awards

Dr. Enkeleda Dervishi, Research Assistant Professor at the Nanotechnology center, won the McNair’s Program Mentor of the Year Award for 2011. Dr. Dervishi mentored Alexandra Trible, a senior in the Biology department. Alexandra worked on characterizing the mechanical properties of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene reinforced Nano-Composite Polymer Films. The McNair Scholars Program also referred to … Dr. Dervishi wins McNair’s Program Mentor of the Year Award

A $1 million endowment to UALR from the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust led today to the investiture of Dr. Alexandru S. Biris, director and chief scientist of the Nanotechnology Center at UALR, as the university’s first Sturgis Charitable Trust Nanotechnology Chair.

Dr. Gary Geissler, professor of marketing and advertising, praised for the positive impact an instructor can have on students, won the $10,000 Ted and Virginia Bailey Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, at UALR’s annual Faculty Excellence Awards ceremony Thursday, April 14. View all college-level winners in the teaching category. Dr. Alexandru S. Biris, chief scientist … Geissler, Biris, Parker Win Faculty Excellence

Janet Jones, founder and president of the The Janet Jones Company, has created a $25,000 mentorship program honoring Dr. Alex Biris, chief scientist of UALR’s Nanotechnology Center. The Dr. Alex Biris Mentorship Fund will provide an annual award presented to a deserving student by Biris and Jones at the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information … Realtor’s Gift Honors Nanotechnologist Biris

  Ashley just graduated with a bachelor of science degree in environmental heath science with a minor in biology last Saturday. A little about Ashley: A graduate of Rogers High School, Ashley came to UALR as a student athlete. She graduates as a member of the UALR Nanotechnology Center. She took part in cancer research … Nano-Student Researcher Ashley Fejleh receives the Edward L. Whitbeck Memorial Award, UALR’s top award as the most outstanding senior!

Nanotechnology Center Undergraduate Student researchers  participated in the UALR Undergraduate Expo held April 26th and won several awards. First and Second place in the Technology Category Third place in the Interdisciplinary Category “Controlled Morphology of Silver Nanostructures” by Morgan Whitlow of Hot Springs, Biology Major, mentored by Dr. Alex Biris.  Morgan was also featured at … Nano Student Researchers Shine at UALR Undergraduate Expo