UB - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Chemical and Biological Engineering

Recent faculty honors

2012

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • Received The Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, administered by the Graduate School to recognize faculty for their support and development of graduate students through their mentoring activities. 

2011

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • Recognized as a Visionary, along with industrial partner
    Global EIS at the 2011 Inventors and Entrepreneurs
    Reception on March 29, 2011, for their collaborative work in controlled synthesis of nanocrystals and nanoparticles by a gas-emulsion process, and controlled synthesis of polymorphic nanostructures using templates.

Sriram Neelamegham

  • Honored in April with the Exceptional Scholar Award in the
    category of Sustained Achievement, based on his body of work over a number of years. His research work has “garnered
    public and professional accolades beyond the norm”, according to award criteria.

Mark Swihart

  • Celebrated at the 2011 Inventors and Entrepreneurs
    Reception, recognized along with his interdisciplinary coinventors
    on patent 7,767,226, Calcium Sulfate Based Nanoparticles.

Eli Ruckenstein

  • Will be publishing a third collection volume, with coauthor
    Dr. Haiyou Wang, this time focusing on his work in catalysis: Contributions to Heterogeneous Catalysis, Experimental and
    Theoretical Studies.

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • Received the 2011 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
    in Scholarship and Creative Activity, recognizing outstanding academic and creative achievements across a broad spectrum of scholarly and artistic fields.

Amy Marschilok

  • Recognized as a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of WNY in the Education Category.

Eli Ruckenstein

  • Recently elected as a Fellow of American Nano Society, the largest scientific society exclusively serving the nanotechnology community both nationally and internationally.

Mark Swihart

  • Selected Professor of the Year by the student chapter of the AIChE at their end of the year banquet on April 29.

 

2010

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • 2010 recipient of the Jacob F. Schoellkopf medal, given by the Western New York chapter of the American Chemical Society.

Esther Takeuchi

  • Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal, UB's highest award, during the university's 164th general commencement on May 9Norton Medal at 2010 commencement ceremony.

Mark Swihart

  • The Exceptional Scholar Award for Sustained Achievement, created by UB in 2002 to honor outstanding professional achievement focused on a particular body of work over a number of years.

Eli Ruckenstein

  • Eli Ruckenstein published a second collection of his papers, Nanodispersions: Interactions, Stability, and Dynamics

2009

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • UB Distinguished Professor

Stelios Andreadis

  • Exceptional Scholar: Sustained Achievement Award

Carl R. F. Lund

  • Chemical Engineering Professor of the Year, UB Student Chapter, AIChE

Esther S. Takeuchi

  • National Medal of Technology

2008

Jeffrey R. Errington

  • UB SEAS Faculty Excellence Award.

Michael Lockett

  • Elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Esther T. Takeuchi

  • Named Greatbatch Professor of Advanced Power Sources.
  • Astellas USA Foundation Award.

Marina Tsianou

  • UUP Professional Development Award.

2007

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • UUP Professional Development Award.

David A. Kofke

  • Carnegie Mellon University Alumni Achievement Award.
  • Jacob F. Schoellkopf Award.

Tamara G . Kofke

  • Teacher of the Year Award, University at Buffalo Student Chapter, AIChE.

Carl R. F. Lund

  • SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor.

Mark T. Swihart

  • Director of the UB2020 Strategic Initiative in Integrated Nanostructured Systems (INS).
  • Kenneth T. Whitby Award.

2006

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Mattheos Koffas

  • Interdisciplinary Research and Development Fund Award, University at Buffalo.

Carl R. F. Lund

  • Chemical Engineering Professor of the Year, University at Buffalo Student Chapter, AIChE.

Mark T. Swihart

  • Outstanding McNair Faculty Mentor, UB Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.

Manolis Tzanakakis

  • James D. Watson Investigator Award,  New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research - NYSTAR.

2005

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • Bodossaki Foundation Academic Prize in Applied Science (Micro & Nano).
  • Distinguished Scientst and Researcher, Prefecture of Serres (Greece).

Jeffrey R. Errington

  • UB Exceptional Scholar Award (Young Investigator).

Mattheos Koffas

  • Promising Young Inventor Award, State University of New York.

 Johannes M. Nitsche

  • Professor of the Year Award, University at Buffalo Student Chapter, AIChE.

Mark T. Swihart

  • Licensed Innovation Award, Research Foundation, SUNY.

2004

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi (New York Nu Chapter).

Jeffrey R. Errington

  • Received the James D. Watson Investigator Award. This award is designed to recognize and support outstanding scientists and engineers who, early in their careers, show potential for leadership and scientific discovery in the field of biotechnology. This award carries a $200,000 grant, which Dr. Errington will use for his work on developing methods to preserve biomaterials to impact the design of pharmaceutical drug formulations, as well as other industrially relevant products.

David A. Kofke

  • John M. Prausnitz Award in Applied Chemical Thermodynamics for significant and lasting contributions to the field of applied chemical thermodynamics.   Awarded by the organizing committee of the triennial International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design (PPEPPD).
  • Named UB Distinguished Professor in recognition of his outstanding record of scholarship and contributions to UB's teaching and public service missions.
  • Received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity.

Sriram Neelamegham

  • Independent Scientist Award, from the National Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood, NIH.

Eli Ruckenstein

  • Founders Award, National Academy of Engineering .

Michael E. Ryan

  • Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi.
  • Service Excellence Award, University at Buffalo.

Mark T. Swihart

  • Chemical & Biological Engineering's Professor of the Year Award, selected and presented by UB's Student Chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

2003

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • Invited Participant, NSF Workshop on "Three-Dimensional Nanomanufacturing".

Stelios T. Andreadis

  • Exceptional Scholar Young Investigator Award, University at Buffalo
  • (With P. Lei) Awarded Outstanding Scientific Poster entitled, "Rate-limiting Steps in Retrovirus Synthesis and Assembly," at the Annual AIChE Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2003.
  • (With P. Koria, D. Brazeau and P. Hayden) Awarded Outstanding Scientific Poster entitled, "Functional Genomics in Tissue Engineering:   Gene Expression Profiles of Tissue Engineered Skin Subjected to Barrier Disruption," at the Engineering Tissue Growth International Conference & Exposition (ETG), Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Exceptional Scholar Young Investigator Award, University at Buffalo.
  • Outstanding Scientific Poster Award, at the Engineering Tissue Growth International Conference & Exposition (ETG), Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Invited to contribute two book chapters ("Gene Therapy in Tissue Engineering," In Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering , Metin Akey (Ed.), John Wiley and Sons (In Press),   and "Genetically Engineered Skin Tissue," in Tissue Engineering , Kyongbum Lee and David Kaplan (Eds.), Springer-Verlag (In Press)).
  • Invited to contribute a chapter entitled:   "Gene Enhanced Tissue Engineering," in Biomedical Technology and Devices Handbook , edited by James Moore and George Zouridakis, CRC Press.

Jeffrey R. Errington

  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

Carl R.F. Lund

  • Chemical Engineering Professor of the Year, awarded by the AIChE Student Chapter, SUNY-Buffalo.

Johannes M. Nitsche

  • Fulbright Scholar Award in the Russian Federation (Research Award), Far-Eastern State Technical University, Vladivostok, May – July 2003.

Eli Ruckenstein

  • Recognized at the Chancellor's Recognition Dinner in Albany, NY on October 20, 2003, honoring Faculty Research and Scholarship.
  • Thomas P. Cooke Award, SUNY at Buffalo.

Michael E. Ryan

  • Service Excellence Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the ASCIT Appraisal Project Phase I, Division of University Services, University at Buffalo, June 10, 2003.   Project Team was selected for the Outstanding Service Excellence Project – Small Scale.

Mark T. Swihart

  • J.B. Wagner Young Investigator Award of the High Temperature Materials Division of the Electrochemical Society.   This is an international award presented to only one person every two years.
  • Promising Inventor Award, from the Research Foundation of SUNY.
  • Outstanding Professor Award, Undergraduates CBE University at Buffalo.

2002

Paschalis Alexandridis

  • Plenary Lecturer, 2002 Sigma Xi Forum and Annual Meeting.
  • Young Investigator Award, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.
  • Invited Speaker, 10th Annual NSF Materials Chemistry Workshop.
  • Invited Speaker, 224th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.
  • Invited Speaker, 14th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution.
  • UB Exceptional Scholar – Sustained Achievement Award.
  • Invited Speaker, "Self-Assembly – The Future" Symposium, Massa Marittima, Tuscany.
  • Member of the Editorial Committee, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology (2001, 2002).
  • Section Editor, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science (2001, 2002).

Vladimir Hlavacek

  • Received Honorary Degree of Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
  • Certificate of Recognition, Department of the NAVY, ONR.

David A. Kofke

  • UB Exceptional Scholar Award (Sustained Achievement).
  • Recognized by the UB Office of Career Planning and Placement for having positive impact on UG students.

 

Sriram Neelamegham

  • UB Exceptional Scholar Award (New Investigator Award).

Johannes M. Nitsche

  • AIChE Professor of the Year Award 2001-2002, AIChE Student Chapter, University at Buffalo.

Eli Ruckenstein

  • Founders Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Pioneer of Science Award, Western New York, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute.

Michael E. Ryan

  • ASEE Campus Representative Award for outstanding achievement in recruiting the most new faculty in the St. Lawrence Section, 2001-2002 Membership Promotion Program, American Society for Engineering Education.
  • ASEE Campus Representative Award for outstanding achievement in recruiting the highest percentage of members in the St. Lawrence Section, 2001-2002 Membership Promotion Program, American Society for Engineering Education.
  • Second Place paper in the Freshman Programs Division of ASEE 2002 Best Paper competition for the paper entitled "Retention and Success of Engineering Undergraduates:   A Discussion of Retention-related Initiatives at the University at Buffalo," by W.G. Wild and M.E. Ryan, presented at the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada.
  • University Faculty Senate Best Practice Paper Award for the paper entitled, "Reasons to Stay:   Re-orienting Toward the Retention of Future Engineers," W.G. Wild and M.E. Ryan, presented at the Student Retention Symposium – Best Faculty and Student Life Collaborative Practices, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY.