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Macro Banquet Dinner to Honor Overberger Award Winner Prof Uli B Wiesner
Macro recently hosted a grand Banquet Dinner in honor of Professor Uli B. Wiesner, the distinguished recipient of the 2023 Charles G. Overberger International Prize for Excellence in Polymer Research. During the event, Professor Wiesner captivated the audience with his groundbreaking research on block copolymers, showcasing their remarkable applications in healthcare, energy, and the arts.…
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Professor Richard Laine Received Green Chemistry Challenge Award 2023
We are delighted to announce that Former Macro Director and MSE Professor Richard Laine has been honored with the 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Award! Prof. Laine’s outstanding work in the Academic Category has been recognized for its innovative approach to upcycling/valorizing abundant agricultural waste. Prof. Laine and his team have pioneered groundbreaking techniques to refine…
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NSF provides $18M to advance quantum computing and sustainable plastics
More efficient computing — potentially room temperature quantum computing — and recyclable rigid plastics are two projects to be undertaken by a new materials research science and engineering center at the University of Michigan. Funded with $18 million from the National Science Foundation, the center seeks to build a campuswide ecosystem of researchers that converge…
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Claudia Loebel receives prestigious Packard Fellowship to study cellular memory
Memories of disease could impact human lives down to the cellular level. That’s U-M researcher Claudia Loebel’s idea at least, and it landed her a fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Loebel is one of 20 early-career researchers who were selected as 2023 Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering, the foundation announced today.…
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Jovan Kamcev receives NSF CAREER Award
Assistant Professor Jovan Kamcev recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to research and improve ion-exchange membranes. The NSF CAREER Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to…
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Joerg Lahann recently elected a 2022 AAAS Fellow!
Professor Joerg Lahann was recently elected a 2022 AAAS Fellow! One of 506 scientists, engineers and innovators nationwide – and one of 17 U-M faculty members selected (but the only one from the College of Engineering) – he was honored by AAAS for distinguished contributions to the field of polymeric materials engineering, including biointerfaces prepared…
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Jay Guo receives Wise-Najafi Prize
Professor Jay Guo received the 2022-23 Wise-Najafi Prize for Engineering Excellence in the Miniature World, which recognizes outstanding research at the meso-scale and smaller. Guo’s broad research interests include nanophotonics and structural colors, organic and hybrid photovoltaics and photodetectors, nanomanufacturing technologies, silicon nanoelectronics, and nanofluidic devices. Read more… […]Read More…
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Ted Goodson named an inaugural Robert Holland Jr. Award
Congratulations to Professor Ted Goodson on being named an inaugural Robert Holland Jr. Award for Research Excellence and Contributions to DEI by the Research Corporation. Check out more about the award on the RSCA website. […]Read More…
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Xiwen Gong Selected as Amazon Physical Science Fellow
Assistant Professor selected to collaborate with Amazon by identifying game-changing discoveries that could lead to products and services that will create a better future for the next generation. Read more… […]Read More…
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Durable coating kills the COVID virus and other germs in minutes
Polyurethane locks in the antimicrobial power of tea tree and cinnamon oils. The new technology could start making public spaces safer within a year. Read more… […]Read More…
