News and Updates
22 January 2025: Hailey wins the 2025 Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Award from the Green Chemistry Institute at the American Chemical Society. Only two award winners are selected annually. Congratulations Champ!!
10 December 2024: Hailey gets selected for the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award in Chemical Engineering. She will be honored during the Engineering Week 2025.
10 December 2024: Its finally official! Prof. Samantaray is selected as an Early Career Research Fellow in the Environmental Protection and Stewardship Track by the National Academy of Sciences Gulf Scholar Program. Thank you, NASEM!
9 December 2024: Prof. Samantaray is appointed as an Associate to the Committee on Constitution & Bylaws at the American Chemical Society and Associate to the Committee on Younger Chemists. Thank you, 2025 ACS President Dorothy J. Phillips for the appointment!
18 Nov 2024: Prof. Samantaray wins the Researcher Development and Travel Grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
15 Nov 2024: Prof. Samantaray is elected as the President Elect for North Alabama Section of the American Chemical Society.
27-31 Oct 2024: Prof. Samantaray travels to AIChE 2024 in San Diego. Dr. Tridip Das and Prof. Samantaray co-present their findings on Selenium extraction. Dr. Tridip was awarded a Best Poster award for their joint work. Congratulations, Dr. Tridip. You are a rockstar!
Prof. Samantaray catches up with colleagues and past mentors from Caltech. (Gets an official picture with Prof. Frances Arnold after transitioning as a faculty. Past pictures were as a Fulbright and Presidential postdoc at Caltech.)
7 Oct 2024: Dr. Chris Thomas, Senior Divisional Scientist at 3M Decatur, visits our lab, and we officially discuss a collaboration for a challenging project. Dr. Chris is an expert in 3M adhesives and films. He has been a friend of Prof. Samantaray. Thank you for your visit, Dr. Chris!
26 Sep 2024: Andrew visits our lab with his colleague from ADS. At ADS, he has mastered polymer characterization techniques like DSC, TGA, and FTIR, and we are excited to see him grow even further. Progress godspeed Andrew!
17 Sep 2024: Hailey starts the lab as a JUMP student. She is one of the first ChemE students pursuing her undergrad in the Biotech track and her Master's in Materials Track at UAH. Welcome to the lab, Hailey. You are an interdisciplinary champ!
28 Aug 2024: Prof. Samantaray got a coveted fellowship. More to come after the official press release is made!
9 Aug 2024: Reshma, Samridhi, and Hitesh join SNAIL as graduate students in the Materials Science (Engineering track) PhD program.
6 Aug 2024: The Gulf Scholars Program, National Academy of Sciences, funded a team of diverse faculty members from UAH led by Prof. Azita Amiri as the Director of the funds and Prof. Samantaray as one of the co-PI. Thank you, NASEM!
17-21 July 2024: Prof. Samantaray attends the ACS Postdoc to Faculty Workshop 2024, organized by the American Chemical Society, as a Faculty mentor.
2 July 2024: Prof. Samantaray wins a New Faculty Research Award from the OVPR's office. I appreciate your support!
7 May 2024: Prof. Samantaray is officially inducted as a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is now eligible to flaunt with a MRSC tag after his name. Thank you, Royal Society!
30 Apr 2024: Prof. Samantaray wins the Chargers Innovation Funds to patent his idea on portable water filters. Thank you, I2C office!
23- 27 Mar 2024: Prof. Samantaray attends the New Orleans ACS Spring 2024 for his ACS Advisory Board Meeting.
12 Feb 2024: Andrew and Sloan officially join our lab as the founding undergraduates. Welcome, Sloan and Andrew!
Sloan and Andrew helped in shaping the lab with our materials and equipment. They are both very curious and ask tough questions. Keep this spirit and thank you both!!
20 Dec 2023: Caltech's Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering awards Prof. Samantaray with the James LuValle Award for promoting DEI initiatives in CCE. Thank you for the honor!
