Ramkumar wins major award

Texas Tech University professor Seshadri Ramkumar has been selected as the recipient of the 2016 President’s Excellence in Commercialization Award. Ramkumar, a professor of technical textiles and countermeasures to chemical threats in Texas Tech’s Department of Environmental Toxicology and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), is being recognised for his revolutionary contributions to nonwoven materials.

“I am humbled by this honour as it recognises translational efforts,” Ramkumar said. “Texas Tech has to be applauded for creating many programmes to support ‘mind to market research’ and help young students to be entrepreneurs. The next phase of research is all about technology transfer, and Texas Tech is rightfully investing in this effort by involving in programmes such as 3 Day Startup, the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps, 1 Million Cups and more.”