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2012

• Students receive 2012 Departmental awards (April 2012)
  The awards were given as follows:
  
  1. Bradley Stoughton Student Award - Presented to an outstanding senior student in the Materials Science     and Engineering Department - John A. Logan
  2. Kahn Memorial Award - Presented to a senior student outstanding in materials science and engineering -     Jason T. Bono
  3. Cyril John Osborn Award - Presented to a senior student who shows outstanding promise of a     successful career in materials science and engineering - William C. Lenthe and Christopher J. Marvel
  4. Allen S. Quier Prize - Awarded to a senior student in recognition of outstanding progressive achievement     in scholastic work in materials science and engineering - Ryan D. Feuerbach
  5. Handwerk Prize - Presented to a student for outstanding achievement in the fields of chemistry, materials     science and engineering, or earth and environmental sciences - John A. Logan
  
  Pictures can be seen here. Congratulations to all!

2011

• The thrill of watching the team (Q&A with Lehigh MSE alumnus Al Romig), Resolve Magazine (Fall 2011)
  
  
• Making the most of a good thing (CAMN and LNN profile), Resolve Magazine (Fall 2011)
  
  
• A closer look at material complexions, Resolve Magazine (Fall 2011)
  
  
• Solid gold research: Advancing electronics technology with a pioneering study of gold alloys, Resolve Magazine (Fall 2011)
  
  
• The tiniest of dimensions, the greatest of hopes, Resolve Magazine (Fall 2011)
  
  
• Exploiting nanostructured surfaces, Resolve Magazine (Fall 2011)
  
  
• Greater breadth and depth in the nano world Resolve Magazine (Fall 2011)
  
  
• Shaping the future of metal processing (11/22/11)
  
  
• The quest for the tiny carbon nanotube(10/28/11)
  
  
• Lehigh MSE alum Daniel Henkel receives Engineering Materials Achievement Award (October 2011)
  
  
• Materials football game of the week: Yale vs. Lehigh, Ceramic Tech Today (9/30/11)
  
  
• Scientists at Clemson, Lehigh discover possible key to a mysterious metal failure, Clemson University (9/28/11)
  
  
• Ceramics researchers shed light on metal embrittlement (9/26/11)
  
  
• Lehigh University ceramics researchers shed light on metal embrittlement: Collaboration uses Lehigh's advanced electron microscopes to pinpoint phase transition, Nanotechnology Now (9/22/11)
  
  
• Competing with clarity and integrity (MSE undergrads sweep metallography contest) (9/19/11)
  
  
• Research program builds international relationships, enhances research, opens eyes to world, American Ceramic Society Bulletin (September 2011)
  
  
• Graduate student learns about lasers and life in Japan, American Ceramic Society Bulletin (September 2011)
  
  
• A hot bath for gold nanoparticles (7/29/11)
  
  
• Arkema works with Lehigh's Ray Pearson to build stronger, tougher wind turbine blades, NanoMaterials Quarterly (Summer 2011)
  
  
• Shrinking Budgets Forcing Teachers to Learn Cheaper, Alternative Methods (segment on ASM Teachers Camp), WFMZ-TV 69 News (7/21/11)
  
  
• ASM Materials Camp teaches low-cost experiments to teachers (7/21/11)
  
  
• Department newsletter, Materials Matters (Summer 2011)
  
  
• Lehigh MSE doctoral graduate's work featured in American Ceramic Society newsletter (6/9/11)
  
  
• Industrial researchers rely on nano center's hi-tech equipment, Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal (5/30/11)
  
  
• Lehigh takes lead in atomic-scale interphase research (5/25/11)
  
  
• Engineering Update, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science (May 2011)
  
  
• Lehigh MSE experts featured in National Geographic video shoot (May 2011)
  
  
• Hundreds gather to honor distinguished colleagues (Rick Vinci receives Stabler Award for Excellence in Teaching, Ray Pearson receives Hillman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Student Advising, Gene Kozma retirement recognized) (5/4/11)
  
  
• Lehigh ADVANCE shows progress (5/2/11)
  
  
• Developing the future of the Pennsylvania glass industry, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance newsletter (pgs. 7-8) (Spring 2011)
  
  
• A new appreciation for grain boundaries(4/27/11)
  
  
• Department recognizes outstanding students with awards (4/24/11)
  
  
• Playing pool with atoms (Surface Analysis Symposium) (4/21/11)
  
