Created: 20 March 2012

Congratulations to our own Grants and Accounting Manager, Edward Black who has been elected President-elect of the Society of Research Administrators (SRA) International.

The SRA is dedicated to the education and professional development of research administrators working in varied organizational settings as well as the advancement of research administration as a profession around the world. As President-elect, Edward will serve as second in command of the organization and co-chair of their annual meeting. In one year, when the current President steps down, Edward will assume the office of President. After serving as President for a year Edward will serve an additional year as an advisor to the next president. Although Ed will be assuming new responsibilities in his role with the SRA, we're happy to report that he will not be leaving SCI.

See SRA Catalyst - "The SRA Western Section Election Results Are In"

Created: 28 November 2011

Congratulations to Dr. Chuck Hansen who has been elected an IEEE Fellow in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishments in the development of visualization tools for large-scale scientific datasets. This honorary designation is limited to no more than one-tenth of one percent of the total voting IEEE Institute membership each year.

Created: 01 November 2011

Congratulations to Harsh Bhatia on receiving the Lawrence Scholar Graduate Fellowship. Lawrence Scholars are appointed a position at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and paid a full salary for up to 4 years to pursue their proposed research.

Created: 03 October 2011

Congratulations to Valerio Pascucci who has been recognized as a DOE Fellow. Dr. Pascucci was inducted in September at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) where he is a member of the Scientific Data Management Group. The designation of DOE Fellow is the top scientific achievement designation within DOE and recognizes an individual's outstanding contributions to the scientific and engineering community.

Created: 23 August 2011

Congratulations to Miriah Meyer who has been selected by Technology Review Magazine as one of the world's top innovators under 35 years of age who's work promises to change the world. Each year Technology Review seeks young candidates from around the world who are developing innovative solutions to important problems.

A panel of expert judges selects the top 35. Dr. Meyer was chosen due to her development of a software system that allows scientists to explore genomic, molecular, and chemical data in new ways that bring out corrolations and relationships that where never before accessible.

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Created: 03 May 2011

Congratulations go out to our Associate Director Greg Jones who has been designated a v|100 - vSpring Top 100 Venture Entrepreneur for a fifth year. The v|100 designation is given to those individuals voted most likely to lead a successful business venture in Utah within the next few years. The v|100 is designed to help entrepreneurs and vSpring Capital establish and cultivate relationships among top CEO and CTO talent in the region. Members of this elite executive community are chosen through a peer-nominated and peer-selected process. Top members of the Utah business community were surveyed by a vSpring team to nominate the top 100 ventrue entrepreneurs in Utah. 2010 marks the seventh year of the v|100 Community. Greg was also selected as a v|100 member in 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2005.

Created: 09 December 2010

Dr. Guido Gerig has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Fellows are nominated each year by their peers and represent the top 2% of the medical and biological engineering community.  New inductees are nominated and chosen by the College of Fellows based on their contribution to the field in research, industrial practice and education.

Created: 12 July 2010

Congratulations go out to our Associate Director Greg Jones who has been designated a v|100 - vSpring Top 100 Venture Entrepreneur for a fourth year. The v|100 designation is given to those individuals voted most likely to lead a successful business venture in Utah within the next few years. The v|100 is designed to help entrepreneurs and vSpring Capital establish and cultivate relationships among top CEO and CTO talent in the region. Members of this elite executive community are chosen through a peer-nominated and peer-selected process. Top members of the Utah business community were surveyed by a vSpring team to nominate the top 100 ventrue entrepreneurs in Utah. 2010 marks the seventh year of the v|100 Community. Greg was also selected as a v|100 member in 2009, 2008 and 2005.

Created: 30 March 2010

SCI graduate student Huy Vo has been awarded an NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship for 2010-2011. This is the second year he has achieved this award which is given to just ten students in the country each year. The NVIDIA Fellowship Program provides funding to Ph.D. students who are conducting research on topics which are expected to lead to major advances in the graphics and digital media industry, and are investigating innovative ways of leveraging the power of graphics hardware. Huy Vo's graduate adviser is SCI faculty member Dr. Cláudio T. Silva.

For more information about the award, please see the NVIDIA page "NVIDIA Fellowship Program"

Created: 13 April 2009

SCI graduate student Huy Vo has been awarded an NVIDIA Fellowship for 2009-2010. Huy is one of just ten students in the country to receive this honor. The NVIDIA Fellowship Program provides funding to Ph.D. students who are conducting research on topics which are expected to lead to major advances in the graphics and digital media industry, and are investigating innovative ways of leveraging the power of graphics hardware. Huy Vo's graduate adviser is SCI faculty member Dr. Cláudio T. Silva.

For more information about the award, please see the NVIDIA press release "NVIDIA Fellowship Results for 2009"