Four UD researchers win NSF commendations

University of Delaware recipients of the National Science Foundation's prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award are, from left, Balaji Panchapakesan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, Joseph Fox, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, Neal Zondlo, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Xinyan Deng, assistant professor of mechanical engineering.

2:08 p.m., March 23, 2006--Four members of the University of Delaware faculty have been presented the National Science Foundation's prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award in 2006.

The award is one of the National Science Foundation's highest honors for young faculty members, and it recognizes and supports the early career activities of those teachers and scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the future.

Recipients are Xinyan Deng, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Joseph Fox, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, Balaji Panchapakesan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Neal Zondlo, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry.

Deng is studying microrobotic devices that can fly and swim and Fox is conducting research on organic synthesis with applications in pharmaceuticals and crop protection. Panchapakesan is working with single wall carbon nanotubes with applications in both medicine and deep space exploration, and Zondlo is investigating the structure and function of proteins.

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