NCMN MEMBERS CELEBRATE RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS IN MATERIALS & NANOSCIENCE !
....at the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience
The TEXTURED Images of NANOSCIENCE.
NCMN is a multidisciplinary organization with over 90 faculty members from UNL and other University of Nebraska campuses. We are concerned with atomic manipulation, properties affected by nanoscale dimensions, self-assembly, ordered nanoarrays, quantum dots and wires, nanoelectronics, quantum computing, nanomechanics, nanooptics, molecular design, nanoelectro-mechanical systems, and nanobiological function and life sciences.
Dr. David Sellmyer is one of two recent recipients of the Louise Pound-George Howard Distinguished Career Award 2012, which recognizes exceptional contributions through teaching, research, public service, or administration to the university during their careers. more...
Stephen DiMagno is one of four recent recipients of the A&S Outstanding Research and Creative Achievement Award.more...
Dr. Alexei Gruverman with his grad student, Haidong Luhas (in collaboration with researchers in Spain and at the Univ. of Wisconsin) discovered a significantly more efficient method of data storage that offers great promise for the future of technology.
Dr. Xia Hong, assistant professor of physics and astronomy and a researcher in UNL’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, earned a five-year, $600,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation to continue her research.
The Spring 2012 Science Art Competition titled: "The Art of NanoScience" is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience. UNL Today - Awards for science art.
The second annual NanoDays event will be held in Lincoln on March 24, 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the Westfield Gateway Mall. The event is co-hosted by Nebraska EPSCoR, MRSEC and NCMN
Mathias Schubert Mathias Schubert, University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate professor of electrical engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society. Election to the fellowship is limited to no more than one-half of 1 percent of the society's membership.
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has published a news article Anomalous electron transport in ferromagnetic MnBi, based on research of Parashu Kharel and David Sellmyer and published in J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 23, 426001 (2011).
New Outreach / Edu Recognition Page highlights our NCMN Members contributions to events.
College of Engineering alumnus Don Voelte and Nancy Keegan, chair of the University of Nebraska Foundation’s board of directors, have given a $5 million campaign gift to UNL. In recognition of their gift, UNL's Nanoscience Metrology Facility will be named in their honor. (see photos below)
Chemistry professor Xiao Cheng Zeng has been named the 2011 recipient of the Midwest Award from the American Chemical Society's St. Louis section. The annual honor recognizes a scientist who has made contributions to the advancement of chemistry. He will receive the award in October. more...
The X-ray and Crystallography Facilities have been combined into one called "X-Ray Structural Characterization Facility". Shah Valloppilly phone: (402)472-3693 or
e-mail:svallopp2@unl.edu
Rhitankar Pal, a grad student in the Zeng lab, is
one of 4 UNL Ph.D. candidates to win a 2011-12
Presidential Graduate Fellowships
Rare Earth Solar will be the first solar panel manufacturer in Nebraska. Chin Li "Barry" Cheung, assistant professor of chemistry at UNL and past doctoral student Joseph Brewer developed the patent-pending technologytechnology, which replaces the typical semiconductor materials now used in solar cell manufacture with rare earth elements. NUtech Ventures and Rare Earth Solar announced an exclusive license agreement expected to lead to the development of breakthrough solar panel technology made with rare earth elements. more...
Nanoscience Metrology Facility NCMN address 855 N. 16th St. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0298
