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For developing measurement methods for advanced materials needed by the U.S. automotive industry to manufacture lightweight vehicles, providing metallurgical expertise to government agencies, and contributing to science education and international clean water programs.
For pioneering research toward simple, inexpensive detection of trace levels of chemicals in vapors with unprecedented sensitivity; for enabling revolutionary advances in homeland security, forensics, and food safety; and for support of learning-based childcare.
For pioneering a revolutionary method that improves the spatial resolution of scanning electron microscope-based electron diffraction by more than an order of magnitude.
In 2016, Dr. Tara Lovestead, a Research Chemical Engineer in the Experimental Properties of Fluids Group, was selected to receive the 2013 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the US...