Category: awards

  • A Look into the Life of the 2023 IPOEF Inspiration Award Winner

    MSE Undergrad Audrey Larson tells us about her patents, companies, and upcoming NASA co-op. . .

    Published: February 22, 2024

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  • MSE Faculty Members Awarded Grant by Office of Naval Research (ONR)

    Professor Serge Nakhmanson and his collaborators have been granted an award from ONR to support their collaborative research on High ZT thermoelectric. . .

    Published: February 14, 2024

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  • Exploring Heavy Metals Along the Ocean Floor

    Assistant Professor Xueju "Sophie" Wang's study into ocean pollutants has earned her a prestigious award from the Office of Naval Research. . .

    Published: January 24, 2024

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  • MSE Undergrad Receives IPO Education Foundation Inspiration Award 2023

    Video: Congratulations, Audrey Larson, on IPO Education Foundation's 2023 Inspiration Award!. . .

    Published: December 11, 2023

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  • Professor Cato T. Laurencin Named IPO Education Foundation Inventor of Year 2023

    Video: Recognizing the world’s most outstanding recent inventors and how they benefit the nation’s economy and quality of life.. . .

    Published: December 11, 2023

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  • UConn MSE Sweeps the 2023 ASM International Materials Challenges

    UConn MSE undergraduate students placed first in two different materials challenges and MSE PhD student placed 3rd at the annual IMAT – Heat Treat c. . .

    Published: November 16, 2023

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  • “MSE Is Not Just A Subject; It’s A Constantly Evolving Universe Of Possibilities”

    MSE Professor Yuanyuan Zhu explains how her research could mean a future with less reliance on fossil fuels. . .

    Published: October 9, 2023

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  • Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Awarded by the American Chemical Society Receiving the 2023 Priestley Medal

    The Priestley Medal is the highest honor of the American Chemical Society.. . .

    Published: April 3, 2023

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  • Volkan Ortalan Takes DoD University Research Equipment Awards

    Four UConn Researchers Take DoD University Research Equipment Awards. The highly competitive Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURI. . .

    Published: January 24, 2023

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  • Andres Godoy Wins Chateaubriand Fellowship

    Graduate Student Andres Godoy wins the prestigious Chateaubriand Fellowship to study for a semester in France . . .

    Published: January 20, 2023

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  • Xueju (Sophie) Wang is a 2022 EML Young Investigator Award Winner

    Professor Wang is honored by EML for her research in mechanics of functional materials and structures.. . .

    Published: January 13, 2023

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 e-Bulletin 2021

    Our 2021 Outreach Bulletin shares news stories and features about departmental accolades, research being conducted by MSE faculty, and alumni intervie. . .

    Published: October 25, 2021

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  • MSE Assistant Professor Awarded Twice in a Month for Her Contributions to the Thermal Processing Community

    MSE’s Assistant Professor Lesley Frame recently won both the ASM Silver Medal and the Academic Research Award at the 2021 Heat Treat Conference. . .

    Published: October 18, 2021

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  • Laurencin is Only US Professor Chosen as Royal Academy Fellow

    The UConn researcher is one of only 69 people elected this year from across the globe.. . .

    Published: October 1, 2021

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  • NAACP to Present Prestigious Spingarn Medal to UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin at 112th Annual Convention

    Laurencin joins such previous Springarn recipients as Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou, George Washington Carver, and more.. . .

    Published: July 12, 2021

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  • National Academy of Sciences Elects Two More UConn Scientists

    Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. was elected to the prestigious U.S. National Academy of Sciences.. . .

    Published: May 5, 2021

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  • Correlated Solutions Inc. Highlights Professor Frame as ‘Woman In Engineering’

    Digital image correlation company features Professor Lesley Frame and her work in honor of Women’s History Month.. . .

    Published: April 2, 2021

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  • MSE Assistant Professor Wang Wins ‘DURIP’ Award for Advanced Laser System

    “A lot of great research is created at the boundary of different fields” says MSE Assistant Professor Xueju “Sophie” Wang and recent recipient. . .

