Schemera Toro Guzman, and veterinary
contributions to industrial hygiene or
to concrete materials research and
ophthalmologist Eva Abarca Piedrafita.
related disciplines through research,
education.
Concrete Institute. The
leadership, publication, education or
Edward Davis, lecturer
related professional service.
of polymer and fiber engineering, Virginia
Davis, associate professor
Joseph Majdalani,
Alice Smith, W. Allen and Martha Reed professor of industrial
department chair of
and systems engineering,
of chemical engineering,
aerospace engineering,
has been selected to
and Mark Liles, associate
along with graduate
give a keynote address
professor of biological
student Josef
at the 2014 International
sciences, have been awarded a multiyear
Fleischmann, won first
Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk,
grant to study the
place in the research
Maintenance, and Safety Engineering,
synergistic properties of
paper portion of the American Institute
in Dalian, Liaoning, China. Smith, also
nanotube/antibiotic films.
of Aeronautics and Astronautics
recently elected as a senior vice president
The objective of the work
Southeastern Regional Conference. The
of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, will
is to develop biologically
award-winning paper was titled “Complex
be among seven individuals presenting
relevant protocols for
Lamellar Helical Solution for Cyclonically
at the conference in July. She will speak
assessing the antimicrobial
Driven Hybrid Rocket Engines.” At
on multi-objective genetic algorithms for
activity of nanomaterial films and evaluate
the graduate level, this marks the fifth
optimization of reliable systems, based on
potential synergistic effects for two model
consecutive year Majdalani’s team has
the paper she co-authored for the journal
nanomaterial-antimicrobial systems.
earned top honors.
“Reliability Engineering & System Safety,”
Jeffrey Fergus,
Hari Narayanan, the
professor of materials
John H. and Gail Watson
engineering, traveled
professor of computer
to New Delhi, India, in
science and software
March for India’s National
engineering, has been
Board of Accreditation
invited to serve on a panel
2nd World Summit on
of artificial intelligence
which has been reported as the second most cited of the more than 3,000 papers included in the journal.
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