Archive for October, 2012

TMI Researchers Receive $1.4 Million Grant

October 31st, 2012

The US Air Force Office of Scientific Research recently awarded a four-year, $1.4 million grant to Physics professor Alex Demkov, with collaborators John Ekerdt (UT Austin) and David Smith (Arizona State University). The grant provides funding to establish the fundamental scientific framework required for development of a revolutionary class of oxide heterostructures capable of harnessing [...]

Guillaume Noiseau

October 31st, 2012

Film deposition and mechanical properties of nanostructured silver

Eunsung Lee

October 31st, 2012

High energy oxide cathodes for next-generation lithium-ion batteries

Shanthi Murali

October 31st, 2012

Effective methods for synthesis of graphene-based materials and their behavior in EDLCs

Ph.D. Student Ayou Hao Receives SAMPE Poster Award

October 31st, 2012

Ph.D. Student Ayou Hao received Honorable Mention in the Materials Category for her poster “Notch Effects and Crack Propagation Analysis on Kenaf/Polypropylene Nonwoven Composites” at the first SAMPE Tech student poster session. The student poster session was held during the SAMPE Tech 2012 meeting in Charleston, October 22-25, 2012. Ms. Hao received a certificate, cash [...]

Dr. Nicole Benedek

October 10th, 2012

Bridging materials science, solid-state chemistry and condensed matter physics

Dr. Guihua Yu

October 10th, 2012

Hybrid nanomaterial systems, energy storage devices, electronic nanosystems

Dr. Kenneth M. Liechti

October 10th, 2012

Interfacial fracture and delamination mechanics

Professor Nanshu Lu Awarded Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiative Grant

October 3rd, 2012

Assistant Professor Nanshu Lu was award a 2012 Haythornthwaite Research Initiative Grant by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The purpose of the grant it to fund instrumentation and equipment as well as travel for new tenure-track faculty.
The Materials Science & Engineering Program congratulates Dr. Lu on this accomplishment!

Portfolio Program Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Guihua Yu, The University of Texas at Austin

August 21st, 2012

[ October 31, 2012; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Speaker: Dr. Guihua Yu, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Title: Developing Nanostructured Hybrid Materials for Energy Storage Technologies

Location: FNT 1.104, 12 noon

Link for more information on speaker: http://www.me.utexas.edu/directory/faculty/yu/guihua