  
• Rossin Fellows: Carrying on a formidable legacy(April 2011)
  
  
• Engineering Update, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science (April 2011)
  
  
• Da Vinci Science Center's 'NanoDays' demonstrates tiny technology for elementary schoolers, Patch.com (3/30/11)
  
  
• Symposium introduces surface analyst, The Brown and White (3/29/11)
  
  
• Watch lectures from the Unique Surface Analysis Symposium March 23, 2011, at Lehigh University
  
  
• Undergrads compete in research symposium, The Brown and White (3/22/11)
  
  
• Lehigh glass scientist to present annual Samuel R.Scholes Sr. Lecture (3/22/11)
  
  
• Former Lehigh MSE professor and department chair David Williams named dean of The Ohio State University College of Engineering (3/18/11)
  
  
• Engineering Update, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science (March 2011)
  
  
• Lehigh's education and engineering colleges again among nation's best (3/15/11)
  
  
• Lehigh students teach kids about nanomaterials and nanotechnology at NanoDays (March 2011)
  
  
• MSE students' work featured in Undergrad Research Symposium (March 2011)
  
  
• Lehigh's renowned microscopy labs expand their focus (2/28/11)
  
  
• Rick Vinci featured on third NOVA production, (2/17/11)
  
  
• Lehigh MSE alumnus wins prestigious NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award, Newswise (2/15/11)
  
  
• Lehigh University gets $1.2M in grants to continue materials and energy research, Keystone Edge (2/2/11)
  
  
• Mat Sci assistant professor Sabrina Jedlicka discusses stem cells and Lehigh's collaborative culture in video shoot(February 2011)
  
  
• Lehigh University receives grant for materials research (1/28/11)
  Lehigh University received a $600,000 university research commercialization grant to support the Pennsylvania Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, which will increase new technologies, expand research capabilities, commercialize innovative, high-value products, assist start-ups and Keystone Innovation Zone companies, and provide outreach and curriculum development to ensure a flow of talented graduates for businesses that will depend upon nanotechnology.
  
  
• Lehigh student Adam Kohn interviewed about Undergraduate Research Symposium (video) (1/16/11)
  
  
• Researchers seek cleaner way to produce chemical compound (January/February 2011)
  Professor Chris Kiely of materials science and engineering helped lead an international research team seeking a more environmentally-friedly method of producing benzyl benzoate, a chemical compound used widely in the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The researchers reported their findings in mid-January in Science magazine in an article titled "Solvent-Free Oxidation of Primary Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds in Toluene Using Au-Pd Alloy Nanoparticles." The article was coauthored by Kiely, Graham Hutchings of the University of Cardiff in Wales, and 10 other researchers, including Ramchandra Tiruvalam, a Lehigh Ph.D. candidate working with Kiely.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update
  
  
• A greener path for the production of a vital chemical, PhysOrg.com (1/14/11)
  
  
• Catalysis science of methanol oxidation over iron vanadate catalysts, PhysOrg.com (1/12/11)

2010

• Lehigh's bioengineers take flight (12/29/10)
  
  
• MSE students sweep awards (December 2010)
  The Department of Materials Science and Engineering renewed its claim as one of the nation's best when its undergraduate students swept the awards at the International Metallographic Contest for the second year in a row. Two Lehigh teams tied for first place in the category for undergraduate student metals and metal alloys, and another team came in third. No second prize was awarded this year. The contest, sponsored by the International Metallographic Society (IMS), was held in Portland, Ore., earlier this year. Daniel Grande, Nicholas Greybush, Bryan Hernandez, and Kylie Ford shared first place for their poster, titled "Metallographic Examination of an Endoprosthetic Knee." Their first-place finish was shared by the Lehigh team of Paul Sihelnik, Anthony Spizzirri, Marianne Sullivan, and Ukrit Thamma with their poster, "Metallographic Analysis of a Trumpet Valve." Completing the sweep were Lehigh's Austin Baker, Tiffany Chen, Christopher Chew, and Jacob Bumgardner, who placed third. All of the students are members of the Class of 2011.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update
  
  
• Materials Science team wins competition (November 2010)
  The Rossin Junior Fellows, the Lehigh Engineering student service-leadership society, hosted the 2nd Annual Engineering Day Competition in late September. During the competition, teams made up of engineering students and faculty from several departments solved brainteaser puzzles, constructed a tower out of newspaper and tape, and built a catapult. The winning team represented the materials science department and was made up of Professor Richard Vinci, Jacob Bumgardner, Dan Guan '11, and Timothy Krentz.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update
  
