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What does it take to make the toughest material in the world?

In a collaboration between the groups of MSE’s own Professors Robert Ritchie, Andrew Minor, and Mark Asta, together with colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers have produced the toughest material in the world. The work, published in Science, is focused on an alloy of chromium, cobalt, and nickel and shows a pathway to producing a material that is…

MSE Graduate Students Selected as Recipients of Silver Awards from Materials Research Society (MRS)

We are happy to announce that MSE graduate students: KyuJung Jun and Tina Chen from the Ceder group, and Jimin Kim from the Yang group have been selected to receive Materials Research Society (MRS) Silver award. Congratulations! Official announcement available at: https://www.mrs.org/careers-advancement/awards/spring-awards/graduate-student-awards/past-recipients Tweet from MRS: https://twitter.com/Materials_MRS/status/1598328645692579842?s=20&t=Ii2abwdwDdqgYYZZRk0MVw KyuJung Jun (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering) Tina Chen…

Prof. R. Ramesh elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Professor R. Ramesh has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI Fellows Selection Committee noted that Prof. Ramesh has “demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.” He will be officially…

MSE well represented in 2022 Highly Cited Researchers

The faculty in MSE are leaders in their fields and the 2022 edition of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list reflects this. To be named to the list, a researcher must have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their publications and be among the top 1% by citations in the fields in a publication year. For 2022, MSE faculty…

Emma Vargo wins the Gareth Thomas Materials Excellence Award

MSE’s own Ph.D. student Emma Vargo was named the UC Berkeley winner of the 2022 Gareth Thomas Materials Excellence Award. This award, named for former faculty member Prof. Gareth Thomas, a pioneer in electron microscopy and materials education, recognizes excellence in graduating Ph.D. students based on their research accomplishments, academic achievement, and integrity, spirit of cooperation, and…

Professor Kristin Persson wins the Cyril Stanley Smith Award

MSE’s own Professor Kristin Persson has been chosen as recipient of the Cyril Stanley Smith Award. This award, which is given by the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the science and/or technology of materials structure. Prof. Persson will receive this honor at TMS-AIME Annual Awards Ceremony at…

MSE PhD Info Session 10/17/22 from 3:00-4:00pm during the 2022 Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair

If you would like to register for the 2022 Graduate Diversity Fair or obtain more information please visit: https://grad.berkeley.edu/graduate-diversity/prospective-grad-students/graduate-diversity-admissions-fair/

Prof. Al Balushi awarded Micron Corporation Early Career Award

Prof. Al Balushi has been selected to receive the Micron Corporation Early Career Award in the College of Engineering. The award comes with funds to broadly support his ongoing efforts in semiconductor materials science.

Professor Ting Xu receives the 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring

MSE’s own Professor Ting Xu was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring. As part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, Prof. Xu was recognized at PostdocFest – an event organized by the Berkeley Postdoctoral Association (BPA) in collaboration with the campus’s Visiting Scholars and Postdoc Affairs (VSPA) program and the Vice Chancellor for Research – for her efforts in fostering…

U.S. News and World Report Ranks Berkeley MSE #2 & #3

US News & World Report just released its undergraduate and graduate program rankings, our MSE undergraduate program ranked #3 and our graduate program ranked #2.