COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Dr. Gary Don Seidel, who received his Ph.D. in 2007 from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, received the 2008 Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research.

Seidel's doctoral research, under the direction of Dr. Dimitris Lagoudas, focused on "Micromechanics Modeling of the Multifunctional Nature of Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Nanocomposites." During his graduate studies, Seidel was an inaugural recipient of the Sandia National Laboratories/Texas A&M University Doctoral Fellowship in Engineering (2002-2006).

Seidel is currently employed as a postdoctoral research associate with the Texas Institute of Intelligent Bio-Nano Materials and Structures for Aerospace Vehicles (TiiMS), and is a lecturer with the aerospace engineering department at Texas A&M.

Seidel said he plans to pursue an academic career in the near future.

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Source: Karen Knabe
k-knabe@tamu.edu

News Story 1790, April 4, 2008

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