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2013 NCMN/Bright Lights Camp (middle school camp: grades 6-8)

Lincoln Journal Star Online: UNL leaders proposed merging the Department of Computer and Electronics  Engineering with the Lincoln-based Department of Electrical Engineering.

Rebecca Lai’s presentation Chemistry Harry Potter Style for "Sunday with a Scientist" at Morrill Hall from 1:30 to 4:30 on Sunday, June 16th!

• Stephen DiMagno - amongt first to earn NSF I-Corps grant Office of Research Video
• Angela Pannier - Gene Delivery Tool on UNL Office of Research Video
• Jinsong Huang - Polymer Solar Cells on UNL Office of  Research Video
• Xia Hong - Nanomaterials on UNL Office of Research Video
• Linxia Gu - Stent on UNL Research Video
• David Sellmyer - Nanoscience Center Strengthens Research - Research Video
• Evgeny Tsymbal, Axel Enders, Alexei Gruverman - MRSEC - Research Video
• Tim Gay - Football: It's Physics and Future - on UNL Nebraska Lectures Video
• Xiao Cheng Zeng - Hydrophobia - on UNL Office of Research Video
• Alexei Gruverman, Axel Enders Nanophysics - on UNL Office of Research Video
• Yongfeng Lu, Yunshen Zhou - Carbon Nanotubes - on UNL Office of Research Video
• Yongfeng Lu - Nanostructures - on UNL Office of Research Video
• Office of Research - All videos are now on YouTube!
  
  

• Journal Cover Gallery - Researchers may submit journal covers for inclusion in the gallery here. UNL researchers publish their work in diverse peer-reviewed journals. This gallery showcases examples of work by UNL researchers featured on journal covers. (1) Yuris A. Dzenis in ACSNano, 23 April 2013 issue (2) Jinsong Huang in Advanced Optical Materials, 24 April 2013 (3) Li Tan, Yunshen Zhou,  Xiao Cheng Zeng in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 12 April 2012 (4) Xiao Cheng Zeng in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 22 September 2011

• The Spring 2013 NANO ART Competition prints are currently on display in the Nebraska Union ROTUNDA GALLERY
  
  
• Jinsong Huang along with Fawen Guo and Zhengguo Xiao, reported the develop- ment of an organic photodetector that has the ability to function at low light levels.
  
  
• Angela Pannier, a UNL biological systems engineer, is using nanotechnology to develop a gene delivery tool.
  
  

• UNL physicists to lead $7 million research collaboration. Alexei Gruverman; Peter Dowben, CNFD associate director; Kirill Belashchenko; Xia Hong, Evgeny Tsymbal, CNFD director, and Christian Binek.

• Brian Robertson "was minutes from the marathon finish" reports the Scarlet." see article on NCMN Facebook.
  
  

• UNL team discovery yields supertough, strong nanofibers - Yuris Dzenis and colleagues developed an exceptionally thin polyacrilonitrile nanofiber, a type of synthetic polymer related to acrylic, using a technique called electrospinning. The process involves applying high voltage to a polymer solution until a small jet of liquid ejects, resulting in a continuous length of nanofiber.

• Individual Entry Winners of The Spring 2013 Science Art competition announced!

  1^st Place – Tyler Holm & 2^nd Place – Zhanping Xu  (SEE FACEBOOK PHOTOS)
  Honorable Mention - Alexey Lipatov, Qingfeng Dong, PremKumar Thirugnanam, Gilbert Mbah & Thomas Smith, Scientist/Artist Pair Group - Wei Xiong & Joel Brehm – 1^st Place

• Busy summer schedule for NCMN Ed/Outreach - Fellows Training May 29 or 31, NanoArt Exhibit at the Nebraska City Union Thursday, May 30, 9:00-10:00 am-setup will run from June 1–July 12, Bright Lights Junior High Teaching Camp June 4, 9-12:00 pm-Teaching Junior High Students how to Teach Nanoscience Kits, Preservice Teachers Workshop June 5, 8-12:00 pm-Demonstrate to Teachers how to use Nanoscience Kits, NIOSH Workshop - NCMN Facilities Tour 1 Monday, June 10, 3:30-4:00 pm-NIOSH Workshop presenters & EHS workers, NIOSH Safety Workshop Tuesday, June 11, 8-5:00 pm-Room 207, NIOSH Workshop - NCMN Facilities Tour 2  Tuesday, June 11, 12:30-1:00 pm-NIOSH Workshop attenders, Bright Lights Nano Camp June 17-21, 9-12:00 pm-20 junior high students learning nanoscience

• An international team of scientists, including Nebraska MRSEC physicists Evgeny Tsymbal, Alexei Gruverman and J. D. Burton, has discovered a new approach to realize giant resistive switching, as reported in Nature Materials and featured in the UNL press release.
  
  
• Tim Gay, professor of physics, will present the spring Nebraska Lecture titled - Football: Its Physics and Future at 12:15 p.m. on April 5 in Memorial Stadium, West Stadium Club. The lecture is free and open to the public. A live webcast will be available.
  
  

• John Woollam receives national physics prize - UNL Today press release.

• Evgeny Tsymbal was named a George W. Holmes University Professor of Physics and Astronomy.  Continue reading...

• Job Announcment: SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITIONS - NANOSCALE MAGNETIC MATERIALS by NCMN

• A UNL team led by Yuris Dzenis aims to create high-quality, lower-cost nanofibers.

• Linxia Gu - Today @ UNL "Engineer aims to reduce blood vessel stent complications" Continue reading…

• Jinsong Huang's NSF CAREER project on high efficiency organic solar cells is highlighted by NSF Discoveries: Producing Solar Energy Materials That Are Affordable, Efficient and Flexible and his research is featured as the "Breaking Story" on NSF's Science 360 News Service.
  
  

• The Spring 2013 Science Art competition is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience. Purpose: To celebrate the aesthetic appeal and creativity of nanoscience. see ANNOUNCMENT
  Submission: Template Link 1) Upload the finished file, using the instructions on the UNL Dropbox site at http://is.unl.edu/dropbox/.  2) Email Terese Janovec (tjanovec3@unl.edu) the link to your file so your picture can be included in the competition.  See 2012 submissions at: http://www.unl.edu/ncmn/nanoart.shtml
  
  2013 NCMN/Bright Lights Camp (middle school camp: grades 6-8)
  
  Engineering Research Labs