Five Institute of Technology faculty named McKnight Land-Grant Professors

Five Institute of Technology faculty are among 10 recipients of the 2007-09 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, a program designed to advance the careers of the University's most promising junior faculty.

The McKnight Land-Grant Professorship is a two-year appointment that includes a research grant of approximately $30,000 in each of the two years, to be used at the recipient's discretion for expenditures directly related to research and scholarly activities. In addition, each professor is awarded either a year's leave to pursue research during the second year of the award or a supplementary research grant.

The college's new McKnight Land-Grant Professors are:

	Assistant Professor Christy Haynes (chemistry) develops analytical tools to study cellular function and dysfunction.
	Assistant Professor Nihar Jindal (electrical and computer engineering) researches information theory and communication theory, particularly as applied to wireless communication networks.
	Assistant Professor Marta Lewicka (mathematics) researches partial differential equations and the propagation of waves in fluid dynamics.
	Assistant Professor William Schuler (computer science and engineering) incorporates referential meaning into spoken language interfaces.
	Assistant Professor Chun Wang (biomedical engineering) researches biologically guided design and application of biomaterials.