Awards

David Geoffrey Chapman, BSc, PhD, of University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, has been awarded the new ATS Foundation/ResMed Research Fellowship in Sleep-disordered Breathing and PAP Therapy.

Banglin Chen, the Dean's Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has been elected to become a Foreign Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) in recognition of his vast contributions to research in science and technology. The UTSA chemist, who specializes in nanoporous materials, is one of the university's most prolific innovators.

Matthew Walsh, an associate professor of biology at The University of Texas at Arlington, was named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Donald Trump.

Winners from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), NASA, Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, and Boeing Commercial Airplanes win awards for space, energy, and propulsion technology.

Rochester Institute of Technology computing professor Linwei Wang, whose research is advancing non-invasive personalized healthcare for heart diseases, is receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the US government on outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.

President Trump has named two George Washington University professors winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE): Chunlei Liang, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Volker J. Sorger, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

The American Physical Society (APS) has announced the Society's Fall 2019 prize and award recipients.

Mechanical Engineering Professor Kristin Myers has won the Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE), the highest honor the US government gives to young scientists and engineers. Myers, who studies the material behavior of biological soft tissues with a focus on the female reproductive system and pregnancy and specifically pre-term birth, joins a select group of researchers noted for their exceptional promise to advance the frontiers of scientific knowledge and for their leadership in science and technology.

Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport, a New York University professor and founding director of the research center NYU WIRELESS, is the recipient of the 2020 Eric E. Sumner Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which cited his pioneering research in the field of wireless telecommunications.