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Three UI researchers among 59 recipients for the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
Jeff Unger,
News Bureau
(217) 333-1085; j-unger@illinois.edu
10/23/2000
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Three University of Illinois researchers were among 59 young researchers named today (Oct. 23) as recipients of the fifth annual Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the government on young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers.
The researchers will receive their awards Tuesday (Oct. 24) in a ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. CST in Washington, D.C.
The UI winners:
Youssef Hashash, civil and environmental engineering, for developing
an integrated research and education project that addresses a novel
interactive visualization development and learning environment for material
constitutive relations, referred to as VizCoRe.
Barbara Minsker, civil and environmental engineering. The focus of her
work is developing a risk-management model that provides a framework
for identifying promising candidate designs while improving understanding
of the critical factors involved in risk-based remediation of contaminated
groundwater sites.
Randall S. Singer, veterinary pathobiology, for outstanding research
in improving our understanding of the epidemiology and ecology of bacterial
resistance to antimicrobials in farm animals.
"These extraordinarily gifted young scientists and engineers represent the best in our country," said President Clinton, who established the awards in February 1996. "Through their talent, ability, and dedication, they will quicken the pace of discovery and put science and technology to work advancing the human condition as never before."
The young scientists and engineers receive up to a five-year research grant to further their study in support of critical government missions. The federal agencies involved include the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation.
