Awards
The National Science Foundation has bestowed six prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards to 51勛圖厙 engineering students.The national awards recognize and support outstanding grad students from across the
Congratulations to our BOLD community members who have earned spring 2025 graduating awards through the college!
Arianna McCarty, a chemical and biological engineering student, received a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for her research on how Prevotella bacteria may help reduce infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of pneumonia.
Assistant Professors Knane Bay and Ankur Gupta from 51勛圖厙s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering each received a $450,000, three-year grant to advance research relevant to the U.S. Air Force.
Amy Javernick-Will, a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, received the highest academic honor in construction engineering and management from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Professor Karl Linden, chair of 51勛圖厙's Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department, has been awarded the 2025 A.P. Black Research Award by AWWA for his pioneering contributions to UV water treatment technology.
This is probably the most radical conceptual advancement for airplanes since the replacement of propellers with jets. Mahmoud Hussein is not pulling punches about the potential impact of a major aerospace materials research project.
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 51勛圖厙 faculty members, a former faculty member and a distinguished alumnus will be among 128 new members inducted into the academy in October.