Month: August 2021

Dr. Chenning Tong awarded a major collaborative NSF grant

August 27, 2021

Dr. Chenning Tong has been awarded a major collaborative NSF grant with a budget of $2.2M ($1.2M for his group) to study the atmospheric boundary layer. The (unsolicited) NSF project is based on the theory of the atmospheric boundary layer that he proposed in 2015, and developed and tested in the past six years. The […]

Dr. Garrett Pataky wins NSF Career award

August 18, 2021

The title of his CAREER Award proposal is: Understanding the Interaction between Mechanical Twinning and Fatigue Crack Growth.  The total award is $555,634 over five years. We are so proud that our department has such a high number of CAREER awardees. It’s testament to the high caliber of our young faculty.  Garrett’s perseverance and hard […]