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Lozano, the Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor and founder and director of the UTRGV Nanotechnology Center of Excellence, has been with UTPA/UTRGV for 17 years.
Nominator Arturo Fuentes, associate chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, said Lozano has been instrumental in the development of the university’s engineeringprograms.
“Dr. Lozano’s tireless leadership and efforts in student recruitment, faculty mentoring, development of a first-class and state-of-the-art infrastructure for undergraduate and graduate research activities are producing many fruitful results that are making long-lasting contributions in the RGV community and in the scientific community,” Fuentes said.
A noted role model for women in STEM careers, Lozano has been named Engineer of the Year, Great Minds in STEM, 2015, and she received the National Science Foundation Career Award.
She has been principal investigator or highly involved in 52 funded proposals totaling $14.5 million for expanding student and faculty research development programs
In addition, Lozano has over 45 patents/patent applications, with some of the patents – including the new technology Forcespinning® – establishing the foundation of Fiberio Technology Inc., co-founded by Lozano.
“The work Dr. Lozano has done has often been seen as foundational and it has contributed to a growth in nanotech research related to polymers, processing, composites and other nanomaterials. She stands at the top of the work done, including forced spinning and nanomanufacturing,” said Enrique V. Barrera, professor, Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University George R. Brown School of Engineering.
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