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Six Indian-Americans among early-career scientists honored by President Barack Obama for their pursuit innovative Six Indian-Americans among early-career scientists honored of by President Barackresearch Obama for at the frontiers of science and technology
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resident Barack Obama has named 106 researchers, including six of Indian origin, as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest US government honor for young independent researchers. The winners will receive their awards at a Washington, DC ceremony this spring. “These early-career scientists are leading the way in our efforts to confront and understand challenges from climate change to our health and wellness,” Obama said.
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The six Indian-American recipients are: Milind Kulkarni, an associate professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. His research
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Biology at Harvard University. His research focuses on the genetics of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Sachin Patel, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Molecular Physi-
ology and Biophysics Vanderbilt University Medical Centre. Vikram Shyam is a member of the Turbomachinery and Heat Transfer Branch at National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Glenn Research Centre.
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Rahul Mangharam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Shwetak Patel, is Endowed Professor in Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington, where he directs his research group, the Ubicomp Lab. His research interests are in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Sensor-enabled Embedded Systems, and User Interface Software and Technology. His work includes developing new sensing systems, energy and water sensing.
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The winners will receive their awards at a Washington, DC ceremony this spring focuses on Programming Languages and Compilers that support efficient programming and high performance on emerging complex architectures. Kiran Musunuru, Assistant Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative
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Pichai backs Apple over Scientist cracking shooter’s phone devises novel WASHINGTON: Google’s IndianAmerican chief executive Sundar Pichai sided with rival Apple in its battle over a court order to help the FBI access information on the encrypted iPhone used by a Pakistani-American shooter in San Bernardino. Pichai on February 17 directed followers to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook’s open letter arguing that helping the FBI try to get into the phone used by Syed Rizwan Farook would sabotage the security of “tens of millions of American citizens”. Farook and his Pakistani origin wife, Tashfeen Malik, gunned down 14 people at a social services agency on December 2 in San Bernardino, California, before being killed in a shootout with police. FBI Director James Comey said last week that investigators still haven’t been able to get at the information on Farook’s iPhone 5c. A Riverside, California court on February 16 directed Apple to help FBI crack the phone by developing software to hack into one of its own
devices. In a series of tweets on February 17 evening, Pichai argued that even that would essentially put tech companies in the position of hacking their own customers. The government, Cook contends, is asking Apple to create a “backdoor” to its own security systems. Reacting to Cook’s stand, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said he was floored that Apple had not volunteered to aid the FBI.
Dutt was released around 8.35 a.m. local time from Pune’s Yerawada Central Jail where he served the remaining 42 months of his fiveyear- long rigorous imprisonment
materials for solar fuel cells
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n Indian-origin chemist from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has developed new high-performing materials for cells that harness sunlight to split carbon dioxide and water into useable fuels like methanol and hydrogen gas. These “green fuels” can be used to power cars, home appliances or even to store energy in batteries. “Technologies that simultaneously permit us to remove greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide while harnessing and storing the energy of sunlight as fuel are at the forefront of current research,” said Dr Krishnan Rajeshwar, distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry and co-founder of the universi-
ty’s center of renewable energy, science and technology. “Our new material could improve the safety, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of solar fuel generation which is not yet
The new hybrid platform efficiently converts light into photocurrents economically viable,” added Rajeshwar, who earned his PhD in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. The new hybrid platform uses
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