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Honors and Awards

Bryan Goldsmith featured as a “Movers & Shakers” in Catalysis

2022-04-27 Prof. Bryan Goldsmith was featured as a “Movers & Shakers” in Catalysis by The Catalyst Review magazine.

Faith Isowamwen wins the SRC 2021 Simon Karecki Award

2021-11-18 The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) honored Osakpolo “Faith” Isowamwen, a PhD student at Clarkson University, with the 2021 Simon Karecki Award.

Mark Kushner named Distinguished Speaker at UC Riverside

2020-12-10 Prof. Mark J. Kushner delivered a presentation on Plasma Science in the Distinguished Speakers Series at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside.

Bryan Goldsmith wins 2020 AIChE 35 under 35 Award

2020-09-22 Prof. Bryan R. Goldsmith received the 2020 AIChE 35 under 35 Award in the “Energy and Environment” category.

Ali Mesbah wins the Best Application Paper Award of IFAC World Congress 2020

2020-07-17 Prof. Ali Mesbah received the Best Application Paper Award of the IFAC World Congress 2020 for his paper “Toward Safe Dose Delivery in Plasma Medicine Using Projected Neural Network-based Fast Approximate NMPC”.

Peter Bruggeman receives the 2020 George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Research

2020-04-29 Prof. Peter Bruggeman was named the recipient of the 2020 George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Research from the College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota. Prof. Bruggeman received the award in recognition of his accomplishments and leadership in plasma sciences.

Steven Shannon receives the NCSU Outstanding Teacher Award

2020-03-03 Prof. Steven Shannon was presented with the North Carolina State University Outstanding Teacher Award and became a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers at NCSU.

Gottlieb Oehrlein wins the DPS Nishizawa Award

2019-11-21 Prof. Gottlieb Oehrlein received the 2019 DPS Nishizawa Award at the 41st International Symposium on Dry Process at Hiroshima, Japan.

Gottlieb Oehrlein wins the AVS John A. Thornton Memorial Award

2019-10-23 Prof. Gottlieb Oehrlein received the 2019 John A. Thornton Memorial Award from the American Vacuum Society “for groundbreaking contributions to the fundamental understanding of plasma-surface interactions enabling micro- and nanofabrication, using plasma-assisted techniques, including plasma based atomic layer etching”.

Selma Mededovic wins the ACS Outstanding Material Content Award

2019-08-29 Prof. Selma Mededovic Thagard received the Outstanding Material Content Award for co-authoring the paper “Breakdown Products from Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) Degradation in a Plasma-Based Water Treatment Process”. The paper was presented at the 258th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, in August 2019.