Ashton Lavoie has recently passed her preliminary exam!  This means that she has been found a suitable candidate to complete her PhD.  At the same time, she completed the requirements for her master’s degree in Chemical Engineering here at NCState.

Those of us who are younger are very excited – Ashton is the first student of Dr. Menegatti’s to do the exam.  Looking up to you, Ashton!

Congratulations to Camden Cutright and Kaitlyn Bacon on their receipt of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious graduate fellowship award!

The award is for promising scientists at the graduate level and focuses on both quality of research as well as broader impacts within society.  In addition to the grant itself, the fellowship comes with fantastic opportunities for networking, travel, and (of course) gives the student more input and abilities within their research.

They were chosen from an extremely competitive field against other American graduate students based off of a research proposal and personal statement, among their excellent performances in both undergraduate and graduate level courses.

Dr. Menegatti has won the prestigious NSF CAREER award for young faculty based off of his 2016 proposal.  This award is meant to recognize and stimulate research and teaching faculty with promising career tracks and creative, productive ideas.  It also encourages young faculty to be good role models and take up leadership roles within their departments and research fields.

The Biopep group is excited to see what the future holds for Dr. Menegatti, and what research tracks we’ll go down next.

Congratulations, Dr. Menegatti!