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3 NRI scientists honoured by Obama
Washington, Oct 4, 2011:
Dr. Sohan Singh/ Gary Singh
Sumita Pennathur and other two NRIs- Dr Kartik A Srinivasan and Hari Shroff, are among 94 researchers honoured by President Barack Obama with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers: is early career awards for outstanding scientists and engineers to advance the nation's goals, tackle grand challenges and contribute to the American economy
Sumita Pennathur,
Assistant Professor: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
- July 2007: She began teaching at UCSB in the Mechanical Engineering department
- Her research group focuses on using fundamental fluidics knowledge at both micro- and nano -scales to create novel devices for practical applications. Major efforts include creating and developing enabling tools to identify and characterize biological substances, improving current bionalaytical devices, and designing/engineering entire systems for point-of-care usage. Prior to coming to UCSB, Pennathur taught at University of Twente. She has held multiple positions at various companies and schools such as: Sandia National Laboratories, Stanford University, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Tigris Corporation, and Lockheed Martin.
- Professor Pennathur’s research group focuses on using fundamental fluidics knowledge at both micro- and nano -scales to create novel devices for practical applications. Major efforts include creating and developing enabling tools to identify and characterize biological substances, improving current bionalaytical devices, and designing/engineering entire systems for point-of-care usage. Dr. Pennathur received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in March 2006, where her research investigated electrokinetic transport of fluids at the nanoscale. Prior to Stanford, she received her both her B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering from M.I.T where she studied microscale cavitation in MEMS devices.
Awards/Honors
- Best Mentor Award, Sandia National Laboratories Summer Intern Program, 2006
- Best Poster Award, Gordon Research Conference in Microfluidics, 2005
- Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2005
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2000-2001
- James Mean Memorial Award for Excellence in Space Systems Engineering, 2000
- Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
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