Dr. Prada-Tiedemann awarded the 2019 Outstanding Woman Leader (OWL) Award

Each year, WT-AWIS awards the Champion of Women (C.O.W.) Award and Outstanding Woman Leader (O.W.L.) Award.

These prestigious awards are given by WT-AWIS members only, during the spring semester of each year, and are for the purpose of recognizing men (Champion of Women Award, COW) and women (Outstanding Woman Leader Award, OWL) who are active supporters of women in science, and who have demonstrated their commitment to the education, training and mentoring of women, as well as to overall gender equity in science. Male TTU System faculty and staff are eligible for C.O.W. nominations; female TTU System faculty and staff members are eligible for O.W.L. nominations; and members of the community are also eligible for nomination.

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Researchers are using West Texas cotton for biodegradable towel designed to clean up oil spills

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - Two young entrepreneurs have brought an idea out of the labs and into U.S. Markets that is the first of its kind.

 

“Towelie,” a simple name for a seemingly simple product with the potential to clean up a complicated environmental and ecological problem: oil spills in bodies of water.

 

It’s an affordable, nonwoven fabric material that’s durable and biodegradable with the ability to hold up to 15 times its weight in oil. It floats on water, all without leaving micro-plastic residue.

 

Ronald Kendall Jr. and Luke Kitten have been working on the “legwork” for this project since high school with Texas Tech professor Seshadri Ramkumar, Ph.D., FTA (Hon.) who works in the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory/Department of Environmental Toxicology.

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Dr. Presley was awarded for his engaged scholarship activities with public health communities. TTU is emphasizing the importance of this new aspect of academic activity and encouraging faculty/staff and students to consider this as greater outreach effort.

 

Dr. Jaclyn Cañas-Carrell was awarded for her excellence in research professorship. This prestigious award recognized Jaclyn’s important contributions and future commitment to research excellence.