Obama honors Rice professors at White House gathering

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– December 17, 2010Posted in: Current News

President Barack Obama poses for a group photo with the 2009 Recipients fo the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in the South Court Auditorium of the White House Dec. 13, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) This photograph is provided by THE WHITE HOUSE as a courtesy and may be printed by the subject(s) in the photograph for personal use only. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not otherwise be reproduced, disseminated or broadcast, without the written permission of the White House Photo Office. This photograph may not be used in any commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

President Barack Obama poses for a group photo with the 2009 Recipients fo the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in the South Court Auditorium of the White House Dec. 13, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
Rice University faculty members Emilia Morosan and Farinaz Koushanfar were among dozens of researchers who gathered with President Barack Obama Dec. 13 at the White House, where they were honored as recipients of this year’s Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.

Morosan, third from right in the top row, is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy and of chemistry.

Koushanfar, second from left behind Obama, is an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering.

Also among this year’s recipients was Rice alumna Virginia Davis ’06, an associate professor of chemical engineering at Auburn University.

 

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