School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ph.D. student Israel Sebastiao was awarded the Dr. Thomas Jennings Award for best poster at the International Society of Lyophilization/Freeze-Drying Conference on Chicago on April 9, 2015.

The poster, entitled "Atmospheric Spray Freeze Drying, A New Approach to Drying Solutions: Modeling and Measurements," was the result of collaboration with Dr. Tom Robinson of Aerosol Technologies.

Sebastiao is a Ph.D. student with Dr. Alina Alexeenko. To learn more about Dr. Alexeenko's research team, visit: https://sites.google.com/site/aeropurduegroup/

To read more about the International Society of Lyophilization/Freeze-Drying, visit: http://islyophilization.org/

Pictured: Dr. Tom Robinson and Israel Sebastiao with winning poster.