2009 Albert Sauveur Achievement Award
November 12th, 2009
Dr. Sungho Jin, Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego, received this year's Albert Sauveur Achievement Award from the American Society of Metals, International for “pioneering research for discovery of new materials and phenomena in the fields of electronic, magnetic, and superconducting materials.”
Nano News
Andrea Tao Accepts '08 IUPAC Prizes for Young Chemists
October 19th, 2009
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) announced Andrea Tao as one of the 2008 IUPAC Prizes for Young Chemists last April. The awards are given for the best Ph.D. theses in the chemical sciences as described in 1000-word essays. Andrea presented her work on "Nanocrystal Assembly for Bottom-Up Plasmonic Materials" at the IUPAC Congress.
UC San Diego NanoTumor Center and Nano TecNexus Win Telly Award for Educational Video
October 19th, 2009
The University of California, San Diego NanoTumor Center and NanoTecNexus (NTN) (formerly NanoBioNexus), a leading nanotech education organization won the 2009 Bronze Telly Award for the production of a video on approaches to fighting cancer using nanotechnology.
Kenneth Vecchio Named ASM International Fellow
October 5th, 2009
Dr. Kenneth Vecchio, Chair and faculty member of the NanoEngineering Department has been elected Fellow of the Society by the ASM International Board of Trustees.
Dept News
TA Positions Available
November 12th, 2009
There are three openings for a teacher assistant position in the Chemical Engineering program. More information can be found here.
Brand New UCSD NanoEngineering Website
November 12th, 2009
The Department of NanoEngineering at UCSD is pleased to announce the release of our new website. The website has been completely re-designed from the ground up and contains many new features. We will be updating the news sections as often as possible and the events calendar will be updated monthly.
Sirbuly Group Website
October 29th, 2009
Dr. Donald Sirbuly's Nanophotonics, Sensors and Devices Laboratory Group website is online. The Sirbuly research group is interested in exploiting the unique optical, mechanical and electrical properties of nanoscale materials to develop novel integrated systems for various applications including sensing, biodiagnostics, energy conversion, and spectroscopy. Visit us.
