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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…

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.…

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.…

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…

MSE’s own Professor R. Ramesh, together with his colleagues Profs. Agnes Barthelemy (Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales), Manuel Bibes (Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales), and Nicola Spaldin (ETH Zurich), has been named the Europhysics Prize 2022 winner for “seminal contributions to the physics and applications of multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials.” The Europhysics Prize is awarded by…

A study led by MSE’s own Professor Junqiao Wu and in collaboration with Professor Joel Ager has demonstrated a route to make heat conduction in an important electronic material nearly 150% more efficient. Modern microelectronics are based on silicon, but one of the biggest challenges that could limit the future of devices made from this material…

MSE’s own Professor Robert Ritchie has been named the 2022 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Robert Henry Thurston Awardee. Robert Henry Thurston was the first President of ASME and the award was established in 1925 to “provide an opportunity for a leader in pure and/or applied science or engineering to present to the Society a lecture…

MSE’s own Prof. R. Ramesh has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S). Founded in 1780, the AAA&S honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together, as expressed in our charter, “to cultivate every…

MSE’s own Prof. Gerbrand Ceder has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S). Founded in 1780, the AAA&S honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together, as expressed in our charter, “to cultivate every art…

From the Chair’s Desk…

Prof. Al Balushi Highlighted as a Rising Star of Nanoscience

Prof. Junqiao Wu receives the 2023 John Bardeen Award

Professor Ceder Named a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society

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

Professor Ramesh Named Europhysics Prize 2022 Winner

Professors Wu and Ager Find a Way to Conduct Heat More Efficiently

Professor Ritchie awarded ASME Robert Henry Thurston Award

Prof. Ramesh elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Prof. Ceder elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences