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Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
NREL research earns 3 prestigious R&D 100 Awards
A new energy-efficient approach to building occupancy detection, a better way to detect heat loss in electric-vehicle batteries and a high-efficiency silicon solar cell – all developed or advanced at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory -- have been named among this year's most significant innovations by R&D Magazine.
US Department of Energy

Contact: David Glickson
david.glickson@nrel.gov
303-275-4097
DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
ORNL wins 6 R&D 100s
Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received six R&D 100 awards, presented each year by R&D Magazine in recognition of the year's most significant technological innovations.

Contact: Jennifer Brouner
brounerjm@ornl.gov
865-241-9515
DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Public Release: 9-Jul-2013
Carnegie's Chris Field receives Max Planck Research Prize
Christopher Field, the founding director of Carnegie's Department of Global Ecology has been awarded one of Germany's most prestigious prizes, the Max Planck Research Prize with Markus Reichstein "because they have significantly increased our knowledge of how life on Earth responds to climate change and what reactions can be anticipated between the biosphere and the atmosphere… their work also helps us to estimate the consequences of climate change for the people of the planet."

Contact: Tina McDowell
tmcdowell@carnegiescience.edu
202-939-1120
Carnegie Institution

Public Release: 8-Jul-2013
AIT's Prof. Kanchana inducted into global Internet Hall of Fame
Known as "Mother of the Internet in Thailand", she is the first Thai in the Internet Hall of Fame.

Contact: Bajinder Pal Singh
bajinder@ait.ac.th
Asian Institute of Technology

Public Release: 8-Jul-2013
World Academy of Structural Integrity International Conference on Fracture
Diana Lados receives international honor for seminal contributions to structural integrity
Diana Lados, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and founding director of the university's Integrative Materials Design Center, received the inaugural Constance Tipper Silver Medal from the World Academy of Structural Integrity at the academy's International Conference on Fracture, held in Beijing June 16-21. She was honored for her outstanding and seminal research, technical accomplishments, and pioneering contributions with worldwide impact in the fields of metal fracture and fatigue.

Contact: Michael Dorsey
mwdorsey@wpi.edu
508-831-5609
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Public Release: 8-Jul-2013
'Watermark Ink' device wins R&D 100 Award
A device that can instantly identify unknown liquids based on their surface tension has been selected to receive the 2013 R&D 100 Award -- known as "the Oscar of Innovation" -- from R&D Magazine. Invented by a team at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard, the "Watermark Ink" device offers a cheap, fast, portable way to perform quality control tests and detect liquid contaminants.
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Wyss Institute at Harvard, Air Force, Department of Homeland Security, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Contact: Kristen Kusek
kristen.kusek@wyss.harvard.edu
617-432-8266
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Public Release: 8-Jul-2013
Rotman Professor receives fellowship to study employee stock ownership
An assistant professor of accounting at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management has received the Accurate Equity Fellowship for 2013-2014. Over the next year, Prof. Francesco Bova will assess the causes and effects of variations in equity-based compensation across international employees of US multinationals. The Fellowship was established at the Rutgers' School of Management and Labor Relations in order to support academic research on broad-based employee stock ownership.
Rutgers' School of Management and Labor Relations

Contact: Ken McGuffin
mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca
416-946-3818
University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management

Public Release: 8-Jul-2013
The University of Cambridge wins SAUC-Europe '13 at CMRE
The University of Cambridge triumphed over 7 other teams to win the 8th Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge -- Europe. The 2nd prize went to the University of the West England with its AUV "Phoenix", while the "FeelHippo" team from the University of Florence took home the 3rd prize. The competition was held 28 June to 5 July 2013 was hosted for the 4th time in a row by the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation.

Contact: Francesca Nacini
pao@cmre.nato.int
39-335-780-9721
NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

Public Release: 5-Jul-2013
Danish archaeologists uncover ancient killing fields in the Ukraine
For more than ten years now, archaeologists from Aarhus University in Denmark have been leading a series of excavations by the Black Sea. The main focus of the fieldwork over the past three years has been the rural area surrounding the ancient city of Tauric Chersonesos, and this has turned out to be a wise choice: the city and surrounding area have just been added to UNESCO's list of world heritage sites.
Danish Council for Independent Research

Contact: Vladimir Stolba
klavs@hum.au.dk
452-667-7108
Aarhus University

Public Release: 3-Jul-2013
30th International Epilepsy Congress in Montreal
Pediatric neurosurgeon honored for major contributions to epilepsy research
UCLA pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Gary Mathern was recently honored with the Ambassador for Epilepsy Award by the International Bureau for Epilepsy and the International League Against Epilepsy.

Contact: Amy Albin
aalbin@mednet.ucla.edu
310-794-8672
University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

Public Release: 3-Jul-2013
Rotman professor named to the Order of Canada
David Beatty, an adjunct professor of strategic management, at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management has been named as a member of the Order of Canada.

