CBE Faculty Research Report | 2013-2014
Faculty honors
z Rufina Alamo was awarded the Mettler-Toledo Award for outstanding achievement by the
North American Thermal Analysis Society.
z Rufina Alamo has been named to the Fellowship of the American Physical Society “for her
use of well-characterized materials and performance of carefully designed experiments to
address structure-property relationships in polyolefins.”
z Rufina Alamo was selected as one of the 2013 FSU Distinguished Research Professors.
z Egwu Kalu was awarded a 2010 Fulbright Fellowship to conduct research and educational
activities in Nigeria.
z Bruce R. Locke was named a 2010 FSU Distinguished Research Professor.
z Subramanian Ramakrishnan was one of five FAMU faculty researchers recognized for
“research excellence with caring” at the 2011 Florida A&M University Principal Investigator
Appreciation and Researcher of the Year Awards.
z Theo Siegrist was awarded a 2008 Alexander von Humbolt Fellowship to conduct research
in Germany and to continue collaborative work in the synthesis and analysis of a variety of
inorganic materials including iron based superconductors and alkaline earth metal oxides.
Faculty grants
z Samuel C. Grant has been awarded a National Science Foundation, grant of $1,843,363 for
“MRI-R2: Development of an NMR Console for the 36 T Series Hybrid,” (PI: W. Brey, Co