  
• New center studies welding and joining of materials in energy industry (November 2010)
  John DuPont, professor of materials science and engineering and associate director of Lehigh's Energy Research Center, is helping to establish a new national research center devoted to the welding and joining of materials used in the energy industry. The Center for Integrative Materials Joining Science for Energy Applications at Lehigh seeks to extend the lifetime of welds in the existing energy infrastructure and to increase the efficiency of the advanced welding materials used in new infrastructure. The new center is a collaboration among Lehigh and three other universities, three national laboratories, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and 16 companies that produce materials for the energy industry. The National Science Foundation (NSF) approved the center, along with more than $5 million in funding over the next five years.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update
  
  
• Catalyst helps produce more efficient fuels (November 2010)
  Israel Wachs, professor of chemical engineering, Christopher Kiely, director of the Nanocharacterization Laboratory and the Lehigh Microscopy School, and Wu Zhou, a Ph.D. candidate in materials science and engineering, co-authored a paper with Rice University professor Michael Wong on their collaborative research into the use of tungsten oxide as a catalyst to help produce more efficient fuels. Their research will help oil refineries make the process of manufacturing gasoline more efficient and eco-friendly. The paper was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update
  
  
• News magazine features Lehigh research (November 2010)
  U.S. News and World Report covered the work of a research group led by Charles Lyman, Lehigh University professor of materials science and engineering. The article details the group's work on the development of catalysts that convert harmful nitrogen oxides emitted from coal- and gas-fired power plants to harmless nitrogen and water vapor without the use of ammonia.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update
  
  
• Mending a wounded heart: Heart muscle cells grown on an elastomeric polymer scaffold, Resolve (Fall 2010)
  
  
• Revealing the secrets of a commercial catalyst, Resolve (Fall 2010)
  
  
• Researcher wins ceramics prize, Resolve (Fall 2010)
  
  
• Engineering undergrads are tops again in art of microscopy (10/28/10)
  
  
• New research center studies welding issues in energy industry (10/26/10)
  
  
• Lehigh receives $2.6 million to increase female science and engineering faculty (10/13/10)
  
  
• MSE soph carrying Vermont flag, Centre Daily Times (12/10/10)
  
  
• A low-cost catalyst prepares to take on power-plant emissions, U.S. News & World Report (10/5/10)
  
  
• Center for Optical Technologies celebrates another milestone (10/4/10)
  
  
• A low-cost catalyst prepares to take on power-plant emissions (10/1/10)
  
  
• Nanocatalyst is a gas, Hydrocarbon Online (9/21/10)
  
  
• Workshop to assess nano's role in energy's future (9/9/10)
  
  
• Lehigh professors receive Major Research Instrumentation grants (September 2010)
  Richard Vinci, associate professor of materials science and engineering, and Slava V. Rotkin of Lehigh's physics department, landed a highly-competitive Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will bring to Lehigh a scanning probe microscope (SPM). Unlike an electron microscope that requires a vacuum, SPM can characterize materials in liquid or air and is thus well-suited for research to support fields such as biomedicine and energy. Mark Snyder, assistant professor of chemical engineering, was part of another Lehigh team to obtain an MRI, along with Daniel Ou-Yang, Ivan Biaggio, and Volkmar Dierolf of physics, seeking to develop spectroscopic imaging techniques to analyze nanoparticles in confinement. Yet another successful Lehigh MRI team, consisting of chemistry professors Greg Ferguson and Dmitri Vezenov, will acquire a spectroscopic ellipsometer to surface and thin-film analysis.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update
  
  
• Researchers use nanoparticles to clean contaminated water (September 2010)
  Iron nanoparticles 1,000 times thinner than a human hair have demonstrated an unprecedented ability to clean contaminated groundwater since they were invented 10 years ago at Lehigh. The palladium-coated particles have remediated more than 50 toxic waste sites in the U.S. and other countries in one-tenth the time, and at a much greater economy of scale, than traditional "pump and treat" methods. Writing in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, Lehigh researchers reported that the nanoparticles' ability to remove toxins decreases as the particles "age" and undergo structural change with exposure to water. The Lehigh team is composed of Weile Yan, a Ph.D. candidate in civil and environmental engineering, Andrew Herzing '07 Ph.D., a materials research engineer with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Xiao-Qin Li '08 Ph.D, Chris Kiely, professor of materials science and engineering; and Wei-xian Zhang, professor of civil and environmental engineering.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update
  
