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Dr. Lara A. Thompson Is the First Principal Investigator Faculty Member of an HBCU To Receive the NSF’s Prestigious Alan T. Waterman Award

April 21, 2022
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lara A. Thompson, an associate professor in the mechanical engineering department in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, has been awarded the Alan T. Waterman Award by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Thompson is the first principal investigator from an HBCU to receive the award.

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