PCCM in the News
2009
October
Loo to Receive 2010 APS Dillon Medal
Four Princeton professors honored by American Physical Society
July
Jason Petta Wins Presidential Early Career Award
Weinan E to receive Kleinman Prize for mathematics
June
Two PCCM faculty members named to Royal Society
Bill Brinkman goes to Washington
April
PCCM RET investigates hydrogen kit energy boost claims on Dateline NBC
February
Quantum dance: Discovery led by Princeton researchers could revolutionize computing
Roberto Car honored with Humboldt award
2008
October
Princeton-Oxford-LBL team extends spin coherence lifetime beyond 1 second
J.J.L. Morton, S.A. Lyon, et al., Nature, 455, 1085-1088 (2008).
NSF Press Release 08-187
HIGHLIGHT
Prof. Ali Yazdani named one of Popular Science’s “Brilliant 10”. Read the Popular Science article entitled “The Atomic Visionary” here.
Princeton University's news article available here.
September
PCCM Renewed through 2014!
MRSEC Education Directors’ Meeting
The Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers Education Directors conducted a workshop September 14-17, 2008 at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, chaired by Dr. Dan Steinberg, PCCM’s Education Outreach Director.
July
Ong-Cava team observes “relativistic” electrons in bismuth
Report: L. Li et al., Science, 321, 547-550 (2008).
Perspective: K. Behnia, Science, 321, 497-498 (2008).
NSF Press Release 08-128
HIGHLIGHT
Invited article on 2Physics.com
April
Emily Carter elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Hasan-Cava team images "topological metal" surface states in bulk insulator
D. Hsieh et al., Nature, 452, 970 (2008).
Yazdani team reveals electronic origin of inhomogeneous pairing in high-Tc superconductors
A.N. Pasupathy et al., Science, 320, 196 (2008).
HIGHLIGHT
March
PCCM spearheads 2008 Science and Engineering Expo
February
Lynn Loo and Jason Petta receive Sloan Research Fellowships
.pdf press release
January
Fine print: New technique allows fast printing of microscopic electronics
S. Korkut et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 034503 (2008).
HIGHLIGHT
2007
December
Giacinto Scoles honored in special December 13 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A
November
New PCCM Seed Projects Launched
September
Chou and Russel exploit fracture for patterning
L.F. Pease III et al., Nature Nanotech., 2, 545 (2007).
HIGHLIGHT
August
Pablo Debenedetti to receive 2008 ACS Hildebrand Award in Chemistry of Liquids
July
Princeton University Materials Academy tackles multiple societal challenges
Jason Petta receives McMillan Prize
June
Chou receives Nano 50 award
May
Fine print: New technique allows fast printing of microscopic electronics
S. Korkut et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 034503 (2008).
HIGHLIGHT
Nanoscale Imaging Reveals Local Superconductivity Above Tc
K.K. Gomes et al., Nature, 447, 569 ( 2007).
HIGHLIGHT
March
2007 Science and Engineering Expo Reaches 1000 Middle School Students
February
Stephen Chou elected to the National Academy of Engineering
January
PCCM REU student's fuel cell research cited by AAAS EurekAlert!
This leads to more press coverage...
Scientific American Article
Science Daily Article
And if you can read German...
On-line German magazine Wissenschaft Article
2006
November
New PCCM Seed Projects Launched
September
Two PCCM faculty to receive major American Chemical Society Awards
Emily Carter to receive 2007 ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research
Bill Russel to receive 2007 ACS Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry
August
Partnership for Research and Education in Materials Announced Between PCCM and California State University - Northridge
July
Princeton University Materials Academy Featured in the Trenton Times
April
Phuan Ong named Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
March
Giacinto Scoles to receive the 2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics
January
PCCM Cosponsors "Materials Science Day" for High School Students
PCCM researchers solve mystery of micelles at surfaces
D. Saville et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 018301 (2006).
2005
September
Claire Gmachl wins MacArthur “genius grant”
MacArthur Fellows 2005 Gallery
August
PCCM hosts first New Jersey Materials Mini-Camp with ASM
May
Robert Cava recognized for Distinguished Teaching
April
Stephen Chou elected to New Jersey High-Tech Hall of Fame
March
PCCM Faculty, Staff, and Students Host Middle School Expo
January
Robert Cava chosen for NAS’ 2005 Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
2004
December
Stephen Chou receives IEEE’s 2004 Brunetti Award
November
PCCM Director Ravindra Bhatt elected as AAAS Fellow
October
Robert Austin to receive American Physical Society's 2005 Lilienfeld Prize
September
Claire Gmachl named to “Brilliant 10” list by Popular Science magazine
April
Paul
Chaikin elected to the National Academy of Sciences
PCCM
researchers explain "Strange Matter"
NUGGET
March
PCCM
helps kick off Science and Engineering Expo
February
Inspiration
from M&Ms leads to the discovery of efficient packing of ellipsoids
(IRG2 and seed project)
A. Donev et al.,
Science, 303, 990 (2004);
see also the New York Times, February 13, p. A16
Athanassios
Panagiotopoulos and Daniel
Tsui elected to the National
Academy of Engineering
PCCM
supports graduate student research
January
Forrest's
innovation speeds from research to application in record time
Torquato
selected to receive Prager Medal
2003
November
New
memory device could offer smaller, simpler way to archive data
(IRG3)
S. Möller et al., Nature, 426,
166 (2003); NUGGET
August
High
school students see images of success through PUMA
NUGGET;
see also the Trenton
Times, August 2
July
Visiting
students gain research experience in Princeton labs through PCCM
REU Program
June
Simple
technique yields complex structures (IRG2)
W.D. Ristenpart et al., Phys. Rev.
Lett., 90, 128303 (2003); NUGGET
May
Paul Chaikin
named Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
March
In
Focus: the Princeton Center for Complex Materials
February
Stephen
Forrest and Dudley
Saville elected to the National
Academy of Engineering
January
Computer
program reveals optimum microstructure for new materials (seed
project)
S. Torquato et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.,
89, 266601 (2002).
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