College names Judith Su Craig M. Berge Faculty Fellow
Judith Su, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and optical sciences, was named to the second class of Craig M. Berge Faculty Fellows.
The family of mechanical engineering alum Craig M. Berge made a memorial gift to foster a vision for the College of Engineering to lead the way in solving challenges through engineering.
Since 2017, the Berges’ gift has funded the College of Engineering’s four-year design program and an endowed chair for the dean. David W. Hahn, the Craig M. Berge Dean, created a fellowship in 2020 to support selected faculty in education and research efforts.
Craig M. Berge Faculty Fellows are named to three-year terms and receive $8,000 per year. Six faculty members became fellows when the 2024 fiscal year began, including associate professor of BME and optical sciences Judith Su.
Su is the principal investigator at the university's Little Sensor Lab. Her FLOWER invention will likely improve drug testing, toxic gas detection and health diagnostics.
FLOWER – an acronym for frequency locked optical whispering evanescent resonator – picks up target compounds at zeptomolar (10-21) concentrations without the need for labeling.
Su succeeds the inaugural class of Craig M. Berge Faculty Fellows.