Outreach / Education Recognition
Educational Outreach Recognition
Many faculty, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students contribute to the effectiveness and success of NCMN’s educational outreach efforts. The NCMN Ambassador Award is given for special recognition of a few outstanding faculty who have consistently given countless hours towards furthering education in the area of materials and nanoscience through outreach events and programs. Information on previous recognition awards is available on the recognition archive page. We want to recognize their contributions and say thank you! For more information about nanoscience outreach events please visit: http://ncmn.unl.edu/outreach-education.
NCMN Graduate Research Fellows
The annual fellowships honor a select group of doctoral graduate students on the basis of high research and scholastic performance. Fellows receive a stipend that supports students who are completing their doctoral dissertations and final year of studies. Information on previous fellows is available on the fellowship archive page.
2021
Sazia Iftekhar
Chemistry, Advisor: Prof. David Hage
research related to new methods for chemical separation and analysis, and the preparation of hybrid materials that can be used for novel applications in chemical analysis for clinical and environmental applications, including their use in chemical sensors.
Reza Yavari
Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Advisor: Dr. Prahalada Rao
additive manufacturing (AM, 3D printing) focused on monitoring, modeling and simulation of the additive manufacturing process to be used in industries such as aerospace, automotive and the biomedical areas.
2020
Amir Monemian Esfahani
Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Ruiguo Yang
Research focused on cellular structure - the cell-cell adhesion in the field of bioengineering, particularly, in biomechanics and biomaterials. Using advanced engineering techniques to solve challenging biomedical questions, in the hope to find better therapeutic options for certain diseases.
Prescott E. Evans
Physics and Astronomy, Advisor: Prof. Peter Dowben
Research in the fields of alternative energy production (higher alcohol formation from syngas and water) and catalysis. focused on surface characterization techniques for the exploration of the chemical and electronic nature of materials that might be suitable for inexpensive and highly effective catalysts.
2019
- Mahdieh Khedmati – Civil Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Yong-Rak Kim
- Yang Hong – Chemistry, Advisor: Prof. Xiao Cheng Zeng
2018
- Taylor Stockdale – Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Yuris Dzenis
- Jay Taylor – Chemistry, Advisor: Dr. Stephen Morin
2017
- Mikhail Shekhirev -Department of Chemistry, Advisor: Prof. Alexander Sinitskii
- Qi Wang - Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Jinsong Huang
2016
- Ivan Zhuravlev- Physics & Astronomy, Advisor: Prof. Kirill Belashchenko
- Cheng Bi - Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Jinsong Huang
2015
- Alexey Lipatov – Chemistry, Advisor: Prof. Alexander Sinitskii
- Yuchuan Shao – Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Jeff Shield
2014
- Timothy Martin - Biomedical Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Angela Pannier
- Chieu Van Nguyen - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Ravi Saraf
- Dimitry Papkov - Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Advisor: Prof. Yuris Dzenis