2024 Southeastern Universities Research Association Early Career Scientist Award
Avik Dutt's research in quantum engineering, photonics, and nonlinear optics is leading the way to the discovery of new fundamental phenomena or exotic phases of light and matter that can form the backbone of future quantum computing technologies. Ultra-fast computing and ultraprecise sensing are among the potential applications of Dutt's work. The SURA Early Career Scientist Award recognizes an early-career scientist who has generated a sufficient volume of scholarship of high quality and is emerging in their field as a leader and acknowledged as such by their peers.
2024 Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award
Katrina Groth performs cutting-edge research in development of methods to provide insights into dominant failure causes in novel hydrogen technologies, investigation of prognostics and health management techniques to support reliability monitoring and diagnosis of complex systems, and the creation of reliability data collection frameworks and algorithms. In addition to her research accomplishment, she has also been a leader in the IEA Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) Task on Hydrogen Safety, and she has advised or helped advise approximately 40 PhD students through her role as Director of the Reliability Engineering program. The Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award recognizes exceptionally strong and influential research accomplishments by early-career faculty.
2024 Dean’s Outstanding Performance Award for Professional Track Faculty
Vikrant Aute’s research contributions are considered pivotal in the development and enhancement of next-generation heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigerant (HVAC&R) systems and components. Highlights include leading the development of novel shape-optimized air-to-refrigerant heat exchangers that are 20–40% better performing than the current state of the art. Aute has gained industry-wide recognition for spearheading the development of modeling and optimization platforms that transform the way HVAC&R components and systems are designed. The Outstanding Performance Award for Professional Track Faculty recognizes exceptionally influential accomplishments in research and/or teaching.
2024 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Henry Hess Early Career Publication Award
Eleonora Tubaldi's research aims to discover ways to program synthetic soft materials to exhibit embodied intelligence, the ability of a material or structure to sense and respond to its environment using electronics-free haptic feedback. Using principles of bioinspired design, Tubaldi is learning from the way nature has found solutions to unique design challenges. The Henry Hess Early Career Publication Award recognizes the best original technical paper presented to or published by the Society during the two calendar years prior to the year of award by an early-career ASME Member.
Provost's 2024 Do Good Innovator Awards
Teng Li's work is rooted in a social impact-oriented approach, focused on developing technology that can be used by the communities that need it most. Motivated by the impact of water scarcity on communities worldwide, he is leading a team to address global water scarcity through the development of atmospheric water harvesting technologies that require no external power source. The Provost’s Do Good Innovator Awards recognize excellence in creating, nurturing, expanding, and amplifying social impact through education, programs, and research, both inside and outside the classroom.
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