**Pfaendtner Wins 2022 CoMSEF Impact Award**
Professor Jim Pfaendtner from the University of Washington's Department of Chemical Engineering is the recipient of the 2022 CoMSEF Impact Award. He is recognized for his contributions to molecular simulation methods and applications in interfacial phenomena of biomolecules. Pfaendtner completed his B.S. at Georgia Tech and Ph.D. at Northwestern University, and has recently been appointed as the Louis Martin-Vega Dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University.
**Statt Wins 2022 CoMSEF Young Investigator Award**
Professor Antonia Statt from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the 2022 winner of the CoMSEF Young Investigator Award. She is recognized for her innovative computational methods and models in understanding polymer thin films, colloid-polymer systems, and disordered proteins. Statt joined the faculty at Illinois in 2019 and previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton Center for Complex Materials.
**Nandy and Jones Win 2022 CoMSEF Graduate Student Awards**
The CoMSEF Graduate Student Awards were awarded to Aditya Nandy (MIT) and Mike Jones (U. Chicago) for their outstanding research in computational molecular science and engineering. The awards were based on nominations, CVs, and posters presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting.
**Research Highlight: Computational Recommendations of Nanoporous Materials**
Reid C. Van Lehn from the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses a computational method to predict missing adsorption properties of nanoporous materials (NPMs). The method, inspired by Netflix's recommendation system, fills in missing entries in an NPM-property matrix, accurately predicting adsorption properties for COFs with high accuracy.
**A Broader View: Building Community Through Personal Stories**
Eric Jankowski, Associate Professor at Boise State University, shares a personal story about a challenging moment in graduate school. The story highlights the importance of community and support, emphasizing how personal narratives can build trust and inspire confidence.
**Where Are They Now?**
Andrew White, a 2012 CoMSEF graduate student award winner, is now an associate professor at the University of Rochester, focusing on computational methods for studying peptides and proteins.
**Upcoming Conferences of Interest to CoMSEF Members**
The document lists several upcoming conferences in the field of computational molecular science and engineering, including the International Congress on Quantum Chemistry, the 9th Annual CCPBioSim Conference, and the Data Analytics and Computational Modeling for Next Generation Molecular Design.
**The 12th Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge**
The 12th Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge focuses on predicting physical properties of fluid mixtures. The challenge aims to improve the reliability of mixture property predictions using physics-based and hybrid fundamental/empirical**Pfaendtner Wins 2022 CoMSEF Impact Award**
Professor Jim Pfaendtner from the University of Washington's Department of Chemical Engineering is the recipient of the 2022 CoMSEF Impact Award. He is recognized for his contributions to molecular simulation methods and applications in interfacial phenomena of biomolecules. Pfaendtner completed his B.S. at Georgia Tech and Ph.D. at Northwestern University, and has recently been appointed as the Louis Martin-Vega Dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University.
**Statt Wins 2022 CoMSEF Young Investigator Award**
Professor Antonia Statt from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the 2022 winner of the CoMSEF Young Investigator Award. She is recognized for her innovative computational methods and models in understanding polymer thin films, colloid-polymer systems, and disordered proteins. Statt joined the faculty at Illinois in 2019 and previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton Center for Complex Materials.
**Nandy and Jones Win 2022 CoMSEF Graduate Student Awards**
The CoMSEF Graduate Student Awards were awarded to Aditya Nandy (MIT) and Mike Jones (U. Chicago) for their outstanding research in computational molecular science and engineering. The awards were based on nominations, CVs, and posters presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting.
**Research Highlight: Computational Recommendations of Nanoporous Materials**
Reid C. Van Lehn from the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses a computational method to predict missing adsorption properties of nanoporous materials (NPMs). The method, inspired by Netflix's recommendation system, fills in missing entries in an NPM-property matrix, accurately predicting adsorption properties for COFs with high accuracy.
**A Broader View: Building Community Through Personal Stories**
Eric Jankowski, Associate Professor at Boise State University, shares a personal story about a challenging moment in graduate school. The story highlights the importance of community and support, emphasizing how personal narratives can build trust and inspire confidence.
**Where Are They Now?**
Andrew White, a 2012 CoMSEF graduate student award winner, is now an associate professor at the University of Rochester, focusing on computational methods for studying peptides and proteins.
**Upcoming Conferences of Interest to CoMSEF Members**
The document lists several upcoming conferences in the field of computational molecular science and engineering, including the International Congress on Quantum Chemistry, the 9th Annual CCPBioSim Conference, and the Data Analytics and Computational Modeling for Next Generation Molecular Design.
**The 12th Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge**
The 12th Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge focuses on predicting physical properties of fluid mixtures. The challenge aims to improve the reliability of mixture property predictions using physics-based and hybrid fundamental/empirical