The White House recently honored three U-M faculty members as recipients of 2002 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers—the nation's highest honor for professionals at the outset of their independent research careers.

Garikipati	Lewis	Zurbuchen

Krishnakumar Garikipati, assistant professor of mechanical engineering; Mark E. Lewis, assistant professor of industrial and operations engineering; and Thomas Zurbuchen, associate professor of atmospheric, oceanic, and space sciences, were among 57 researchers honored in a May 4 ceremony presided over by John Marburger, science advisor to the president and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.