Contact: Ken McGuffin
416-946-3818
University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management

Public Release: 3-Jul-2013
Reaxys Inspiring Chemistry Conference
Reaxys announces winners of the 2013 Reaxys Ph.D. Prize
Reaxys®, a unique workflow solution for chemistry research, has today announced the winners of the 2013 Reaxys Ph.D. Prize. Awarding innovative and original research in organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry, the Reaxys Ph.D. Prize celebrates top research conducted by leading young chemists across the globe.

Contact: Liz Griffioen
l.griffioen@elsevier.com
31-204-852-247
Elsevier

Public Release: 2-Jul-2013
Texas-Arlington professor named Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Australia
Distinguished political science professor hopes to increase mutual understanding of executive foreign policy-making during Fulbright Distinguished Chair residence in Australia.

Contact: Bridget Lewis
blewis@uta.edu
817-272-3317
University of Texas at Arlington

Public Release: 2-Jul-2013
BMC, BUSM geriatrician honored with Ewald W. Busse Award
Thomas Perls, M.D., M.P.H., a geriatrician at Boston Medical Center and professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, has been honored with the Ewald W. Busse Research Award.

Contact: Gina Orlando
gina.orlando@bmc.org
617-638-8490
Boston University Medical Center

Public Release: 2-Jul-2013
Wayne State engineering professor wins NASF award
Yinlun Huang, professor of chemical engineering and materials science in Wayne State University's College of Engineering, has been awarded the 2013 National Association for Surface Furnishing's Scientific Achievement Award.

Contact: Julie O'Connor
julie.oconnor@wayne.edu
313-577-8845
Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research

Public Release: 2-Jul-2013
ASPIRE prize winner balances ocean conservation and socioeconomic viability
Dr. Carissa Klein of Australia was awarded the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education, sponsored by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Elsevier, on Monday by Minister Gusti M. Hatta, Indonesian Ministry of Research and Technology.

Contact: Jennifer Beal
jbeal@wiley.com
44-012-437-70633
Wiley

Public Release: 1-Jul-2013
'Science off the Sphere' astronaut Don Pettit wins NASA Engineer of Year award
Astronaut Don Pettit Wins NASA Engineer of Year award.

Contact: Julie Robinson
janet.g.stewart@nasa.gov
281-483-5582
NASA/Johnson Space Center

Public Release: 1-Jul-2013
Research4Life announces winner of 'Unsung Heroes' Library Impact Competition
The Research4Life partnership announced today the winner of the case study competition to recognize the role played by librarians in building research capacity and boosting output among scientists, doctors and policymakers.

Contact: Charlotte Masiello-Riome
communications@research4Life.org
Elsevier

Public Release: 1-Jul-2013
National Pharmaceutical Council and GW award comparative effectiveness research policy fellowship
The National Pharmaceutical Council and the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services today announced the selection of Chuck Shih, Ph.D., as the recipient of a new two-year fellowship in comparative effectiveness research policy.

Contact: Andrea Hofelich
ahofelich@npcnow.org
202-827-2078
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

Public Release: 27-Jun-2013
The Association for Molecular Pathology announces 2013 Leadership Award recipient
Jan A. Nowak, Ph.D., M.D., has been awarded the Association for Molecular Pathology 2013 Leadership Award. This is the highest honor that AMP gives exclusively to one of its members -- one who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the accomplishment of the mission and vision of AMP.

Contact: Catherine Davidge
cdavidge@amp.org
301-634-7400
Association for Molecular Pathology

Public Release: 27-Jun-2013
LeClair is Georgia Academy of Family Physicians Educator of the Year
Dr. Bruce M. LeClair, Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, has received the 2013 Educator of the Year Award from the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians.

Contact: Toni Baker
tbaker@gru.edu
706-721-4421
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University

Public Release: 27-Jun-2013
Course with Web-based, plus hands-on experimentation wins Science Magazine prize
Because of its effectiveness as a teaching tool, the mission, an investigation of ecosystems that involves Web-based and hands-on experimentation, has won the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction.

Contact: Natasha Pinol
npinol@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Public Release: 26-Jun-2013
OSIRIS-REx team member selected by White House as a Citizen Science Champion of Change
Dolores H. Hill from the Lunar and Planetary Lab of the University of Arizona, Tucson is the recipient of the Citizen Science Champions of Change Award for her work on "Target Asteroids!"
NASA

Contact: Nancy Jones
nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov
301-286-0039
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Public Release: 26-Jun-2013
2013 Society for Vascular Surgery Meeting
LSUHSC's Hollier one of few ever awarded coveted national lectureship
Dr. Larry H. Hollier, Chancellor of LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has joined Dr. Michael DeBakey and other icons in the field of vascular surgery who have been awarded the John Homans, M.D., Lecture. Established in 1950, the John Homans, M.D., Lecture was to be presented "from time to time by distinguished vascular surgeons." Very few vascular surgeons have received this distinction, and in 63 years, there have only been nine.

Contact: Leslie Capo
lcapo@lsuhsc.edu
504-568-4806
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Public Release: 26-Jun-2013
Loyola nuclear medicine technologist named National Technologist of the Year
Nuclear medicine technologist Rebecca Sajdak of Loyola University Medical Center has been named National Technologist of the Year by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

Contact: Jim Ritter
jritter@lumc.edu
708-216-2445
Loyola University Health System

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