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MSE’s Professor Xu featured on ABC7 News regarding her biodegradable circuit!

Prof. Xu and her group were featured on ABC7 News for their research on on biodegradable circuits. Full news clip available here.

Prof. Xu and her team were awarded the Science Breakthrough of the Year in Engineering and Technology by the Falling Walls Foundation

Prof. Xu and her team were awarded the Science Breakthrough of the Year 2022 in Engineering and Technology by the Falling Walls Foundation for their work in enzyme-embedded plastic. She will give a talk on Nov. 9th in Germany, the day the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Congratulations to Prof. Xu and her team! Read…

Alumni Spotlight: Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran

MSE Alumnus Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran to Chair Hoover Board of Award MSE alumnus Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran (M.S., Ph.D.), who is currently the Lavon Duddleson Krumb Professor of Mineral Engineering in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, will chair the Hoover Board of Award (representing five engineering organizations: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,…

Alumni Spotlight: Ilan Gur

MSE Alumnus Ilan Gur Leading UK Science Innovation Agency As of August 2022, MSE alumnus (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) Dr. Ilan Gur has become the founding Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly established UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). With nearly a billion dollars in initial funding, ARIA is designed to play a similar role…

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Prof. Al Balushi Highlighted as a Rising Star of Nanoscience

MSE’s own Prof. Zakaria Al Balushi has been highlighted as a “rising star of nanoscience” for his work in devising ways to produce next-generation nanomaterials. Prof. Al Balushi was interviewed for the Nature Index Report on Nanoscience/nanotechnology; which celebrates the institutions and individuals behind the rapidly growing research in this field which are enabling the design of new materials and…

Prof. Junqiao Wu receives the 2023 John Bardeen Award

MSE’s Prof. Junqiao Wu has been named the recipient of the 2023 Functional Materials Division John Bardeen Award from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). This award “recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions and is a leader in the field of electronic materials” and will be made at the 152nd TMS Annual Meeting in March 2023.…

Professor Ceder Named a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society

MSE’s own Professor Gerd Ceder was recently named a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, Class of 2022. The Fellow of The Electrochemical Society was established in 1989 for advanced individual technological contributions in the field of electrochemical and solid state science and technology; and active membership and involvement in the affairs of The Electrochemical Society.…

Kaichen Dong named one of 35 Innovators Under 35

Kaichen Dong, a postdoc in the Berkeley Department of materials science and engineering working in Prof. Junqiao Wu and Prof. Jie Yao’s groups, has been named among MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 contest for 2022. He was honored for his invention of a smart roof coating that saves building energy. Also selected into this year’s list is Dr.…

MSE team turns century-old material into a thin film for next-gen memory and logic devices

A team, led by MSE’s Professor Lane Martin and in collaboration with MSE’s Professor R. Ramesh and collaborators at the Intel Corporation, have identified one route to potentially reduce the energy of next-generation memory and logic devices. The key was developing an approach to synthesize an “ideal” thin-layer version of a well-known ferroelectric material whose…