    Published: March 26, 2021

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  • MSE Assistant Professor Receives American Chemical Society Grant

    Assistant Professor Yuanyuan Zhu was awarded $110,000 worth of funding for her research from the American Chemical Society.. . .

    Published: March 8, 2021

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  • Jasna Jankovic Receives the Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

    CAREER Award helps Jasna Jankovic inspire a new generation to pursue education in STEM disciplines and research in clean energy.. . .

    Published: March 3, 2021

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  • MSE Professor Recognized as a Fellow of the Most Established Materials Information Society

    MSE professor named Fellow of oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world.. . .

    Published: December 30, 2020

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  • MSE Undergraduate Student Receives Grant to Research Titanium Metallurgy on the Moon

    Undergraduate Student Sarah Myrick is awarded NASA CT Space Grant Consortium Award. . . .

    Published: December 22, 2020

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  • Garofano Named a Woman of Innovation

    Jacquelynn Garofano has been selected as a finalist by the Women of Innovation Committee on its Sixteenth Anniversary. . . .

    Published: December 2, 2020

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  • MSE Alumna Jacquelynn Garofano Honored from the Society of Women Engineers

    MSE Alumna Jacquelynn Garofano as honored with a Spark Award from the Society of Women Engineers.. . .

    Published: November 19, 2020

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  • Dr. Cato Laurencin Named Recipient of 2020 Herbert W. Nickens Award

    Dr. Cato T. Laurencin has distinguished himself throughout his 40-year career as an outstanding physician-scientist and a courageous leader in social . . .

    Published: November 16, 2020

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  • Dr. Laurencin Named Recipient of 2020 Von Hippel Award

    University Professor Cato T. Laurencin, MD, Ph.D., has been widely recognized for his exceptional achievements in engineering, science, medicine and t. . .

    Published: November 4, 2020

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  • MSE Alumna Receives Women in Science Leadership Award

    MSE alumna Jacquelynn Garofano, Ph.D. wins award for her encouragement of young women in the sciences. . . .

    Published: November 3, 2020

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  • MSE Professor Inducted Into Young Academy

    Assistant Professor Stefan Schaffoener joins the Young Academy | Mainz for promising young scholars.. . .

    Published: May 18, 2020

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  • MSE Graduate Student Reaches Out to Help High Schoolers Transition to College

    Jessica Maita balances her research with giving high schoolers valuable college advice.. . .

    Published: May 11, 2020

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  • Alpay Named UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor

    S. Pamir Alpay, Associate Dean for Research and Industrial Partnerships, has been named a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, after a vote by t. . .

    Published: May 8, 2020

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  • MSE Undergraduate Student Earns National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

    MSE Undergrad Christopher Choi ’20 is one of three undergraduate students that have earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. . .

    Published: April 23, 2020

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  • MSE Students Recognized at EMA 2020

    Ayana Ghosh and Lucas Enright won awards for their research presentations at the annual EMA conference.. . .

    Published: March 5, 2020

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  • Grad Student Sharon Uwanyuze Wins a Rare Scholarship for Her Work on Refractory Ceramics

    Sharon Uwanyuze, a Ph.D. candidate in Assistant Professor Stefan Schaffoener’s lab, was one of three students nationwide who received "The Refractor. . .

    Published: November 8, 2019

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  • Dr. Cato Laurencin Wins the National Academy of Engineering 2019 Simon Ramo Founders Award

    The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) on Oct. 6 honored UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin for his extraordinary impact on the engineering profession. . .

    Published: October 7, 2019

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  • MSE Grad Student Commended in 3-Minute Thesis Competition

    Byung Jun, Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. student, received honorable mention in this year’s 3MT® Three Minute Thesis Competition, for pre. . .

    Published: July 22, 2019

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  • Graduate Student Ayana Ghosh Wins Prestigious Fellowship Award

    MSE graduate student Ayana Ghosh has been named as the recipient of the prestigious John Tanaka Graduate Student Fellowship award, which is given annu. . .

    Published: April 29, 2019

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  • Dr. Seok-Woo Lee honored with Mentorship Excellence Award

    In honor of his outstanding excellence in mentoring and supporting undergraduates in the MSE Department, Assistant Professor Seok-Woo Lee has been awa. . .

