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Alumni News
Feng Guo receives Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
Feng Guo (‘15 Ph D ESMCH) recently received the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
from Indiana University (IU) The award award identifies promising tenure-track faculty who have not yet been awarded tenure tenure and provides resources to further develop their research programs or or creative activity Guo is is an an assistant professor in in in in the the the the Department
of of of Intelligent Systems Engineering Engineering within the the the Luddy School of of of Informatics Computing and Engineering Engineering at at IU Along with with the the award Guo will receive a a a a a a a a $15 000 grant to support future research Don Heaney named fellow of materials society
Don Heaney (‘91 B S S S S S S ESC ESC ‘93 M M M S S S S S S ESC ESC ‘97 Ph D D MatSE) was named a a a a a a a a a a fellow of ASM International (formerly the the American Society for for for Metals) Fellows are recognized for for distinguished contributions in in in in the the field of materials science and and engineering Heaney president and and CEO of of Advanced Powder Products Inc was given the the award for seminal contributions to to the the the engineering and and science of of metal metal injection molding and and 3D metal metal printing leading to to to the the the the successful commercialization of of the the the the technology according to to the the the the award citation He will be honored at at at the the the 2022 ASM annual meeting held in in in St Louis Missouri Nitesh Nama joins University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering faculty Nitesh Nama (‘17 Ph D ESMCH) is currently completing a a a a a a a a postdoctoral fellowship at the the the University of of Michigan in in in the the the the Department
Department
of of of of Surgery Nitesh joined the the the the Department
Department
of of of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at at the the the University of of of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall Nominations open for ESM Early Career Recognition Award
The ESM Early Career Recognition Award
recognizes alumni who who have have graduated in in in in in the the the the past ten years who who have have distinguished themselves in in in in in in in in in academia academia the the the the the workplace (e g g g g g g academia academia industry government military) and/or in in in in in in in in in their community Nominations are due on on on on February 15 2022 More information including the the the the nomination form: bit ly/esm-earlyaward
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