Materials Science and Engineering News Archives

Spring Semester 2010

Fall Semester 2009

• Rubloff Group Research Selected for Highlights in Chemical Technology.
• Can Entrepreneurs Survive in This Economy?
• Clark School Ranked 14th Worldwide
• Youn, Cumings Receive NRC Grant
• From Nuclear Renaissance to Post-Recession Start-Ups
• Alumnus Publishes Book on Plasma Etching
• Hispanic Physicists Elect Martinez-Miranda
• Pines Testifies Before Congressional Committee
• 5 Professors Named 2009 Research Leaders
• Like to Surf or Game by Mobile Device?
• Detecting Corrosion in Concrete for Highway Safety
• Clark School Research Dollars Soar
• Livingston Team Wins NSF-EAGER Grant
• Mtech to Establish Living-Learning Entrepreneurship Program for Academically Talented Freshman and Sophomore Students
• MSE Affiliate, Collaborator Named Director of ISR
• Attend "Financing Renewable Energy" Sept. 22
• Clark School Meets Hollywood
• Wolk Wins Women Moving Forward Award
• $2M DARPA Grant for New Magnetometer Technology
• Cumings Leads EFRC Nanowire Team

Spring Semester 2009

• NRC Collaboration Helps Bring Nuclear Engineering Education Online
• Engineering Grads On Top
• Clark School to Offer New Graduate Certificate for Technology Entrepreneurs
• Clark School Names First UMERC Director
• MSE Capstone 2009
• Radio Show to Feature WIE
• 2008-2009 MSE Undergraduate Awards
• UMERC/Nanocenter Team Named "Energy Frontier" Center
• Professors Present at Sustainability Workshop
• Takeuchi Research Featured in Industry Publication
• Ren Wins Dean's Doctoral Research Award
• Phaneuf, Takeuchi Promoted to Full Professorship
• Clark School Retains High U.S. News Rankings
• Ren Wins Inaugural MSE Doctoral Thesis Award
• LEAFHouse Reaps More Honors
• Severinsky to Speak at Commencement
• Lin Takes 2nd in GRID Modeling and Simulation
• Gifford Accepts Sr. Nuclear Engineer Post
• Clark School Tops in NIST Fellowships
• Scholarship Established to Support Active Servicemen, Veterans, Families
• Ankem Among Invention of the Year Finalists
• MSE in Annual Invention Competition
• Banerjee Wins MSA Presidential Student Award
• Takeuchi Interviewed About PZT Replacement
• BES Chapter Nationally Recognized
• NanoCenter Improves Energy Storage Options
• Ankem Invention Promoted by Office of Technology Commercialization
• Paper Named 2008 'Highlight' by Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
• Long Wins Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship
• ResearchFest 2009 Winners Announced
• Alumnus Appointed CTO of PetroBeam
• Virtual Computer Lab Now Online
• Seog Lab Installs Optical Mini-Tweezers

Fall Semester 2008

• Energy Engineering Student Chapter Forms
• Meet Dean Darryll Pines
• View University Holiday Greeting Online
• England to Speak at Commencement
• Phaneuf Group Research Selected for VJBO
• Materials and Interface Nanotechnology Laboratory Opens
• Banerjee Named John and Maureen Hendricks Energy Research Fellow
• Reducing Our Lead Footprint
• Banerjee Earns Patent for Magnetic/Flash Hybrid RAM
• EWB's Mid-Atlantic Conference Trains, Celebrates
• Great Expectations: Spotlight on Giving
• Clark School Honors Hybrid Engine Inventor
• Alumnus To Speak on Lean Dynamics
• UM Rises Among Best Values
• Students Visit Walter Reed
• Martínez-Miranda Leads U.S. Delegation at ICWIP
• 6 Professors Named 2008 Research Leaders
• President's Fall Video Message Available
• Darryll Pines Named Dean of the Clark School
• Gordon England Gives Whiting-Turner Lecture
• O'Connor Honored for Lab Tour
• New Series Emphasizes Engineering Education
• M.Eng. in Sustainable Energy Engineering First in U.S.
• Banerjee to Attend ICMR Winter School
• Shin Selected for National School on Neutron, X-ray Scattering
• Bruce Attends US-Australian Program in Sydney
• Honor for Hybrid Power System Inventor
• UM a Leader in Black Ph.D.'s
• Phaneuf Presents at Nanosteps, Selected for Virtual Journal
• Clark School Rises in Rankings
• Deputy Secretary of Defense Looks Ahead
• Now That's Cool