    Published: April 22, 2019

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  • Dr. Cato Laurencin Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    Dr. Cato Laurencin is among the academy's 239th class, along with former First Lady Michelle Obama, and other leaders. . . .

    Published: April 17, 2019

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  • Avinash Dongare Named UTC Professor in Engineering Innovation

    Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Avinash Dongare, has been named the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Professor in Engin. . .

    Published: April 15, 2019

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  • Bryan Huey Honored by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

    Professor Bryan Huey is one of seven UConn researchers honored by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.. . .

    Published: February 22, 2019

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  • Professor Mei Wei named as School of Engineering Centennial Term Professor

    MSE professor Mei Wei has been announced as the UConn School of Engineering’s Centennial Term Professor, an honor given to professors who have had a. . .

    Published: February 11, 2019

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  • Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Receives 2019 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize

    The Abelson Prize recognizes Dr. Cato Laurencin’s global leadership in biomedical technology innovation, public service in shaping United States tec. . .

    Published: February 4, 2019

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  • MSE Graduate Students Show Off Presentations at Grad Student Speaking Contest

    Four Materials Science and Engineering graduate students let their communication and presentation skills shine at the 2018 Fall Graduate Student Speak. . .

    Published: December 10, 2018

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  • Professor S. Pamir Alpay Elected ACerS Fellow

    The Materials Science and Engineering’s own Professor S. Pamir Alpay, Executive Director of the Innovation Partnership Building at UConn Tech Park, . . .

    Published: October 29, 2018

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  • Meet Garvit Agarwal, 2018 Graduate Student of The Year

    Garvit Agarwal is a Ph.D. student studying atomistic and mesoscale modeling of dynamic defect structure evolution during high strain rate loading. He . . .

    Published: October 24, 2018

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  • UConn Engineering Professor Laurencin Gives Plenary Lecture at MS&T 18 Conference

    Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, the University of Connecticut’s 8th University Professor in school history and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. . .

    Published: October 16, 2018

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  • MSE Faculty Member Selected for Heat Treat Today 40 Under 40 List

    We are pleased to announce that MSE faculty member Lesley Frame has been named a member of Heat Treat Today 40 Under 40 Class of 2018 for her resear. . .

    Published: October 15, 2018

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  • Dinstinguished Professor Harold Brody Honored by Advanced Casting Research Center

    The Advanced Casting Research Center of Worcester Polytechnic Institute has bestowed its Merton C. Flemings Award upon Distinguished Professor Harold . . .

    Published: June 25, 2018

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  • MSE Professor Pamir Alpay Receives 2018 UConn-AAUP Excellence Award

    GE Professor of Advanced Manufacturing Pamir Alpay was one of the few distinguished recipients of the 2018 UConn-AAUP Excellence Awards. He received t. . .

    Published: May 7, 2018

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  • MSE Graduate Student Recognized at the 27th Annual Connecticut Symposium

    MSE graduate student Tulsi Patel won best oral paper prize for her talk co-authored by Professor Alpay and Professor Hebert.. . .

    Published: April 16, 2018

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  • Engineered Cartilage Template to Heal Broken Bones

    Helping injured bones regenerate is no easy task, especially when it comes to the longer bones in our bodies. A team of UConn Health researchers led b. . .

    Published: February 28, 2018

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  • MSE-IMS Students Win at 2018 Electronic and Advanced Materials

    The Electronic and Advanced Materials Conference (EAM) is geared towards engineers, technologists, researchers and students with an interest in scienc. . .

    Published: February 16, 2018

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  • Xingxu Lu Wins Graduate Student Speaker Contest

    The student chapter of the Materials Research Society recently announced Xingxu Lu, a second-year graduate student in Professor Pu-Xian Gao’s resear. . .

    Published: February 5, 2018

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  • Su Jeong Heo Wins Baker Award for Fuel Cell Research

    Su Jeong Heo, Ph.D. candidate at MSE was awarded first place for the 2017 Dr. Bernard S. Baker Award in fuel cell research at the 2017 Fuel Cell Semin. . .

