Posts Tagged ‘uc berkeley’
Dr. James Gebhardt, alumnus of MSE, is named to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in 2024!
Jim Gebhardt graduated with a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Minerals Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He then joined the U. S. Bureau of Mines at Avondale, MD, and moved to the Bureau’s Salt Lake City Research Center when…
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MSE alum Rachel Huang in Forbes 30 under 30
Rachel Huang graduated from MSE in 2017. She was a part of Professor Messersmith’s group as an undergrad. You can find the Forbes article here: https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2024/science?profile=rachel-huang
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Google DeepMind Incorporates Almost 400,000 Additional Compounds into Berkeley Lab’s Materials Project – Reported by Lauren Biron
As reported in Nature today, the research groups of Professor Ceder and Persson collaborated on the creation of an Autonomous Laboratory for the Synthesis of New Inorganic Materials. Using integration with the Materials Project (materialsproject.org), text-mined synthesis knowledge from over 5Million research papers, and data from Google Deepmind, the A-lab demonstrated the autonomous synthesis of…
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Materially better Innovating the next generation of batteries by Jessica Scully
Professor Gerbrand Ceder inside Berkeley Lab’s fully automated A-Lab, which uses Al and robotics to synthesize new materials 24/7 without human intervention. Photo by Adam Lau You can read the full article here: https://engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2023/11/materially-better/
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Highly Cited Researchers 2023 Recipients
Congratulations to Professors Ceder, Persson, Ramesh, Ritchie and Wu! According to Clarivate’s website, “Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers™ which rank in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science™…
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Scaling Up Nano for Sustainable Manufacturing by Prof. Ting Xu
A research team led by Prof. Ting Xu has developed a high-performance coating material that self-assembles from 2D nanosheets and could significantly extend the shelf life of electronics, energy storage devices, health & safety products, and more. The nanomaterial breakthrough is also recyclable and could enable a sustainable manufacturing approach that keeps single-use packaging and…
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The COE has published a news article describing a new AI/ML method for metamaterial design and 3D printing
Metamaterials like sneaker midsoles and car bumpers are engineered to carry load or resist impact, but designing these products to perform as expected can be an error-prone process. Now, Berkeley MSE professor Rayne Zheng and their team have developed an innovative design method that leverages artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing to ensure that optimum functionality and target behaviors are…
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Prof. Mark Asta won the David Turnbull Lectureship from MRS!
Professor Mark Asta has won this year’s MRS David Turnbull Lectureship! According to MRS, The prestigious David Turnbull Lectureship “recognizes the career contribution of a scientist to fundamental understanding of the science of materials through experimental and/or theoretical research”. Mark joins a long list of Berkeley MSE winners of the award including Ritchie…
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Dr. Matthew Sherburne is the new CEO of BEARS
Dr. Matthew Sherburne was appointed CEO of Berkeley Educational Alliance for Research in Singapore (BEARS). Dr. Sherburne currently splits his time between educating our students in MSE and extending Berkeley Engineering’s impact globally. Dr. Sherburne serves as the Director of International Partnerships of the Dado & Maria Banatao Center for Global Learning and Outreach…
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KyuJung Jun is honored with the ECS Battery Division Graduate Student Award.
Our warmest congratulations go out to KyuJung Jun (from Professor Ceder’s group), who received the electrochemical society ECS Battery Division Graduate Student Award for 2023, for his work on “Rationalizing Fast Lithium-ion Diffusion in Inorganic Lithium Superionic Conductors”. You can read the full article here: https://www.electrochem.org/244/division-awards/
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