Macro faculty Prof. Nicholas Kotov is among the newest members of National Academy of Engineering

Portrait of Prof Nicholas Kotov

Macro congratulate Nicholas Kotov, Irving Langmuir Distinguished University Professor of Chemical Sciences and Engineering and Joseph B. and Florence V. Cejka Professor of Chemical Engineering, on being elected to the National Academy of Engineering! Election to the NAE is one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. 

Prof. Kotov was recognized Continue Reading »

Jay Guo elected IEEE Fellow for contributions to nanoimprint technology

Guo is a world-renowned researcher who has made significant contributions to a wide variety of areas, including nanoimprinting, nanophotonics, organic solar cells, and more.

Jay Guo, professor of electrical and computer engineering as well as Macromolecular Science and Engineering, has been elevated to IEEE Fellow, class of 2025, “for contributions to nanoimprint, scalable nanopatterning.” Continue Reading »

This screen stores and displays encrypted images without electronics

It uses magnetic fields to display images at the same resolution as a squid’s color-changing skin.

By Derek Smith

A flexible screen inspired, in part, by squid can store and display encrypted images like a computer—using magnetic fields rather than electronics. The research is reported today in Advanced Materials by University of Michigan engineers.

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Sharon Glotzer receives 2025 Peter Debye Award from the American Chemical Society

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Sharon Glotzer, the Anthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, has been selected to receive the prestigious Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry. This honor, sponsored by an endowed fund established by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Physical Chemistry, recognizes her inventive contributions to the theory, modeling, and simulation of Continue Reading »

Jovan Kamcev receives PMSE Early Investigator Award for ion-exchange membrane research

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The Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) has recognized Jovan Kamcev, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and leader of the Kamcev Research Lab, as a 2024 Early Investigator Awardee for his work on designing ion-exchange membranes with ultrahigh charge densities.

The PMSE Division, a branch of the American Chemical Society (ACS) established Continue Reading »

Lola Eniola-Adefeso and Nicholas Kotov honored as AAAS fellows

The AAAS fellowship is one of the most distinct honors in the scientific community and acknowledges their contributions to the fields of chemical engineering, materials science, biomedical engineering, and macromolecular science and engineering.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has recognized Lola Eniola-Adefeso, Vennema Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Nicholas Kotov Continue Reading »

Anish Tuteja Honored by College with Faculty Research Award

Anish Tuteja headshot

A world leader in surface science research, Tuteja has built a vibrant research enterprise at U-M involving ice-phobic, ice-shedding and anti-fouling coatings that have exciting real-life applications.

MSE and Macro is proud to announce that Professor Anish Tuteja recently received the David E. Liddle Research Excellence Award from the College of Engineering for his world-renowned Continue Reading »