Tashi
Hatchell, a bachelor of science in chemistry � pre-health major in Fayetteville
State University�s (FSU) Department of Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science,
recently received a prestigious Student Poster Award based in competition at
the Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) 2020 Virtual Conference. She was
among nine awardees in the Physical Sciences category, out of over 290 posters internationally
in the division.
The awarded work,
�Morphological and Compositional Characterization of Electrochemically Active
Perovskite Oxides for Sensing Biological Molecules�, was a collaboration between
Hatchell and Kasci D. Pelucarte, also a bachelor of science in chemistry � pre-health
major, and advised by Drs. Shubo Han, Gibin George, and Zhiping Luo. This
research was conducted using the FSU�s state-of-the-art field-emission electron
microprobe instrument equipped with a cathodoluminescence detector, funded by the
Department of Defense Army Research Office (DoD-ARO) and National Science
Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (NSF-MRI) grants.
Hatchell and
Pelucarte are NSF Excellence in Research (EIR)-funded Scholars in the
Interdisciplinary Materials Research and Education Laboratory (IMREL) at FSU.� Additionally, they are both veterans.� Before joining FSU, Hatchell served in the United
States Air Force for 10 years, and Pelucarte served in the United States Army
for 12 years.
�This
is a breakthrough for an FSU student to receive this award�, says Dr. Zhiping
Luo, the Director of IMREL. �Prior to coming to FSU, I trained several students
at Texas A&M University who received this highly competitive award at
M&M. This is the first time for an FSU student to be recognized there, and
it signifies that we can compete with other major research universities
internationally.�
Click
here to view the list of winners: (https://www.microscopy.org/awards/onsiteawards.cfm).
About
Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville State
University is a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina
System and the second-oldest institution of higher education in the state,
having been founded in 1867. FSU is a historically black university offering
degrees at the baccalaureate, master�s, and doctoral levels. With more than
6,700 students, Fayetteville State University is among the most diverse
institutions in the nation. To learn more about Fayetteville State University,
visit www.uncfsu.edu.