Category: Awards

Justin and Grace Win the College’s AUSome Science in 60 Seconds

Justin Harvell and Grace Hester competed in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineerings 2023 AUSome Science in 60 Seconds competition and both won respective graduate and undergraduate overall winners.

The competition challenged students to present their work in one minute to a general audience, similar to a one minute TikTok video. The Lipke Lab came in first place for both undergraduates and graduate students. The winners were announced at the Council of Engineering Graduate Students’ awards banquet on April 27, 2023.

A link to the winning videos can be found here.

Alt text: From left to right, Dr. Michael Greene, associate professor of nutritional sciences, Grace Hester, Dr. Elizabeth Lipke, Mary and John H. Sanders Professor in chemical engineering, and Justin Harvell stand in front of a Council of Engineering Graduate Students navy backdrop. Grace and Justin hold large signed golden checks for their award.

Peter Awarded NSF-GRFP

Peter, an undergraduate in Lipke Lab, was awarded an NSF-GRFP. This is a prestigious award and is greatly deserved; Peter will be attending graduate school for a PhD after he graduates this year. Congratulations Peter!

Dr. Lipke Awarded Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award

  • Publication date April 20, 2023
  • Categories: Awards

Dr. Lipke was selected as one of the awardees of the 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award. She was nominated by her graduate students as well as other graduate students within the department of chemical engineering for her leadership and devotion to mentoring her students. Congratulations Dr. Lipke!

Ravi Wins at the 2023 Auburn Research Symposium

Ravi presented a poster at the 2023 Auburn Research Symposium entitled “Adaptation of a Microfluidic System for use in Scalable Cell Encapsulation” and won the first place in the overall College of Engineering category. Congratulations Ravi!

Ravi presents a poster.

The Lipke Lab Presents and Wins at the 2022 SFB Annual Meeting

Members of the Lipke Lab, including Dr. Lipke, Nicole, Mohammad, and Justin, presented two posters, one rapid fire, and three oral platform presentations at the 2022 SFB Annual Meeting. Mohammad was awarded both a STAR award and an honorable mention and Justin was awarded the Tissue Engineering SIG poster competition award. Congratulations to all! We were very excited for the opportunity to share our work with the biomaterials community.

Peter is Named a Goldwater Scholar

We want to wish a huge congratulations to our undergraduate researcher, Peter Abraham, who was named a Barry M. Goldwater scholar. Throughout the past several years, Peter has made numerous outstanding contributions to our cancer research projects and is highly deserving of this prestigious award! For more info on Peter’s research and the Goldwater award, check out this news release. This semester, Peter also had his research published in PLOS One, won 1st place at the AIChE Regional Conference Technical Presentation competition, and was elected to serve as the Auburn AIChE Internal Vice President. Congratulations on all of your accomplishments, Peter! We are so proud of you!

Ravi wins at AIChE Regional Conference

Congratulations to Lipke Lab undergraduate researcher Ravi Nataraj for winning 2nd place at the AIChE Regional Conference Poster Competition for his work, “Adaptation of a Microfluidic System for Use in High-Throughput Drug Screening”. Ravi was also recently elected to co-lead the BMES Design Team and will work towards developing a cost-effective, adjustable foot and ankle prothesis specifically targeted to female populations. This design will enable a multitude of shoe options ranging from tennis shoes to high heels! Keep up the awesome work, Ravi!

Mohammadjafar Awarded AHA Predoctoral Fellowship

We are ecstatic to announce that Lipke Lab graduate researcher, Mohammadjafar Hashemi, was awarded a 2-year American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship for his research studying the link between cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Since being awarded the fellowship, Mohammadjafar had the opportunity to be a guest on the Auburn Engineers #GINNing Podcast. Click here to listen to him discuss his research and his plans for the future. Congratulations, Mohammadjafar!