2005-
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In December 2005, Praveen
Sinha, PhD graduate
of the group in 1995, founded a fund to support our research through a
generous, unsolicited donation. First, as
a graduate student, Praveen synthesized nanocrystals of
tetragonal indium
metal and studied their properties,
finding
indirectly that the axial ratio becomes more
cubic as
crystal size decreases. Later, in dissertation research, he studied
point defects produced by quenching or plastic deformation of
intermetallic
compounds and measured their concentrations. After receiving his
Ph.D.
degree in physics in 1995, Praveen accepted a position as NIH
postdoctoral
research
associate in radiation oncology at the University of Wisconsin, having
graduated from WSU also with a MS degree in computer science.
He went
back to school and earned a MBA degree in 2000. At about that time,
Praveen co-founded UltraVisual Medical Systems that developed
software
products for hospitals to manage medical images over the web. After
merging with
another
company, Emageon, the company went public in early 2005.
More recently, he
co-founded and is CEO of Novashield,
Inc., which offers software to enhance personal computer security by
looking for and flagging unusual activity patterns in real time.
Professor
Collins is highly honored by this gift. |