SANKAR NAIR RESEARCH GROUP
at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Engineering Materials and Chemical Processes at the Nanoscale
News and Links
In The News ...
A selection of news stories featuring the group's work :
"Miraculous Membranes": Delta Air Lines Sky Magazine
"Separating Ethanol from Water": Energy at Georgia Tech
"Metal Oxide Nanotubes": EETimes
"Nanotube Formation ": Research Horizons Magazine
"Nanotube Formation": ScienceDaily
Research Group News November 2009
Tae-Hyun Bae receives the Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award from the US Chapter of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers.
September 2009
Hiyong Byun and Joshua Holley join the group as interns from the Gwinnett School of Mathematics Science & Technology.
August 2009
Mohamad Kassaee successfully defends his Ph.D. proposal.
Dr. Jae-Kyu (JK) Cho joins the group as postdoctoral fellow.
July 2009
Dr. Kwang-suk Jang and Dr. Zhengzhi Zhou join the group as postdoctoral fellows.
June 2009
Dr. Lindsey Stamm (Gwinnett School of Math Science & Technology) joins group as visiting researcher for Summer 09.
Dr. Kwang-suk Jang receives Korea Research Foundation Fellowship.
Dr. Cheng Chen joins the Koros and Nair groups as postdoctoral fellow.
May 2009
Cantwell Carson (Dept. Chemistry, GT) joins group as visiting researcher for Summer 09.
Casey Timmerman, Matthew Jolissaint, and Reid Davis (ChBE, GT) join group as undergraduate researchers.
March 2009
Gabriel Tong wins Best Undergraduate Researcher Award for 2009 from the College of Engineering.
Ravikishor Gandi joins the Nair and Sholl groups as graduate researcher.
February 2009
Sankar Nair receives tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.
January 2009
Dun-Yen Kang wins ChBE Award for Best Performance in Oral PhD Qualifying Examination.
Group Member/Alumni Awards
GT ChBE Ziegler Award for Best Research Paper
Sanjoy Mukherjee, 2005
GT ChBE Award for Best Performance in Oral PhD Qualifying Examination
Dun-Yen Kang, 2009
GT NanoScience & Technology (NAST) Graduate Fellow
Abraham Greenstein, 2004-2005
GT ChBE Graduate Student Symposium, Best Poster Presentation
Yeny Hudiono, 2nd Place, 2007
Korea Research Foundation Fellow
Kwang-suk Jang, 2009
GT Presidential Fellow
Amir Ahmadi
GT Polymer GAANN Fellow
Amir Ahmadi, 2006-2007
GT Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award
Ho Ming (Gabriel) Tong, 1st Place, 2009
Cintia Nojima, 2nd Place, 2008
AIChE Undergraduate Research Award
Veda Bartlow (Southeast Regional), 2005
Air Products Undergraduate Research Symposium Award
Cintia Nojima (Best Presentation), 2008
Barry Goldwater Fellowship
Cintia Nojima (Honorable Mention), 2007
GT President's Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)
Veda Bartlow, 2005
Keesuk Kim, 2006
Daniel Groom, 2006
Cintia Nojima, 2006
Carine Saha-Kuete, 2007
Michael Hershkowitz, 2007
Ho Ming (Gabriel) Tong, 2007