{"id":25633,"date":"2014-06-27T13:17:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T23:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=25633"},"modified":"2021-10-29T11:58:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T21:58:58","slug":"electrical-engineering-graduate-student-wins-international-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/06\/27\/electrical-engineering-graduate-student-wins-international-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrical engineering graduate student wins international fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Jonathan H. Dang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jonathan H. Dang<\/strong>, a University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa electrical engineering<\/a> graduate student, has been named the 2014–15 recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers<\/a> (IEEE<\/abbr>) Life Members Graduate Study Fellowship in Electrical Engineering. Established in 2000, this prestigious award is given annually to one first-year, full-time graduate student in electrical engineering worldwide. The award carries a stipend of $10,000 per year, and is renewable for a second year.<\/p>\n

Dang’s research involves the development of liquid-metal circuits and components. Structures based on liquid metal have the potential to be a game changer, extending the realm of current 3D printing technology (configurable, but not re<\/em>-configurable) to shape-shifting 3D structures reminiscent of the futuristic cyborg in Terminator 2<\/em>. Dang’s research is a stepping stone in that direction, as it proposes moving metal at will in 2D.<\/p>\n

“Jon has been a tremendous asset to our research group,” said Aaron Ohta<\/strong>, a UH<\/abbr> Mānoa associate professor of electrical engineering and principal investigator of the liquid-metal research grant funded by the National Science Foundation<\/a>. “We look forward to him making significant contributions in this emerging field of research.”<\/p>\n

As a UH<\/abbr> Mānoa undergraduate, Dang was a UH<\/abbr> Regents Scholar and served as president of the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa chapter of the IEEE<\/abbr>–Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society, which recently won an outstanding chapter award for activities carried out during his presidency. In view of his accomplishments, the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Council of Engineering Societies<\/a> recognized Dang as its 2014 Student Engineer of the Year, having selected him from the pool of all 2012–13 graduating seniors in all engineering disciplines in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been very proud of Jon’s achievements as an undergraduate, and are even prouder now that his potential as a graduate student is being recognized at an international level,” said Wayne Shiroma<\/strong>, department chair of electrical engineering and Dang’s co-advisor with Ohta. “He’s also been a great role model in giving back to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s engineering community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jonathan H. Dang is the 2013–14 recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Life Members Graduate Study Fellowship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[179,182,9],"class_list":["post-25633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-engineering","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25633"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150864,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25633\/revisions\/150864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}