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Atomic-Scale Imaging Reveals Secret to Thin Film Strength
Posted March 12, 2020
In a recent Nature Materials paper, ME Professor Traian Dumitrica and his collaborators report that one-dimensional intergrowths in two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets — as revealed by experiment and atomistic simulations — allow for world-beating xylene separation performance.
ME Professor Wins Minnesota Partnership Award
Posted February 20, 2020
Tianhong Cui will partner with Mayo Clinic to work on early detection of pancreatic cancer
"Bionic Humans Aren't Science Fiction" — TEDx Talk by Michael McAlpine
Posted February 4, 2020
Watch Professor Michael McAlpine's TEDx talk, "Bionic humans aren't science fiction"
Professor Frank Kulacki Received the Donald Q. Kern Award
Posted February 4, 2020
Professor Frank Kulacki won the Donald Q. Kern Award for expertise in heat transfer research.
Materials Research Society Foundation Gold Award
Posted February 3, 2020
Congratulations to ME PhD student Zhijie Zhu for receiving the Materials Research Society Foundation Gold Award
Joachim and Yuko Heberlein Award
Posted February 3, 2020
ME PhD student Kedar Nawathe receives this year's Heberlein Award
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