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Materials Science Graduate Program

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Chirality Research: Will This New Insight Help Make Better Materials or Pharmaceuticals?

Chirality, or the absence of mirror symmetry in a molecule, is a complex topic that Material Sciences Professor Torsten Hegmann is determined to know more about. Hegmann, director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, and other ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ collaborators led an international collaborative research project with contributions from a global team whose paper about the efficacy of chirality transfer in Science Advances may provide insights to make better materials or pharmaceuticals.

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Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances

Materials Science Graduate Program Professor Continues Streak of Being Named Among the Most Highly Cited Scholars

Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, is once again on Clarivate's list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.

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Materials Science Graduate Program: Graduate Education on Soft Matter Science

At left: image of a 3D printer by Karolina Grabowska from Pixabay At right: an image of excavation by JamesDeMers from Pixabay

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 ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ 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 Bebber, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, and Elda Hegmann, assistant professor in the Materials Science Graduate Program. 

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