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Abrams Winner of 2015 CoMSEF Impact Award

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Professor Cameron F. Abrams from Drexel University is the winner of the 2015 CoMSEF Impact Award, which cites his work “For the development and application of enhanced sampling and free-energy methods for elucidating thermodynamics and kinetics of protein conformational changes and ligand interactions,” Cameron has been on the faculty at Drexel University since 2002 after completing a postdoctoral appointment at Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, PhD at University of California, Berkeley and his Bachelor at North Carolina State University.

Cameron received his award during the CoMSEF Plenary Session at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, where he also gave a talk describing his research. The CoMSEF Impact Award is given annually to a CoMSEF member who is within 15 years of completion of their highest degree.

Prof. Abrams receives is award from CoMSEF Chair Prof. Coray Colina

Ortiz and Getman elected as CoMSEF Liaison Directors

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Congratulations to Vanessa Ortiz (Columbia) and Rachel Getman (Clemson) who were elected as CoMSEF Liaison Directors. Thanks to Karl Johnson and Lev Gelb who have completed their terms!

Kayla Sprenger wins 2015 CoMSEF Conference Presentation Award

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Congratulations to Kayla Sprenger of the University of Washington (Advisor: Jim Pfaendtner) who won the 2015 CoMSEF Conference Presentation Award for her poster presentation "Obtaining Thermodynamic and Structural Information of Surface-Bound Biomolecules from Biased Simulations" at FOMMS 2015 (http://fomms.org).

The CoMSEF Conference Presentation Award recognizes excellence in research by undergraduate students, graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers. The intent of the award is to reward significant contributions to research in computational molecular science and engineering by young researchers. The award consists of an announcement for the presentation and a waived conference registration fee for the awardee.

Beckham Winner of 2014 CoMSEF Young Investigator Award

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Dr. Gregg Beckham from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's National Bioenergy Center is the winner of the 2014 CoMSEF Young Investigator Award. Gregg joined NREL in 20xx... With this award, Gregg is cited “...for elucidation of cellulose degradation mechanisms towards improved enzymes for biofuels and other renewable energy applications.” Gregg received his award during the CoMSEF Plenary Session at the 2014 AIChE Annual Meeting, where he also gave a talk titled “How the Walls Come Crumbling Down: Elucidating Mechanisms of Cellulose-Active Enzymes Using Molecular Simulation” describing his research.

The CoMSEF Young Investigator Award for Modeling and Simulation is awarded annually to a member of CoMSEF who is within 7 years of completion of their highest degree in the year of the award.

McCabe Winner of 2014 CoMSEF Impact Award

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Professor Clare McCabe from the Vanderbilt University is the winner of the 2014 CoMSEF Impact Award, which cites her "...development of practical molecular equations of state for simulating thermophysical properties of fluids and novel coarse-grained simulation models for biomedical applications."

Clare received her award during the CoMSEF Plenary Session at the 2014 AIChE Annual Meeting, where she also gave a talk titled “Understanding the Self-Assembly of Skin Lipids” describing her research.

The CoMSEF Impact Award is given annually to a CoMSEF member who is within 15 years of completion of their highest degree.

2014 CoMSEF Graduate Student Award Winners

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Congratulations to the 2014 CoMSEF Graduate Student Award winners:

  • Heather Mayes (Northwestern, Advisor: Linda Broadbelt)
  • Yamil Colón (Northwestern, Advisor: Randall Snurr)

From left: Prof. Jeff Errington (CoMSEF Vice Chair), Yamil Colón (Northwestern), Heather Mayes (Northwestern), and Prof. Coray Colina (CoMSEF Chair) 

More info about the Graduate Student Awards: link    

2013 CoMSEF Graduate Student Award Winners

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Congratulations to the 2013 CoMSEF Graduate Student Award winners:

Peng Bai (U. Minnesota)
Advisor: J. Ilja Siepmann

Robert Elder (U. Colorado)
Advisor: Arthi Jayaraman

From left: Prof. Coray Colina (CoMSEF Vice Chair), Robert Elder (U. Colorado), Peng Bai (U. Minnesota), and Prof. David Sholl (CoMSEF Chair)  

More info about the Graduate Student Awards: link  

Jayaraman Winner of Inaugural CoMSEF Young Investigator Award

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Professor Arthi Jayaraman from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado is the inaugural winner of the CoMSEF Young Investigator Award. Arthi joined the University of Colorado, where she is currently the Patten Assistant Professor, in 2008 after performing postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois and a PhD at North Carolina State University. With this award, Arthi is cited “for insightful theory and simulation studies of polymers, linking molecular interactions to morphology for optimal design of materials for energy and biomedical applications.” Arthi will receive her award during the CoMSEF Plenary Session at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting, where she will also give a talk describing her research.

The CoMSEF Young Investigator Award for Modeling and Simulation will be awarded annually to a member of CoMSEF who is within 7 years of completion of their highest degree in the year of the award.  

Prof. Jayaraman (right, U. Colorado) accepts the award from Prof. Sholl (CoMSEF chair, Georgia Tech) at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting 

Errington Winner of 2013 CoMSEF Impact Award

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Professor Jeffrey Errington from the University of Buffalo is the winner of the 2013 CoMSEF Impact Award, which cites his “advancement of transition-matrix Monte Carlo methods, and their application to interfacial phenomena and to probing the link between thermodynamics and transport properties.” Professor Errington has been on the faculty at the University of Buffalo since 2001, after completing a postdoctoral appointment at Princeton and his PhD at Cornell.

Jeff will receive his award during the CoMSEF Plenary Session at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting, where he will also give a talk describing his research.

The CoMSEF Impact Award is given annually to a CoMSEF member who is within 15 years of completion of their highest degree. 

Prof. Errington (right, U. Buffalo) accepts the award from Prof. Sholl (CoMSEF Chair, Georgia Tech) at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting 

2012 CoMSEF Graduate Student Award Winners

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Congratulations to the 2012 CoMSEF Graduate Student Award winners:

Andrew White (University of Washington)
Advisor: Shaoyi Jiang

Christopher Wilmer (Northwestern University)
Advisor: Randy Snurr

  

From left: Kristen Fichthorn (CoMSEF chair), Andrew White (University of Washington), Christopher Wilmer (Northwestern University), and David Kofke (Chair of Grad Student Award Committee)  

More info about the Graduate Student Awards: link  

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