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Dr. Meng Wang was honored with the GEOC Early Career Award by the ACS Geochemistry Division for his presentation, "Comprehensive Analysis of Ion Pairing and Solvation in Monovalent Sulfate Salts: Insights from Raman and Dielectric Spectroscopy" at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2025 Conference in San Diego, California.

Professor Rachel Segalman has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her "distinguished contributions advancing the discipline of chemistry by identifying fundamental polymer-ion interactions and the development of design rules for materials for energy and environmental applications."

Our heartiest congratulations to Professor Craig Hawker of UCSB on his being selected as the winner of the 2025 Herman F. Mark Polymer Chemistry Award. This award is the highest recognition the ACS Polymer Division offers.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Greg Su for his recognition as a 2025 PMSE Early Investigator Awardee from the American Chemical Society. This distinction highlights the accomplishments of early career researchers who are making an impact in the field of Polymer Science and Engineering.

Congratulations to Cameron McKay for winning Second Place in the 2025 UT CAEE (Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering) Graduate Student Poster competition for his poster entitled “Drinking Water Quality in Rural Alaska: A Socioeconomic Assessment”.

Last Friday, the Center for Materials for Water and Energy Systems, M-WET, was honored to host Mr. Christian Newton, Chief of Staff, Office of Science at the US Department of Energy. We appreciated his interest in our research, laboratories, and in meeting our team members. We enjoyed the visit, Christian, and we hope you can visit M-WET again soon.

Please join us in congratulating M. Scott Shell on being elected an AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Fellow! Fellows are the AIChE’s highest grade of membership, achieved only through election by the Board of Directors, and are recognized for their significant professional accomplishments and contributions to engineering!

We are excited to announce that M-WET's External Advisory Board member, Dr. Carl Willis of Kraton, has been selected to be a 2025 POLY Fellow. The POLY Fellows awards recognize excellence in all ways that POLY members advance our field of polymer science, either through scientific accomplishments, service to the profession, or both.

Congratulations to Dr. William E. "Bill" Mickols upon his election today as a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Class of 2025. Dr. Mickols was recognized for "the discovery, development, and implementation of next-generation desalination membranes and related water filtration systems."

The Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology (TAMEST) awards Joan F. Brennecke and Benny D. Freeman with the 2025 Hill Prize in Engineering “for developing advanced, stable and energy-efficient membrane technology to separate olefins (such as ethylene and propylene) from paraffins, a process crucial in many industries including petrochemicals.”