News, Events & CEMS Seminars
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DEPARTMENT EVENTS

Sep 17 Tue 1:25pm

Reika Katsumata Seminar

Sep 24 Tue 1:25pm

Jennifer Prescher Seminar

Oct 1 Tue 1:25pm

Eric Johnson Seminar

Oct 7 Mon 8:00am

CEMS Graduate Programs Virtual Information Session

Oct 8 Tue 1:25pm

Delia Milliron Seminar

Oct 15 Tue 1:25pm

Shannon Boettcher Seminar

FALL 2024 CEMS SEMINAR SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER

Thursday, Sep. 5: Dr. Michelle Calabrese, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Tuesday, Sep. 17: Dr. Reika Katsumata, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tuesday, Sep. 24: Dr. Jennifer Prescher, University of California, Irvine

OCTOBER

Tuesday, Oct. 1: Dr. Eric Johnson, Research Fellow at Procter & Gamble

Tuesday, Oct. 8: Dr. Delia Milliron, The University of Texas at Austin

Tuesday, Oct. 15: Dr. Shannon Boettcher, University of California, Berkeley

Tuesday, Oct. 22: Dr. Gennady Gor, New Jersey Institute of Technology

NOVEMBER

Tuesday, Nov. 5: Dr. Joshua Feinberg, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Tuesday, Nov. 12: Dr. Yogesh Surendranath, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tuesday, Nov. 19: Dr. Divine Kumah, Duke University

CEMS NEWSLETTER

DEPARTMENT NEWS

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New discovery aims to improve the design of microelectronic devices

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Sep. 11, 2024 - A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities is providing new insights into how next-generation electronics, including memory components in computers, breakdown or degrade over time. Understanding the reasons for degradation could help improve efficiency of data storage solutions.

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DOW Seminar at Walter Library

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Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Dow A.N. Sreeram will deliver a seminar titled, “Innovation at Dow: Innovating and Implementing Science-Based Scalable Solutions for the World’s Greatest Challenges” on Thursday, September 19th, at 1:30 p.m. in room 402 of Walter library.

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Kelsey Stoerzinger Wins 2025 Marks-Ipatieff Award in Catalysis

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Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Associate Professor Kelsey Stoerzinger is the recipient of the 2025 Marks-Ipatieff Award in Catalysis.

Chris Ellison

IPRIME names Chris Ellison as new faculty director

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Aug. 20, 2024 - Professor Chris Ellison has been named the new faculty director for the University of Minnesota Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering (IPRIME), a university/industry partnership supporting fundamental, collaborative research on materials.

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Shannon Flanary wins first place at the ASME Student Paper Competition

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Jul. 29, 2024 - Shannon Flanary, a CEMS Ph.D. candidate advised by Dr. Victor Barocas won first place in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C) Ph.D. Student Paper Competition!

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Professor Bharat Jalan named 2024 American Vacuum Society Fellow

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Jul. 19, 2024 - Professor Bharat Jalan has been honored as an American Vacuum Society (AVS) Fellow.

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Kyle Noordhoek awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

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Jul. 17, 2024 - Kyle Noordhoek, a 2nd year Materials Science PhD student in Chris Bartel’s research group, has been awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship from the Department of Defense (DoD).

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Eeshani Godbole Wins Morgan Medal and Global Dissertation Award from ACerS

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Jul. 10, 2024 - Eeshani Godbole, a 2022 Chemical Engineering PhD graduate from the David Poerschke group, recently received the Morgan Medal and Global Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award from the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) for her dissertation research.

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Kevin Dorfman appointed new Head of CEMS

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Jul. 9, 2024 - University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Dean Andrew Alleyne has appointed Kevin Dorfman as the new Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. Dorfman began these new duties on July 1, 2024

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Materials Science undergraduate student Sage Martin named an Astronaut Scholar

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Jun. 17, 2024 - Materials Science undergraduate student Sage Martin has been named an Astronaut Scholar by
the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.