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Nominations open for ESM Early Career Recognition Award
The ESM Early Career Recognition Award recognizes alumni who have graduated in the past ten years who have distinguished themselves in academia, the workplace (e.g., academia, industry, government, military), and/or in their community.
Nominations are due on August 31, 2022. More information,
including the nomination form: bit.ly/esm-earlyawardsemester
WE ARE ... HIRING
The ESM department is seeking applicants for postdoctoral and graduate student openings.
Please visit esm.psu. edu/department/job- opportunities.aspx for more information.
Student spotlight (cont.)
Wenjing Song receives Leighton Riess Graduate Fellowship
Wenjing Song, a graduate student in engineering science and mechanics, received the Leighton Riess Graduate Fellowship from the Penn State Center for Biodevices. The fellowship program supports outstanding graduate students who are conducting research in biological or biomedical- related areas of inquiry. Song’s adviser is Cunjiang Yu,
Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics.
Jeremy Keirn named spring 2022 student marshal
Jeremy Keirn was named the spring 2022 student marshal for engineering science. Keirn, a Schreyer Honors Scholar, graduated with honors in engineering science and minors in engineering mechanics and music technology. As a Schreyer Honors Scholar, Keirn completed an honors thesis titled “Widening the Frequency Stop-Bandwidth of Metasurfaces
for Controlling Lamb Wave Propagation.”
Keirn earned several awards and scholarships while at Penn State. These include the President Walker Award, President Sparks Award, Evan Pugh Scholar Award, Kearns-McNitt Award, H. Thomas and Dorothy Willits Hallowell Scholarship, Bayard D. Kunkle Scholarship, and more. After graduation, Keirn plans to continue his education at Penn State pursuing a graduate degree in engineering science and mechanics. bit.ly/keirn-sp22
Students take second place in Ben Franklin TechCelerator Pitch
Graduate students Jackson Meeks and Wanquing Zhang received second place and $2,500 in the Ben Franklin TechCelerator Pitch for “Functional Circuits,” which develops flexible, wearable electronics targeting the health care industry. Meeks and Zhang are advised by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics. Prior to the pitch event, competing teams attended a 10-week virtual, business startup bootcamp offered by Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania, in partnership with Invent Penn State.
Congratulations on the new role, Lisa!
Join us in congratulating Lisa Spicer, who was promoted to alumni relations and stewardship officer for the College of Engineering’s development and alumni relations team. Her last day with ESM is Friday, June 24.
For almost four years, Lisa was the mainstay of all our development and alumni activities, plus ESM Today. We will all miss her very much but are reassured that she will not be far away in Hammond. We wish Lisa every success in her new position.
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