Researchers to Receive O’Donnell Awards from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas
Two faculty members from UT Austin will receive Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST) at its annual conference in January.
Two faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin will receive Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST) at its annual conference in January.
TAMEST is the state’s premier scientific organization. The O’Donnell Awards were established to recognize and promote outstanding scientific achievements of the state’s most promising researchers.
Delia Milliron, professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, will receive the 2018 O’Donnell Award in Engineering. Xiaoqin Elaine Li, professor in the Department of Physics, will receive the 2018 O’Donnell Award in Science.
Delia Milliron
“Dr. Milliron has a very deep understanding of chemistry and physics,” says Thomas M. Truskett, Ph.D., chair of the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering in UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering. “She knows how to identify the great problems we face and the societal needs that have to be addressed.”
Xiaoqin Elaine Li
“Dr. Li’s research makes a number of things potentially possible, one being completely secure communications,” says Jack L. Ritchie, Ph.D., department chair and professor in the Department of Physics in UT Austin’s College of Natural Sciences. “She is doing the kind of foundational research that could lead to new types of improved solar cells and perhaps ultimately build new types of computers.”
TAMEST will present the awards Jan. 11 during its annual conference in League City, Texas. The awards were named in honor of Edith and Peter O’Donnell for their support of TAMEST. It includes a $25,000 honorarium, a citation and an inscribed statue.
Read more about the 2018 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards recipients.
