Graduate Student Prizes and Awards for 2005-2006

• Suba Asokan and Vinit Murthy were recognized for their poster presentations at the Associated Nanotechnology Congress. They received separate third-place awards for their research in quantum dots and nanoparticle-assembled microcapsules, respectively (October 2005).

• "Self-Assembly of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes into a Sheet by Drop Drying" by Rajat Duggal, Fazle Hussain, and Matteo Pasquali . Read the full article.

2005-2006 Kobayashi Fellowship Recipient:

Gaurav Bhatnagar

Ralph Budd Award for the Most Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in Engineering
Sandeep Tripathi received the 2005 Ralph Budd Award that recognizes the best Doctoral Thesis in Engineering. His thesis entitled "Microstructure and phase behavior of inhomogeneous complex fluids" was completed under the direction of Prof. Walter Chapman.

Michael Nutt was recognized for his award-winning poster presentation at the 2005 Spring Symposium of the Southwest Catalysis Society. He was one of four winners, chosen out of 20 posters in the competition. The title of his poster was "Designing Pd-on-Au Nanoparticle Catalysts for Aqueous-phase Trichloroethylene Hydrodechlorination."

Graduate Research Presentation Awards

• 1st place: Aleksandra Dominik
• 2nd place: Sergio Iadevaia
• 3rd place: Gaurav Bhatnagar

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

• Will Knowles
• Mike Nutt
• Alberto Montesi
• Josh Mourot
• Nick Parra-Vasquez

SWCS Award-Winning Poster
Michael Nutt was a winner of the 2005 Spring Symposium of the Southwest Catalysis Society's poster competition. His poster, "Designing Pd-on-Au Nanoparticle Catalysts for Aqueous-phase Trichloroethylene Hydrodechlorination," was one of four winners chosen out of 20 posters in the competition.

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