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, the American…

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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…

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  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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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