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Graduate student Matt Gawryla was the recipient of the 2006-07 Graduate Dean's Award for Instructional Excellence. This award is available to graduate student assistants who demonstrate outstanding achievement in instruction through exceptional skill and dedication in their work.
Prof. Gary E. Wnek has been honored as one of the winners of the Society of Plastic Engineers' (SPE) 2007 International Awards. Prof. Wnek received SPE's Annual Award for Benefit to Society (John W. Hyatt Award) for his contributions to polymers in medicine and, in particular, for his research and development of electrostatic spinning (electrospinning) as a method for the fabrication of scaffolds for tissue engineering, drug delivery and related applications. Prof. Wnek was officially recognized during the Society of Plastic Engineers' 65th Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC 2007) in Cincinnati, OH on May 6, 2007.
Dr. Jack Koenig received the 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Nebraska on May 4, 2007 at an Alumni banquet in Lincoln, NE. Dr. Koenig received his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1960 from the University of Nebraska. He is being recognized for his many contributions in polymer research and education.
Based on her plenary lecture “Fractal Analysis – A Tool for Microstructure Characterization in Polymer Processing” presented at the Polymer Processing Society meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, October 9-13, 2006, Prof. Ica Manas-Zloczower has been invited to write a synopsis of the talk for the upcoming issue of the Polymer Processing Society newsletter.
Professor Elena Dormidontova was recently named Climo Assistant Professor for the Case School of Engineering (CSE). This Chair was made possible by Ms. Helen E. Davis (Class of 1917) who established a $1 million trust fund, which grants an endowment to an Assistant/Associate Professor recommended by the CSE Dean.
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