Yearly Archives: 2022

  • MSE Students Visit Nucor for the First Time Since the Pandemic

    Professor Frame and Professor Leek take students to Nucor for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.. . .

    Published: November 23, 2022

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  • Graduate Student Presented at the SHPE Conference

    Karla Del Cid-Ledezma presented at the SHPE Conference in North Carolina . . .

    Published: November 22, 2022

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  • MSE Alumnus Thanks his Previous Major Advisor for his Successes

    Alumnus Junfei Weng states that his UConn major advisor, Pu-Xian Gao, provided him with the tools to work at Umicore . . .

    Published: November 16, 2022

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  • UConn Sparked an Undergraduate Student’s Love for MSE

    Undergraduate student Jaclyn Grace is highly involved on campus because of her love for materials science and engineering. . .

    Published: November 9, 2022

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  • Theo Kattamis Retires after being with UConn’s MSE for Over 50 Years

    Theo Kattamis retires after a dedicated career in materials science and engineering.. . .

    Published: November 4, 2022

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  • MSE e-Bulletin 2022

    Our 2022 Outreach Bulletin shares news stories and features about departmental accolades, research being conducted by MSE faculty, and alumni intervie. . .

    Published: October 3, 2022

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  • Programming Adaptive Structures of Stimuli-Responsive Materials via Selective Mechanical and Light Control

    Xueju “Sophie” Wang’s paper, “Morphing of Stiffness-Heterogeneous Liquid Crystal Elastomers Via Mechanical Training and Locally Controlled Pho. . .

    Published: September 30, 2022

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  • UConn Names Radenka Maric as 17th President

    Maric, previously vice president for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship, has served as interim president since February.. . .

    Published: September 29, 2022

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  • WFSB Channel 3: UConn Rover Prototype is Part of ‘Big Idea’ Contest from NASA

    An interdisciplinary team of UConn undergraduates are finalists in the NASA Big Idea Challenge.. . .

    Published: September 23, 2022

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  • Professor Wang Receives the NIH Trailblazer Award

    Assistant Professor Xueju ‘Sophie” Wang granted $643,591 from the NIH Trailblazer Award for her research on improving human health.. . .

    Published: September 14, 2022

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  • Lesley Frame awarded UTC Professorships in Engineering Innovation

    Lesley Frame recognized for her contributions to materials science and engineering by being awarded the title UTC Professor.. . .

    Published: September 7, 2022

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  • Designing a Lighter Fuel Cell with Higher Current Density

    A team of UConn engineering researchers is working with Technology Commercialization Services to bring a tubular design of a fuel cell to market.. . .

    Published: August 26, 2022

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  • Department of Energy Early Career Award Recipient Yuanyuan Zhu

    Among the 83 university and DOE national lab researchers announced as recipients of the award for 2022, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and E. . .

    Published: August 12, 2022

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  • UConn’s Cato T. Laurencin named 2023 Priestley Medalist

    The scientist and engineer has been honored for seminal and lasting research benefiting humankind. . .

    Published: July 13, 2022

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  • Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Elected to the European Academy of Sciences

    The prestigious European Academy of Sciences has recognized UConn's Dr. Cato T. Laurencin for his visionary and pioneering work in the field of regene. . .

    Published: June 16, 2022

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  • Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Honored with the Distinguished Contributions to Orthopaedics Award

    UConn's Dr. Cato T. Laurencin has been awarded the AOA Distinguished Contributions to Orthopaedics (DCO) Award for his remarkable personal achievement. . .

    Published: June 16, 2022

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  • Katie Read (MSE BS ’11, MS ’17)

    Katie Read is a Project Lead for Ceramic Matrix Composites Processing at Pratt & Whitney who got her start at the UConn Materials Science and Engineer. . .

    Published: May 27, 2022

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  • Undergraduate Student Chose to Study Materials Science and Engineering Over Mechanical Engineering

    Senior Hale Tresselt discusses how she made the decision to study materials science and engineering over mechanical engineering at UConn. . . .

