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DMSE News—October 2001

FACULTY NEWS

Professor Subra Suresh, DMSE Head, is very pleased to announce that Dr. Christopher Schuh has decided to join our faculty. Dr. Schuh, who recently received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University, is presently a Presidential Post-doctoral Fellow at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He plans to come on board as Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in late spring or early summer of 2002. Please join him in extending a warm welcome.

ALUMNI NEWS

Deborah Chung, Ph.D. in Materials Science, 1977, has let us know that her research breakthrough on cement-based pn-junction has appeared in Science News (July 28, 2001). The news article is titled "Setting electronics in artificial stone."

FACULTY HONORS

Professor Harry Tuller presented an invited lecture in the "Faculty of Science Public Lecture Series" at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand entitled " Promise of Materials Science in the 21st Century" on July 19, 2001. He was interviewed by the press regarding his views of how new developments will impact society in the coming decades.

Professor Ned Thomas has been selected as this year's IMS (Institute of materials Science) Distinguished Lecturer in recognition of his outstanding and numerous contributions to the field of polymer microstructure, The lecture will take place this fall.

TRANSITIONS

It is a pleasure to announce that Jenna Picceri has accepted the position of Administrative Assistant in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering effective September 24, 2001. Jenna comes to us from the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences where she has been working for the past year as an Administrative Assistant in the Headquarters Office. Previously, she worked as an Administrative Assistant in the School of Science Dean's Office.

UPCOMING EVENTS

DMSE will hold its second annual Alumni Reception at the Fall MRS Conference in Boston on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 6:00-8:00 p.m. in theLiberty Ballroom at the Boston Sheraton. Please plan to join us if you will be in the area.

The second issue of Structure, DMSE's annual hardcopy newsletter, will be mailed shortly—watch for it!

 

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