Qinghua Wang and Fatima Toor received awards from the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) on Tuesday, April 30.
Wang, a PhD student, received the Student Innovator Award for his work, which has led to the development of two new laser engineering methods for creating multi-functional surfaces, a number of published papers, two U.S. patents, and a $435,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Toor, an assistant professor, was a co-recipient of the Faculty/Staff Startup of the Year award for Firefly Photonics LLC.
Read more about the ceremony and award recipients here: https://research.uiowa.edu/impact/news/awards-program-honors-university-researchers-and-innovators
