Piran Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and mechanical engineering, was recently invited to participate in the 2024 China-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium where he presented his team’s latest research in energy and sustainability.
Kidambi was one of 30 highly accomplished early-career engineers from the United States who met with 30 early-career engineers from China to discuss developments at the cutting edge of engineering technology in four areas: Nanotechnology for Health; Energy Transitions and Challenges; Knowledge Engineering and Transportation; and A Sustainable Ocean Future.
The event June 17-20 in Irvine, California was intended to facilitate international and cross-disciplinary research collaboration, promote the transfer of new techniques and approaches across disparate engineering fields, and encourage the creation of a transpacific network of world-class engineers.
“Each participant had the opportunity to present their research in the form of an in-person as well as virtual poster (for attendees in China) and a short 1-slide talk,” Kidambi said. “I presented our team’s latest advances in energy/sustainability aspects.”
Kidambi was also recently recognized as a “Rising Star of Mechanical Engineering by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)” and invited to the ASME Rising Stars of Mechanical Engineering Celebration and Showcase at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) in Portland, Oregon on November 19, 2024.
Last year, Kidambi was awarded a three-year grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Frontiers of Imaging to further his research into capturing high-resolution images of live viruses in tissues. The grant is one of 20 awarded worldwide with the aim of revolutionizing the study of viruses, human health, and vaccines.
Contact: Lucas Johnson, lucas.l.johnson@vanderbilt.edu