Associate Professor and MSE Faculty Fellow Mark Losego has been recognized by AVS for innovations in peer-to-peer mentoring and experiential education that expand and amplify student success. The recognition is specifically for people that have gone above and beyond their regular job duties by leading programs that have broad impact in training and mentoring, and promote diversity, belonging, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

AVS is an interdisciplinary, professional Society supporting networking among academic, industrial, government, and consulting professionals involved in a variety of disciplines - chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, all engineering disciplines, business, sales, etc. through common interests related to the basic science, technology development, and commercialization of materials, interfaces, and processing.