Mark Bewernitz, graduate student in Dr. Gower’s group, won the Skinner Poster Award at the Faraday Discussion No.159: Crystallization- A Biological Perspective (July 23-25th, 2012). The title of his poster was “A metastable liquid precursor phase of calcium carbonate and… Read More

Inverted polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells have received a great deal of attention because of their compatibility with large-scale roll-to-roll processing. Here, we demonstrate enhanced charge collection in inverted polymer solar cells using a surface-modified ZnO–polymer nanocomposite electron-transporting layer. Using… Read More

PhD student Krishna Nittala has recently been selected to receive a 2011 Engineering Outstanding International Student Award by the University of Florida International Center (UFIC). Krishna will receive the award at UFIC Awards Ceremony on November 17. Krishna has been… Read More

Professor Rolf Hummel, Thierry Dubroca (PostDoc) and student Max Lemaitre are moving along with developing a new method to detect explosives for airport security, right here in the MSE department. On Thursday August 18th, Dr Dubroca won the Fast Pitch… Read More

A team of Materials Faculty including Profs. Kevin Jones, Jack Mecholsky and Dr. Jerry Bourne co-authored a recent publication verifying the first example of Ice Age Art discovered in the Americas. The bone fragment was discovered in South Florida. On… Read More

NOVA’s series “Making Stuff: Smarter” highlighted the research of Professor Anthony Brennan, Margaret A. Ross Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. Prof. Brennan has been investigating the thermodynamics of cell adhesion to materials with a special focus on the effects… Read More

The National Research Council (NRC), an arm of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Science, has released an eagerly-anticipated report on the doctoral programs at 212 US universities. The report provides a complex and many-faceted analysis of… Read More

The long term, multidisciplinary research into the role of magnetite, and iron oxide, formation in neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s has been featured in a Nature Outlook article on biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease. This research began in 1999… Read More