FY01-43   
May 31, 2001
For More Information: Julie L. Erwin, (865) 241-6429

ORAU Announces Junior Faculty Awards

  ORAU recently awarded Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards to 25 faculty members from its member institutions for the 2001-2002 academic year.

ORAU grants are $5000 each; the recipient\222s institution matches the award with another $5000, thus providing the faculty members with funds to enhance their current research in the early stages of their careers.

Awards were made in six areas of science and technology: applied science; engineering; life sciences; mathematics and computer sciences; physical sciences; and policy, management, and education.

Recipients of the Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards for the 2001-2002 academic year are:

Satya Narayan, University of Florida; Stefan Zauscher, Duke University; Kathleen Wage, George Mason University; Christopher Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jason Haugh, North Carolina State University; Yunfeng Lu, Tulane University; Stephane Evoy, Virginia Tech; Weiguo Cao, Clemson University; Kevin LaBar, Duke University; Greg Martin, Emory University; Scott Willard, Mississippi State University; Elizabeth Quinlan, University of Maryland; Joanna Krueger, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Dexuan Xie, University of Southern Mississippi; Timothy Romack, East Carolina University; Jason Weaver, University of Florida; Sudun Liu, University of Louisville; Craig Grapperhaus, University of Louisville; Despina Louca, University of Virginia; Massimiliano Di Ventra, Virginia Tech; and Alison Bryant, University of Missouri-Columbia.

The program, which originated in 1990, has awarded 184 grants totaling $920,000 from ORAU and over $1.75 million with ORAU and the recipient\222s university combined. Faculty members who are within two years of their initial tenure-track appointments as assistant professors at ORAU member institutions are eligible for the award. The deadline for 2002-2003 applications has not been determined. Contact Ann Farler at (865) 576-1898 or e-mail her at farlera@orau.gov for more information.

Established in 1946, ORAU is a consortium of 85 doctoral-granting colleges and universities. ORAU works to advance science and education by establishing partnerships between the government, academia, and the private sector in programs and projects across a full array of key areas of science and technology. A private, not-for-profit corporation, ORAU manages the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) for the U.S. Department of Energy.

# # #

ORAU Home