Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Researcher Develops Hybrid Fuel Cell Battery/Capacitor
Yanhai Du, Ph.D., College of Aeronautics and Engineering professor, has been working with an interdisciplinary research team to develop a hybrid fuel cell battery/capacitor. This fuel cell is the first to have been developed for commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as drones. The ne…
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Graduate and Undergraduate Research Mentorship Awards Announced
Intentionality to build successful academic mentoring relationships with students is what sets professors apart at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, and each year two professors at the graduate and undergraduate level receive a student-nominated award for their ability to do so. The intent of the award is to recognize those professors exceeding in mentoring students in how to perform research in any field.
Materials Science Graduate Program Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a ¹ú²úÂ×Àí professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.
Chemistry Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a ¹ú²úÂ×Àí professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.
Excavations and Modifications: 2021 Farris Family Innovation Awards
The Farris Family Innovation Awards support the research of tenure-track faculty members who are not yet tenured at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí and who have shown promising drive for their field of study. In May 2021, Faculty Affairs announced the recipients of this year's Farris Family Innovation Awards: Michelle …
Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant
Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but th…
Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant
Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but th…
Chemistry Professor Continues ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ Streak
There are just a handful of chemists worldwide with h-indices above 200. The h-indices of chemists awarded the Nobel Prize during the last five years range from about 30 to 160. Mietek Jaroniec, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has an h-index of 125, which places him among the top chemists worldwide.
The Royal Society of Chemistry has recently selected an article by Materials Science Graduate Faculty Members as a 2021 HOT PCCP article
The Royal Society of Chemistry has recently selected an article by Materials Science Graduate faculty members, Dr. Antal Jakli and Dr. Samuel Sprunt as a 2021 HOT PCCP article. The article is titled: The interplay between spatial and heliconical orientational order in twist-bend nematic materials. Y…
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Researchers Use Liquid Crystal to Control Bacteria Movement
A liquid crystal research group at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí led by Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., is knocking on the doors of the biomedical industry with its current project. The recent publication of research explains a technique of controlling bacteria movement with liquid crystal structures that could have a potential impact in many areas of research and medical care.