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Materials Science & Engineering News
Learn more about the recent research accomplishments, contributions, and awards of our Materials Science and Engineering faculty members and students.
APAM Faculty Featured in Columbia Engineering Magazine
MoreJan 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 MoreOct 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 MoreMay 17 2019
New Method Increases Energy Density in Lithium Batteries
Novel technique may lead to longer battery life in portable electronics and electrical vehicles MoreOct 24 2016 | By Holly Evarts
Michal Lipson Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Lipson was named in recognition of her “continuing and distinguished achievements in original research.” MoreApr 30 2019 | By Joanne Hvala | Photo courtesy of Michal Lipson
2019 Senior Design Expo
MoreMay 09 2019
SWE Hosts Women in Engineering Day
MoreMay 07 2019 | By Joanne Hvala | Agrawal, Chilton Photo Credit: Timothy Lee Photographers | Di, Obermeyer Photo Credit: Jeffrey Schifman
Dr. Norman Nan Shi Wins 2019 Simon Prize Award
MoreMay 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)