May 2017 Awards

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Placidus Amama, National Science Foundation, $5,827, “CAREER: Rational Design of Efficient Carbon Nanotube-Supported TiO2 Photocatalysts for Air Purification.”

CIVIL ENGINEERING

A.S.M. Hossain, Kansas Department of Transportation, $20,000, “Administration of KDOT/KTRAN Program.”

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Pavithra Prabhakar, US Department of Defense, $175,000, “Formal Synthesis of Robust, Optimal Controllers for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.”

Eugene Vasserman, National Science Foundation, $56,306, “CAREER: Safety and Security for Nextgeneration World-scale Real-time Medical Systems.”

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Jungkwun Kim, ABCo Electronics Co LTD, $3,519, “Development of a Compact High-Efficiency Inductor for Wearable and Smart Devices."

INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Steven Eckels and Elizabeth McCullough, Support Funds, $1,200, “Thermal Properties of Textile Products."

KANSAS INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICES

David Carter, US Department of Energy, $60,000, “Kansas Corporation Commission and Kansas State University for Energy Education Services.”