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Violi receives 2015 ASME George Westinghouse Silver Medal

05/04/2015

Angela Violi

ME Associate Professor Angela Violi has been selected to receive the 2015 ASME George Westinghouse Silver Medal.

The George Westinghouse Medals were established to recognize eminent achievement or distinguished service in the power field of mechanical engineering. The Silver Medal is bestowed upon one who is not yet 45 on June 30 of the year in which the medal is awarded. Considering power in the broad sense, the basis of the awards shall include contributions of utilization, application, design, development, research, and the organization of such activities in the power field.

Violi is also an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Applied Physics, and Biophysics. Her lab, the Violi Group, focuses on multiscale processes occurring in reactive systems, with applications crosscutting combustion, nanoscience, and biology.

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