2008 Annual Report - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ...

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Paulaitis Elected Fellow of
AIMBE
Professor Michael Paulaitis has been elected a Fellow of the
American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.
AIMBE was founded in 1991 to establish a clear and
comprehensive identity for the field of medical and biological
engineering, which is the bridge between the principles of
engineering science and practice, and the problems and
issues of biological and medical science and practice. Fellows
in AIMBE are leaders in the field who have distinguished
themselves through their contributions in research, industrial
practice and education.
Three Graduate Students
Win Awards
Chaofang Yue, a member of Dr. Michael Paulaitis’ research
group, received a 2008 Travel Award to attend the 100th
Annual meeting of the AIChE to present a research paper.
Yun Wu, a member of Dr. Barbara Wyslouzil’s research group,
received a 2008 Travel Award to attend the 27th Annual
meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research to
present a paper describing her research.
Vikas Khanna, a member of Dr. Bhavik Bakshi’s research
group, won a third place poster award for “Environmental Life
Cycle Evaluation of Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Polymer
Nanocomposites” at the Gordon Research Conference on
Industrial Ecology 2008. He received a Chair’s Travel Grant to
attend that conference and also won a Travel Scholarship to
attend the Society of Risk Analysis Annual 2008 meeting.