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I am pleased to announce that the 2021-2022 Hagler Institute Fellows are a prestigious group of eight world-class visionaries. Among these outstanding scholars is the third Nobel Prize recipient to join the Hagler Institute. Moreover, one additional scholar who could not arrange to be in this new group has already signed her agreement for 2022-2023.
Even the pandemic and my service as interim president could not slow down the work of the Hagler Institute. I want to give a special thanks to the Hagler Institute staff for their leadership and hard work during my temporary absence.
As you know, the Institute relies most fundamentally upon nominations to identify potential Hagler Fellows. This past year, great nominations continued to be forthcoming from the colleges. Despite the obvious challenges, a fantastic group of Fellows was recruited. Thanks to the support and flexibility of the colleges and participating institutes, the excellence mission of the Hagler Institute continues in the face of adversity.
The February 25, 2022 gala promises to be a magnificent affair. Due to concerns regarding the pandemic, the 2021 gala was canceled. Consequently, 18 Fellows will be inducted during the 2022 gala. An additional important surprise will be revealed during this celebration of excellence.
Many Fellows from the past have spread their visits to the A&M campus over multiple years. Some have yet to visit in person, collaborating instead using distance technology. Including active Fellows and former Fellows who have joined A&M’s permanent faculty, at least 36 Hagler Fellows will be on the A&M campus collaborating with faculty and students during the 2021-2022 academic year. I say “at least” because some Fellows whose terms ended in fiscal year 2021 will likely extend their time in the Institute to make up for interruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic. The presence of these 36 Hagler Fellows elevates academic excellence of Texas A&M in many different disciplines. Additionally, these scholars are of the caliber that their professional colleagues know they have chosen to come to Texas A&M, validating A&M’s reputation as a world-class research institution.
Please read about the outstanding talent of the 2021-2022 Fellows of the Hagler Institute.
Best wishes,
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KEVIN G. BOWCUTT
Principal Senior Technical Fellow and
Chief Scientist of Hypersonics
Boeing Research and Technology
Kevin Bowcutt is an internationally recognized expert in hypersonic aerodynamics, propulsion integration, and vehicle design and optimization. His accomplishments include developing the viscous-optimized hypersonic waverider, flight testing scramjets by launching them from a light gas gun, technically supporting the NASA X-43A scramjet flight test program, originating and optimizing the design of the X-51A scramjet-powered demo vehicle, helping the Space Shuttle Columbia accident investigation, leading Boeing’s contributions to the HIFIRE international hypersonic flight experiment program, and leading Boeing’s hypersonic passenger airplane design investigation. Bowcutt is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Royal Aeronautical Society and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He received the von Karman Award for International Cooperation in Aeronautics, International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences and the National Aerospace Plane Program Chief Engineer’s Award.
Bowcutt will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Engineering.
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JACQUELINE H. CHEN
Senior Scientist
Combustion Research Facility
Sandia National Laboratories
Jacqueline Chen, whose work on fundamental turbulence-chemistry interactions in combustion helped advance the design of automotive, gas turbine, and jet engines, is a pioneer in the application of advanced computational methods to understand combustion and chemical reactions relevant to engines. Her achievements include a cool-flame ignition mechanism discovery that is important in modern diesel engines with exhaust gas recirculation. Chen leads a computational combustion research group and is the principal investigator on the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project on turbulent combustion. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the Combustion Institute and the American Physical Society. Chen has received the Combustion Institute’s Bernard Lewis Gold Medal Award, the Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award, and the US Department of Energy Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellow Award.
Chen will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Engineering.
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JENNIFER H. ELISSEEFF
Jules Stein Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Morton Goldberg Professor, Ophthalmology Director, Translational Tissue Engineering Center
Johns Hopkins University
Jennifer Elisseeff specializes in engineered biomaterials, a broad class of designer synthetic fibers, gels, and other materials that can replace, repair, and, in some cases, regenerate human tissues that have been damaged by injury, disease, or genetic defect. She has made significant contributions to the development and commercialization of injectable, soft materials that promote tissue regeneration. In addition, her current research on understanding and controlling the immunological response to biomaterials is at the forefront of regenerative medicine. Elisseeff is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine. She is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers. Elisseeff recently received the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award.
