Materials Science and Engineering News Archives

Spring Semester 2012

• Smile! Clark School Commencement to Stream Live
• Lyles to Speak at Commencement
• Olatunji Godo, B.S. '11, Establishes Biomedical Research Scholarship
• Daunheimer Wins MSE Graduate Research Award
• Takeuchi, Collaborators Featured in NIST Annual Report
• World's Smallest Battery: How Small is Too Small?
• Epstein Named One of UMD's Undergraduate Researchers of the Year
• Energy Team Turns in Strong Performance at $75K Business Plan Competition
• Clark School Earns Impact Award for Work with Minorities
• How Hot is Solar Energy?
• 2011-2012 MSE Undergraduate Awards
• Ashley Accepted Into NIST Summer Research Program
• Three MSE Students Win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
• Hogg Wins Postdoc Poster Symposium
• ResearchFest 2012
• Lee, Rabin Research on Cover of Nanotechnology
• The Weird World of "Remote Heating"
• Student team wins best paper award at Mid-Atlantic Micro/Nano Alliance Symposium
• Foundation Supports Gore's Efforts to Improve Fuel Cells
• MSE Students Visit W.L. Gore
• Hunter Profiled in Annual Report
• Engineers Advised: Stay With It
• Clark School Graduate Program Ranks 18th Nationally
• Whiting-Turner Lectures Kick Off Thursday
• Award Funds Development of Solid-State, High Power Lithium-Air Battery
• Team MSE Takes 3rd in Alumni Cup Competition
• Which Clark School Major is Best?
• Karki Selected for Future Faculty Program
• Federal Region Is Nation's Most "Tech-centric"
• Kozen Selected for Future Faculty Program
• Briber Named 2012-2013 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
• Rabin Wins Prestigious NSF CAREER Award for Spectroscopy Research
• MSE Students Tour Micron
• Gaither Wins NRC Postdoctoral Research Associateship
• Christou Tapped for Expert Panel in Condensed Matter Physics
• Preventing Costly, Life-Threatening Catheter Infections
• Small Fire in J. M. Patterson Injures No One
• Shahamat Serves as White House Science and Technology Policy Intern
• Women in Engineering Opportunity Scholarship Created
• UM a Top Academic Value According to Kiplinger's

Fall Semester 2011

• Bacteria Programmed to Re-Create UMD Logo
• ACC $100K Clean Energy Challenge Open for Business (Ideas)
• Martínez-Miranda Named Fulbright Specialist
• Protecting Cultural Heritage
• MSE@UMD Grads: The Next Generation of Faculty, Part 3
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Research Sparks Media Coverage
• Tether to Speak at Commencement
• MSE@UMD Grads: The Next Generation of Faculty, Part 2
• MSE@UMD Grads: The Next Generation of Faculty, Part 1
• Want Fuel Cells? Think Outside the Hydrogen Tank
• Takeuchi, Hunter in Nature Communications
• Cumings Wins Clark School's Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award
• University of Maryland Wins 2011 Solar Decathlon
• DoE Selects UMD as One of Six Lead Universities For National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition
• Energy Center Celebrates Grand Opening
• Gregorczyk Wins Second L-3 Fellowship
• Sposito Named L-3 Undergraduate Scholar
• UMD Ranked Among Nation's Best in Entrepreneurship Education
• Clark School Launches Men's Living-Learning Program
• Clark School Wraps 1st Phase of Community College Faculty Program
• Clark School Rises in International Ranking
• Rubloff Talks Atomic Layer Deposition with C&EN
• Space Helps Nanofiller Keep Flames at Bay

