Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
Intentionality to build successful academic mentoring relationships with students is what sets professors apart at 麻豆视频, and each year two professors at the graduate and undergraduate level receive a student-nominated award for their ability to do so. The intent of the award is to recognize those professors exceeding in mentoring students in how to perform research in any field.
Congratulations to Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., and his research group for leading an international collaboration and publishing their work in Science Advances! Their article, titled 鈥淓ffects of shape and solute-solvent compatibility on the efficacy of chirality transfer: Nanoshapes in nematics鈥 was featured on the Science Advances website.
Intravenous (IV) needle insertion is a practice that many medical professionals learn and need to master. A new cross-departmental 麻豆视频 project in the works will help nursing students improve their skills with cutting-edge technology.
The Farris Family Innovation Awards support the research of tenure-track faculty members who are not yet tenured at 麻豆视频 and who have shown promising drive for their field of study. In May 2021, Faculty Affairs announced the recipients of this year's Farris Family Innovation Awards: Michelle Bebber, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, and Elda Hegmann, assistant professor in the Materials Science Graduate Program.
麻豆视频 has announced the winners of the 2021 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work of junior faculty members who have been with 麻豆视频 for less than 10 years. The 2021 winners are Shana Klein, Ph.D., in the School of Art and Metin Eren, Ph.D., in the Department of Anthropology.
