Each spring Illinois Tech recognizes its faculty and students with several university-wide research awards. This year we received a number of excellent nominations, which required careful deliberation by the judges. Congratulations to all the nominees and especially the winners:

The Sigma Xi/IIT Awards for Excellence in Research:
Professor Brent Stephens, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor Mohammad Asadi, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Insung Kang, Department of Architectural Engineering

Xin Zhang, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Educational and Research Initiative Fund (ERIF) Award:
Professor Sameh Elsaidi, Department of Chemistry, and Professor Javad Abbasian, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

The Starr Fieldhouse Research Fellowship:
Xin Zhang, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hina Mathias, Department of Food Science and Nutrition