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Kaustav Bera, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been honored with a prestigious three-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, which supports career development of young scientists engaged in basic biomedical research.

Assistant Professors Kayla Sprenger and Laurel Hind, of CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, are on a collaborative mission to explore solutions for mitigating cognitive decline in individuals living with HIV. This decline can be caused by both the virus itself and the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs used to treat it.

鈥淎 great scientist. A beloved colleague. A dear friend.鈥� These are just a few of the heartfelt sentiments that were shared in emails from across the globe in remembrance of structural engineering Professor Emeritus Kaspar Willam. Willam passed away on Jan. 7 in his home country of Austria. He was 83 years old.

Some architectural engineering text books were too general. Some were overly specific. However, Professor John Zhai has struck the perfect balance with his book, earning him the College of Engineering and Applied Science Textbook Recognition Award for "Energy Efficient Buildings: Fundamentals of Building Science and Thermal Systems."

Teaching Professor Matt Morris asked his students to help pour concrete. Students came. Two came back again. And again. For more than a year.

Rajagopalan Balaji, a professor of civil engineering, has been named a fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Board of Direction. This prestigious recognition, awarded to only three percent of ASCE members, is "for celebrated contributions and developing creative solutions that change lives around the world."

After taking a year off to heal and reflect, Reese Jillian Hopp came back strong, winning the college's Perseverance Award.

Gesse Roure, ChemEngr PhD'23, received the CEAS Oustanding Dissertation Award for his dissertation, "Microhydrodynamics of Droplets and Particles: Applications in Microfluidics and Agglomeration."

Two graduating seniors from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering earned top Fall 2023 Graduating Student Awards from the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Professor Emeritus Ross Corotis retired in February 2022, after five decades as a leading researcher, professor and college dean, with 28 of those years spent at CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. CU 麻豆影院 recently caught up with Professor Corotis to chat about his "retirement."