Spring Semester 2008

• Girl Scout Engineering Program Honored
• Nuclear Program Alumnus Takes Sr. Position at Thorium Power
• Cumings Contributes to Story, Chat on Crane Collapse
• New Lead-Free Material for Electronics
• Takeuchi Selected for Special NAE Symposium
• Briber Re-Appointed MSE Chair
• Scholarship Supports Gemstone Students
• Clark School Holds 2008 Commencement
• MSE Capstone 2008
• Briber Presents at ACNS Plenary Session
• Maeling Tapp Wins Outstanding Research Award for Engineering Honors Program
• Kofinas, Janiak Take 1st Place in Business Plan Competition
• UM, UET Peshawar Forge Partnership
• Clark School Students Earn Wylie Fellowships
• Bruce to Attend NSF Program in Australia
• Nanocenter Team Among Invention of the Year Finalists
• NIST Hires Record Clark School Contingent
• MSE at Maryland Day
• New MatES Officers Announced
• Lockheed CTO to Address Graduates
• Engineering Videos Win in Vid/Terp Competition
• Scholl Family Supports Engineers Without Borders
• Kofinas, Janiak Win Outstanding Invention of the Year
• Open House Attracts Prospective Students, MSE Majors
• Christou Designs Better Lasers for Threat Detection
• Undergraduate Honors and Awards Recipients, 2007-2008
• Service Plan Leader Schaufeld Offers "Plan B"
• Brody Shares Entrepreneurial "Recipe"
• New Bioengineering Wing Unveiled
• Fu, Janiak Finalists in Annual $50K Business Plan Competition
• Order of the Engineer Deadline Approaching
• You're Invited: Fischell Festival April 10-11
• Clark School Maintains High Rankings
• Advance in Creating in Vitro Programmable Biological Microfactories
• Collaboration on Copolymers Between NIST and U-Md. in the News
• Cumings Group Invents New Microscopy Technique
• Gift Benefits Energy Research Center
• Cumings to Speak at APS "March Meeting"
• The Inaugural WIE DREAM Conference a Success!
• Experts Discuss Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency
• Keystone Program Featured in ASEE Prism Magazine
• MSE Alumni Present at WIE Conference
• Phaneuf Press Release Gets Noticed
• Mote Visits NISPLab
• Banerjee Selected for Future Faculty Program
• Company to Utilize Kofinas's, Janiak's MIPs Technology
• Scholl to Graduates: "Think Big"

Fall Semester 2007

• Oehrlein Studies Plasma/Wall Interactions on Sabbatical
• NISPLab Welcomes UMD VP for Research
• Special Panel Discusses Future of Oil, Nuclear Energy
• Graduate Society Receives MRS Charter
• Scholl to Address December Grads
• The Leaders We Need In Engineering Seminar Now Online
• Martinez-Miranda Elected APS Fellow
• Times Higher Ranks UM Highly
• Johnson Stresses Corporate-University Partnership
• ANSSC Brings Energy Experts to Campus
• Next Whiting-Turner Lecture on Thursday
• NSF Boosts Nanotech Curriculum
• "Nature-Made" Computers
• MSE Faculty Continues to Produce "Research Leaders"
• Minor in Engineering Leadership Established
• UM's LEAFHouse Takes 2nd
• UM Will Host NanoBio Defense Workshop
• Experts Explore Environmental Engineering
• New Hydrogen Storage Materials to Fuel Next-Generation Vehicles
• Nuclear Program Lecturer Passes Away
• Briber Teaches New "Marquee Course"
• Senior NSF Advisor in Nanotechnology to Speak in College Park
• Al-Sheikhly Invited to International Conference
• $2M NSF Grant for "Bacterial Communication"
• Rabin Joins Faculty
• Davis Organizes International Conference on Calixarene Chemistry
• Dale Family Creates Four-Year Scholarship

Spring Semester 2007

• BGE Gift to Support LEAFHouse
• Rabin Named Interim Clark School Dean
• Hattrick-Simpers Wins NIST/NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Engineers Sweep Movie Contest
• NanoCenter Highly Ranked
• Fond Farewell to Graduates
• STS Program Has New Director
• Department Recognizes Exceptional Undergraduates
• Janiak Named 2007 Fischell Fellow
• Farvardin Named University of Maryland Provost
• Tapp Wins Accenture Scholarship
• Clark School Donors Exceed $100M Milestone
• "Virus Sponge" Could Improve Flu Treatments
• Tell Us What You Really Think
• Clark School Earns Another High Ranking
• MSE Undergraduates Honored
• Bentley Discusses Nanofactories on WTOP, Federal News Radio
• Medtronic CEO to Speak
• You're Invited: May 3 Fischell Festival
• Dean Pens ASEE Prism Column
• Phaneuf Group Presents at American Physical Society Meeting
• Clark School Highly Ranked
• Christou Receives ASM Award
• Clark School Ranked 13th Worldwide
• Kidwell Gift Benefits Scholarships, Campaign
• "Side Effects May Not Include…"
• Tapp Featured on Engineer Girl Site
• Clark School Selected for UniStar Scholarships
• Faculty Promotions Announced
• Leonsis Leads Off Whiting-Turner Lectures
• Nanomedicine Research Day 2007
• Women In Engineering Program Forms Board
• Three New Keystone Professors Selected
• UM Competes To See Who's Greenest
• Undergrad Research Video Competition Opens
• In Memoriam: Dr. Dick Duffy
• WIE to Establish Living-Learning Program
• Phaneuf Set to Teach FDA Scientists
• Bradberry, Gifford, and Janiak Selected for Future Faculty Program
• QUEST Competes in ecomagination Challenge
• NanoCenter designated as UMD University Research Center

Fall Semester 2006

• Commencement Speakers Cite Change and Values
• Cumings to Participate in Exchange Program
• Seog Joins Faculty
• Board of Visitors' Gooden Made Exec VP
• Phaneuf Invited to Lecture in Germany, Italy
• Long and Takeuchi Group Win Second Bruker AXS Scholarship
• ASEE Prism Profiles Pres. Mote
• Winter Commencement Speaker Announced
• 5 MSE Professors Recognized for Sponsored Research
• Jones Whiting-Turner Lecture Now Online
• Tapp Wins NASA Scholarship
• Cumings Invited to Speak at American Physical Society
• Digene, Cisco Leaders to Speak
• Briber Participates In Project Supported By $14M NSF Grant
• Washingtonian, Trade Board Honor Jeong Kim
• Williams Appointed Visiting Professor at MIT
• TBP Chapter Ranked Nation's Most Outstanding
• Hungry? KimKafe Now Open!
• Kim Building Garners Award for Clark
• 2006 Fall Career Fair to Feature Engineering Employers
• Innovative Telecom Alumnus to be Honored
• Renowned Telecom Experts to Deliver White Symposium
• Tapp Receives ExxonMobil Scholarship
• UM Among Kiplinger's "Best Values"
• FDA Acting Commissioner Visits Bioengineering
• $1 Million For Nano-Bio Initiative
• NSF Grant Enhances NISP Lab's Capabilities
• Phaneuf, Tadayyon-Eslami's Paper Accepted in Physical Review Letters
• Saied Wins Kirschstein National Research Service Award Fellowship
• Perez Attends Pan American Advanced Studies Institute

Spring Semester 2006

• Crab Nano-Sensor Detects Dangerous Substances
• NIST and NanoCenter Announce Partnership
• New Microscopes for NISP, Keck Labs
• Polymer Symposium Showcases Student Research
• Materials Camp Will Help Teachers Innovate
• NanoCenter Funding Means Major Advances for MSE Department
• Cumings’ Research on Paramagnetic Semiconductors Published in Physical Review Letters
• State Approves $3.65 Million for NanoCenter
• MSE Doctoral Graduate Earns National Honor
• Briber Co-authors Paper on RNA Folding
• New Results on Growth, Multiferroic Properties of BiCrO₃ Thin Films
• MSE Faculty Pursues New Work In Bi-Fe-O Multiferroic Nanocomposite Thin Films
• Graduate Students Attend National and International Workshops
• MSE Junior Maeling Tapp Receives Williams Scholarship
• MSE Senior Max Grace Receives ARCS Fellowship
• Combinatorial Search of Ideal Shape Memory Alloys
• NanoCenter to Host First NanoDay
• Maryland Day 2006—Explore Our World!
• MSE Graduate Student Wins Best Poster Award
• Phaneuf Article on Ag Nanopillars Selected for Online Compilation
• Undergraduate Research Presented on National Stage
• Oehrlein and Phaneuf Receive NSF Grant for Nano Research
• Prof. Phaneuf directs new minor in Nanoscale Science and Technology
• Anter Corporation Donates to the Modern Engineering Materials Instructional Lab
• 65th Annual Physical Electronic Conference
• Takeuchi Review Makes Cover of "Materials Today"
• Oehrlein Receives 2005 Prize in Plasma Science and Technology
• $50K Business Plan Competition: Enter Now!
• Kathleen Hart has won the Clark School Engineering Staff Award for 2005
• Long Wins Bruker AXS Scholarship
• Professor Christou hosts the Federation of Materials Societies Award Reception

Fall Semester 2005