Professor Alivisatos is selected as the recipient of the 2021 Priestley Medal American Chemical Society names Professor Paul Alivisatos 2021 Priestley medalist, the society’s highest honor. Read news story here. Contact Us Department offices are located in 210 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, in the Northeast corner of campus. Address: Department of Materials Science and Engineering…

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Visa Rule Rescinded “University of California Board of Regents Chair John A. Pérez and President Janet Napolitano issued the following joint statement Tuesday, July 14 on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind a directive that would have forced international students to leave the country if their schools held all classes online due…

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Professor Junqiao Wu is the winner of the 2020 Bakar Prize! “A few years ago, Junqiao Wu, a UC Berkeley professor of material science and engineering, figured out how he could use thermal power to transform materials: roofs that adapt to temperatures and save energy, new types of sunglasses and even tools that could screen…

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Professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh has been elected a foreign member of the Royal Society Professor Ramesh has created nanosized materials that can power small electrical devices with minimal amounts of energy. Full news story here. Contact Us Department offices are located in 210 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, in the Northeast corner of campus. Address: Department of…

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World-Leading Microscopes Take Candid Snapshots of Atoms in Their ‘Neighborhoods’ Scientists use powerful 4D-STEM electron microscopy technique to map out the best atomic ‘hangouts’ in high-performance materials. Read news story here. Contact Us Department offices are located in 210 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, in the Northeast corner of campus. Address: Department of Materials Science and…

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Dean Doyle to retire in Summer 2019 by Berkeley News August 27, 2018 Fiona Doyle, vice provost of graduate studies, longtime leader in the College of Engineering and campus, champion of student services and an influential pioneer in mineral engineering, will retire in June 2019 after a remarkable 36-year career at Berkeley. Read more here. Contact…

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Professor Ting Xu joins the ranks of the Bakar Fellows by Daisy Hernandez July 27, 2018 MSE Professor Ting Xu, was recognized as one of the five UC Berkeley faculty innovators that have been selected for the 2018-19 Bakar Fellows Program. Read full news story here. Read the full interview here. Contact Us Department offices are located in 210…

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Berkeley MSE Graduate Ranking Moves up to #3 in 2018 USN&WR Rankings: by Daisy Hernandez April 05, 2019 The 2018 US News and World Reports graduate rankings have been released and UC Berkeley’s Materials Engineering program has moved up a slot to number 3 in the nationally.  The complete rankings and links to more details…

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