  {"id":603212,"date":"2024-04-30T08:31:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=603212"},"modified":"2025-11-19T07:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:58:42","slug":"march-april-2024-faculty-awards-accolades-603212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/march-april-2024-faculty-awards-accolades-603212\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and honors highlight accomplishments of Rochester\u2019s faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rochester faculty are being honored for notable and longtime contributions to their fields.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"side-right\">\n<h3><strong>Share your updates<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Know of a faculty member receiving an award or honor? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/communications\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a>&nbsp;so we can help share the news.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/\">Ä¢¹½´«Ã½<\/a> faculty regularly earn regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.<\/p>\n<p>As part of an ongoing series, we\u2019re spotlighting their accomplishments.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<h3 id=\"adams\"><strong>Mark Adams elected VP of Medical Society of State of New York<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/people\/20562687-mark-j-adams\">Mark Adams<\/a>, a professor of clinical imaging sciences, was elected vice president of the Medical Society of the State of New York. A member of the society for more than two decades, he was treasurer from 2018 to 2023 and serves as chair of the Legislative and Physician Advocacy Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee. He also serves on the Investment Committee of the society\u2019s Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.mc.rochester.edu\/faculty\/faculty-accomplishments\/mark-adams-elected-vp-of-medical-society-of-state-of-new-york\/\">Read more about Adams\u2019 service to regional and national organizations<\/a>. (URMC Intranet login required)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<h3 id=\"doran\"><strong>Robert Doran recognized with Alan Walker Book Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boydellandbrewer.com\/9781580469395\/liszt-and-virtuosity\/\"><em>Liszt and Virtuosity<\/em><\/a>, edited by Robert Doran, a professor of French and comparative literature, is co-winner of the triennial&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanlisztsociety.net\/bookaward\">Alan Walker Book Award<\/a>, sponsored by the American Liszt Society.<\/p>\n<p>Doran\u2019s collection of essays, published by the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Press in 2021 as part of its Eastman Studies in Music series, was one of two books awarded the recognition. It\u2019s the third time over the past four award periods that an Eastman Studies book has won the Alan Walker Book Award.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/pr\/Review\/V79N4\/0307_liszt.html\">Read about the star power Franz Liszt brought to 19th-century music<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<h3 id=\"gopalaswamy\"><strong>Varchas Gopalaswamy awarded Sylvie Jacquemot Early Career Prize<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_603312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-603312\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-603312 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gopalaswamy_faculty_awards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gopalaswamy_faculty_awards.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gopalaswamy_faculty_awards-630x378.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gopalaswamy_faculty_awards-193x117.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gopalaswamy_faculty_awards-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-603312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the recipient of the 2024 EPS- PPCF Sylvie Jacquemot Early Career Prize, Varchas Gopalaswamy has been invited to give a plenary talk at the upcoming EPS Plasma Physics Conference in Salamanca, Spain this summer.<em> (Photo by Jacob Deats)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Varchas Gopalaswamy, a scientist at the URochester\u2019s Laboratory for Laser Energetics, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 EPS-PPCF Sylvie Jacquemot Early Career Prize. The prize, awarded on behalf of the board of the EPS Division of Plasma Physics, is in recognition of his \u201cimpressive contribution to the development of statistical modeling to achieve accurate predictions of laser fusion experiments thereby improving implosions and achieving record Lawson products for direct-drive on OMEGA.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lle.rochester.edu\/varchas-gopalaswamy-receives-2024-eps-ppcf-sylvie-jacquemot-early-career-prize\/\">Find out more about the honor<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<h3 id=\"kessler\"><strong>Terrance Kessler elected an Optica Fellow<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_603322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-603322\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-603322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kessler_faculty_awards.jpg\" alt=\"Terrance Kessler folds his arms while posing in front of white board.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kessler_faculty_awards.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kessler_faculty_awards-630x378.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kessler_faculty_awards-193x117.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Kessler_faculty_awards-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-603322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terrance Kessler has been named an Optica Fellow for his pioneering work on large-aperture optics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Terrance Kessler, a senior research engineer and diversity manager at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, was elected a fellow by the Board of Directors of Optica, an honor that recognizes his contributions to the optics and photonics community.<\/p>\n<p>Kessler is being recognized specifically \u201cfor pioneering innovations in the technology and applications of large-aperture optics used for fusion and chirped-pulse amplification lasers.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lle.rochester.edu\/terrance-kessler-elected-optica-fellow\/\">Read more about Kessler and his contributions to the field.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<h3 id=\"kitko\"><strong>Lisa Kitko to lead Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_603342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-603342\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-603342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lisa_kitko_faculty_awards.jpeg\" alt=\"Lisa Kitko stands in front of School of Nursing building.