2017  

 

OPIRA received Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) funding to continue the development of transfontanelle photoacoustic imaging probe

 

Congratulations to Karl Kratkiewicz for becoming the president of WSU student chapter of Optical Society of America

Dr. Avanaki received 2017 Outstanding Faculty Award

 

Congratulations to Xiangzhi Huang for receiving Thomas C. Rumble Fellowships

 

Dr. Avanaki is invited to give a talk at the 25th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering in Tehran  

 

Congratulations to Karl Kratkiewicz for becoming the president of WSU student chapter of Brain Mapping and Therapeutic

 

Congratulations to Saba Adabi for her new position at Mayo Clinic

 

Congratulations to Sarosh Irani for receiving the Engineering School Undergraduate Research Award 

 

Dr. Avanaki stands as one of the four finalists in Quantel Bright Ideas Competition at Optical Society of America annual conference 

 

Dr. Avanaki is invited to be in the Science and Membership Committee in Brain Mapping & Therapeutics Society 

 

Dr. Avanaki has become the Associate Editor of Applied Optics Journal

 

OPIRA has received funding from Karmanos Cancer Institute on behalf of American Cancer Society to study Malignant Melanoma using SMART-OCT     

 

Congratulations to Ali Hariri for receiving the OutStanding Reviewer Award from OSA Journals 

 

Dr. Avanaki is charing the Bioengineering session in The 30th Annual IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering in Canada 

Dr. Avanaki established the first WSU Karate Club 

 

Congratulations to Fangyuan Zhang for her new position at University of South California

 

Dr. Avanaki is charing the Neurophotonics session at Brain Mapping & Therapeutics conference in LA 

 

Congratulations to Chris Harness for receiving Rebuild funding to work on low-cost PA imaging

 

Congratulations to Afreen Fatima for receiving the best poster award  

 

Congratulations to Kevin Brunner, Benjamin Mick, and Nathan Reddmann for winning the Best Capstone project award

 

Dr. Avanaki received Faculty Competition Award to expand the transfontanelle photoacoustic imaging study in infants

 

2016  

 

Dr. Avanaki received 2016 Outstanding Faculty Award

 

Dr. Avanaki is invited to give a talk at the 3rd Iranian Human Brain Mapping Congress in Tehran on "Future of Photoacoustic Technology in Functional Brain Imaging" in Tehran

 

Congratulations to Saba Adabi, Afreen Fatima and Ali Hariri for receiving SPIE travel award

 

Dr. Avanaki is invited to be a guest editor in Mathematical Problems in Engineering: Advances in Computational Imaging: Theory, Algorithms, and Systems

 

Congratulations to Ali Hariri for his new position at University of California in San Diego

 

Dr. Avanaki is giving a talk at District 5 AALAS Conference on high-resolution small animal imaging modalities   

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​Congratulations to Nour Arafat for receiving travel grant to go to Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) 

 

Congratulations to Nafiseh Mohammadian for her new position at CREOL, University of Florida

 

2015  

 

Congratulations to Nicholas Belly for receiving the poster award in the Physics School Poster Competition

 

Congratulations to Nour Afrat for her new position at  University of Michigan
 

Congratulations to David Tes for receiving the Engineering School Undergraduate Research Award

 

Congratulations to Ali Hariri for receiving Thomas C. Rumble Fellowships

 

Dr. Avanaki received Charles W. Haynes Pay It Forward award  

 

 

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