Welcome to Martin Maldovan

We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Martin Maldovan to our group as a Research Engineer. Martin has worked for a number of years at MIT using innovative modeling methods to study photonic materials and heat transfer in structured materials. You can read about some of Martin's work in this article from The Economist from earlier this year:
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21570672-it-may-soon-be-possible-control-heat-flows-great-precision-good-conduct

Congratulations Hakan and Ben

Congratulations to Hakan and Ben, who have both successfully passed their PhD proposals. This is an important step along their path to successfully completing their PhD. 

Welcome to Jack (and welcome back Liwei, Dieh and Ambarish)

We are pleased to welcome Jack Evans, a PhD student from Adelaide University, who is visiting us. Jack uses modeling and experiments to study crystalline nanoporous materials. Jack's arrival maintains a constant level of Australians in the group, since Simon Smart returned to the University of Queensland last week.

We are also glad to have several people back in Atlanta after summer industrial internships: Dieh at KBR in Houston, TX, Liwei at Dow in Freeport, TX, and Ambarish at ExxonMobil in Clinton, NJ. 

ChBE runners race recap

Details of the ChBE Runners adventures running from Atlanta to Birmingham, AL can be found here: http://www.chbe.gatech.edu/hg/item/203801

Welcome to our newest (and youngest) group member

Congratulations to Veronika on the safe arrival of her baby son, Joseph Alexander Wojewnik. And Happy Birthday Joseph! No news yet on whether Joseph is leaning towards excellence in scientific research like his mother or being a medical doctor like his father.

Congratulations Emmanuel

Emmanuel successfully defended his PhD thesis yesterday. Congratulations Dr. Haldoupis!

Symposium award to Ambarish

Congratulations to Ambarish, who was awarded second prize for his oral presentation at the recently concluded ChBE Graduate Symposium.

Also congratulations to Daniel, who was co-chair of this very successful event.