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Sept. 2009: Uwe Kortshagen (IRG 4) Named ASME Fellow

Read more at asme.org


NSF awards a 2009 Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) to the University of Texas-Pan American and the University of Minnesota MRSEC

The objective of the PREM program is to broaden participation of under-represented groups and enhance diversity in materials research and education. The objective is achieved by encouraging formal, long-term, multi-investigator, collaborative research and education partnerships between women- and minority-serving colleges and universities, colleges and universities dedicated to educating a majority of students with disabilities, and NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR)-supported centers and facilities.

The focus of this five-year effort, led by Professor Karen Lozano of UTPA, is (1) to explore nanoparticle-based materials including laser-induced aggregation of nanocrystallites, and nanoparticles-in-photonic crystal material system for the application of photovoltaic solar cell, (2) to explore soluble conjugated polymers for spin-processable, low cost, plastic light emitting, and to explore conjugated-polymer-in-photonic crystal system as a low-threshold laser, (3) to develop self-healing polymeric materials with block copolymers as key ingredients to ultimately produce smart flexible materials, (4) to explore functionalized nanoporous materials for the application of mechanical - to - interfacial energy conversion, to develop new strategies on green chemistry and (5) to explore the science of nanoreinforced polymeric composite (NRPC)-thin film and metal-thin film (made of NRPC) interface through a combination of materials and deposition methods to improve the mechanical properties materials capable of shielding electromagnetic interference.
(http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115515&org=OLPA&from=news)


Tim Lodge (IRG 1) Receives ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry

Distinguished McKnight University and Lloyd H. Reyerson Professor Timothy P. Lodge has been selected to receive the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry. Sponsored by ExxonMobil Chemical Co., this national award acknowledges the impact in basic science of a researcher's body of work in the broad field of polymer chemistry on our global needs for advanced polymeric systems and materials. Tim joins an elite group of previous awardees (for list, see http://tinyurl.com/ACSpolymer). His award will be presented at the 239th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA in March 2010.


Tim Lodge (IRG 1) Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Washington D.C.- Tim Lodge of the University of Minnesota has been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow. Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. This year 486 members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

As part of the Chemistry Section of the AAAS, Tim Lodge was elected as an AAAS Fellow for distinguished contributions to the field of polymer science, especially in polymer dynamics and in the phase behavior of block copolymers.


Lee Penn (IRG 4) Named McKnight Presidential Fellow

Lee Penn has been named a McKnight Presidential Fellow of the University of Minnesota. The McKnight Presidential Fellows Program is targeted at the most promising faculty who have been newly granted tenure and promotion to associate professor, to recognize their accomplishments and support their ongoing research and scholarship.


Paul Crowell (IRG 3) Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Citation: For the application of elegant optical and transport techniques to the study of spin dynamics and transport in metals and semiconductors and experiments probing the excitation spectra of inhomogeneously magnetized systems, particularly magnetic vortices.


Christy Haynes (Seed) receives NIH New Innovator Award

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that University of Minnesota chemistry assistant professor Christy Haynes is a recipient of the prestigious 2008 New Innovator Award. She is the first U of M faculty member to win this award which will provide $1.5 million over five years for her research to build a cell-by-cell human immune system to identify potential therapeutic approaches for treating allergic reactions and asthma. Read UMN IT News Item


Chris Leighton (IRG-3) selected as "Emerging Leader Lecturer"

Chris Leighton was recently selected as the "Emerging Leader Lecturer" at the University of California Santa Barbara Materials Department. Chris delivered a joint Materials Department / Materials Research Laboratory colloquium entitled "Tunable spin polarization in (Co,Fe)S2: Engineering half-metallic ferromagnets".


Jean-Luc Bredas (IRG-2)- Named Fellow of the Materials Research Society

Jean-Luc Bredas was honored by the Materials Research Society with the lifeime title of Fellow of the Materials Research Society during its 2008 MRS Spring Meeting "For seminal contributions to the theoretical understanding and design of new organic materials for electronics and photonics."
The title of MRS Fellow honors MRS members who are notable for their distinguished accomplishments and their outstanding contributions to the advancement of materials research, worldwide.