Spring Semester 2011

• Hu Joins MSE Faculty
• Jones Wins TMS Scholarship
• MSE Capstone 2011
• Oehrlein, Phaneuf Paper Among AVS' Most Downloaded
• UMD, NIST Expand Alliance
• Systems Researchers Partner with Trento, Italy
• Rubloff quoted in story about DOE Energy Frontiers Research Centers
• Lidie Wins SMART Scholarship
• Clark School Celebrates Hard-Working Staff
• Gerasopoulos Wins Dean's Doctoral Research Award
• Smaller Is Not Always Better: A New Model for Thermoelectric Materials
• Rabin, Rubloff, Takeuchi, and Wachsman Present at Sustainability Workshop
• "Pocket Change Spectroscopy" Improves Detection of Toxins, Explosives
• 2010-2011 MSE Undergraduate Awards
• See How Materials Scientists and Conservators are "Silver Savers"
• Novel "Smart" Metal: Physical Sciences Invention of the Year
• Earth Day Event to Focus on Energy
• Gerasopoulos Wins MSE Graduate Research Award
• Cornett Named ARCS Scholar
• Pines Elected to Engineering Deans Council Board
• Liquid Crystal/Nanoparticle Mix Lays Groundwork for New Photovoltaics
• Briber Marquee Lecture: "Materials of Civilization"
• Olatunji Godo Wins L-3 Scholarship
• Epstein Wins L-3 Scholarship
• Cornett wins MRS Student Presentation Award
• Cumings, Seog Win NSF CAREER Awards for Nanotechnology Research
• Gov. O'Malley Taps Wachsman for Clean Energy Board
• UM Rises Again Among Best Values

Fall Semester 2010

• Cumings Tapped for Nature Physics News and Views Column
• Lloyd Leads Program for Community College Faculty
• Shih Wins NIST-ARRA Fellowship
• Bad Virus Put to Good Use: Breakthrough Batteries
• Takeuchi Elected APS Fellow
• Sr. VP of Bechtel Power to Talk About Engineers in Renewable Energy
• Banerjee's Self-Powered Solar Circuits Featured in Sierra Magazine
• Nanocube Pairs Are Key to Improved Sensors
• NIST Awards NanoCenter $15 Million to Support Postdoc Nanotechnology Research
• Changing the Odds
• Silverman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
• Salamanca-Riba Silicon Carbide Research Highlighted by NIST
• Wachsman on Fuel Cells Chosen for ACS Bulletin Cover Story
• UMD Hosts Ionizing Radiation and Polymers Symposium
• Gerasopoulos Wins Best Poster Award at Micro/Nano Alliance Symposium
• Producing New Innovations and Innovators
• Materials Scientists, Conservators Join Forces to Preserve Silver Artifacts and Art
• Gregorczyk Wins L-3 Graduate Research Fellowship
• Wu Wins Sidhu Award
• Hydrogen Student Design Contest (Theme-Residential Fueling with Hydrogen)
• An Exceptional Year for Clark School Rankings
• Plasma for Disinfection Study Wins DOE Grant
• Oehrlein Receives IBM Faculty Award
• Clark School 3rd Nationwide in Recruiter Survey
• $15M Neutron Scattering Collaboration with NIST Renewed
• New Battery Research Highlighted by Discovery News, Nanowerk
• Christou Appears on "Platts Energy Week"
• Marquardt Studies Patinas at Smithsonian Institution
• Breakthrough in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Research
• Cumings Receives DOE Grant to Study Thermal Resistance of Carbon Nanotubes
• Clark School Enters U.S. News Top 20
• Clark School Ranked 13th Worldwide
• Takeuchi, German Colleagues Collaborate on Materials Research

