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2004

Fulay honored at the American Ceramic Society

04/18/2004 Pradeep P. Fulay, professor, was honored at the American Ceramic Society's (ACS) annual meeting in Indianapolis, IN, April 18-21, 2004. Fulay is a fellow of the ACS and served as the president of the Ceramic Educational Council (CEC), a division of the ACS. He has written two prominent textbooks on materials science and engineering and conducts research related to smart materials.

Kerzmann awarded the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Fellowship

07/30/2004 Mechanical Engineering's master student, Tony Kerzmann, was awarded the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Fellowship on July 30, 2004, in recognition of his outstanding academic record and research in the area related to the NASA space program.

Galik Published is Science

09/03/2004 Karol Galik (PhD '02), a mechanical engineer at Allegheny General Hospital's Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory on the North Side, used computer technology to analyze the fossil remains of the earliest known human-like creature. His findings, published Sept. 3, 2004 in Science, suggest that these fossils are indeed the earliest known hominid to be bipedal.

Galdi receives a three year grant from NSF

09/15/2004 The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a three year grant "Mathematical Analysis on Some Problems of Particle-Liquid Motion" to professor G.P. Galdi. On September 15, 2004, Dr. Galdi gave the plenary lecture in Applied Mathematics at the Annual Meeting of the German Mathematical Society in Heidelberg, Germany. Also, he was invited to the Institute for Mathematical Sciences of the National University of Singapore for the program "Wall-Bounded and Free-Surface Turbulence and its Computation", where he gave a plenary lecture in December 2004.

Pettit honored during the 10th International Symposium on Superalloys

09/19/2004 Frederick S. Pettit, professor and Harry S. Tack Chair, was honored during the 10th International Symposium on Superalloys - called Superalloys 2004 - Sept. 19-23, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Champion, PA.

Pettit honored during the American Society for Metals

10/18/2004 Frederick S. Pettit, professor and Harry S. Tack Chair, was honored during the American Society for Metals (ASM) Materials Solutions Conference and Show (The Materials Information Society), October 18, 2004 in Columbus, Ohio. Pettit will become a Distinguished Life Member of Alpha Sigma Mu, the International Professional Honor Society for Materials Science and Engineering.

National Science Foundation (NSF) Awards Grant

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Qing-Ming Wang (PI), assistant professor, and James H-C Wang, assistant professor, a $232,675 grant to carry out a three year research project titled "An Acoustic Wave Cytosensor System for Living Cell Study". The objective of this research is to develop biosensors with living cells on the surface of the device as the biological transduction elements so that the system can be used to quantitatively probe the behavior of living cell attachment, spreading, and growth kinetics under various biological conditions.

Leonard receives NSF 2004 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award

John P. Leonard, assistant professor, is the recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) 2004 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award.

Meier receives an honorable mention

Gerald H. Meier, William Kepler Whiteford Professor, has been selected to receive an honorable mention for his contribution to diversity for FY2003-04. This honorable mention acknowledges his commitment to mentoring a diverse graduate research group and consistent and creative efforts in divising and implementing Hands-on-Science activities for pre-college students.

Nettleship Awarded $260,000 NSF Grant

Ian Nettleship, associate professor, was awarded a $260,000 grant by the National Science Foundation to produce unique, highly oriented porous ceramics aimed at tissue engineering applications including bioreactors and scaffolds as well as environmental applications such as filters and catalyst carriers.

Deshpande, wins the 2004 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS)

Materials Science & Engineering PhD student, Anirudha R. Deshpande, won first prize for his poster at the 2004 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS). There were 53 submissions from 20 countries. Deshpande used electron microscopy to determine the mechanisms by which crystal defects are produced, a process that is critical to the optimization of technical properties in ordered intermetallics.