    Published: May 13, 2022

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  • Fiona Leek Selected as Undergraduate Faculty Career Mentor of the Year

    The Director of MSE Undergraduate Laboratories Fiona Leek was nominated for the Undergraduate Faculty Career Mentor of the Year Award by UConn student. . .

    Published: May 11, 2022

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  • Studying at UConn MSE was Ryan Gordon’s Best Decision

    According to Ryan Gordon, “there is not a single engineering degree that is as useful to a new undergraduate as material science and engineering.”. . .

    Published: April 29, 2022

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  • Robert Williams Selected for a Fulbright Fellowship

    Robert Williams Selected for a Fulbright FellowshipHonors undergraduate student selected for a Fulbright Fellowship in Vietnam. . .

    Published: April 27, 2022

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  • MSE Adjunct Professor Daniel Goberman ‘never lets the class get bored’

    Adjunct Professor, Raytheon Technical Fellow, and External Advisory Board member Daniel Goberman discusses his unique role within MSE.. . .

    Published: April 22, 2022

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  • Undergraduate Student’s Internship Success at IBM

    Undergraduate student Ria Paranjape’s success at her three IBM summer internships . . .

    Published: April 18, 2022

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  • Radio Interview on WILI 95.3FM: UConn students building a lunar rover prototype for NASA

    Listen to the radio interview with the interdisciplinary team of UConn undergraduate students, the finalists in the 2022 NASA BIG Idea Challenge. &nb. . .

    Published: April 13, 2022

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  • U.S. News MSE Program Ranking

    US News rankings reward UConn with biggest jump ahead for any materials program nationwide.. . .

    Published: April 6, 2022

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  • UConn Student Team Aims for the Moon with Lunar Rover Design

    An interdisciplinary team of UConn undergraduates are finalists in the NASA Big Idea Challenge.. . .

    Published: April 4, 2022

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  • Avanish Mishra’s Journey from Astrophysics into the Field of MSE

    Postdoc, Avanish Mishra, describes his journey of discovering his passion for materials science and engineering. . .

    Published: March 30, 2022

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  • Professor Jankovic Served as a Panelist at H2 View’s Virtual Hydrogen Summit Europe 2022

    Assistant Professor Jasna Jankovic spoke as a panelist and served as a mentor for Women in Green Hydrogen. . .

    Published: March 23, 2022

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  • MSE Graduate Student Contributes to Aerospace Innovation

    Graduate student Sarshad Rommel praises the opportunities bestowed by UConn’s MSE department in his aerospace research. . . .

    Published: March 4, 2022

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  • Thoughtful Insights with Alumnus Burc Misirlioglu

    MSE alum reflects on his experience in UConn’s doctorate program and discusses his current position as the Department Head of MSE at Sabanci Univers. . .

    Published: February 18, 2022

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  • Amir Soleymani Improves the Understanding of PEMFC Catalyst Materials and Addresses Future Opportunities in the Field

    MSE graduate student recently published in Advanced Functional Materials.. . .

    Published: February 9, 2022

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  • Pamir Alpay Named Interim Vice President for Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

    Interim President Radenka Maric appoints Pamir Alpay to serve as interim Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at UConn.. . .

    Published: February 7, 2022

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  • Xueju “Sophie” Wang Receives CAREER Award

    MSE Assistant Professor “Sophie” Wang granted the Prestigious NSF CAREER Award. . .

    Published: February 2, 2022

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  • UConn Celebrates Dr. Cato T. Laurencin for Historic NAACP Top Honor

    Previous Spingarn Medal recipients have included Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Jackie Robinson, and others. . .

    Published: January 31, 2022

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  • MSE PhD Candidate Encourages Other Female Researchers to Not Doubt Their Own Voices

    Though the journey of earning a PhD in materials science and engineering is a long one, Suman Kumari has not let any challenge stop her.. . .

    Published: January 26, 2022

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  • Getting to Know Incoming UConn Interim President Radenka Maric: ‘For Me, The Students Are Everything

    Professor Maric brings experience in mentoring, private industry, and international scholarship to new role. . .

    Published: January 21, 2022

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