Two assistant professors at UW-Madison and a Forest Products Lab engineer are among 94 scientists and engineers honored by President Obama as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award. Michael Arnold, Daniel Fredrickson and Samuel Zelinka were recognized by the U.S. government for their work in the early stages of their independent research careers. Arnold is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering and Fredrickson is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry.