2016 – Page 2 – Materials Science & Engineering

Fetal Surgery Stands to Advance From New Glues Inspired by Mussels by Catalina Estrada June 30, 2016 UC Berkeley engineer Professor Phillip Messersmith is happy to be learning lessons from a lowly mollusk, with the expectation that the knowledge gained will enable him and fellow physicians to prevent deaths among their youngest patients — those…

Materials Project Releases Massive Trove of Battery and Molecule Data by Catalina Estrada June 23, 2016 The Materials Project, a Google-like database of material properties aimed at accelerating innovation, has released an enormous trove of data to the public, giving scientists working on fuel cells, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics and a host of other advanced materials a…

Professor Peidong Yang Elected to National Academy of Science by Catalina Estrada June 23, 2016 Professor Peidong Yang is one of six UC Berkeley faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) this year. The NAS is the most prestigious recognition of the contributions of a scientist in the US. The NAS, along with…

Novel Charge Storage Mechanism in Lithium-ion Batteries Revealed by Daisy Hernandez May 31, 2016 Materials Science & Engineering Professor Oscar Dubón has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion at UC Berkeley. He previously served as Associate Dean for Equity & Inclusion and Student Affairs for the College of Engineering. As Vice Chancellor for Equity…

President Obama awards National Medals to Professors Alivisatos and Hu by Daisy Hernandez May 25, 2016 President Barack Obama honored Paul Alivisatos, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor of chemistry, and Chenming Hu, a professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer sciences with National Medals of Science and of Technology and Innovation.…

“Springy” Domain Walls featured in Nature Materials by Daisy Hernandez April 27, 2016 A collaborative effort between MSE at Berkeley, the National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory identifies a pathway to produce spring-like response in ferroelectric domain…

MSE Alumna Nicole Michenfelder-Schauser Wins Hertz Fellowship by Daisy Hernandez April 22, 2016 MSE Alumna and 2015 recipient of the MSE Department Citation has been named a winner of the prestigious Hertz Foundation Fellowship. A link to the award announcement can be found here. The Hertz Foundation Fellowship is known as the most competitive PhD fellowship…

Professor Birgeneau 2016 Recipient of the National Science Board’s Vannevar Bush Award by Daisy Hernandez April 22, 2016 Bob Birgeneau, Chancellor Emeritus and Arnold and Barbara Silverman Distinguished Chair in the Departments of Physics, Materials Science and Engineering and Public Policy, has been selected the 2016 recipient of the National Science Board’s Vannevar Bush Award. …

Mingxi Zheng Wins Second Place in Berkeley’s Grad Slam! by Daisy Hernandez April 15, 2016 Congratulations to MSE student, Mingxi Zheng for winning second place in the Berkeley’s Grad Slam Championship! On March 28, ten Berkeley semi-finalists competed before a panel of distinguished judges for cash prizes and the honor of representing our campus in…

Professor Yao named Bakar Fellow by Daisy Hernandez April 12, 2016 Jie Yao has been selected as one of five new Bakar Fellows at UC Berkeley. The Bakar Fellows Program fosters faculty entrepreneurship in the STEM+ fields including Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Architecture. Bakar Fellows receive discretionary research support for…