Materials Science and Engineering Headlines

By building thin, flexible silicon electronics on silk substrates, John Rogers' research group and collaborators at Tufts University, have made electronics that almost completely dissolve inside the body.

A new microscopy technique has allowed researchers to make the first measurements of the earliest stages of crystallization. The technique could help scientists to gain a more complete understanding of how materials crystallize - which might eventually lead to high-speed computer memories based on crystallization. Dr. Bong-Sub Lee, Prof. John Abelson (MatSE), and Prof. Stephen Bishop (ECE) conveyed the work in collaboration with IBM Almaden Research Center.

Hua Lu, Ph.D. student in Jianjun Cheng's group, was selected as one of 18 students nationwide for the Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, sponsored by the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry and cosponsored by the Society Committee on Education, Younger Chemists Committee and the Division of Professional Relations. This symposium has also been designated (and co-sponsored) as a Presidential Event at the National ACS Meeting in San Francisco. Selection to this symposium is a distinct honor and recognition among the polymer community.

Angus Rockett is the new President-Elect of the AVS Science and Technology Society. He will begin serving his term in early December. Rockett will serve as AVS President beginning in December 2010.

Duane Johnson was quoted on the role of computational materials science in the AZo journal of materials online.