Record-breaking Energy Conversion of Waste Heat by Daisy Hernandez April 10, 2018 A team of students lead by Prof. Lane Martin in Materials Science and Engineering and Prof. Chris Dames in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley have made an important demonstration of novel waste heat to electrical energy conversion based on a process called pyroelectric…

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by Materials Science and Engineering April 10, 2013 MSE faculty member Professor Tom Devine has been widely quoted recently for his views on the Bay Bridge bolt failures, their origin and how they could have been prevented. In Print: http://coe.berkeley.edu/news-center/berkeley-engineering-in-the-news/metallurgists-say-bay-bridge-bolt-failure-could-have-been-prevented. On Radio: http://www.talk910.com/pages/gil-gross.html?article=11169845 On Video: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=9060800   Contact Us Department offices are located in 210 Hearst…

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New Materials for 5G Microwave Communications and Beyond by Daisy Hernandez August 20, 2018 A joint team from the University of California, Berkeley, Drexel University, Bar-Ilan University in Israel, the Carnegie Institution of Science, and the University of California, Santa Barbara have made an important observation in the search for next-generation microwave communication materials. The…

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Lane Martin and Phil Messersmith will be joining MSE Faculty by Materials Science and Engineering April 21, 2014 Dr. Lane W. Martin joins the faculty of Berkeley MSE as an Associate Professor on July 1, 2014. Dr. Martin received his B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University in Dec. 2003 and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University…

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Congratulation to Clarissa Towle for receiving the Teaching Effectiveness Award! Photographer: Peg Skorpinski   The Teaching Effectiveness Award honors a small number of outstanding graduate student instructors each year who have made a significant contribution to teaching and learning in their departments through identifying and responding to a problem they have encountered in a class,…

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Message from Dean Doyle This is my last message as Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division to you. I head off to retirement at the end of the month, and pass the baton to Lisa García Bedolla, who will be a wonderful advocate for graduate education. It has been a…

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Dr. Matthew Sherburne wins the Fung Capstone Mentorship Award! Capstone advisors play an integral role in the success of the Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) Capstone experience program. Dr. Matthew Sherburne from the Materials Science and Engineering department won the MEng Faculty Capstone Mentorship Award. This recognition was awarded to the faculty Capstone advisor who…

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Successful Demonstration of Fastest Electron Microscopy Detector Ever Made by Daisy Hernandez March 7, 2019 Professors Minor and Scott participated in the team that completed the successful installation and testing of the new 4D Camera at the National Center for Electron Microscopy in the Molecular Foundry at LBNL. This camera can produce continuous electron images every 11…

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Congratulations to Professor Oscar Dubon on his appointment as the Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion! by Eugene Pang January 15, 2019 Materials Science & Engineering Professor Oscar Dubón has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion at UC Berkeley. He previously served as Associate Dean for Equity & Inclusion and Student Affairs…

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