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Martin receives NSF Career Award

Published Date:February 9, 2012

Lane Martin has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his proposal "Enhanced Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Complex Oxide Thin Film Heterostructures."

Published Date: February 9, 2012


Cahill named MRS Fellow

Published Date:February 7, 2012

David Cahill has been selected as a 2012 MRS Fellow. The title of MRS Fellow honors MRS members for their distinguished research accomplishments and their outstanding contributions to the advancement of materials research world-wide. The maximum number of new Fellow appointments each year is limited to 0.2% of the current MRS membership.

Published Date: February 7, 2012


Naber featured on Big Ten Network

Published Date:February 6, 2012

On February 7 at 8 p.m. CST, the Big Ten Network series "Impact the World" hosted by Dennis Haysbert, concentrates on ground-breaking medical breakthroughs. Illinois is represented in a segment on MatSE alumnus Jonathan Naber and his nonprofit company, Illini Prosthetic Technologies.

Published Date: February 6, 2012


Kenny Long named Knight of St. Patrick

Published Date:February 1, 2012

Kenny Long, MatSE senior, has been named a Knight of St. Patrick, an honor given by the College of Engineering to approximately 10-15 students who represent leadership, excellence in character, and exceptional contribution to the College. Long serves as president of Engineers Without Borders, Global Development Council and Honors Student Council, and is a member of the Board of Governors for the University YMCA.

Published Date: February 1, 2012


Particle-free silver ink prints small, high-performance electronics

Published Date:January 12, 2012

Jennifer Lewis and her research team have developed a new reactive silver ink for printing high-performance electronics on ubiquitous, low-cost materials such as flexible plastic, paper or fabric substrates.

Published Date: January 12, 2012