Physicist Ashkan Salamat one of just 46 university professors nationwide – and the first from UNLV – selected for competitive award, which is now in its 10th year.

Venkat, a faculty member in electrical and computer engineering at UNLV since 1989, was named interim dean of the college in 2010.

UNLV physicist Yusheng Zhao earns federal grant to create a more stable, higher performing lithium-ion battery.