Charan Samineni won the 2018 Chemical Engineering Outstanding Candidacy Award. Samineni is advised by Manish Kumar.

The criteria for the Outstanding Candidacy Award includes the following:

• Mastery of research area
• Ability to identify plan of research and the outcomes of successfully completing the plan
• Ability to convey thoughts to others in writing and orally
• Adviser’s assessment of performance.

For more information about the award, please see the Chemical Engineering department website.