Renata Wentzcovitch (IRG-3) Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has elected Renata Wentzcovitch as a Fellow. Each year only one in each thousand members is elected to this honor. An award ceremony for honorees will be held in May 2008 in Florida at the AGU Joint Assembly Meeting. The AGU describes itself as, "A worldwide scientific community that advances, through unselfish cooperation in research, the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity."


Allen Goldman (IRG-2,3) Named University of Minnesota Regents Professor

The Regents Professor position was established in 1965 by the Board of Regents to recognize the national and international prominence of faculty members. It serves as the highest recognition for faculty who have made unique contributions to the quality of the University of Minnesota through exceptional accomplishments in teaching, research and scholarship or creative work, and contributions to the public good. Read UMN News Item


Uwe Kortshagen (Proto-IRG) named head of Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor Uwe R. Kortshagen has been appointed as head of the University of Minnesota's Department of Mechanical Engineering effective July 1, 2008. He replaces James Ramsey, who has served as acting head of the department for the last year. Kortshagen, a Distinguished McKnight University Professor, has been a faculty member at the University of Minnesota since 1996. He has also served on the graduate faculty for physics, chemical engineering, and materials science and as director of graduate studies for the Department of Mechanical Engineering.Read more


Renata Wentzcovitch (IRG-3) Receives Humboldt Research Award

Humboldt Research Award-- Outstanding scientists and scholars from all disciplines from abroad whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in future are eligible to be nominated for a Humboldt Research Award. Award winners are invited to spend a period of up to one year cooperating on a long-term research project with specialist colleagues at a research institution in Germany.


Jeff Derby (Seed) Named Distinguished McKnight University Professor

The Office of the Provost and the Graduate School are pleased to announce the new recipients of the Distinguished McKnight University Professorship. The purpose of the Professorship is to recognize and reward our most outstanding mid-career faculty. Recipients are honored with the title Distinguished McKnight University Professor, which they hold for as long as they remain at the University of Minnesota.


Andreas Stein (Seed) Named Distinguished McKnight University Professor

The Office of the Provost and the Graduate School are pleased to announce the new recipients of the Distinguished McKnight University Professorship. The purpose of the Professorship is to recognize and reward our most outstanding mid-career faculty. Recipients are honored with the title Distinguished McKnight University Professor, which they hold for as long as they remain at the University of Minnesota.


Frank Bates (IRG-1) receives 2008 Sustained Research Prize of the Neutron Scattering Society of America

Prof. Frank Bates is the recipient of the 2008 Sustained Research Prize of the Neutron Scattering Society of America with the citation: For his pioneering SANS experiments that probe the structure and thermodynamics of polymeric fluids and block copolymers. Read more


Morse Group (IRG-1) PSCF - Polymer Self-Consistent Field Theory available for download

PSCF solves the Edwards self-consistent field theory (SCFT) for periodic phases formed by liquids containing block copolymers. It is designed to treat incompressible liquids that may contain any mixture of linear block copolymers, homopolymers, and small molecule solvents. It can describe 1, 2, and 3 dimensionally periodic structure structures with any type of unit cell (e.g., cubic, orthorhombic, triclinic, etc.) with any specified space group symmetry. The underlying modified diffusion equation is solved with an efficient pseudo-spectral method. Visit the Morse Group PSCF page


Beth Stadler (IRG-3) elected secretary of the Materials Research Society





2008- Alexander Grosberg (IRG-1) named Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society.





2008- Jean-Luc Bredas (IRG-2) became an Editor for Chemistry of Materials





2008- Marc Hillmyer (IRG-1) became an Editor for Macromolecules





Chris Macosko (IRG-1) Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Citation: For pioneering work on the rheology, compatibilization, processing, and properties of polymer blends. Nominated by: Polymer Physics (DPOLY)



Chris Leighton (IRG-3) receives Mcknight Presidential Fellows Award

The McKnight Presidential Fellows Program is targeted at the most promising faculty who have been newly granted tenure and promotion to associate professor, to recognize their accomplishments and support their ongoing research and scholarship.


Frank Bates (IRG-1) named University of Minnesota Regents Professor

Established in 1955, the Regents Professorship is the University's highest recognition for faculty excellence. The award honors faculty whose especially distinguished accomplishments in teaching and scholarship or creative work have contributed uniquely to the University and to the public good.


Allen Goldman (IRG-2,3) elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 12 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. The election was held this morning during the business session of the 144th annual meeting of the Academy. Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,025. Read complete press release