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lisa_kitko_faculty_awards.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lisa_kitko_faculty_awards-630x420.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lisa_kitko_faculty_awards-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lisa_kitko_faculty_awards-660x440.jpeg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-603342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As chair-elect of the American Heart Association\u2019s Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Kitko will lead the council in its advocacy for nursing and cardiovascular and stroke conditions across the lifespan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/son.rochester.edu\/directory\/lkitko\/\">Lisa Kitko<\/a>, the dean of the School of Nursing and a professor of nursing and geriatric medicine, was named chair-elect of the American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. The council serves as a home for cardiovascular nursing science, provides resources for nurses\u2019 professional development at all stages and career paths, and advocates for nursing and cardiovascular and stroke conditions across the lifespan.<\/p>\n<p>An award-winning nurse scientist, Kitko sheds light on the role of family caregivers in managing heart failure in her research. She has contributed to the development of interventions and support programs aimed at addressing the needs of both heart failure patients and their caregivers, and her work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health and AHA.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/son.rochester.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/kitko-cvsn-chair.html\">Read more about Kitko\u2019s involvement with the American Heart Association and its Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<h3 id=\"marcos\"><strong>Susana Marcos and team recognized by <em>Journal of Cataract &amp; Refractive Surgery<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/optics\/people\/faculty\/marcos-susana\/index.html\">Susana Marcos<\/a>, the David R. Williams Director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvs.rochester.edu\/\">Center for Visual Science<\/a>, the Nicholas George Professor in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/optics\/index.html\">Optics<\/a>, and a professor of ophthalmology at Rochester, was recognized for her work on a <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/j.jcrs.0000000000001260\">study in the&nbsp;<em>Journal of Cataracts &amp; Refractive Surgery<\/em><\/a> (JCRS). Marcos and her fellow authors received the JCRS 2023 Mamalis Award.<\/p>\n<p>The annual award is presented to the best laboratory science article published in the publication in the year, as voted on by the journal\u2019s editors. The authors were recognized at the 2024 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Meeting in Boston.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/ai-helps-bring-clarity-to-lasik-patients-facing-cataract-surgery-567672\/\">Read about the study, which uses artificial intelligence to bring clarity to LASIK patients facing cataract surgery<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_603372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-603372\" style=\"width: 1937px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-603372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/marcos_faculty_award.jpeg\" alt=\"group of 5 researchers stand side by side as Susana Marcos holds award.\" width=\"1937\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/marcos_faculty_award.jpeg 1937w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/marcos_faculty_award-630x319.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/marcos_faculty_award-768x389.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/marcos_faculty_award-1536x778.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/marcos_faculty_award-1920x972.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1937px) 100vw, 1937px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-603372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susana Marcos (second from left) and fellow authors received the Mamalis Award from the <em>Journal of Cataracts &amp; Refractive Surgery<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<h3 id=\"nedergaard\"><strong>Maiken Nedergaard receives Nakasone Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/people\/23788299-maiken-nedergaard\"><strong>Maiken Nedergaard<\/strong><\/a>, a professor of neurology,&nbsp;has been recognized by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization with its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/news\/story\/nedergaard-recognized-with-nakasone-award-for-pioneering-research\">2024 Nakasone Award<\/a>&nbsp;for her \u201cgroundbreaking discovery and exploration\u201d of the glymphatic system, the brain\u2019s unique waste removal system, and the role that sleep plays in its function.<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lk5IZzmytL0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nedergaard is codirector of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/ctn.aspx\"><strong>Center for Translational Neuromedicine<\/strong><\/a>, which maintains research facilities at the URochester Medical Center and the University of Copenhagen.&nbsp;In 2012, her lab&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/news\/story\/scientists-discover-previously-unknown-cleansing-system-in-brain\">first described the glymphatic system<\/a>, a previously unknown network of channels that piggybacks on blood vessels.&nbsp;The system is used to transport cerebrospinal fluid deep into brain tissue and flush away toxic waste, including beta amyloid and tau, two proteins associated with Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/news\/story\/nedergaard-recognized-with-nakasone-award-for-pioneering-research\">Learn more about the award and Nedergaard\u2019s pioneering research.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<h3 id=\"petrenko\"><strong>Christie Petrenko recognized for her work on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_603422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-603422\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-603422 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petrenko_faculty_awards.jpg\" alt=\"Christie Petrenko smiles while standing at a podium.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petrenko_faculty_awards.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petrenko_faculty_awards-630x378.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petrenko_faculty_awards-193x117.