Subramanian receives distinguished alumni award

Mas Subramanian, an internationally recognized chemist at Oregon State University, will receive the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, from which he received his Ph.D. Subramanian, the Milton Harris Professor of Materials Science in the OSU Department of Chemistry, will be honored in April in a ceremony at the IIT-Madras campus. An expert in such fields as high-temperature superconductivity, thermoelectrics, magnetoresistive materials, catalysis and solid-state dielectrics, Subramanian has discovered and developed many new materials. A 2009 discovery of a new blue pigment received worldwide attention and served as the basis for a new color of Crayola crayon, Bluetiful.

 Simonich will attend 2018 HERS Institute

Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) has announced that Staci Simonich, Associate Provost for Research at Oregon State University, was selected to attend the 2018 HERS Institute at the University of Denver from June 18-June 30, 2018. Simonich was awarded a CBL (Clare Booth Luce) Scholarship that provides full tuition, accommodations, meals and travel to women in STEM higher education to attend the HERS Institute at either the University of Denver or Bryn Mawr College. Dr. Simonich will be part of the HERS Luce Program for Women in STEM Leadership.

HERS will draw upon over 40 years of providing leadership development experiences for women in higher education through its intensive residential program, the HERS Leadership Institute. A key part of the HERS Luce Program is the development of a HERS STEM Community. The goals of the community are to provide support and encouragement to women in STEM and to develop strategies for advancing a diverse cadre of women into STEM leadership roles.

Simonich will join a group of approximately 65 women leaders from across the United States as part of the HERS Institute at the University of Denver, six of whom were awarded the CBL Scholarships.

Physics professor takes the reins as associate dean in College of Science

The College of Science welcomes Henri Jansen as its new Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. Joining the physics faculty in 1985, Jansen brings to the position his passion and commitment to students, devotion to teaching and advising, a data-driven approach to decision-making and extensive leadership experience. The Physics Department is a national leader in education research in upper division courses and has successfully applied that learning and approach to reforming its lower division courses.