Elisseeff will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Engineering and the College of Medicine.
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THEODORE GOODSON III
Richard Barry Bernstein Collegiate
Professor of Chemistry and Macromolecular
Science and Engineering
Department of Chemistry
University of Michigan
Theodore Goodson’s research centers on the investigation of nonlinear optical and energy transfer in organic multi-chromophore systems for particular optical and electronic applications. His research has been translated into technology in the areas of two-photon organic materials for eye and sensor protection, large dielectric and energy storage effects in organic macromolecular materials, and the detection of energetic (explosive) devices by nonlinear optical methods. Goodson is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He received the Percy L. Julian Award and the Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award, National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award.
Goodson will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Science.
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ARTHUR M. JAFFE
Landon T. Clay Professor of
Mathematics and Theoretical Sciences
Department of Physics
Harvard University
Arthur Jaffe’s major scientific work has been in the realm of understanding quantum theory and the mathematics that it inspires. With J. Glimm he constructed the first mathematically-complete and non-trivial examples of relativistic quantum field theories. Recently his research has focused on the relation between super-symmetry and a new mathematical subject, non-commutative geometry, where one builds quantum space into the notion of space-time. Jaffe is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served as president of the International Association of Mathematical Physics and the American Mathematical Society. Jaffe was a founding member, director, and first president of the Clay Mathematics Institute, popularly known for offering a seven-million-dollar prize for the solution of seven mathematical questions. He received the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics from the American Physical Society and the Medal from the Collège de France.
Jaffe will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Science.
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NANCY R. SOTTOS
Department Head and holder, Maybelle
Leland Swanlund Endowed Chair
Center for Advanced Study Professor Materials Science and Engineering
The Grainger College of Engineering University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Inspired by autonomous function in biological systems, Nancy Sottos and her group develop polymers and composites capable of self-healing and regeneration, self-reporting, and self-protection to improve reliability and extend material lifetime. She focuses on new bioinspired methods to manufacture these complex materials. She has received the ONR Young Investigator Award, Scientific American’s SciAm 50 Award, the M.M. Frocht and B.J. Lazan Awards from the Society for Experimental Mechanics, the IChemE Global Research Award, and the Society of Engineering Science Medal. Sottos is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the Society for Experimental Mechanics and the Society for Engineering Science.
Sottos will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Engineering.
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DONNA T. STRICKLAND
Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Waterloo
Ontario, Canada
Donna Strickland was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing chirped pulse amplification. It’s now used in corrective eye surgery, industrial machining, and medical imaging, and it’s essential to most high-powered laser facilities. She shared the prize with French physicist Gérard Mourou. Strickland is only the third woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Strickland is a recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship, a Premier’s Research Excellence Award, and a Cottrell Scholar Award. She is a fellow of the Optical Society, the Royal Society of Canada, and the International Society for Optics and Photonics. In addition, she is an honorary fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering as well as the Institute of Physics. Strickland is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and was recently appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Strickland will collaborate with faculty and students in the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, the College of Science, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
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NIKOLAY I. ZHELUDEV
Professor and Deputy Director of the
Zepler Institute
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Co-Director, The Photonics Institute
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Nikolay Zheludev is one of the founding members of the closely interlinked fields of metamaterials and nanophotonics that emerged early in the 21st century at the crossroads of optics and nanotechnology. He has received the Young Medal and Prize; the President’s Science Award, Singapore; the Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship; the Senior Research Professorship of the EPSRC; and The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award & Fellowship.
Zheludev is a fellow of the European Physical Society, the Optical Society, the Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, and the Royal Society. In addition, he is an international member of the US National Academy of Engineering.
Zheludev will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Science, the College of Engineering, and Texas A&M AgriLife Research.
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If you have news to share, please send articles, suggestions, or other information to:
Dr. Clifford L. Fry, Associate Director
Hagler Institute for Advanced Study
at Texas A&M University
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