Spring Semester 2010

• "Smart" Alloy Could Make Cooling Systems 175% More Efficient
• Pertmer Appointed Managing Director of Radiation Facilities
• Metting and Hsieh Take 2nd, 3rd in ACNS Poster Competition
• Clark School Receives $1M Gift
• NRC Funds Development of New Grad-Level Corrosion Courses
• Engineers Without Borders Chapter Honored
• UM, LM Launch Strategic Relationship
• Hijji, Lidie Named Senior Marshals for Commencement
• MSE Capstone 2010
• DE Residents: Get a B.S. in Materials at UMD, Pay In-State Tuition!
• Work by grad student Parag Banerjee cited in MRS Bulletin
• Live News Broadcast Highlights Hovercraft Competition, Keystone Program
• First Measurement Science Fellowship Positions Announced
• Karcz Takes 2nd In Dean's M.S. Thesis Competition
• Banerjee Takes 3rd In Dean's Doctoral Research Award Competition
• NIST Awards UM $15.5 Million in Fellowships
• Rubloff Team Invention of the Year Could Revolutionize Electronics
• 2009-2010 MSE Undergraduate Awards
• Biofuel Technologies Featured on CBS News
• Briber, Watson Receive MIPS Funding for Work with Zymetis
• Takeuchi, Multi-University Group Lead Materials Research
• Espy-Wilson, Rubloff Are Top UM Inventors
• Hendley Wins SMART Scholarship
• Orloff Wins Awards for Research, Teaching
• Takeuchi Wins DURIP Grant
• Feodor Lynen Fellow Joins MSE and IREAP
• A Solar-Powered Circuit, But No Solar Cell Required
• Briber, Oehrlein Courses Selected for I-Series
• Graduate Student Delivers Micro/Nano Seminar at MIT
• Cornett takes 1st Place at ResearchFest 2010
• Oehrlein, Arsenault Highly Cited Worldwide
• Wachsman to Deliver Pennergy Lecture
• $360K NSF Grant for Liquid Crystal Study
• UM Rises Again Among Best Values

Fall Semester 2009

• Phaneuf Invited to Aspen Institute Italia's Transatlantic Dialog
• Rubloff Team Wins $2.8M Army Grant
• Non-Majors Delve Into Materials Science
• Lane Named Senior Marshal for Commencement
• Al-Sheikhly Delivers Polymer Conference Keynote
• Bruce Wins 2009 AVS Student Merit Award
• Rubloff Group Research Selected for Highlights in Chemical Technology.
• Clark School Ranked 14th Worldwide
• Youn, Cumings Receive NRC Grant
• Alumnus Publishes Book on Plasma Etching
• Hispanic Physicists Elect Martinez-Miranda
• 5 Professors Named 2009 Research Leaders
• Detecting Corrosion in Concrete for Highway Safety
• Livingston Team Wins NSF-EAGER Grant
• MSE Affiliate, Collaborator Named Director of ISR
• Clark School Meets Hollywood
• Wolk Wins Women Moving Forward Award
• $2M DARPA Grant for New Magnetometer Technology
• Cumings Leads EFRC Nanowire Team

Spring Semester 2009

• Engineering Grads On Top
• NRC Collaboration Helps Bring Nuclear Engineering Education Online
• Clark School Names First UMERC Director
• MSE Capstone 2009
• 2008-2009 MSE Undergraduate Awards
• UMERC/Nanocenter Team Named "Energy Frontier" Center
• Professors Present at Sustainability Workshop
• Takeuchi Research Featured in Industry Publication
• Ren Wins Dean's Doctoral Research Award
• Phaneuf, Takeuchi Promoted to Full Professorship
• Clark School Retains High U.S. News Rankings
• Ren Wins Inaugural MSE Doctoral Thesis Award
• Lin Takes 2nd in GRID Modeling and Simulation
• Gifford Accepts Sr. Nuclear Engineer Post
• Clark School Tops in NIST Fellowships
• Ankem Among Invention of the Year Finalists
• MSE in Annual Invention Competition
• Banerjee Wins MSA Presidential Student Award
• Takeuchi Interviewed About PZT Replacement
• BES Chapter Nationally Recognized
• NanoCenter Improves Energy Storage Options
• Ankem Invention Promoted by Office of Technology Commercialization
• Paper Named 2008 'Highlight' by Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
• Long Wins Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship
• ResearchFest 2009 Winners Announced
• Alumnus Appointed CTO of PetroBeam
• Virtual Computer Lab Now Online
• Seog Lab Installs Optical Mini-Tweezers

