The university-led project is in response to a broader effort to protect critical coastal civilian and Department of Defense infrastructure and personnel at risk of climate change
News
September 2022
September 1, 2022
August 2022
August 24, 2022
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MSE Junior Shane Gallagher is receiving the 2022 William Park Woodside Founder’s Scholarship from the ASM Education Foundation at the ASM Annual Meeting IMAT 2022 in New Orleans. This fellowship is one year full tuition of up to $10,000. It was established in 1996 by Mrs. Sue Woodside Shulec in honor of her grandfather, William Park Woodside, a man whose vision and leadership evolved into the founding of ASM International, currently the world's largest and most established materials information society.
August 4, 2022
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The RISE at Rutgers 2022 Summer Research Symposium was held August 3, 2022.
Students from the Advanced Materials REU presented their posters.
August 3, 2022
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MSE hosted the Governor’s School of New Jersey Program in Engineering & Technology (GSET) July 11-15, 2022 for “Hands-on” experience in materials processing.
Directed by Dr. Kim Scott, 24 students had the opportunity to work with glass, polymers, ferrofluids and conductors
July 2022
July 20, 2022
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July 13, 2022
Dr. Klein hosted 4-H STEM Ambassadors to explore clean energy from solar cells. The 4-H STEM Ambassador program welcomes New Jersey youth from middle and high school to the Busch Campus and School of Engineering to participate in hands-on activities as they learn alongside Rutgers faculty in their respective discipline. Now in its 14thyear, the program supports young people from six urban communities around New Jersey, with the objective of supporting and encouraging first generation college students in the pursuit of STEM careers.
July 5, 2022
Professor Ahmad Safari received the International Award of Ferroelectric Materials and Their Applications of 2022. The award was given at the 39th meeting on Ferroelectric Materials and Their Applications (FMA) in Kyoto Japan in recognition of Dr. Safari’s contribution to Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials.
June 2022
June 29, 2022
Alumnus John Ballato (on left) received the George W. Morey Award, from the Glass and Optical Materials Division (GOMD) of the American Ceramic Society. The award recognizes new and original work in the field of glass science and technology. Dr. Ballato is Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Clemson University. Here he is receiving the award from GOMD Chair Gang Chen (Ohio University) at the Annual GOMD Division Meeting in Baltimore, MD, on May 24, 2022. His talk was titled “Optical fiber meets the periodic table: The past, present, and future of the molten core method”.
May 2022
May 4, 2022
Prof. Akdoğan wins the 2021-22 Student’s Engineering Governing Council MSE Faculty of the Year Award
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Congratulations to Prof. Akdoğan for receiving the Professor of the Year in Materials Science & Engineering for Academic Year 2021-22 from the Students’ Engineering Governing Council (EGC). The award presentation was made on 2 May 2021 in Richard Weeks Hall on Busch Campus. The students’ quote for Prof. Akdoğan reads: “Gives incredible engineering insight beyond the course material such as real life engineering case studies, industrial information such as patent methods, Rutgers' contributions to engineering, career paths and options for different engineers."
