A faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering has received an international honour for his work in materials fabrication.
Dr. Milad Kamkar has been named a recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineering Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).
The award recognizes early-career engineers who have made exceptional contributions to the manufacturing industry. Kamkar's research group, the Multiscale Materials Design Lab, has developed several novel manufacturing techniques — including droplet templating, chaotic direct ink writing, and liquid-in-liquid printing — that have opened new directions in soft matter additive manufacturing. His work has enabled the creation of multifunctional materials with applications in electromagnetic shielding, carbon capture, oil spill remediation, and pressure sensing.
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