On Wednesday Aug. 25, 2021, Prof. Ramesh participated in a roundtable discussion with Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk on the future of scientific and technological research and breakthroughs in microelectronics. The roundtable, which can be found on the Department of Energies website here, offers a glimpse into the critical and developing work in this space…

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On Wednesday Aug. 25, 2021, Prof. Ramesh participated in a roundtable discussion with Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk on the future of scientific and technological research and breakthroughs in microelectronics. The roundtable, which can be found on the Department of Energies website here, offers a glimpse into the critical and developing work in this space…

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Congratulations to Professor Robert O. Ritchie on publishing his first book! After 40 years in the Materials Science & Engineering department, Professor Robert O. Ritchie has published his first book, “Introduction to Fracture Mechanics” published by Elsevier.  Read the book details here. Contact Us Department offices are located in 210 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, in…

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Why did you choose to study MSE? I chose to study MSE because I competed in the Science Olympiad Materials Science event during high school and really liked the real-world application of chemistry and physics. This was after I had applied to colleges, so I switched my major to MSE shortly after coming to Berkeley.…

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“I’ve done cathode research for over 20 years, looking for new materials, and DRX is the best new material I’ve ever seen by far.” – Battery Scientist Gerd Ceder “I’ve done cathode research for over 20 years, looking for new materials, and DRX is the best new material I’ve ever seen by far.” – Scientist…

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Why did you choose to study MSE? I chose MSE because I have always been interested in energy and other sustainability efforts. When looking at different majors I was intrigued by the ability of materials scientists to invent novel materials that can change anything from how to sustainably create plastic to improving drug delivery methods!…

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Professor Jie Yao’s Group discovers the ‘magic angle’ effects in twisted bilayer photonic crystals that leads to strong light-matter interaction and light localization. Professor Jie Yao’s Group discovers the ‘magic angle’ effects in twisted bilayer photonic crystals that leads to strong light-matter interaction and light localization. Professor Jie Yao is the corresponding author in an…

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Faculty Spotlight: Professor Andrew Minor   Where did you study? I grew up in the bay area and then I went to college at Yale University in Connecticut. Having done my time back east, I was happy to come back west for graduate school at Cal, and have been here ever since. . .  …

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Professor Ting Xu’s recent publication titled, “Crystallization of nanoparticles induced by precipitation of trace polymeric additives”, was selected as one of the Editors’ Highlights at Nature Communications. Professor Ting Xu’s recent publication titled, “Crystallization of nanoparticles induced by precipitation of trace polymeric additives”, was selected as one of the Editors’ Highlights at Nature Communications. Learn more…

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