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BEARS (University of California, Berkeley) and CARES (University of Cambridge) team up in a new intra-CREATE programme by Daisy Hernandez March 07, 2018 A three-year programme will bring together researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, University of Cambridge, the, the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to develop ways of…

MSE Leads the Way in Safety at UC Berkeley by Daisy Hernandez February 27, 2018 The laboratory compound run by Professors Martin and Ramesh was named the winner of the UC Berkeley Excellence in Laboratory Safety Award in the Large Physical Sciences category. Professor Martin will represent the laboratory at the award ceremony in Feb.…

Hand in Hand: Using the handedness of X-rays to probe the handedness of electronic vortices by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences January 15, 2018 Chirality – or handedness – is an intriguing symmetry property in nature and it simply means that a chiral system is non-superposable on its mirror image. An example of a…

Professors Asta and Chrzan in New Leadership Roles by Daisy Hernandez January 1, 2018 Professor Asta ended his term as Department Chair of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) on January 1, and has assumed the role of Materials Sciences Division Director at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Professor Asta’s leadership has been invaluable to MSE,…

A New Metacanvas for Metamaterials by Paul Preuss December 13, 2018 Unlike natural materials where the properties are defined by their chemical composition, metamaterials are a class of artificial materials where the functionalities and properties are achieved by designing the materials’ microstructures. Typically these metamaterials are made with photolithography of structures composed of both dielectrics and…

Gareth Thomas Award Symposium, November 17th, 2017 by Daisy Hernandez November 17, 2017 You are cordially invited to attend a special symposium in honor of this year’s Gareth Thomas Award for graduate student excellence. The symposium will take place on Friday, November 17th from 12:30pm to 5:30pm in the Heyns Room at the Men’s Faculty Club on campus. There will be…

Assistant Professor Position- Department of Materials Science and Engineering- College of Engineering by Daisy Hernandez November 16, 2017 The Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of California at Berkeley is conducting a search in the broad area of Materials Science and Engineering at the level of Assistant Professor. The candidate must demonstrate a…

Berkeley MSE Moves up in USNWR Global Rankings by Daisy Hernandez November 10, 2017 The Berkeley MSE Department has moved up one spot the number 5 in the recently released US News and World Report Global Rankings. The rankings are based on academic research performance, including bibilometric measures such as publications, citations and reputation. The…

In Memoriam: Professor Robert “Pete” Bragg by Daisy Hernandez October 10, 2017 Robert Henry “Pete” Bragg, Jr., a professor emeritus in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, passed away on October 3, 2017, at the age of 98. Professor Bragg came to UC Berkeley in June of…

Berkeley MSE Undergraduate Ranking Moves up to #2 in 2018 USN&WR Rankings by Daisy Hernandez October 4, 2017 The 2018 US News and World Reports undergraduate rankings have been released and UC Berkeley’s Materials Engineering program has moved up a slot to number 2 in the nationally. The complete rankings and links to more details…