Michigan Tech's Durdu Guney Receives ORAU Award

Oak Ridge Associated Universities has selected Durdu Guney of Michigan Technological University to receive a 2012 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award.

Guney, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is one of 30 award recipients chosen from among 111 applicants representing ORAU member institutions.

"The peer-review evaluation and selection process is rigorous and involves outstanding scientists from across the nation," said ORAU President H. A. Page. The prestigious $5,000 research award, matched by the home institution, is designed to enhance the recipient's career development.

Guney will use the award to advance his research into metamaterials and superlenses.

Michigan Technological University is an R1 public research university founded in 1885 in Houghton, and is home to nearly 7,500 students from more than 60 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan's flagship technological university offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, computing, forestry, business, health professions, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and the arts. The rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, offering year-round opportunities for outdoor adventure.