2017 – Page 2 – Materials Science & Engineering

MSE Graduating Seniors Receive College of Engineering Departmental Challenge Award by Daisy Hernandez May 16, 2017 At the undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 16th, MSE graduating seniors received the “Departmental Challenge Award” recognizing the their distinction as the group of students with the highest participation rate in the senior-gift campaign. We congratulate our newest alumni,…

Citation Award goes to David Mrdjenovich! by Daisy Hernandez May 16, 2017 Congratulations to David Mrdjenovich for receiving the MSE Department Citation Award! The Citation is awarded to distinguished individuals whose contributions to the department go beyond the call of duty and whose achievements exceed the standards of excellence in their fields. More information about the…

Martin and Minor Groups Make Ferroelectrics Go Extreme by Sarah Yang May 12, 2017 A collaborative effort between MSE at Berkeley, the National Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of Pennsylvania has applied advanced growth and state-of-the-art characterization techniques to, for the first time, produce polarization gradients in materials…

Capstone Project in Professor Xu’s Lab Wins Best Presentation Award at Showcase by Iris Wu May 8, 2017 Professor Xu’s Master of Engineering Capstone Team won the “Best Presentation” award at the Fung Institute’s Capstone Showcase on May 3rd. The award was given to the team with the most compelling and informative presentation, as voted…

Professor Rob Ritchie has been elected as a foreign member of the Fellows of the Royal Society! by Daisy Hernandez May 08, 2017 Congratulations to Professor Rob Ritchie, who has been elected as a foreign member of the Fellows of the Royal Society. Professor Ritchie was one of 10 new foreign members to receive this…

Professor Junqiao Wu has been selected as a 2017-18 recipient of the Bakar Fellows Award! by Daisy Hernandez April 13, 2017 Junqiao Wu has been selected as a 2017-18 recipient of the Bakar Fellows award at UC Berkeley. The Bakar Fellows Program fosters faculty entrepreneurship in the STEM+ fields including Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, Biological…

Capstone Project in Prof. Xu’s Lab Highlighted by Daisy Hernandez April 10, 2017 A Masters of Engineering team led by Prof. Xu has been working on new drug-delivery platforms to treat neurologic and brain-related diseases. The work focuses on the development and commercialization of a nano-carrier designed to help transport drugs from the blood to…

Benson Jung wins best poster award at ACS by Daisy Hernandez April 10, 2017 Benson Jung, working with Professor Ting Xu, received a “PMSE Best Poster Award” at the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting in San Francisco. The poster was selected under the category of the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) division. The…

Professor Healy leads Berkeley arm of C-DOCTOR by Daisy Hernandez March 13, 2017 UC Berkeley is a partner in one of two newly established Resource Centers as part of the The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research’s Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Tissue Regeneration Consortium (DOCTRC). Aimed at developing resources and strategies for regenerating dental,…

Professor Gerbrand Ceder Elected to National Academy of Engineering by Daisy Hernandez February 9, 2017 Gerbrand Ceder, Chancellor’s Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley, and Senior Faculty Scientist in the Materials Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering “For the development of practical…