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2006
Taylor Lecturer Says Solar Energy at Tipping Point
On the 50th anniversary of the development of
the first practical solar cell, at Bell Labs in 1956,
Lawrence Kazmerski, Director of the National Center for
Photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
at Golden, Colorado, came to Penn State to deliver the
2006 Taylor Lecture.
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Ultraviolet Light
Reveals Secrets of
Nanoscale Electronic Materials
An international team of scientists
has used a novel technique to measure, for the first
time, the precise conditions at which certain ultrathin
materials spontaneously become electrically polarized.
The research provides the fundamental scientific
basis for understanding this "ferroelectric" state
in materials needed for next-generation "smart card" memory
chips and other devices. The research is published
in a recent issue of the journal Science.
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Chen receives the
Materials Science Research Silver Award
Dr.
Long-Qing Chen received the Materials Science
Research Silver Award administered by the ASM
Materials Science Division at the ASM’s
Annual Awards Luncheon in Cincinnati, Ohio. The
Materials Science Research Silver Medal was established
in 1986 to recognize and honor an active materials
scientist whose individual and collaborative
work has had a major impact on the science of
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Trolier-McKinstry
receives
Richard M. Fulrath Award
Susan
Trolier-McKinstry received her award at the ACerS 108th Annual Meeting
in October 2006. |
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Digby
D. MacDonald, Distinguished Professor of Materials
Science and Engineering and Director of the Center
for Electrochemical Science and Technology, has received
the Khwarizmi International Award.
The Khwarizmi International Award is given annually by the Iranian
Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) to individuals who
have made outstanding achievements in research, innovation and invention, in
fields related to science and technology. |
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Macdonald Appointed
Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry
Distinguished Professor Digby Macdonald has
been appointed an ISE Fellow by the Executive Committee
of the International Society of Electrochemistry. "ISE
Fellow'" is a category of membership conferred
upon an individual in recognition of their continuing
outstanding scientific and/or technical achievement
within the field of electrochemistry. This honour is
limited to a small fraction of the active membership.
Professor Macdonald will be inducted at the Edinburgh
Annual Meeting, August 27-September 1, 2006. |
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Newnham Elected Fellow of
IEEE Society
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE) recently elected Robert Newnham,
Alcoa Professor Emeritus Professor of Solid State
Science, as a Fellow of the Society in recognition
of his many contributions to the development of composite
piezoelectric transducers. The 1-3 and 2-2 PZT-polymer
designs are used throughout the world as ultrasonic
phased arrays for echo cardiography and for monitoring
the health of unborn babies.
The fiftieth anniversary of the UFFC Division of the IEEE took place
in Montreal last fall. Bob gave a plenary address on “Fifty
Years of Ferroelectrics” which summarized the many advances
in ferroelectric materials and ultrasonic applications made at Penn
State. There are more than a dozen companies in central Pennsylvania
specializing in electroceramic transducers and their applications
in underwater, biomedical, and engineering systems. |
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| Green and Pantano
Elected to theWorld Academy of Ceramics |
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David J.
Green, Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering,
and Carlo G. Pantano, Distinguished Professor of
Materials Science and Engineering and Director
of the Materials Research Institute, were elected
to the World Academy of Ceramics. The World Academy
of Ceramics is located in |
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| Italy, and joins internationally
renowned individuals who have made a significant
contribution to the advancement of the ceramics field.
Professors Green and Pantano were elected as Professional
Members (Academicians) in the class of “Science;” of
which 26 new members were elected in 2004 worldwide.
This brings the number of Penn State faculty to nine.
Sridhar Komarneni, Professor of Clay Mineralogy,
was also elected in 2004. They join Professors R.
E. Newnham, L. E. Cross, R. Roy, D. M. Roy, R. E.
Tressler, and G. L. Messing. |
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| Della Roy Receives
Bleininger Memorial Award |
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Della M. Roy, professor
emeritus of materials at Penn State University
was honored with the Albert V. Bleininger Memorial
Award for distinguished achievement in the field
of Ceramics by the Pittsburgh Section of the American
Ceramics Society. Dr. Roy received both her M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees at Penn State in mineralogy.
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includes both basic and
applied research on cements, ceramics, concrete,
and the utilization of waste materials and industrial
by-products. Dr. Roy has authored 420 publications
and is the founder and current editor-in-chief of
the journal, Cement and Concrete Research.
Amra Tabakovic, an undergraduate materials science and engineering
student at Penn State, was the recipient of the J. Earl Frazier Memorial
Scholarship at the annual presentation. |
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| First class of Undergraduate
Research Fellows in MatSE |
The Undergraduate Research
Fellows (URF) Program in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering was launched this semester.
The goal of the URF is to encourage undergraduate
students to pursue research experiences with MatSE
faculty. The program is limited to Freshman-Junior
level students. The Fellows will present the results
of their research at the departmental poster competition
on April 27, 2005. |
The 2004-2005 URFs and their advisors are:
Front row: Trevor Buehl (Suzanne
Mohney); Zana Cranmer (Joan Redwing); and Krystle
Dzienis (Qing Wang).
Back row: Mark Burton (John
Hellmann); Matt Scates (Chris Muhlstein); and
Alejandro Levander (Gary Messing). Not pictured:
Kurtis Chiang (Ron Hedden). |
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