August 2002

Faculty News

At the MIT Alumni Association's Technology Day 2003: Fast Times at MIT: What's New, What's Next–Now What? DMSE's Edwin L. Thomas, Director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, spoke on "Taking Nanotechnology from the Laboratory to the Soldier." See MIT World for the talk.

Awards

Megan Frary and some of her collaborators at Caterpillar and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have won an "R&D 100 award" for developing one of the 100 most technologically significant new products of the year. The title of their product is: "CF8C-Plus: New Cast Stainless Steel for High-Temperature Performance."

Minjoo Larry Lee was a Gold Award Winner for Graduate Student Research at the 2003 MRS Spring Meeting held in San Francisco, CA. The award was given to him for his work on strained silicon and strained germanium for next- generation CMOS applications. In addition to crystal growth and characterization, he fabricated working electrical devices in order to understand the physical characteristics and demonstrate the usefulness of these novel materials.

For his work on "Design of Morphology and Chemistry of Polymer Filtration Membranes," Ariya Akthakul was a Graduate Student Silver Award at the Materials Research Society meeting in Dec 2002, a Padden Award Finalist from American Physical Society in Mar 2003, and a recipient of the OMNOVA Signature Award in April 2003.

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Departmental News

Fran Chaput left the Administrative Services Organization on July 23, 2003 to transfer to the Department of Biology where she will provide assistance to the Personnel Administrator. DMSE thanks Fran for her exemplary contributions over the past seven years and wishes her much success in her new position.

It is a pleasure to announce that Ms. Esther Greaves Estwick joined the Administrative Services Organization effective Monday, July 28, 2003. Esther filled the position that was previously held by Fran Chaput. Esther brings to the position twenty-three years of experience at MIT. Since coming to MIT, she has worked in various areas of the central Human Resources Department, and will now have the opportunity to experience an academic department. Esther can be reached at extension 8-7045. Please welcome Esther to her new role.

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