Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
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Congratulations to<br />
Lan Yang<br />
<strong>for</strong> receiving a 2011<br />
<strong>Presidential</strong> <strong>Early</strong> <strong>Career</strong><br />
<strong>Award</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Scientists</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Engineers</strong> (PECASE)<br />
PECASE is the highest honor bestowed<br />
by the United States government<br />
on science <strong>and</strong> engineering professionals<br />
in the early stages of their independent<br />
research careers.<br />
>> ese.wustl.edu/~yang<br />
About Lan Yang<br />
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Das Family Distinguished <strong>Career</strong> Development Assistant Professor<br />
in the Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering<br />
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PhD, Applied Physics, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Institute of Technology<br />
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Research areas: nanoscale material systems, photonic devices<br />
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2011 PECASE <strong>and</strong> 2010 NSF CAREER awards<br />
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Over $2.1M of current <strong>and</strong> past research awards<br />
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Over 41 published papers, including in Nature<br />
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Five PhD students
Campus Box 1163<br />
One Brookings Drive<br />
St. Louis, MO 63130<br />
Lan Yang, PhD<br />
recipient of the 2011<br />
<strong>Presidential</strong> <strong>Early</strong> <strong>Career</strong> <strong>Award</strong><br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>Scientists</strong> & <strong>Engineers</strong><br />
non-profit org.<br />
u.s. postage<br />
paid<br />
st. louis, mo<br />
permit no. 2501<br />
About the School of Engineering &<br />
Applied Science<br />
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Improving quality of life by making innovative discoveries<br />
in the areas of health, energy, environment, <strong>and</strong> security<br />
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#7 ranking <strong>for</strong> undergraduate student selectivity by<br />
U.S. News & World Report (university-wide), with<br />
engineering students achieving a mean ACT composite score<br />
of 33 <strong>and</strong> a mean SAT math score in the 98th percentile<br />
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80 tenured/tenure-track faculty, with 10 recent<br />
NSF CAREER awards<br />
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More than $150M invested in a new complex of<br />
state-of-the-art engineering facilities<br />
>> engineering.wustl.edu
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