A GSC outreach team led by Brian Iezzi and Paul Chao researched and created a self-guided materials tour that explains the science behind select art objects.
The Hovden group is leading an international team analyzing how mullusks coax order from unpredictable layers -- findings that could help inform next-gen materials.
The Shahani and Glotzer groups are working together to examine how a self-healing phenomenon could reduce defects that rendered quasicrystals impractical.
The Sun group is leading an international team in developing a new computational model to design ceramic reactions, which can be broadly applied to accelerate the manufacturing and development of functional materials.
A team led by MSE Assistant Professor John Heron has developed a material that, in addition to computing, could also lead to better magnetic sensors for medical and security devices.
Prof. Steve Yalisove received the American Society of Engineering Education's 2021 Michael Ashby Outstanding Materials Educator Award and Dr. Tim Chambers earned the 2021 New Materials Educator Award.
John Kim and Ahmad Matar Abed received the prestigious award for their outstanding research in the areas of conjugated polymers and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors, respectively.
