Tony Mikos, (PhD ’88), the J.W. Cox Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, is the recipient of the 2010 ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award, for his book titled “Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology and Materials Science.” This award recognizes an outstanding author or group of authors of a basic undergraduate textbook in engineering. Dr. Mikos shares the award with his co-author, Johnna Temenoff of Georgia Tech.