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Atlanta, GA | Posted: May 10, 2022
Catherine Barzler
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On Friday, April 29, a group of outstanding members of the Georgia Tech research community were recognized at the annual Faculty and Staff Honors Luncheon.
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Research BuildingOn Friday, April 29, a group of outstanding members of the Georgia Tech research community were recognized at the annual Faculty and Staff Honors Luncheon.
Every year, the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research offers seven awards recognizing the contributions and achievements of faculty and staff in mentoring and research. The nominations come from across the many facets of the Georgia Tech research enterprise, which covers the totality of activities from basic research to commercialization and societal use.
All faculty with academic and research titles are eligible to be nominated for the Faculty Research Awards. For the Research Enterprise Enhancement Award and the Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award, staff are eligible.
“We are honored to recognize these individuals’ extraordinary achievements in research,” said Rob Butera, vice president for Research Development and Operations. “Their accomplishments, hard work, and enthusiasm continue to make Georgia Tech an outstanding institution.”
Georgia Tech’s 2022 Institute Research Award winners include:
Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development: Georgia Tech Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Team (RADx).
The Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics program (RADx) was launched by the National Institutes of Health in April 2020 to speed development, evaluation, and commercialization of Covid-19 tests for use at home and in clinical settings. The Georgia Tech-Emory RADx team has been instrumental in providing crucial engineering and usability assessment as well as regulatory support for this initiative.
Outstanding Achievement in Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Cassie Mitchell, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Outstanding Achievement in Early Career Research: Matthew T. McDowell, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering.
Outstanding Achievement in Research Enterprise Enhancement: Michelle Wong, assistant director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Outstanding Achievement in Research Innovation: Natalie Stingelin, professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor: Manos M. Tentzeris, Ken Byers Professor in Flexible Electronics in the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Outstanding Faculty Research Author: Zhiqun Lin, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering
