2 Engineering faculty receive Office of Naval Research’s Young Investigator Program award

Two Engineering faculty members were selected to receive a highly competitive early-career award program from the Office of Naval Research (ONR).

They are:

  • Joseph Jewell, assistant professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Brett Savoie, assistant professor, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Joseph Jewell
Joseph Jewell
Brett Savoie
Brett Savoie

They are among 38 recipients who will share $20 million in funding from ONR’s Young Investigator Program (YIP) to conduct innovative scientific research that will benefit the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, a release said. The final candidates were chosen from more than 260 applicants. Academic achievement and potential for significant scientific breakthrough are key elements of the evaluation criteria, the release said.

Established in 1985, the ONR-YIP is one of the nation’s oldest and most selective basic-research, early-career awards in science and technology. It recognizes exceptional, early-career academic researchers whose scientific pursuits show outstanding promise for supporting naval-relevant research.