Three Penn Engineers Recognized as APS Fellows Medium.com Archive / November 19, 2018 Share: Author: Evan Lerner Three Penn Engineers Recognized as APS Fellows John Crocker, Chinedum Osuji and Shu Yang The American Physical Society annually recognizes a small percentage of its membership as APS Fellows for excelling in their specialties. This year’s Fellows from Penn include three Engineering professors: John Crocker, Chinedum Osuji and Shu Yang. John CrockerProfessor, Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringCitation: For contributions to the microrheology of soft matter and cells, and to DNA-directed colloidal self-assembly.Nominated by: Topical Group on Soft Matter Chinedum OsujiEduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringCitation: For insightful determination of the structure and functional properties of soft materials and especially the self-assembly and processing of polymers by the novel application of external fields such as chemical surface forces, magnetic fields and periodic pressure gradients.Nominated by: Division of Polymer Physics Shu YangProfessor, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Citation: For contributions to the geometric design and controlled assembly of soft matter.Nominated by: Topical Group on Soft Matter Three professors from the Department of Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences also received APS awards. Read More Engineering/Wharton Start-Up Avisi Technologies on their way to FDA Approval Penn Students Discuss ‘Emerging Technologies and the Future of the World’
