Professor Persson Publishes New Database of Piezoelectric Properties by Ariana Castro September 30, 2015 Professors Kristin Persson and Mark Asta, along with MSE students Maarten de Jong and Henry Geerlings, and LBNL postdoc Wei Chen, have published the largest database of single-crystal piezoelectric constant tensors currently available.  The data set, published in the Nature Publishing…

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Professor Peidong Yang wins MacArthur Fellow “Genius” Award by Daisy Hernandez September 30, 2015 The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation has named Professor Peidong Yang, the S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Professor of Energy, as a 2015 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellows award.  This recognition, commonly referred to as the MacArthur “genius”…

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Professor Phil Messersmith Appointed Member of the NADCRC by Ariana Castro September 16, 2015 Professor Phil Messersmith has been appointed as a member of the National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council( NADCRC), the advisory council of the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research(NIDCR) of the National Institute of Health (NIH). The NADCRC has the…

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Professor Digby Macdonald Awarded 2015 Ad Augusta Award by Material Science and Engineering  August 6, 2015 The Auckland Grammar School Old Boys Association (OBA) and the School recognizes Professor Digby Macdonald as the recipient of the 2015 Ad Agusta Award for his outstjanding contribution to Academia. The ‘Ad Augusta’ Awards replace what was previously the ‘Old Boy of the Year’…

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Ruijuan Xu Selected as Lam Research Fellow by Materials Science and Engineering August 3, 2015 Ruijuan Xu has been selected as a Lam Research Fellow for the 2015-2016 academic year. The Lam Research Corporation is a leading supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry. Lam Research develops innovative solutions that help…

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Gerbrand Ceder and Kristin Persson join MSE Faculty by Materials Science and Engineering July 1, 2015 Professor Gerbrand Ceder joins the faculty of Berkeley MSE as a Professor on July 1, 2015. He received an engineering degree from the University of Leuven, Belgium, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of California at Berkeley…

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