Category: Materials Science and Engineering
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Geeta Mehta named Dow Corning Assistant Professor
Mehta will hold the position in the Materials Science & Engineering department for a three-year term, until December 31, 2019.
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Aeriel Murphy inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
The Materials Science & Engineering doctoral candidate is in Professor John Allison’s group.
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Coating method could improve temporary implants that dissolve in the body
Very even, pure coatings that promote healing may now be possible for biodegradable sutures and bone screws.
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A crystal ball for crystal formation
Studying the role of shape in self-assembly came up accidentally as Sharon Glotzer and her colleagues were studying the properties of semiconducting nanoparticles their U-M colleagues produced.
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Spray-on coating could ice-proof airplanes, power lines, windshields
Spray-on coating could ice-proof airplanes, power lines, windshields.
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Heat radiates 10,000 times faster at the nanoscale
In a unique ultra-low vibration lab, engineers have, for the first time, measured how heat radiates from one surface to another in a vacuum at distances down to 2 nanometers.
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$3M upgrade complete at leading lab for emulating radiation damage
With new equipment that makes it the best in the world for quickly recreating the radiation damage sustained by materials inside nuclear reactors, the Michigan Ion Beam Laboratory (MIBL) marked its grand re-opening yesterday.
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Joerg Lahann
University of Michigan Biointerfaces Institute director Joerg Lahann knew from a young age that he wanted to be a chemist.