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petrenko_faculty_awards-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-603422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christie Petrenko accepts the 2024 Starfish Award for her considerable contributions as a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders researcher and advocate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/psy\/people\/faculty\/petrenko_christie\/index.html\">Christie Petrenko<\/a>, a research associate professor at the University\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psych.rochester.edu\/MHFC\/\"><strong>Mt. Hope Family Center<\/strong><\/a>, director of clinical training in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/psy\/\">Department of Psychology<\/a>, and an associate professor of pediatrics, has been recognized with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psych.rochester.edu\/MHFC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/petrenko-starfish-award.pdf\">2024 Starfish Award<\/a>, presented at FASD United\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fasdunited.org\/impactful-and-international-the-2024-seattle-research-conference-wrap-up\/\">9th&nbsp;International Research Conference on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders<\/a>. The award, whose recipients are selected by a committee of adult self-advocates with FASD, recognizes Petrenko\u2019s considerable contributions as a researcher and an advocate in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Petrenko is the codeveloper of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/first-app-for-caregivers-of-children-with-fasd-reaches-trial-stage-416332\/\">FASD mobile app<\/a>. She has coauthored a <a href=\"https:\/\/iris.paho.org\/handle\/10665.2\/52216\">training manual<\/a> to help medical professionals diagnose the disorder as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-32386-7\">comprehensive FASD resource<\/a> for clinicians and researchers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/fetal-alcohol-syndrome-fasd-survivors-thriving-499312\/\">Petrenko\u2019s work to help people with FASD thrive<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<h3 id=\"rolland\"><strong>Jannick Rolland named to Augmented World Expo\u2019s XR Hall of Fame<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/optics\/people\/faculty\/rolland_jannick\/index.html\">Jannick Rolland<\/a>, the Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering and director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/centerfreeformoptics.org\/\">Center for Freeform Optics<\/a>, has been inducted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awexr.com\/\">Augmented World Expo<\/a>\u2019s (AWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awexr.com\/blog\/Announcing-the-XR-Hall-of-Fame\">inaugural class of the XR Hall of Fame<\/a>. Featuring 101 inaugural inductees, the XR Hall of Fame honors the pioneers whose groundbreaking contributions have shaped and propelled the extended reality industry forward.<\/p>\n<p>The XR Hall of Fame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awexr.com\/hall-of-fame\/39-jannick-rolland\">noted Rolland as an \u201coptical see-through head-mounted display pioneer<\/a>.\u201d She and her fellow inductees will be recognized at the AWE USA 2024 event taking place in June in Long Beach, California.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/a-new-way-to-make-ar-vr-glasses-476742\/\">Read more about how Rolland uses freeform optics to make AR\/VR headsets look more like regular glasses<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_603592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-603592\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-603592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/inline-2020-02-26_Jannick_Rolland_287.jpg\" alt=\"Jannick Rolland in a room with three graduate students wearing and using extended reality technology.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/inline-2020-02-26_Jannick_Rolland_287.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/inline-2020-02-26_Jannick_Rolland_287-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/inline-2020-02-26_Jannick_Rolland_287-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/inline-2020-02-26_Jannick_Rolland_287-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/inline-2020-02-26_Jannick_Rolland_287-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/inline-2020-02-26_Jannick_Rolland_287-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/inline-2020-02-26_Jannick_Rolland_287-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/inline-2020-02-26_Jannick_Rolland_287-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/inline-2020-02-26_Jannick_Rolland_287-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-603592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Optical engineering professor and XR Hall of Fame inductee Jannick Rolland (second from the right) discusses Hyperion, an augmented reality platform with PhD students Jeremy Goodsell, Daniel Nikolov, and Yiwen Fan. (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<h3 id=\"shang\"><strong>Jessica Shang named Young Engineer of the Year<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Rochester Engineering Society (RES) named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/me\/people\/faculty\/shang_jessica\/index.html\">Jessica Shang<\/a>, an associate professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/me\/index.html\">mechanical engineering<\/a> and a scientist at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lle.rochester.edu\/\">Laboratory for Laser Energetics<\/a> (LLE), as the 2023 Young Engineer of the Year, an honor for which she was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/april-2023-faculty-awards-accolades-558032\/\">finalist in 2022<\/a>. The award recognizes outstanding achievement and contributions to the profession by young engineers in the Rochester region and promotes the importance of engineering practice to society. Shang will be recognized at the RES Awards in May.<\/p>\n<p>Shang\u2019s research spans many disciplines, including fluid dynamics of the brain, turbulence and viscosity at high-energy-density conditions, and biologically inspired hydrodynamic sensing. Her group collaborates with the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Medical Center, LLE, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, among others.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/viscosity-problem-fusion-high-energy-density-experiments-544832\/\">Read about Shang\u2019s research on the role viscosity plays in fusion experiments<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u00a0faculty regularly earn accolades for their contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community 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