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The University of New Hampshire reports two of its professors have landed $1.4 million grants from the National Science Foundation.
Vaughn Cooper, an assistant professor in the school’s department of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences, won $1 million for his research on beneficial mutations in bacteria, in which he enlists high school students in the data collection process. Students from the Seacoast School of Technology in Exeter will gather data using a flow cytometer. The project is intended to encourage an interest in science in the students.
Christopher White, an assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department, received $400,000 to research flow dynamics of liquefied biomass. White’s research is intended to find a way to pump biomass slurries — neither solid nor liquid — from a farm to a refinery. White plans to use the grant to fund a graduate student assistant position and to develop instrumentation and techniques that could transfer to other opaque fluids like blood or oil.
Both awards were NSF Early Career Development Award Grants, which are intended to reward researchers who integrate educational efforts into their work.
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