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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.” Guo
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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. “It’s
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Sharon Glotzer receives 2025 Peter Debye Award from the American Chemical Society
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 colloidal particles for
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Jovan Kamcev receives PMSE Early Investigator Award for ion-exchange membrane research
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 in 1924, serves
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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, Joseph B. and Florence
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Anish Tuteja Honored by College with Faculty Research Award
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 work in
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Macro Student Azam Hussain Received Prestigious COE Award
Azam Hussain, a fourth year Macro PhD student in Brooks Lab, received Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement from the College of Engineering. This award is presented to outstanding graduate students based on their research, leadership and academic performance. Azam’s research focuses on combining machine learning, molecular modeling, and experiments
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Beating the freeze: Up to $11.5M for eco-friendly control over ice and snow
Taking a page from nature’s book could allow humans to mitigate subzero temperatures without harming the environment New, nontoxic materials could one day keep solar panels and airplane wings ice-free, or protect first responders from frostbite and more, thanks to a new University of Michigan-led project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The research
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ABDON PENA-FRANCESCH RECEIVES AFOSR YIP AWARD
Three-year grant will help advance robotic performance in soft materials. Macro is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Abdon Pena-Francesch’s proposal, “Dynamic Polymer Networks for Resilient and Adaptive Soft Machines,” has been selected by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to receive a Young Investigator Program (YIP) award. Pena-Francesch’s three-year grant is part of
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Squishy, metal-free magnets to power robots and guide medical implants
“Soft robots,” medical devices and implants, and next-generation drug delivery methods could soon be guided with magnetism—thanks to a metal-free magnetic gel developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany. The material is the first in which carbon-based, magnetic molecules are chemically bonded to