2007-11-16
Salkind Receives Edison Patent Award

Professor Emeritus Alvind Salkind and 2 former Rutgers graduate students, were awarded the 2007 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award at the November meeting of the New Jersey R & D Council. The award is based on a 2006 US Patent 7, 011, 908 awarded to Terrill Atwater, Alvin Salkind, and Arek Suszko. The invention is a novel material (a manganese, bismuth mixed metal oxide) for rechargeable lithium electrochemical systems which is widely used in medical, military, and high technology applications.


2005-08-16
Dr. E. Koray Akdogan, a Research Associate in our department, has been elevated to Senior Member of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society.
Dr. Akdogan is a member of the Electroceramics Research Group in the Department, working with Dr. Ahmad Safari. IEEE has 350,000 members of which only 7% are senior members. Dr. Akdogan has also been appointed the UFFC Society's Liaison to the Educational Activities Board (EAB) of IEEE by UFFC President Dr. Gerry Blessing in May 2005.


2005-06-10
Research performed by Dr. Richard Riman has been higlighted at The Engineer Online.
The article about his work (http://www.theengineer.co.uk/Articles/290928/Creating+crystals.htm) describes his research where single crystals ordered in a highly dense fashion. According to Riman, "the materials we've created in our lab bridge the gap between single-crystal materials, with their precisely ordered atomic structures, and ceramics, which have randomly oriented structures."


2005-02-10
Anders Petersson, a post doctoral researcher in the department with Professor W. R. Cannon, will be presented Sandvik Coromant's Materials Award 2004 in Stockholm in May.
The following announcement is from KTH website: Anders Petersson (Rutgers University), with Ph.D. from The Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineeering, has been awarded Sandvik Coromant's Material Award 2004 for his careful experimental studies and his successful theoretical analysis of the course of sintering in cemented carbides. Petersson's extensive work treats shrinkage as well as structural changes during sintering, phenomena of utmost importance for the development of new processes and materials.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Petersson.

2005-01-21
Professor James Harrington has been selected as one of five Jefferson Science Fellows in the United States.
In describing the program, Dr. Harrington writes, "The Jefferson Science Fellowship (JSF) is a program designed to give US scientists and engineers the opportunity to assist the Department of State on issues relating to science and technology policy. The program is administered by Dr. George Atkinson, the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State. The award of a JSF involves spending one year in residence in Washington, DC working at the Department of State. This year, 5 candidates were selected to receive the fellowship which begins in August of this year. Funding for the program comes from the candidate's university, the Department of State, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation. I will be able to select an area of science most closely fitting my background and, of course, one that is of interest to State. My role will be to help define the scientific issue and its impact on society. There will be extensive travel, but I look forward to the challenges and the change from my usual research interests. From the description of the JSF program, the fellow should have the; * Ability to articulate science and technology issues to the non-specialist/general public. * Ability to rapidly and accurately understand scientific advancements outside their discipline area and to effectively integrate this knowledge into U.S. Department of State policy discussions. * Open-mindedness and receptive attitudes toward public policy discussions at the U.S. Department of State."
Please join us in congratulating Prof. Harrington on his selection!

2004-12-21
Dr. Ahmad Safari has been elevated to the Grade of Fellow at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for contributions to the development of piezoelectric transducers.
The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. A brief citation is issued to new Fellows describing their accomplishments. Following a rigorous evaluation procedure, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of recipients for one of the Institute's most prestigious honors. Dr. Safari’s Fellow status is effective 1 January 2005.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Safari on this accomplishment!

2004-12-19
Professor Jun John Xu has been appointed as a Guest Professor at Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.
The University’s School of Materials Science and Engineering and State Key Laboratory for Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, intend to collaborate with Professor Xu in the area of energy-related materials, including materials for advanced batteries and fuel cells. The University’s Materials Science program is one of the most prominent in China and its State Key Laboratory has a substantial focus on energy-related materials.


2004-11-11
Professor James Harrington has been awarded a Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award by Research and Development Council of New Jersey.
The R & D Council cited Professor James Harrington’s invention of a thin, highly flexible and low-cost hollow glass fiber that transmits high-energy laser light in surgical instruments used for dermatology, gynecology, dentistry and other procedures where tissue is hard-to-reach or needs to be precisely targeted. The fiber is also being incorporated in instruments that provide highly accurate temperature measurement and sensitive chemical detection, with potential applications in safety and homeland security.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Harrington. For more information regarding the award, see http://admissions.rutgers.edu/news.asp?show=0&newsid=4223

2004-10-21
Today's Targum features an article on the bridge built of recycled plastic materials by some department professors, through the AMIPP program.
The bridge was formally dedicated on October 7 in memory of Professor Richard Renfree.
To read the article, click here.

2004-05-19
Professor Victor Greenhut will teach an Honors Seminar course provided to Douglass College Honors Students. These courses are provided by various distinguished faculty throughout the university and will be an intensive, interactive, citical analysis course.
This Honors Seminar will explore various aspects of the philosophy, methodology and practices of current science and engineering. Topics will include: the myth of the “scientific method”, what distinguishes science from engineering, how technical thought develops, how to become a technical innovator, scientific hoaxes, breaking through technical barriers, the social responsibility of the scientist/engineer, the risks and rewards of “big” science, and current scientific philosophy. The course will concentrate on current trends and the recent history of science and technology. It will attempt to break through preconceived notions and provoke continuing thought about the role and responsibility of science and technology in the modern world. Students from all disciplines should find the course of interest because no specialized knowledge of science or math is expected.
The course will be offered in the Spring 2005 semester.

2004-03-26
Professor James Harrington has had his new book "Infrared Fibers and Their Applications," published by SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering.
From the Preface, "This book is intended to be a complete reference for the field of IR fiber optics. I have included a historical recounting of the development of IR fiber optics as well as a summary of the best fibers in each of the three categories of fibers: crystalline, glass, and hollow."
Join us in Congratulating Dr. Harrington for his accomplishment