MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
Michele Manuel, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, shares a look back at department news and events.
NUCLEAR SLEUTHSJim Baciak, Ph.D., will lead a $25 million NNSA consortium developing new nuclear forensic techniques and training future specialists to replace an aging workforce.
REPLICATING THE BODY’S CELL NETWORK
Josephine Allen, Ph.D., is developing a DNA-based hydrogel platform to help understand the principles and processes that influence cell health.
REDESIGNING MOSQUITO REPELLANT
Chris Batich, Ph.D., developed a device for the U.S. military that protects from mosquitos and requires no heat, electricity or skin contact.
3D PRINTING NEXT-GENERATION NUCLEAR PLANTS
3D printing could help Yong Yang, Ph.D., evaluate the materials used in molten salt reactors and how they are fabricated.
ALUMNA, GOLD MEDALIST … COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
Erin Jackson is an MSE cum laud grad (’15) and became the first Black woman in history to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic winter games.
An NSF grant will help Honggyu Kim, Ph.D., devise new design guides for shape memory alloys, a unique class of metals that can recover their original shape after deforming.