  
• Fall '10 Seminar Series
  
  
• Engineering affordable medicine (8/18/10)
  
  
• Lehigh MSE well represented in awards, professional societies (August 2010)
  
  
• Forty years at the cutting edge (7/16/10)
  
  
• Glass has solutions to engineering challenges of this century: experts, Indian Express (7/13/10)
  
  
• Researchers seek new roles for two common materials (6/21/10)
  
  
• Lehigh University researchers study contaminant-removing nanoparticles, Water Technology magazine (6/1910)
  
  
• Lehigh Microscopy School marks 40th year (June 2010)
  
  
• Tracking the "evolution" of nanoparticles as they decontaminate groundwater (6/17/10)
  
  
• In Africa, a point-of-care battle against AIDS (6/7/10)
  
  
• Lehigh University's symposium on nanotechnology represents the Valley's newest goldmine, Examiner (5/28/10)
  
  
• Lehigh Nanotech Network's Nano for Business 2010 conference attracted more than 100 participants to Iacocca Hall (5/26/10)
  
  
• Nanotechnology opportunities exist despite recession, The Morning Call (5/26/10)
  
  
• Valley Business Buzz, The Morning Call (5/26/10)
  
  
• Martin Harmer earns lifetime achievement award (5/12/10)
  
  
• Researcher launches moon dust website in 3-D (5/12/10)
  
  
• Materials Science faculty and staff honored at Lehigh Appreciation Dinner (5/5/10)
  
  
• Alwyn Eades retires from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (4/29/10)
  
  
• Lehigh goes three-for-three on NSF research instrumentation grants (4/27/10)
  MRI award recipients include Richard Vinci (materials science and engineering) and Daniel Ou-Yang  (physics)
  
  
• Unparalleled ungraduate researchers (4/23/10)
  
  
• Students and faculty honored at annual Student Materials Society Spring Picnic (4/21/10)
  
  
• Rossin Fellows lead positive change by example (4/20/10)
  
  
• Rick Vinci honored with teaching award (4/19/10)
  Rick Vinci, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has received the 2010 Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science Teaching Excellence Award for teaching mainly within a department. The recipient is selected by the Rossin Junior Fellows each spring. Vinci has received the award more than once, the last time in 2009.
  
  
• Materials Science student Adam Kohn wins awards at Undergraduate Research Symposium (4/15/10)
  Adam Kohn, a junior materials science and engineering major at Lehigh University, won the the People's Choice Award and honorable mention at the annual David and Lorraine Freed Undergraduate Research Symposium April 15, 2010. The P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science holds the symposium to give student researchers a chance to display posters and present their work to a panel of professionals. Kohn presented on "Rhealogical Behavior of Nanosilica Epoxies." Competitors were nominated by their departments and judged by a panel of academic and industry researchers; the People's Choice Award was judged by symposium attendees.
  
  
• Glass helps damaged bone regenerate (4/12/10)
  
  
• Gene Lucadamo interviewed on BCTV Berks Business program (April 2010)
  Gene Lucadamo, industrial liaison officer with the Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, discusses nanotechnology, CAMN, and the Lehigh Nanotech Network.
  
  
• Researcher presents regeneration of tissue, The Brown and White (4/9/10)
  
  
• Xuanhong Cheng receives P.C. Rossin Assistant Professorship (4/6/10)
  Xuanhong Cheng, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been selected to receive a P.C. Rossin Assistant Professorship. The award recognizes outstanding individuals who have demonstrated high potential for establishing a successful academic career and a clear interest in interdisciplinary research.
  
