The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs announced the winners of the 2014 Graduate Research and Innovative Thinking (GRIT) Awards in February. These awards acknowledge and support outstanding senior PhD students conducting highly original and innovative research, with the expectation that they will make a significant impact in their respective field of study. Recipients receive up to $5,000 for travel or other expenses related to their research topic.
Congratulations to Houman Hanachi on receiving an award. His research, in his words:
In this research, a set of hybrid techniques are developed to estimate the remaining useful life of different parts of gas turbine engines, using the limited measurements from the operating system. This June, I will attend the prestigious conference of ASME Turbo Expo 2014 in Düsseldorf and will present my paper. I will use the award for conference registration fee and corresponding expenses to travel to Germany.