12/21/2010
The Society of Engineering Science, Inc. has chosen Ioannis Chasiotis, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, as the winner of the SES Young Investigator Medal.
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The Society of Engineering Science, Inc. has chosen Ioannis Chasiotis, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, as the winner of the SES Young Investigator Medal.
The SES medal is one of several honors bestowed on Chasiotis recently. Last January, he traveled to the White House to accept the 2008 National Science Foundation (NSF) Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). President Barack Obama, himself, greeted Chasiotis, among 100 young researchers recognized. PECASE is the highest honor the U.S. government bestows on young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers. In December, the College of Engineering at Illinois named Chasiotis a Donald Biggar Willett Scholar.
Chasiotis came to Illinois after starting his career at the University of Virginia, having earned a master’s degree and PhD in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology in 1998 and 2002, respectively. He earned his first degree in chemical engineering in 1996 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
The highly competitive, international award is presented to a young researcher whose work has already impacted an engineering science field. The medal winner must be within 10 years of his or her terminal degree at the time of receiving the award. Chasiotis was officially recognized during the SES 47th Annual Technical Meeting, set for October 4-6 at Iowa State University.
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Contact: Ioannis Chasiotis, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 217/244-1474.
Writer: Susan Mumm, editor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 217/244-5382.
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