The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: Recipient Details
Michael Strano
Affidivation:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NSF Directorate:
ENG
Gender:
M
Award Year:
2005
Citation:
For addressing key technical challenges in the manipulation and control of carbon nanotube structures, thereby enabling new applications in a wide variety of sensors, including medical devices. He is developing interactive software models that will be tested on his campus and at a university having a large minority population. His education activities include an outreach program that partners the College of Education at UIUC with several local area schools, bringing enhanced science education to classrooms that are otherwise disadvantaged.