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2008 Faculty/Staff/Student Honors

C. P. Wong selected to receive the prestigious TEEM Award...

Z. L. Wang’s paper, “Microfibre–Nanowire Hybrid Structure for Energy Scavenging,” published in Nature, Feb. 08 issue. He was interviewed by over 20 media including Voice of America, BBC, NBC, PBC, National Geographic...
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GT News Release     NSF News     NatureNews

Preet Singh named a Fellow of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE-International).

Naresh Thadhani named a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Z. L. Wang’s research on Pt catalyst was highlighted by C&EN as one of the breakthrough advances in nanotechnology in 2007. (Click here for article)

Vladimir Tsukruk and his group won the Grand Prize in the 2007 Pioneering Nanotechnology Competition sponsored by Masscal Scientific Instructions.

Gleb Yushin received the Roland B. Snow Award from the American Ceramic Society.

Z. L. Wang’s nanogenerators was selected by the editors of R&D Magazine and MICRO/NANO Newsletter as one of the most innovative products of 2007 in their inaugural MICRO/NANO 25 Competition.

Ken Gall received the TMS Hardy Award.

Bob Snyder selected as the recipient of the TMS 2008 Educator award...

Meisha Shofner selected to receive one of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards...

NEWS RELEASE (May 4, 2007)
Z. L. Wang Platinum Nanocrystals Boost Catalytic Activity.  New form of catalytic metal could improve hydrogen production.
(Click here)

C. P. Wong received the 2007 Sigma Xi Monie A. Ferst
Award...

Vladimir Tsukruk graduate students win MRS Best Poster award at the 2007 MRS Spring Meeting.

Rao Tummala received the 2007 IEEE David Feldman
Award...

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  • NEWS RELEASE (April 7, 2007)
    Z. L. Wang Nanogenerator Provides Continuous Electrical Power.  Device harvests energy from the environment to provide direct current. (Click here)
  • Vladimir Tsukruk article co-authored by C. Jiang was the second most cited article in 2006 in the Journal of  Advanced Materials...
  • Bob Snyder was honored with an invitation to be a member of the Scientific Committee of the University of Trento, Italy...
    (March 2007)
  • Brent Carter received a Georgia Centers of Innovation award for the project, “Regenerative Sorbent System Solutions for Logistics Fuels Desulphurization”...
    (March 2007)
  • NEWS RELEASE (February 28, 2007)
    Z. L. Wang New Electronic Devices Created from Bent Nanowires Zinc oxide nanostructures provide foundation for nano-piezotronics
  • Z. L. Wang’s nanogenerator was featured in the NSF budget request to congress (see page 3 in overview section) CLICK HERE
    (February 2007)
  • Jonathan Simons (December 2006) appointed CEO and President of the Prostate Cancer Foundation in Los Angeles, the world’s largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research.
  • Rick Neu and Dave McDowell (December 2006) were presented the 2006 ASME Orr Best Paper Award...
  • NEWS RELEASE (June 26, 2006)
    C. P. Wong received the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Award
  • Z. L. Wang (December 2006) was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  He is honored for seminal contributions to the discovery, synthesis, understanding and applications of novel one-dimensional nanomaterials.
  • Steve Johnson (2006) promoted to Fellow of the American Society for Composites
  • Vladimir Tsukruk (2006) received the NSF Special Creativity Award...
  • NEWS RELEASE (Apil 13, 2006) Nanogenerators:  Researchers Convert Mechanical Energy to Electrical  Energy for Self-Powered Nanoscale Devices
    (Z. L.Wang)
  • Z. L. Wang (March 2006)  named one of the first “College of Engineering Disginguished Professors.”
  • Congratulations to Rina Tannenbaum on her promotion to Full Professor.
  • NEWS RELEASE (Dec. 6, 2005) Better Body Armor Expected from Improved Process. New material formation process improves ballistic performance of boron carbide material.  (Robert Speyer)
  • C. P. Wong was awarded the Charles Smithgall Chair.  This is a great honor for him and we are delighted as it recognizes his outstanding accomplishments! Click here for Whistle article.
  • Z. L. Wang was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)..
  • Ken Sandhage appointed to the National Materials Advisory Board
  • Naresh Thadhani  named MSE Associate Chair...
  • Kenneth Sandhage named B. Mifflin Hood Professor of Ceramic Engineering...
  • NEWS RELEASE (Oct. 27, 2005) Study Produces Road Map for Nanomanufacturing. Systematic study of cadmium selenide nanostructure growth guides future efforts (Z. L. Wang)
  • NEWS RELEASE (Sept. 9, 2005) Nanohelix Structure Provides New Building Block. New superlattice nanobelts could become sensors, transducers or resonators (Z. L. Wang)
  • NEWS RELEASE (Sept. 5, 2005) New Technique Controls Nanoparticle Size.  Researchers learn how polymer matrix controls particle growth in nanocomposites (Rina Tannenbaum)
  • NEWS RELEASE (Aug. 24, 2005) Chemical Could Revolutionize Polymer Fuel Cells (Meilin Liu)
  • Z. L. Wang's research is highlighted on the cover of the five year report to President Bush on the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative. The cover picture, a newly grown zinc oxide nanostructure by Puxian Gao and Z.L. Wang, has potential applications in sensors, actuators, resonators and optoelectronics

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