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MSE Alumnus Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran to Chair Hoover Board of Award MSE alumnus Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran (M.S., Ph.D.), who is currently the Lavon Duddleson Krumb Professor of Mineral Engineering in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, will chair the Hoover Board of Award (representing five engineering organizations: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American…

MSE Alumnus Ilan Gur Leading UK Science Innovation Agency As of August 2022, MSE alumnus (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) Dr. Ilan Gur has become the founding Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly established UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). With nearly a billion dollars in initial funding, ARIA is designed to play a similar role…

MSE’s Prof. Junqiao Wu has been named the recipient of the 2023 Functional Materials Division John Bardeen Award from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). This award “recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions and is a leader in the field of electronic materials” and will be made at the 152nd TMS Annual Meeting in March 2023.…

Kaichen Dong, a postdoc in the Berkeley Department of materials science and engineering working in Prof. Junqiao Wu and Prof. Jie Yao’s groups, has been named among MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 contest for 2022. He was honored for his invention of a smart roof coating that saves building energy. Also selected into this year’s list is Dr.…

A team, led by MSE’s Professor Lane Martin and in collaboration with MSE’s Professor R. Ramesh and collaborators at the Intel Corporation, have identified one route to potentially reduce the energy of next-generation memory and logic devices. The key was developing an approach to synthesize an “ideal” thin-layer version of a well-known ferroelectric material whose…

Zakaria Al Balushi, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has been named a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, an honor that comes with an unrestricted research award as well as mentorship, networking and collaboration opportunities.

A study led by MSE’s own Professor Junqiao Wu and in collaboration with Professor Joel Ager has demonstrated a route to make heat conduction in an important electronic material nearly 150% more efficient. Modern microelectronics are based on silicon, but one of the biggest challenges that could limit the future of devices made from this material…

Engineering Commencement Congratulations to all of our graduating students! 2022 commencement will be split into several ceremonies. Please check out the full details at the Engineering Commencement page. Due to continued coronavirus uncertainty, MSE/AS&T will host a brief reception and gift pickup between the masters and undergraduate ceremonies on Tuesday, May 17th from 12-1pm in the…

The scientific review panel of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings has selected Emma Vargo to participate in the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, taking place from 26 June to 1 July 2022 in Germany. Emma Vargo is a doctoral student working in the Xu lab. The Lindau meetings bring together 600 university students and…

Alumni Spotlight: Alumnus Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran to Chair Hoover Board of Award

Alumni Spotlight: Ilan Gur

From the Chair’s Desk…

Prof. Junqiao Wu receives the 2023 John Bardeen Award

Kaichen Dong named one of 35 Innovators Under 35

MSE team turns century-old material into a thin film for next-gen memory and logic devices

Prof. Al Balushi named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar in Quantum Materials

Professors Wu and Ager Find a Way to Conduct Heat More Efficiently

Commencement

Congratulations to Emma Vargo on being selected to participate in the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting!