Director: Sia Nemat-Nasser, Distinguished Professor of Mechanics and Materials

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Sia presents the ‘Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Medal’ to Dr. Huiling Duan

November, 2009

Sia presented the second ASME Materials Division 'Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Medal' to Dr Huiling Duan, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering of the College of Engineering at Peking University, at the ASME annual meeting held in Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 13-19, 2009. This award is given to recognize research excellence in the areas of experimental, computational, and theoretical mechanics and materials by young investigators who are within 10 years after their Ph.D. degree.

Two CEAM Affiliated Students Recognized for their Achievements

November, 2009

Or Weizman, University City High-School student and CEAM student Intern, presented his CEAM related research at the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair, April 2009. His poster entitled “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Self-healing Polymer” won a first place out of ~800 middle and high-school student entries. In May 2009, Or participated in the 2009 California State Science Fair and won a third place in the Senior Division of Chemistry (with 25 high-school student competing), for his poster titled “Synthesis and Characterization of a Self-Healing Polymer.” Or’s internship at CEAM, beginning in the summer of 2008, entails assisting CEAM graduate student Christian Nielsen on research relating to ‘Healable Composites’.

Eva Gabriela Baylon, a UCSD 2008-09 McNair Research Program Scholar and CEAM undergraduate student researcher, was awarded a travel scholarship this year (all expenses paid) to attend the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference, October 16-18 in Houston, TX. Eva made a poster presentation focused on her progress associated with CEAM’s self-healing polymer research.

In August 2009, Eva attended the California McNair Symposium held in Berkeley and presented her research on ‘Self-Healing Polymers,’ and, as a raffle winner, was honored with a new laptop!

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