Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to inform that Bryan Boudouris has been selected to receive a DARPA 2012 Young Faculty Award! The financial details of his winning proposal titled "Radical Polymers for Nanostructured, Next Generation Thermoelectric Devices" are being negotiated and will be finalized by June 30th or earlier - the award is typically $300,000 for 3 years. In the second annual competition last year, 39/407 applicants (i.e. <10%) received the award. The details of the 2012 awards are not announced yet. Bryan is receiving this YFA just a few weeks after he was named recipient of an AFOSR Young Investigator Research Award, for $120,000/year for 3 years. A most impressive aspect of these recognitions is that Bryan is currently only in the first year of his faculty appointment - he joined our School in August 2011! Pl join me in congratulating Bryan for this latest recognition in support of his research programs! Best, Arvind Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University