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Building Tough 3D Nanomaterials with DNA

Columbia Engineers use DNA nanotechnology to create highly resilient synthetic nanoparticle-based materials that can be processed through conventional nanofabrication methods. More

Mar 19 2021 | By Holly Evarts | Photos and Animation Oleg Gang/Columbia Engineering

Billinge Applies Data Science to Scientific Domains

Research from Prof. Simon Billinge and colleagues was recently published in the article, "Active Reaction Control of Cu Redox State Based on Real-Time Feedback More

Oct 28 2020 | JACS

APAM and SEAS Course Restructuring in the 2020-2021 Academic Year

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Aug 26 2020

2020 Simon Prize Award

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May 21 2020

2020 MSE Senior Design Project

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May 08 2020

2020 Senior Award Winners

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May 06 2020

A rainbow of layered paints could help buildings to keep their cool

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Apr 30 2020 | Nature

Enabling New DNA-Based Therapy For Anti-Cancer Drug Delivery

Scientists designed a tunable peptide-like molecular coating that enables 3-D DNA origami to maintain their structural integrity and functionality in different More

Mar 13 2020 | By Brookhaven National Laboratory | Images Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory

Gold in Limbo Between Solid and Melted States

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Mar 02 2020 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | BNL Newsroom

Billinge Wins EPDIC Distinguished Powder Diffractionist Prize

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Jan 09 2020

Prof Oleg Gang Makes 3-D Nanosuperconductors with DNA

Complex 3-D nanoscale architectures based on DNA self-assembly can conduct electricity without resistance and may provide a platform for fabricating quantum More

Nov 10 2020 | By Ariana Manglaviti | Illustration Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Billinge and Barmak: Engineering the Future of Cultural Preservation

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Feb 21 2020 | Columbia Engineering Magazine | Columbia Engineering Magazine

Nano-objects of Desire: Assembling Ordered Nanostructures in 3-D

Scientists establish new nanofabrication platform for directing nanomaterial components of different natures into 3-D arrays with prescribed organizations; More

Jan 13 2020 | Team Photo Credit: Columbia Engineering | Assembly Schematic Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory | Platform Schematic and Fluorescence Images: Courtesy of the Nature Materials Paper | VIDEO CREDIT: JANE NISSELSON/COLUMBIA ENGINEERING

APAM Faculty Featured in Columbia Engineering Magazine

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Jan 02 2020 | Columbia Engineering Magazine

Porous Polymer Coatings Dynamically Control Light and Heat

New inexpensive, scalable design takes advantage of the optical switchability of porous polymers; could be used for heating, cooling, and lighting buildings, as More

Oct 21 2019 | By Holly Evarts | PPC Transparency Photo Credit: Jyotirmoy Mandal/Columbia Engineering | Thermoregulation Photo Credit: Jyotirmoy Mandal/Mingxin Jia/Columbia Engineering

Nanoscale Sculpturing Leads to Unusual Packing of Nanocubes

Understanding this behavior is key to engineering new materials with specific desired properties More

May 17 2019

New Method Increases Energy Density in Lithium Batteries

Novel technique may lead to longer battery life in portable electronics and electrical vehicles More

Oct 24 2016 | By Holly Evarts

Understanding Cobalt Oxide - A Promising Artificial Photosynthesis Catalyst

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Jun 16 2019

Michal Lipson Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Lipson was named in recognition of her “continuing and distinguished achievements in original research.” More

Apr 30 2019 | By Joanne Hvala | Photo courtesy of Michal Lipson

2019 Senior Design Expo

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May 09 2019

SWE Hosts Women in Engineering Day

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May 07 2019 | By Joanne Hvala | Agrawal, Chilton Photo Credit: Timothy Lee Photographers | Di, Obermeyer Photo Credit: Jeffrey Schifman

Liu Wins American Crystallographic Association Student Presenter Award

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Aug 01 2019

Dr. Norman Nan Shi Wins 2019 Simon Prize Award

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May 14 2019

MSE News Archive

How Surface Ligands Influence the Lattice Dynamics of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dot Nanoparticles (3/6/2019)
Noyan Wins 2019 Hanawalt Award (1/15/2019)
The luck of the materials scientist (10/18/2018)
Media Outlets Cover Science Paper by Mandal, Yang, and Yu (9/28/2019)
Wright Receives NumFOCUS Award (9/27/2018)
Chan Elected APS Fellow (9/25/2018)
Terban Wins BNL's 2018 Baumert Ph.D. Thesis Award (5/18/2018)
Billinge Wins 2018 Warren Award (5/8/2018)
Beshers' Research Published in Scientific Reports (12/13/2017)
Öztürk Wins 2017 Sidhu Award (10/12/2017)
Yang Wins 2017 RISE Grant (7/25/2017)
Billinge: Materials of Tomorrow (7/21/2017)
Yang: On the Verge of a Battery-Powered Revolution (7/20/2017)
Gang: Nanoparticles that Put Themselves Together (7/18/2017)
Yang Co-Hosted MRS Spring Meeting Symposium (6/8/2017)
Noyan Presents Opening Lecture at SNSS-21 (5/30/2017)
Bailey's Hybrid Learning Course Redesign and Delivery Award (5/26/2017)
Barmak Receives 2017 SEAS Kim Award for Faculty Involvement (5/16/2017)
Marianetti: High-Performance Computing at Columbia (3/9/2017)
Billinge and Gang Featured in BNL's Top-10 Science Successes of 2016 (1/11/2017)
Marianetti Wins DOE Grant on Phonon Interactions (12/12/2016)
New Faculty Member: Oleg Gang (7/1/2016)
Revealing the Nature of Magnetic Interactions in Manganese Oxide (5/24/2016)
Light Could Become the Dominant Form of Heat Transfer (4/1/2016)
Heat and Light Get Larger at the Nanoscale (3/31/2016)
Barmak: Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials and Intermag Conference (2/4/2016)
Billinge: Big Data for Designing Amazingly Useful Materials (10/1/2015)
New MSE Course - BNL's Advanced Tools and Techniques for Material Characterization (9/14/2015)
Q&A: Katayun Barmak (9/7/2015)
Chris Marianetti: Theory Unlocks the Secrets at the Nanoscale (9/7/2015)
Chan Collaborates with Zhejiang University Faculty (9/1/2015)
Billinge Explores Nanoscale Structure of Thin Films (8/18/2015)
Noyan Receives Jenkins Award at X-Ray Conference (8/12/2015)
MSE Students & Researchers Featured on ORNL Site (4/8/2015)
Billinge: Brookhaven Presents Big Data Pilot Projects at Supercomputing Conference (3/18/2015)
Simon Billinge's Research (3/20/2015)
First Scientific Publication from Data Collected at NSLS-II (3/3/2015)
Guha Elected National Academy of Engineering Member (2/6/2015)
Unusual Electronic State Found in New Class of Unconventional Superconductors (12/9/2014)
Neumark Research Cited in 2014 Nobel Prize Release (10/8/2014)
Supercomputers Reveal Strange, Stress-Induced Transformations in World's Thinnest Materials (7/24/2014)
Billinge: Studying the Tiniest of Details (4/28/2014)
Metallic Films for Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Applications (2/21/2014)
Billinge Named Fellow of the Neutron Scattering Society of America (2/10/2014)