    Published: December 4, 2017

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  • Undergraduate MSE Students Attend Frontiers Poster Session

    Three Materials Science and Engineering undergraduates attended Frontiers in Undergraduate Research April 7-8 to present their research on posters to . . .

    Published: April 19, 2017

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  • UConn Joins Hunt for New Materials

    The University of Connecticut is one of several leading research institutions collaborating with the Toyota Research Institute to accelerate the desig. . .

    Published: March 30, 2017

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  • MSE Student Wins First Place at Third Annual SoE Poster Session

    John Sypek, third-year Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. student in Assistant Professor Seok-Woo Lee’s lab, won first-place for his poster in . . .

    Published: March 17, 2017

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  • MSE Professor Puxian Gao Achieves Professional Milestone

    MSE Professor Puxian Gao was inducted to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) in 2017 for “seminal contribution to the fundamen. . .

    Published: March 8, 2017

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  • MSE Graduate Students Awarded at TMS 2017

    Graduate students from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering were awarded gold and silver medals at the TMS (the Minerals, Metals and Ma. . .

    Published: March 3, 2017

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  • MSE Alumnus Ghanshyam Pilania awarded Humboldt Research Foundation Fellowship

    Ghanshyam Pilania of the Los Alamos National Laboratory's Materials Science in Radiation and Dynamics Extremes group is the recipient of a Humboldt Re. . .

    Published: February 17, 2017

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  • John Mangeri’s Award Lands Him in Argonne National Laboratory

    John Mangeri, a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Serge Nakhmanson’s “Complex Materials by Computational Design” group, was selected to receive the U.S. De. . .

    Published: September 26, 2016

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  • MSE Faculty’s Research Explores Materials for Space

    Each year, NASA accepts a select number of proposals from Early Career Faculty (ECF) at accredited U.S. Universities to award a generous research gran. . .

    Published: September 21, 2016

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  • UConn School of Engineering Awards MSE Centennial Term Professorship

    Professor Rampi Ramprasad, Materials Science and Engineering, has been chosen for appointment to a Centennial Term Professorship as the School of Engi. . .

    Published: September 16, 2016

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  • Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Honored at U.S. White House

    Materials Science and Engineering Professor Rampi Ramprasad recently attended the fifth year anniversary event of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI. . .

    Published: September 16, 2016

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  • MSE e-Bulletin 2016

    Welcome to our 2016 Outreach Bulletin! This publication is intended to share news stories and features about departmental accolades, research being co. . .

    Published: August 5, 2016

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  • White House Honors Dr. Cato Laurencin with National Medal of Technology and Innovation

    UConn’s Dr. Cato Laurencin was honored on May 19 at the White House by President Barack Obama with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, . . .

    Published: June 6, 2016

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  • Rainer Hebert: Winner of 2016 MSE Award for Teaching Excellence

    The University of Connecticut Materials Science and Engineering Award for Teaching Excellence as determined by the students is awarded to the MSE facu. . .

    Published: May 5, 2016

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  • Senior Design 2016

    Congratulations to the 2016 MSE Senior Design Project Final Presentation Winners!. . .

    Published: May 4, 2016

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  • Dr. Bryan Huey and Dr. Rainer Hebert Awarded Professorships in Engineering Innovation

    The Material Science and Engineering Department has the honor of two outstanding faculty members being recognized for their incredible contributions t. . .

    Published: May 4, 2016

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  • Professor Cato T. Laurencin to Receive 2016 Connecticut Medal of Technology

    Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, a world-renowned physician-scientist in orthopaedic surgery, engineering, and materials science, has been named the 2016 recipi. . .

    Published: April 30, 2016

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  • Regenerative Engineering Pioneer Dr. Cato Laurencin to Present Prestigious Frontier Lecture

    Dr. Cato Laurencin has been selected to present The American Ceramic Society’s 2016 Frontiers of Science & Society-Rustum Roy Lecture at the Materia. . .

    Published: April 28, 2016

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  • Dr. Laurencin to Receive National Medal of Technology & Innovation

    The White House has announced today that UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin will be a recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from t. . .

    Published: December 23, 2015

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  • Lydie Louis Takes MSE Across the World

    MSE postdoctorate Lydie Louis does not allow the summer break to stop her intellectual endeavors. This August, she participated in the Paris Internati. . .

