- Henri wins the Outstanding Graduate research Award June 5, 2019
Congrats to Henri for being awarded the ME department’s award for Outstanding Graduate Research
Continue reading → - Sam wins Meredith Kamm Memorial Award May 5, 2019Congratulations to Samantha McBride for winning the Meredith Kamm Memorial Award in Mechanical Engineering. This is a very prestigious award in the department and awarded for Excellence in graduate studies.
- Sreedath and Vishnu pass the qualifying exam! February 5, 2019
Congratulations to Sreedath Panat and Vishnu Jayaprakash for acing the MechE qualifying examinations.
Continue reading → - Srinivas Subramanyam has received his Doctoral degree and will start working at Eastman Chemicals June 3, 2016
Congratulations to Srinivas Subramanyam who has received his Doctoral degree and will start working at Eastman Chemicals as an advanced research scientist. (06/03/2016)
Continue reading → - Taylor Farnham has received his Master’s and will start working at LiquiGlide June 3, 2016
Congratulations to Taylor Farnham who has received his Master’s degree and will start working as a Mechanical Design Engineer at LiquiGlide – one of the startups that originated in the Varanasi Research Group. (06/03/2016)
Continue reading → - Sami Khan was awarded the Doctoral Postgraduate Scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada June 1, 2016
Sami Khan, PhD Student in Varanasi Group was awarded the Doctoral Postgraduate Scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. There were 1586 applicants and 400 recipients were selected. (06/01/2016)
Continue reading → - Henri-Louis Girard and Samantha McBride have Passed the Qualifying Examinations May 27, 2016
Congratulations to graduate students Henri-Louis Girard and Samantha McBride on passing the Qualifying Examinations. They are now PhD candidates in the department of Mechanical Engineering. (05/27/2016)
Continue reading → - Maher Damak and Sami Kahn have Passed the Qualifying Examinations January 29, 2016
Congratulations to graduate students Maher Damak and Sami Khan on passing the Qualifying Examinations. They are now PhD candidates in the department of Mechanical Engineering. (01/29/2016)
Continue reading → - Dr. Sushant Anand will begin his Assistant Professorship at UIC August 19, 2015
Dr. Sushant Anand, Postdoc in the Varanasi Group will begin his Assistant Professorship this Fall 2015 Academic Year at the University of Illinois-Chicago in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department. (08/19/2015)
Continue reading → - Dr. Jolet de Ruiter has been awarded the Rubicon Grant Fellowship August 19, 2015
Dr. Jolet de Ruiter has been awarded the Rubicon Grant Fellowship by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NOW) Physics Division for “Study of drop Impact and Freezing dynamics under icing conditions, as a basis for new anti-icing Materials” The fellowship is set to begin in mid August 2015. (08/19/2015)
Continue reading → - Leonid Rapoport was awarded the Elie Shaio Memorial Fund Fellowship Award July 15, 2015
Leonid Rapoport, a PhD candidate in the group, was awarded the Elie Shaio Memorial Fund Fellowship Award (07/15/2015).
Continue reading → - Sami Khan was awarded the 2015 International Hydropower Association’s “Young Researcher Award” July 2, 2015
Sami Khan, PhD Student in Varanasi Group was awarded the 2015 International Hydropower Association’s “Young Researcher Award” at the World Hydropower Congress that was held in Beijing. (07/2/2015)
Continue reading → - Karim Khalil and Leonid Rapoport Passed the Qualifying Examinations May 29, 2015
Congratulations to graduate students Karim Khalil and Leonid Rapoport on passing the Qualifying Examinations. They are now PhD candidates in the department of Mechanical Engineering. (5/29/2015)
Continue reading → - Sami Khan named Hydro Research Foundation Research Award Program Recipient May 30, 2014
Graduate student Sami Khan as been named one of twelve Hydro Research Foundation Research Award Program recipients. His work will focus on novel hydrophobic rare earth oxide-based coatings for enhancing the longevity of hydropower water conveyance structures. (5/30/2014)
Continue reading → - Adam Paxson Announced as a 2013 MRS Silver Award Recipient December 6, 2013
Graduate student Adam Paxson has been awarded a 2014 MRS Silver Award for academic achievements and materials science research displaying a high level of excellence and distinction. Adam contributed to five talks during the 2013 MRS Fall meeting.
Continue reading → - Postdoc Sushant Anad wins Branco Weiss Fellowship July 24, 2013
Sushant Anand, a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Kripa Varanasi’s Lab, has won the prestigious Branco Weiss Fellowship awarded by the Swiss Federal Institute of ETH Zurich. He is one of the nine new fellows to win this fellowship for 2013. (7/24/2013)
Continue reading → - June 20th, 2013: Adam Paxson awarded Martin Family Fellowship for Sustainability (2013-2014) Congratulations to Adam Paxson, recipient of the Martin Family Fellowship for Sustainability (2013-2014). June 20, 2013
Adam Paxson awarded Martin Family Fellowship for Sustainability (2013-2014). Congratulations to Adam Paxson, recipient of the Martin Family Fellowship for Sustainability. (6/20/2013)
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