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Prof. Sapna Sarupria (University of Minnesota) has won the 2024 CoMSEF Impact Award in Computational Molecular Science and Engineering. She is cited "...for advancing computational methods for rare events including heterogeneous ice nucleation and hydrate formation and for pioneering studies of peptide adsorption and enzyme engineering." Prof.
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Prof. Nicholas E. Jackson (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) has won the 2024 CoMSEF Young Investigator Award. He is cited for "For the development and application of scalable quantum mechanical approaches to soft materials at the coarse-grained resolution." Jackson earned a Ph.D.
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Dr. Mingfei Zhao (now on the faculty at the University of Alabama) has won the 2024 CoMSEF Postdoctoral Scholar Award for Modeling and Simulation (sponsored by the Molecular Systems Design & Engineering journal).
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The CoMSEF Graduate Student Awards in Computational Molecular Science and Engineering were awarded to participants in the CoMSEF poster session at the AIChE Annual Meeting: Feranmi Victor Olowookere (University of Alabama, Advisor: Heath Turner) and Shiv Rekhi (Texas A&M University, Advisor: Jeetain Mittal). The CoMSEF Graduate Student Awards recognize excellence in research by graduate students in the field of computational molecular science and engineering.
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Congratulations to Neeraj Rai (Vice Chair, Mississippi State), Janani Sampath (Secretary/Treasurer, Florida), Shuwen Yue (Liaison Director, Cornell), and Rose Cersonsky (Liaison Director, Wisconsin) who were recently elected to the CoMSEF Executive Committee!
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Professor Heather J. Kulik from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the winner of the 2023 CoMSEF Impact Award.
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Professor Rebecca K. Lindsey from the Department of Chemical and Engineering at the University of Michigan is the 2023 winner of the CoMSEF Young Investigator Award.
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The CoMSEF Graduate Student Awards in Computational Molecular Science and Engineering were awarded to participants in the CoMSEF poster session at the AIChE Annual Meeting: Siddarth Achar (University of Pittsburgh, Advisor: J. Karl Johnson) and Wei-Tse Hsu (University of Colorado, Advisor: Michael Shirts). The CoMSEF Graduate Student Awards recognize excellence in research by graduate students in the field of computational molecular science and engineering.
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Camille Bilodeau (University of Virginia) and Michael Howard (Auburn University) were elected at Liaison Directors of CoMSEF for the 2023-2025 term.
The Liaison Directors:
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The November 2023 CoMSEF newsletter (LINK TO PDF) has been published including the following topics:
- Impact and Young Investigator Award Winners
- Liaison Director Elections
- A Broader View: A Perspective on DEI and the 2023 Annual Meeting
- Research Highlight: Alleviating Separation Anxiety with Polymer Membranes
- Where are They Now? - Peng Bai
- Conferences of Interest to CoMSEF Members
- FOMMS 2024