Fall Semester 2008

• Energy Engineering Student Chapter Forms
• England to Speak at Commencement
• Phaneuf Group Research Selected for VJBO
• Materials and Interface Nanotechnology Laboratory Opens
• Banerjee Named John and Maureen Hendricks Energy Research Fellow
• Reducing Our Lead Footprint
• Banerjee Earns Patent for Magnetic/Flash Hybrid RAM
• UM Rises Among Best Values
• Martínez-Miranda Leads U.S. Delegation at ICWIP
• 6 Professors Named 2008 Research Leaders
• Darryll Pines Named Dean of the Clark School
• O'Connor Honored for Lab Tour
• M.Eng. in Sustainable Energy Engineering First in U.S.
• Banerjee to Attend ICMR Winter School
• Shin Selected for National School on Neutron, X-ray Scattering
• Bruce Attends US-Australian Program in Sydney
• Phaneuf Presents at Nanosteps, Selected for Virtual Journal
• Clark School Rises in Rankings
• Now That's Cool

Spring Semester 2008

• Nuclear Program Alumnus Takes Sr. Position at Thorium Power
• Cumings Contributes to Story, Chat on Crane Collapse
• New Lead-Free Material for Electronics
• Takeuchi Selected for Special NAE Symposium
• Briber Re-Appointed MSE Chair
• MSE Capstone 2008
• Briber Presents at ACNS Plenary Session
• Maeling Tapp Wins Outstanding Research Award for Engineering Honors Program
• Kofinas, Janiak Take 1st Place in Business Plan Competition
• Clark School Students Earn Wylie Fellowships
• Bruce to Attend NSF Program in Australia
• Nanocenter Team Among Invention of the Year Finalists
• MSE at Maryland Day
• New MatES Officers Announced
• Engineering Videos Win in Vid/Terp Competition
• Scholl Family Supports Engineers Without Borders
• Kofinas, Janiak Win Outstanding Invention of the Year
• Open House Attracts Prospective Students, MSE Majors
• Christou Designs Better Lasers for Threat Detection
• Undergraduate Honors and Awards Recipients, 2007-2008
• Brody Shares Entrepreneurial "Recipe"
• Fu, Janiak Finalists in Annual $50K Business Plan Competition
• You're Invited: Fischell Festival April 10-11
• Clark School Maintains High Rankings
• Advance in Creating in Vitro Programmable Biological Microfactories
• Collaboration on Copolymers Between NIST and U-Md. in the News
• Cumings Group Invents New Microscopy Technique
• Gift Benefits Energy Research Center
• Cumings to Speak at APS "March Meeting"
• Experts Discuss Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency
• MSE Alumni Present at WIE Conference
• Phaneuf Press Release Gets Noticed
• Mote Visits NISPLab
• Banerjee Selected for Future Faculty Program
• Company to Utilize Kofinas's, Janiak's MIPs Technology

Fall Semester 2007

• Oehrlein Studies Plasma/Wall Interactions on Sabbatical
• NISPLab Welcomes UMD VP for Research
• Special Panel Discusses Future of Oil, Nuclear Energy
• Graduate Society Receives MRS Charter
• Martinez-Miranda Elected APS Fellow
• Times Higher Ranks UM Highly
• ANSSC Brings Energy Experts to Campus
• NSF Boosts Nanotech Curriculum
• "Nature-Made" Computers
• MSE Faculty Continues to Produce "Research Leaders"
• New Hydrogen Storage Materials to Fuel Next-Generation Vehicles
• Nuclear Program Lecturer Passes Away
• Briber Teaches New "Marquee Course"
• Senior NSF Advisor in Nanotechnology to Speak in College Park
• Al-Sheikhly Invited to International Conference
• $2M NSF Grant for "Bacterial Communication"
• Rabin Joins Faculty
• Davis Organizes International Conference on Calixarene Chemistry
• Dale Family Creates Four-Year Scholarship

