MSE News

$2M to fast track stronger alloys

$2M to fast track stronger alloys

Associate Professor Liang Qi is part of a team incorporating AI in its goal to make metal twice its current hardness.
Hailey McKenna receives DOE SCGSR Award

Hailey McKenna receives DOE SCGSR Award

A member of the Goldman group, McKenna will spend nearly five months conducting dissertation research at Brookhaven National Lab (BNL) in New York.
Rachel S. Goldman named Maria Goeppert Mayer Collegiate Professor

Rachel S. Goldman named Maria Goeppert Mayer Collegiate Professor

Goldman, an expert in materials physics, has made exceptional contributions to research, education and service.
U-M to lead $30 million complex-particle center

U-M to lead $30 million complex-particle center

Three MSE-affiliated faculty will play key roles in designing materials that are more than the sum of their parts and can be rapidly translated to manufacturing using 3D printing.
Holm heading up search committee for new Dean

Holm heading up search committee for new Dean

MSE chair Elizabeth Holm is leading an 18-person advisory committee to name a replacement for Alec Gallimore, who stepped down earlier this summer.
Guiding the design of silicon devices with improved efficiency

Guiding the design of silicon devices with improved efficiency

In a newly published article, Dr. Kyle Bushick and Professor Manos Kioupakis highlight potential pathways to modify the AMR rate in silicon - the most important semiconductor and solar cell material - via strain engineering.
Robert Hovden receives DOE Early Career Award

Robert Hovden receives DOE Early Career Award

Hovden, who explores matter at the atomic scale, was one of 93 scientific researchers in the country - and the only one in Michigan - to receive this prestigious honor.
Cracking in lithium-ion batteries speeds up electric vehicle charging

Cracking in lithium-ion batteries speeds up electric vehicle charging

A newly published paper from the Li lab explains how - though it seems counterintuitive - cracks in the positive electrode of lithium-ion batteries is actually a good thing.
Goldman lands $18M grant for new Center for Materials Innovation

Goldman lands $18M grant for new Center for Materials Innovation

The new center will build a campus-wide ecosystem for designing and manufacturing materials of the future at U-M while training a more representative workforce.
Amit Misra to lead Michigan Materials Research Institute

Amit Misra to lead Michigan Materials Research Institute

Misra succeeds founding director Alan Taub and looks to build on the Institute's early impact.
$7.5M to harness atomic-scale defects for next-generation information processing

$7.5M to harness atomic-scale defects for next-generation information processing

A team led by Rachel Goldman is exploring how disruptions in a material's atomic structure could act as "nano-pipelines" for efficient transport of charge and spin.
Alan Taub tapped to lead new $130M U-M EV Center

Alan Taub tapped to lead new $130M U-M EV Center

Taub, a former auto executive, has a track record of successfully launching public-private partnerships.
Amanda Wang receives NDSEG Award

Amanda Wang receives NDSEG Award

Wang's research focuses on wide bandgap semiconductors, which have potential applications for power electronics and radio frequency communication devices.
MSE celebrates several NSF GRFP award winners

MSE celebrates several NSF GRFP award winners

A total of 10 MSE-affiliated students have received a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
11 students win poster awards at MMRI Symposium

11 students win poster awards at MMRI Symposium

The awards were announced at the 2nd annual Michigan Materials Research Institute (MMRI) Symposium March 30.