Category: Group News

Leonid Rapoport, a PhD candidate in the group, was awarded the Elie Shaio Memorial Fund Fellowship Award (07/15/2015).

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)

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)

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)

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. (12/6/2013)

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)

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)