News Archive - Page 15 of 46 - Michigan Materials Science and Engineering

Resurrecting quasicrystals: findings may make an exotic material commercially viable

October 12, 2021

The Shahani and Glotzer groups are working together to examine how a self-healing phenomenon could reduce defects that rendered quasicrystals impractical.

John Allison part of national team helping to democratize access to data

October 6, 2021

The team recently received $5.6M from NSF for a pilot project called the National Science Data Fabric (NSDF).

Chao selected for D.O.E.’s Graduate Student Research Program

October 6, 2021

Paul Chao, a member of Ashwin Shahani's group, will spend 2022 conducting research at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

2019 Chemistry Nobel Laureate Stan Whittingham lecture Oct. 8

October 1, 2021

Nobel laureate Stan Whittingham will present a virtual technical lecture on Friday as part of MSE's Van Vlack Lectureship.

PhD Student’s hybrid transistor earns Best Poster Award

August 18, 2021

Che-Hsuan Cheng's research may help advance the design of next generation microchip devices, as well as ultrasensitive UV photodetectors.

Spreading AI the excitement of science to the next generation

May 26, 2021

Streaming live metal casting demonstrations, the GSC Outreach teams share the lesson of thermodynamics and more with students in Detroit.

Accelerating the ceramic synthesis of a classic superconductor

May 20, 2021

The Sun group is leading an international team in developing a new computational model to design ceramic reactions, which can be broadly applied to accelerate the manufacturing and development of functional materials.

Harnessing the hum of fluorescent lights for more efficient computing

May 17, 2021

A team led by MSE Assistant Professor John Heron has developed a material that, in addition to computing, could also lead to better magnetic sensors for medical and security devices.

Yalisove, Chambers earn national teaching awards

May 10, 2021

Prof. Steve Yalisove received the American Society of Engineering Education's 2021 Michael Ashby Outstanding Materials Educator Award and Dr. Tim Chambers earned the 2021 New Materials Educator Award.

Two MSE PhD students receive 2021 NSF Fellowships

April 27, 2021

John Kim and Ahmad Matar Abed received the prestigious award for their outstanding research in the areas of conjugated polymers and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors, respectively.