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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Exotic Phase Competition in Ferroic Materials by Daisy Hernandez August 17, 2017 A team of students and postdocs lead by Prof. Lane Martin and Prof. R. Ramesh in Materials Science and Engineering and in collaboration with researchers from Pennsylvania State University, Argonne National Laboratory, the National Center for Electron Microscopy and the Advanced Light Source…

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Congratulations to Professor Oscar Dubon on his appointment as the Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion! by Daisy Hernandez May 18, 2017 At the undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 16th, MSE graduating seniors received the “Departmental Challenge Award” recognizing the their distinction as the group of students with the highest participation rate in the senior-gift…

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Capstone Project in Prof. Xu’s Lab Highlighted by Daisy Hernandez April 10, 2017 A Masters of Engineering team led by Prof. Xu has been working on new drug-delivery platforms to treat neurologic and brain-related diseases.  The work focuses on the development and commercialization of a nano-carrier designed to help transport drugs from the blood to…

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