UB - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Recent faculty honors

2008

Michael Lockett

• Elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Esther T. Takeuchi

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