Rutgers materials scientists discover powerful effect that could benefit robotics, aviation, medicine and other fields
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August 2017
August 7, 2017
Continuing to pave the way in innovation, Rutgers is launching a new program to bridge the gap between the lab and marketplace.
Materials science and engineering professor Dunbar Birnie led the team that recently received a $500,000 grant to support Rutgers' inventions for the next five years through the NSF I-Corps program. According to the NSF, the I-Corps program works to bring research projects to the marketplace, thereby fostering a national ecosystem of innovation.
July 2017
July 26, 2017
The MSE group page on LinkedIn has a new look!
We recently updated our department's group page on LinkedIn. Please check it out
and join to stay connected with MSE: Materials Science and Engineering (formerly Ceramics) !
June 2017
June 23, 2017
Ahmad Safari is recipient of the 2017 IEEE-UFFC Robert E Newnham Award for his sustained and impactful contributions in structure-property relationships of ferroelectric and piezoelectric ceramics, composites, and films. The IEEE Robert E. Newnham award is intended for international investigators in the field of dielectric, piezoelectric and multi-ferroics materials that have contributed significantly to the understanding of structure-property relations.
June 14, 2017
Materials science and engineering research associate Jennifer Lynch-Branzoi was selected as the first recipient of the Rutgers’ TechAdvance Fund. She was awarded a $100,000 grant for her project on barrier resistance in Graphene Enhanced Polymer Matrix Composites (G-PMCs).
Lynch-Branzoi will investigate the permeation of small gases through G-PMCs, which potentially offer a lightweight replacement for fuel tanks and packaging applications with longer shelf lives.
June 14, 2017
Professor Ashutosh Goel has been selected as an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Applied Glass Science (IJAGS). IJAGS is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of glass science and technology published by Wiley on the behalf of the American Ceramic Society (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)2041-1294).
May 2017
May 9, 2017
Congratulations to Jamie Wooding (Class of 2017) and Jacob Kupferberg (’17)!!
They are recipients of the National Science Foundation’s 2017 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Eight students from Rutgers University, four of those from the School of Engineering, received this award.
April 2017
April 28, 2017
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Professor Akdogan was once again awarded “Professor of the Year” by the Engineering Governing Council (EGC) for the academic year 2016/2017. The EGC is a student run engineering governing body that works with the faculty and administration to represent the interests of the engineering students here at Rutgers. The “Professor of the Year” award is presented in April at their annual Leadership Conference.
April 10, 2017
Congratulations Mark! Mark Shaefer, a graduate student working with Professor Richard Haber and Vladislav Domnich, won Best Poster Award at the 2017 Mach Conference this past week with the poster titled "Hardness and Indentation-Induced Amorphizication in BxC". The Mach Conference, presented by The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, showcases multiscale research in materials, emphasizing the advancement of science and engineering of materials and structures in extreme environments.
March 2017
March 10, 2017
MSE Professor Mannish Chhowalla and undergraduate Jacob Kupferberg are highlighted for their groundbreaking innovation in graphene production in RU's video "Convergence of Big Ideas".