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Purnendu “Sandy” Dasgupta, right, UT Arlington’s Jenkins Garrett Professor of Chemistry, was named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the international organization’s highest membership distinction.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science honored College of Science Ph.D. student Wasiu Adedapo Lawal with a first-place award for his unique essay, “Water as a Friend and a Right: On the Intersection of Science and Human Rights.”
Industrial, manufacturing, and systems engineering Associate Professor Jamie Rogers was named a fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
Carolyn Cason, UT Arlington's vice president for research, was appointed to the advisory board of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a program of the Department of Commerce.
Two electrical engineering professors were named fellows of optics and photonics organizations: Weidong Zhou for SPIE, an international society for optics and photonics; and Michael Vasilyev for The Optical Society, a leading professional association.
Sociology Associate Professor Jason E. Shelton received an honorable mention in the 2014 Distinguished Book Award competition.
Daniel W. Armstrong, the Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry, and Richard Timmons, a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, were inducted into the National Academy of Inventors. They join eight other UT Arlington faculty and administrators as NAI fellows.