Alexandre Carter, M.D., Ph.D., instructor in neurology, has received a $420,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for a four-year postdoctoral research award under the foundation’s Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program. …
Kelley Greenman, senior in environmental studies in Arts & Sciences, was named to USA TODAY’s annual All-USA College Academic Team’s First Team. The 20 First Team students were selected by a panel of judges from hundreds of students nominated by colleges and universities across the United States. Judges considered grades, leadership, activities and, most importantly, how students extend their intellectual talents beyond the classroom. …
Joshua York, senior in electrical engineering, won the first-place award for best overall presentation at the St. Louis Area Undergraduate Research Symposium April 4. York presented his research on acoustic source localization using an array of microphones and generalized cross-correlation signal processing algorithms. His research was conducted as an Undergraduate Research Project under the supervision and guidance of Arye Nehorai, Ph.D., the Eugene and Martha Lohman Professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Patricio La Rosa, graduate research assistant, and Ed Richter, research associate in electrical engineering.