    Published: November 2, 2015

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  • Professor Ramprasad Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

    Dr. Rampi Ramprasad, MSE, has just been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) through the Division of Materials Physics. The citation . . .

    Published: October 23, 2015

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  • Kathy Saint Enters the American Manufacturing Hall of Fame

    Congratulations to our Industrial Advisory Board member, Kathy Saint, President of Schwerdtle Stamp Co. Inc., who has just been named one of the winne. . .

    Published: October 5, 2015

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  • Oustanding Scholar Linghan Ye

    Linghan Ye, a Ph.D. student in the MSE Department, became passionate about her major because it is “fun.” By the age of 20, she obtained her Bache. . .

    Published: September 25, 2015

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  • The Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph. D., Travel Fellowship Breaks Barriers in STEM Fields

    Studies have found that African-Americans, Latinos, Native-Americans and Native Alaskans are inordinately under-represented in STEM disciplines, inhib. . .

    Published: September 21, 2015

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  • MSE e-Bulletin

    Welcome to our 2015 Outreach Bulletin! This publication is intended to share news stories and features about departmental accolades, research being co. . .

    Published: August 26, 2015

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  • Female STEM Trailblazers

    The academic science community is a largely male dominated space, but four UConn intellectuals pave the way for change. From educating young future sc. . .

    Published: August 17, 2015

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  • Sibo Wang Receives FEI Fellowship

    MSE student Sibo Wang, along with 6 other UConn graduate students, were awarded the August 2015 FEI Fellowships. . . .

    Published: August 14, 2015

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  • MSE Alumnus Dr. Dharma Maddala Receives ASM Emerging Professional Achievement Award

    MSE Alumnus Dr. Dharma Maddala has recently been named a recipient of the ASM Emerging Professional Achievement Award. Dr. Maddala received his Ph.D. . . .

    Published: June 17, 2015

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  • Paiyz Mikael and Alexandra Merkouriou Named Outstanding Women Scholars

    The outstanding senior women academic achievement awards were established in 1993 as part of the University of Connecticut’s 100 Years of Women cele. . .

    Published: June 15, 2015

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  • New Class of Alpha Sigma Mu Honored at ASM Student Night

    Alpha Sigma Mu is the international honor society for materials science and engineering. Membership is extended by invitation to the top twenty-five p. . .

    Published: May 20, 2015

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  • Professor Mark Aindow Receives Outstanding Faculty Award

    Dr. Mark Aindow, Professor of MSE and Associate Director for the Institute of Materials Science (IMS) has just been awarded the 2015 School of Enginee. . .

    Published: April 27, 2015

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  • Professor Radenka Maric and MSE Graduate Student Sapna Gupta Named 2015 Women of Innovation

    The CTC honored fifty-six Connecticut women for innovation and leadership in the science, math, technology, and engineering disciplines at the 11th an. . .

    Published: April 10, 2015

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  • Dr. Avinash Dongare Awarded 2015 TMS Young Leaders Professional Development Award

    MSE Assistant Professor Dr. Avinash M. Dongare has been named a 2015 recipient of the Young Leaders Professional Development Award from the Structural. . .

    Published: March 27, 2015

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  • 3D Printing Club Wows Judges at 2015 Brandeis Printathon

    The 3D Printing Club, 3DPC, won first place at Printathon 2015, a 24-hour 3D printing competition hosted at Brandeis University on March 6-7. . . .

    Published: March 25, 2015

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  • Avinash Dongare Receives NSF CAREER Award

    Avinash Dongare has been awarded an NSF Faculty Early Development Program CAREER Award for Mesoscale Modeling of Defect Structure Evolution in Metal M. . .

    Published: January 26, 2015

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  • MSE Scholarship Recipients Honored at School of Engineering Scholarship Awards Ceremony

    In September, MSE scholarship recipients were honored at the School of Engineering annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony. . . .

    Published: November 14, 2014

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  • UCONN Researcher Receives NIH Pioneer Award

    UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, a renowned surgeon-scientist, has won a National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award for his exceptionally creative re. . .

    Published: October 8, 2014

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