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Achievements
INSIDE ILLINOIS, Feb. 2, 2012 [ Email | Share ]
IN THIS ISSUE: ENGINEERING | KRANNERT CENTER | LAS | PUBLIC AFFAIRS
ENGINEERING
Sarita Adve, a professor of computer science, was named a 2011 fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for her contributions to shared memory semantics and parallel computing.
The institute is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovations.
Ioannis Chasiotis, a professor of aerospace engineering, received the J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for his contributions to the field. He was presented the award at the society’s annual meeting in Denver.
The award recognizes special achievements of applied mechanics investigators younger than age 40.
John A. Rogers, the Lee J. Flory-Founder Chair in Engineering Innovation, has been named to Nature magazine’s 2011 “10 who mattered this year” list for taking his innovations from ideas to engineering prototypes.
In his work with semiconductor materials and stretchable electronics, Rogers has devised technology solutions across fields such as solar power, biointegrated electronics, sensing, thin film metrology and fiber optics.
Jeffery R. Roesler, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, received the Marlin J. Knutson Award for Technical Achievement from the American Concrete Pavement Association for his contributions to best practices in the design and construction of concrete pavements.
Roesler’s research has advanced the understanding and use of thin, economical concrete pavement systems.
Dan Roth, a professor of computer science, was named a 2011 fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery for his “contributions to machine learning and natural language processing.” Roth’s research focuses on the computational foundations of intelligent behavior.
The association is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, dedicated to advancing computing as a science and a profession.
Uday Shanbhag, a professor of industrial and enterprise systems engineering, received the Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation that will support his research on stochastic and robust variational inequality problems.
Shanbhag’s project aims to develop new and enhanced tools for the operation of network systems. The project also includes a comprehensive education plan aggregated around high school discover courses, undergraduate research projects and graduate-level seminars.
Enlu Zhou, a professor of industrial and enterprise systems engineering, received the Air Force Office of Sponsored Research Young Investigator Program award for her proposal, “Dynamic Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Partial Information.”
Zhou’s research interests include stochastic control, Markov decision processes and simulation optimization.
The objective of the program is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering and enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators.
KRANNERT CENTER
Mike Ross, the director of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, received the NAPAMA Award For Excellence in Presenting the Arts from the association of North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents.
Founded in 1979, the association is a not-for-profit service organization dedicated to promoting the vitality of the performing arts.
LAS
Ed Diener, a professor emeritus of psychology, received the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientist Award for his contributions to the field.
The award honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to psychological research.
Based in Washington, D.C., with more than 154,000 members, the APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide.
Lisa Lucero, a professor of anthropology, was appointed to the American Anthropological Association’s new Task Force on Climate Change.
The task force was created to bring anthropology’s contributions to issues of environmental concern into the spotlight and increase its engagement with current research, policy discourse and the communities they study worldwide.
Lucero and eight other members of the task force will promote and develop anthropological contributions to climate change-related issues.
Founded in 1902, the association is the world’s largest organization that promotes anthropology.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
L. Brian Stauffer, a photographer for the UI News Bureau, was honored by the University Photographer’s Association of America. His photo of helium balloons on stage at Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts – which illustrates the Anderson localization, a general wave phenomenon – received first place in the general features and illustrations category for September in the association’s monthly image competition. The photo was taken to illustrate research by physics professor Brian DeMarco.
The association is an international organization of college and university photographers.
