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Hutter Lab Ensures Safe Hand Sanitizers through Infrared Spectroscopy
Recent safety concerns have arisen due to harmful substances like methanol and 1-propanol being found in some hand sanitizers.
Advanced Electron Microscopy Detects Electric Field Fluctuations at the Single Atom Level
An international team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, Oxford University, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, and Seoul National University have achieved new results in materials characterization using transmission electron microscopy by detecting minute electric fields at the atomic scale in 2D materials, recently published in the journal Nano Letters.
Crack Formation in EV Battery Electrodes Unraveled
Battery experts at The University of Texas at Austin have shed new light on a critical issue facing battery components commonly used in electric vehicles.
Distinguished Seminar Speaker for UC Boulder, Dr. Yuebing Zheng
MS&E's very own graduate advisor and Associate Professor in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Yuebing Zheng, was one of six seminar speakers invited to the Distinguished Seminar Series 2023 for the University of Colorado-Boulder.
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Texas Materials Seminar Series
The Texas Materials Seminar Series features MSE 397 Seminars, TMI Distinguished Lectureships, and TMI Special Seminars, where leading faculty and professionals from around the world share cutting-edge innovations and advancements in materials engineering with our students.
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Guihua Yu Awarded Grand Discovery Prize from Global Prize for Innovation in Water
Continental water-stress may soon meet its match, thanks to breakthrough work from the University of Texas at Austin scientist and engineer, Professor Guihua Yu of the Cockrell School of Engineering, who has just received the top honor — the Grand Discovery Prize — at the 2025 Global Prize for Innovation in Water (GPIW) in Saudi Arabia, in recognition of his pioneering hydrogels-based solar water technologies. (Business Wire)
MS&E Student Wenlong Li Leads Collaborative Paper on Battery Charging Designs
Materials Science & Engineering graduate student Wenlong Li, along with Mechanical Engineering graduate students Ayrton Yanyachi and Junyi Xia and under the direction of Dr. Yijin Liu, have published a collaborative paper that focuses on the charging protocols used in consumer electronics and electric vehicles. Also contributing to the paper were former MS&E student Dr. Yixian Wang, TMI-affiliate David Mitlin, and Mechanical Engineering professors Ofodike Ezekoye and Junmin Wang.
Tushar Telmasre Receives Two Awards From 248th ECS Meeting
Tushar Telmasre, a Materials Science & Engineering graduate student, received two awards for his work and presentations during this fall's 248th Electrochemical Society Meeting, held in Chicago, Illinois in October.
Kent Zheng receives MRS Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy
Assistant Professor Kent Zheng has received Materials Research Society’s (MRS) Nelson “Buck” Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy, which recognizes young professionals for their ‘development of novel sustainable solutions for the realization of renewable sources of energy.’
Published by the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
Materials Science Student Leads Article on Gas & Safer Sodium-Ion Batteries
Materials Science & Engineering (MS&E) graduate student Chen Liu, along with former MS&E graduate student Dr. Zehao Cui, and their supervisor, Dr. Arumugam Manthiram, has published a paper that digs into the gasses released during Sodium-Ion Battery (SIB) use. Exploring a variety of possible causes and solutions, the researchers studied when and why gas forms inside SIBs.
