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2005 Press Releases

UI Engineer Receives National Recognition Tonya Peeples, associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering in the University of Iowa College of Engineering, recently received the 2005 Distinguished Service Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Minority Affairs Committee..
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Group Achievement Award Congratulations to Greg Carmichael, Bhupesh Adhikary, Benjamin Jelley, Youhua Tang, Narisara Thongboonchoo and the rest of the INTEX-North American Science Team for receiving NASA's Group Achievement Award.

The Award will presented at the Ames' annual NASA Honor Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, June 8 at 2:00pm in the Main Auditorium. A reception will follow in the lobby of building 200 honoring the group and the other NASA Honor Award recipients.

WELI Conference Dr. Tonya Peeples was selected "from a group of more than 90 nominees to participate in the Women in Engineering Leadership Institute Conference" which was held April 28-May 1, 2005 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. WELI’s goal is to foster an effort to increase the number and rank of women engineers in academic leadership positions nationwide. More information about WELI can be found at www.weli.eng.iastate.edu/index.asp.

UI's Ciochon, Grassian, Lin, Soll And Wu Elected 2005 AAAS Fellows
Five University of Iowa faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) have been awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. . .more

UI's Carmichael Is Part Of U.S. Air Quality Delegation To China
Gregory R. Carmichael, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering and associate dean for graduate programs and research in the University of Iowa College of Engineering, will be part of the U.S. delegation attending an environmental conference, "Strategic Approaches to Regional Air Quality Management," Oct. 24-26 in Beijing. . . .more

Arnold Appointed To Green Chair In Laser-Chemistry
Mark A. Arnold, professor of chemistry in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) and director of the UI Optical Science and Technology Center (OSTC), has been appointed to the Edwin B. Green Chair in Laser-Chemistry through June 2010. . . .more

Floodwater Volume Dilutes Chemical Danger (New York Times, 9/1/05)
Although the water that now covers much of New Orleans is a fetid broth of sewage, with gasoline from gas stations, solvents from dry cleaners and chemicals from household cleaners mixed in, it could have been a great deal worse, experts said yesterday. In their worst fears, the hurricane-blown storm surge would have crashed over levees through the chemical plants south and east of the city, cracking open storage tanks and stirring large amounts of highly toxic substances into the floodwaters. But that "did not happen, to our knowledge," said John H. Pardue, director of the Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute at Louisiana State University. "It's not the worst scenario we could have envisioned." Still, the floodwaters are hardly pristine. Some dangerous chemicals are heavier than water, potentially forming toxic pools that are not visible. Gasoline and other fuel floating on the surface can catch fire. The chemicals probably do not pose a major health hazard now, scientists said. "The concentrations would have to be much, much larger when it's diluted by so much floodwater like that," said Jerald Schnoor, a professor of environmental engineering at the University of Iowa and editor of the journal Environmental Science and Technology. "I can't imagine that would be a large problem." But as the floodwaters recede, they could concentrate in a layer of contamination that would complicate the cleanup.

Gibson Elected To National Academy Of Sciences
David T. Gibson, Ph.D., professor emeritus of microbiology in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). . . . more

UI To Help Plan NSF National Environmental Observatory
Jerald Schnoor, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the University of Iowa College of Engineering, research enfineer at IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, and co-director of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, has been named one of three co-dire ctors of a project office and recipient of a $500,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to plan a proposed $350 million NSF national environmental observatory . . . . . more

Gibson Elected To National Academy Of Sciences
University of Iowa News Release (May 3, 2005)--
David T. Gibson, Ph.D., professor emeritus of microbiology in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). . . . more

Five Liberal Arts & Sciences Professors Named Dean's Scholars
University of Iowa News Release (Mar 30, 2005)--
Linda Maxson, dean of the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has named five newly tenured associate professors Dean's Scholars, an award that honors faculty who have demonstrated excellence in both teaching and scholarship or creative work early in their careers. The 2005-07 Dean's Scholars are Christine Getz, music; Leonard MacGillivray, chemistry; Jane Singer, journalism and mass communication; Douglas Trevor, English; and Kasturi Varadarajan, computer science. . . . more

Small Wonder Scientists explore the brave new (little) world of nanoscience
University of Iowa FYI (Vol. 42, No. 7, February 4, 2005)--
If Vicki Grassian were to pop open a vial of ultraminiature iron oxide particles, the stuff would escape in a puff of dust could make much difference. But Grassian, professor of chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is one of at least several dozen scientists on the University of Iowa campus intensely interested in looking into a strange world of almost unimaginably small things that could have gigantic effects. . . . more

UI College of Pharmacy Researcher Receives Grants
University of Iowa News Release (Jan. 11, 2005)--
Aliasger Salem, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutics in the University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy, recently received funding for several research projects.
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UI Researchers Receive $335,000 EPA Grant
University of Iowa News Release (Jan. 3, 2005)--
Three University of Iowa researchers recently received a three-year, $335,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the potential implications of manufactured nanomaterials on human health and the environment. Vicki H. Grassian, professor of chemistry in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Patrick O'Shaughnessy, associate professor, and Peter Thorne, professor of occupational and environmental health in the UI College of Public Health, are collaborating on the project, which is part of a $4 million EPA effort involving a variety of investigations and 12 universities.
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