2014 – Materials Science & Engineering

Professor Doyle appointed Dean of the Graduate Division by Materials Science and Engineering November 24, 2014 Professor Fiona Doyle, Donald H. McLaughlin Professor of Mineral Engineering, has accepted appointment to the position of the Dean of the Graduate Division, effective January 1, 2015. This appointment continues an outstanding record of service in leadership capacities in…

Professor Martin and Colleagues “Speed-up” Ferroelectric Switching by Materials Science and Engineering October 27, 2014 In a recent report in the journal Nature Materials, a Berkeley MSE team including graduate student Ruijuan Xu, postdoctoral researcher Anoop Damodaran, and Professor Lane Martin, together with colleagues form the University of Pennsylvania, have reported on a new type of…

Salmeron Named Recipient of 2015 APS Davisson-Germer Prize by Materials Science and Engineering September 22, 2014 Professor Miquel Salmeron was named a co-recipient of the 2015 Davis-Germer Prize Davisson-Germer Prize in Surface or Atomic Physics. Professor Salmeron is being honored “For the development of instrumentation for atmospheric pressure photoelectron spectroscopy and STM at high pressures…

Ramesh Appointed Associate Lab Director for Energy Technologies by Materials Science and Engineering August 29, 2014 Professor Ramesh, Purnendu Chatterjee Endowed Chair in Energy Technologies and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Physics at UC Berkeley, will be returning from his leave as the Deputy Director for Science and Technology at Oak Ridge to…

Professor Xu Recognized for Research on Quickly Self-Assembling Thin Films by Materials Science and Engineering June 20, 2014 Professor Xu recently reported in Nature Communications a new technique for the accelerated generation of nanoparticle assemblies. The technique enables self assembly processes that normally require hours to order up, to be formed in just one minute. …

Lane Martin and Phil Messersmith will be joining MSE Faculty by Materials Science and Engineering April 21, 2014 Dr. Lane W. Martin joins the faculty of Berkeley MSE as an Associate Professor on July 1, 2014. Dr. Martin received his B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University in Dec. 2003 and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University…

Berkeley MSE well represented at Presidential Award Ceremony by Materials Science and Engineering April 18, 2014 Professor Junqiao Wu, Professor Lane W. Martin, and Dr. Jeremy Robinson (Naval Research Laboratories, Ph.D. 2007) were together in Washington D.C. April 14, 2014 to be honored as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers…

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Gareth Thomas by Materials Science and Engineering February 11, 2014 Professor Emeritus of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Gareth Thomas (1932-2014) passed away on the 6th of February, 2014 in Oegstgeest, the Netherlands, at the age of 81. Professor Thomas was born in Maesteg, Wales, UK. He earned his…

Professor Junqiao Wu Receives Presidential Early Career Award by Materials Science and Engineering January 2, 2014 Congratulations to Professor Junqiao Wu on his receipt of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. This award represents “the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages …

Professor Kevin Healy Named AAAS Fellow by Materials Science and Engineering January 2, 2014 Kevin Healy, UC Berkeley professor of bioengineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon the association’s members by their peers. Healy was cited for his distinguished contributions to the fields…