  
• A noninvasive probe of lunar soil, with X-ray vision, Resolve (Spring 2010)
  
  
• Fighting AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, Resolve (Spring 2010)
  
  
• Nanoparticles toughen wind turbine blades, Resolve (Spring 2010)
  
  
• Engineering affordable medicine, Resolve (Spring 2010)
  
  
• Imaging advances greener catalysts, Resolve (Spring 2010)
  
  
• Bioengineering's second wave: A maturing program sees impressive growth, Resolve (Spring 2010)
  
  
• NanoDays: Sparking kids' interest in the infinitesimal (3/22/10)
  
  
• NanoDay event at DaVinci Science Center (March 2010)
  On March 27, 2010, Richard Vinci and Sabrina Jedlicka, assistant professors in Lehigh's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will lead a departmental effort in collaboration with the DaVinci Science Center in Allentown, Pa. The annual "NanoDay" event is a hands-on activity for children from grades K-8 to learn how nanomaterials are created, studied, and used. Several undergraduate materials science students will present mini-courses to the attendees, along with experiments led by Lehigh faculty. Approximately 200 adults and children are expected to participate in this year's NanoDay.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update
  
  
• MatAlumNews Winter 2010 (PDF)
  
  
• AIDS-testing research (March 2010)
  Lehigh's campus newspape, The Brown and White, reported on Dr. Xuanhong Cheng 's visit to Africa. The trip, sponsored by the Seattle-based nonprofit organization PATH , was a chance for Cheng, assistant professor of materials science and engineering , to improve the effectiveness of a device she's helped develop that serves in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. During her trip, Cheng spoke with health care workers in all levels of the Kenyan medical field, from the minister of health to nurses and technicians, and toured top Kenyan hospitals as well as health centers in subdistricts.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update
  
  
• Anne Marie Lobley wins Lehigh University Tradition of Excellence Award (3/03/10)
  
  
• Spring '10 Seminar Series
  
  
• Lehigh engineering grads rank in top 10 nationally for earning potential
  
  
• Taking the fight against AIDS to Africa, Lehigh Alumni Bulletin (Winter 2010)
  
  
• Lehigh and China, The Untold Story, Lehigh Alumni Bulletin (Winter 2010)
  
  
• Professor Daniel Ou-Yang honored by Lehigh College of Arts and Sciences (2/24/10)
  Daniel Ou-Yang (Physics), an affiliate of Lehigh's Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, was honor at the Lehigh College of Arts and Sciences Dialogue Across the Disciplines Celebrating Research in the Arts and Sciences event Feb. 24, 2010, for his significant breakthrough in a method to concentrate and study (biological) nano particles in an "optical bottle." The breakthrough opens up new avenues for the study of nano-particles. Ou-Yang made the breakthrough in 2008-09. His work was reported in Resolve, a publication of the R.C. Rossin College of Engineering, in 2008. Read the article here.
  
  
• Beneath the surface: Lehigh paves way for new moon particle research, The Brown and White (2/16/2010)
  
  
• Developing Diagnostics: Dr. Xuanhong Cheng's trip to Kenya brings fresh insight to her ongoing AIDS-testing research, The Brown and White (2/2/2010)
  
  
• Lehigh testing hand-held nanomechanical test instrument (February 2010)
  Rick Vinci, associate professor of materials science and engineering, is helping to design and introduce a mechanical-testing capability to Lehigh's extensive scanning electron microscopy (SEM) arsenal. The cellphone-sized, modular unit allows researchers to manipulate materials and literally see the results of mechanical testing at the nano- and micro-scales, and can be easily inserted or removed from the microscope on a project-by-project basis. Vinci is collaborating with Hysitron, a leading innovator in nanomechanical test instruments for the scientific community, in the development of the technology. Lehigh will begin testing and usage when the unit arrives on campus from Hysitron in early February. According to Vinci, this extension of campus microscopy capabilities will help advance nano-based materials and device research in diverse application areas such as biomedicine, telecommunications, and energy.
  Source: Lehigh University P.C. Rossin College of Engineering Lehigh Engineering Update

2009

• MSE students won awards at the 2009 International Metallographic Contest (8/25/2009)
  
  
• Bill Mushock received Lehigh Tradition of Excellence Award (photo)
  
  
• Shuailei Ma received Conard Award for Outstanding Graduate Student (photo)
  
  
• ASM Materials Camp 2009
  
  
• MatAlumNews Winter 09 (PDF)
  
  
• Ahmed Issa ’09 works on international collaborative glass research project

2008

• Greg Brentrup '08 wins Cooper Scholars Award for bioglass research
  
  
• Dr. Clare M. Rimnac to Receive Distinguished Alumni Award
  
  
• MatAlumNews Summer 08 (PDF)

2007

• MatAlumNews Fall 07 (PDF)

2006

• Deacon, Anderson and Noecker received International Metallographic Society awards
  
  
• Simens '06 says her Lehigh experience was the best

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