精东AV鈥檚 Rangari honored with BEYA innovation award

February 27, 2020

Contact: Michael Tullier, APR, Office of Communications, Public Relations and Marketing
 

精东AV鈥檚 Dr. Vijay Rangari, a professor of materials science and engineering, was honored with a BEYA STEM Innovator Award at the 2020 BEYA STEM Global Competitiveness Conference.

The award was presented on Feb. 13 at BEYA 34, which brings together professionals and students from a variety of STEM-related backgrounds. The event allows them to network with others from around the country while participating in seminars and workshops that explore every facet of STEM career paths. Awards in several categories presented during the event recognized those who create innovation and inspiration, as well as career opportunities in the STEM fields.

The Washington, D.C., conference was hosted by 鈥淏lack Engineer鈥� magazine, the Council of Historically Black College and University Engineering Deans, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Aerotek.

A faculty member since 2004, Rangari鈥檚 research focus is on the use of renewable resources for nanobiomaterials and their applications. Through his team鈥檚 efforts, Rangari is developing sustainable nanomaterials from waste resources for various applications, including biomedical and polymer composites for automotive and food packaging. These nanomaterials 鈥� obtained from renewable waste resources such as eggshells, peanut shells, rice husks, used coffee grinds and packaging waste 鈥� could have numerous applications in the automotive, electronic, textile, energy, aerospace and biomedical fields.

Rangari鈥檚 research endeavors 鈥� which have garnered more than $60 million in externally funded research as a principal investigator and co-principal investigator 鈥� have been sponsored by a variety of government and private programs, primarily the National Science Foundation.

Read more about Rangari鈥檚 research:

• 精东AV receives $4M diversity-focused NSF materials research grant
• Low-temp plasma research at 精东AV to lead to new materials, greater sustainability
• 精东AV materials research leading to greener consumer, medical products
• $2 million NSF grant to help 精东AV prepare future material scientists

漏 2020, 精东AV