Spring Semester 2007

• Rabin Named Interim Clark School Dean
• Hattrick-Simpers Wins NIST/NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
• NanoCenter Highly Ranked
• Department Recognizes Exceptional Undergraduates
• Janiak Named 2007 Fischell Fellow
• Tapp Wins Accenture Scholarship
• "Virus Sponge" Could Improve Flu Treatments
• Clark School Earns Another High Ranking
• MSE Undergraduates Honored
• Bentley Discusses Nanofactories on WTOP, Federal News Radio
• Phaneuf Group Presents at American Physical Society Meeting
• Clark School Highly Ranked
• Christou Receives ASM Award
• Clark School Ranked 13th Worldwide
• "Side Effects May Not Include…"
• Tapp Featured on Engineer Girl Site
• Faculty Promotions Announced
• Nanomedicine Research Day 2007
• Three New Keystone Professors Selected
• In Memoriam: Dr. Dick Duffey
• Phaneuf Set to Teach FDA Scientists
• Bradberry, Gifford, and Janiak Selected for Future Faculty Program
• NanoCenter designated as UMD University Research Center

Fall Semester 2006

• Cumings to Participate in Exchange Program
• Seog Joins Faculty
• Phaneuf Invited to Lecture in Germany, Italy
• Long and Takeuchi Group Win Second Bruker AXS Scholarship
• 5 MSE Professors Recognized for Sponsored Research
• Tapp Wins NASA Scholarship
• Cumings Invited to Speak at American Physical Society
• Briber Participates In Project Supported By $14M NSF Grant
• Tapp Receives ExxonMobil Scholarship
• UM Among Kiplinger's "Best Values"
• $1 Million For Nano-Bio Initiative
• NSF Grant Enhances NISP Lab's Capabilities
• Phaneuf, Tadayyon-Eslami's Paper Accepted in Physical Review Letters
• Saied Wins Kirschstein National Research Service Award Fellowship
• Perez Attends Pan American Advanced Studies Institute

Spring Semester 2006

• Crab Nano-Sensor Detects Dangerous Substances
• NIST and NanoCenter Announce Partnership
• New Microscopes for NISP, Keck Labs
• Polymer Symposium Showcases Student Research
• Materials Camp Will Help Teachers Innovate
• NanoCenter Funding Means Major Advances for MSE Department
• Cumings’ Research on Paramagnetic Semiconductors Published in Physical Review Letters
• State Approves $3.65 Million for NanoCenter
• MSE Doctoral Graduate Earns National Honor
• Briber Co-authors Paper on RNA Folding
• New Results on Growth, Multiferroic Properties of BiCrO₃ Thin Films
• MSE Faculty Pursues New Work In Bi-Fe-O Multiferroic Nanocomposite Thin Films
• Graduate Students Attend National and International Workshops
• MSE Junior Maeling Tapp Receives Williams Scholarship
• MSE Senior Max Grace Receives ARCS Fellowship
• Combinatorial Search of Ideal Shape Memory Alloys
• NanoCenter to Host First NanoDay
• MSE Graduate Student Wins Best Poster Award
• Phaneuf Article on Ag Nanopillars Selected for Online Compilation
• Undergraduate Research Presented on National Stage
• Oehrlein and Phaneuf Receive NSF Grant for Nano Research
• Prof. Phaneuf directs new minor in Nanoscale Science and Technology
• Anter Corporation Donates to the Modern Engineering Materials Instructional Lab
• 65th Annual Physical Electronic Conference
• Takeuchi Review Makes Cover of "Materials Today"
• Oehrlein Receives 2005 Prize in Plasma Science and Technology
• Kathleen Hart has won the Clark School Engineering Staff Award for 2005
• Long Wins Bruker AXS Scholarship
• Professor Christou hosts the Federation of Materials Societies Award Reception

Fall Semester 2005

• Ankem Shows New Path to Improved Titanium Alloy Performance