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| 2012 |
Nanotechnology competition brings top undergraduate researchers from across U.S. to Notre Dame
By: Arnie Phifer
Date: October 11, 2012
Elisabeth Bianco, a senior chemistry major at Ohio State University, received the $3,000 first place award at the second annual Notre Dame Competition in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, and Campus Tour (NDConnect). Bianco won for her exploration of the properties of a one-atom-thick layer of the semiconductor germanium, which she synthesized for the first time and then characterized.
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Notre Dame, Purdue physicists create novel nanostructure that has promise for quantum computation
By: Marissa Gebhard
Date: October 3, 2012
University of Notre Dame physicists Jacek Furdyna, the Aurora and Thomas Marquez Chair in Information Theory and Computer Technology; and Xinyu Liu, research assistant professor, have collaborated with Purdue physicist Leonid Rokhinson on constructing a novel nanostructure that has allowed them to observe a long-sought-after particle referred to as Majorana fermion. The existence of this particle was predicted by Ettore Majorana in the 1930s, but until now has eluded observation. Their findings were recently published in Nature Physics.
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Jena receives DURIP grant for defense research
By: Nina Welding
Date: July 5, 2012
Associate professor Debdeep Jena has received a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant from the Department of Defense for 2012. Jena, who serves as principal investigator along with John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C., Associate Professor Huili (Grace) Xing, co-investigator, and a number of senior investigators in the electronic materials and devices group at Notre Dame, will receive $400,000 for the purchase of a chemical beam epitaxy system for the growth of complex oxide materials and heterostructures.
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Nanoparticles engineered at Notre Dame promise to improve blood cancer treatment
By: Arnie Phifer
Date: June 15, 2012
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have engineered nanoparticles that show great promise for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow.
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New research leads to sensors that detect contaminants in water
By: Marissa Gebhard
Date: June 5, 2012
Many organic contaminants in the air and in drinking water need to be detected at very low-level concentrations. Research published by the laboratory of Prashant V. Kamat, the John A. Zahm Professor of Science at the University of Notre Dame, could be beneficial in detecting those contaminants. The Kamat laboratory uses Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy to make use of silver nanoparticles to increase the sensitivity limit of chemical detection.
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Graphene-based terahertz devices: The wave of the future
By: William Gilroy
Date: May 1, 2012
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have shown that it is possible to efficiently manipulate terahertz (THz) electromagnetic waves with atomically thin graphene layers. This achievement, which was recently published in Nature Communications, sets the stage for development of compact, efficient and cost-effective devices and systems operating in the THz band.
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NDnano paper examines nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem
By: Arnie Phifer
Date: April 27, 2012
A recent paper by Kathleen Eggleson, a research scientist in the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) at the University of Notre Dame, provides an example of a nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem that is unfolding right now. The world of nanotechnology, which involves science and engineering down at billionths-of-a-meter scales, might seem remote. But like most new advances, the application of that technology to everyday experience has implications that can affect people in real ways.
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Related: Chicago Tribune July 10, 2012 |
More energy efficient transistors through quantum tunneling
By: Arnie Phifer
Date: March 26, 2012
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Pennsylvania State University have announced breakthroughs in the development of tunneling field effect transistors (TFETs), a semiconductor technology that takes advantage of the quirky behavior of electrons at the quantum level.
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Team of physicists finds new path toward increasing semiconductor functionality
By: Marissa Gebhard
Date: February 23, 2012
Margaret Dobrowolska, professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, has led a team of collaborators from Notre Dame, the University of British Columbia and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in an effort that has succeeded in identifying the mechanisms responsible for ferromagnetism in the semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As. This new understanding provides a handle for planning new strategies aimed at increasing the alloy's critical temperature, with an eye of making it ferromagnetic at and above room temperature, and thus opening the way toward realistic spintronic devices.
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Brennecke elected to National Academy of Engineering
By: Nina Welding
Date: February 9, 2012
Joan F. Brennecke, the Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for her innovation in the use of ionic liquids and supercritical fluids for environmentally benign chemical processing.
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New paper examines seawater's effect on nuclear fuel
By: William Gilroy
Date: February 3, 2012
The University of Notre Dame's Peter Burns, Henry J. Massman Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, and Ginger Sigmon, managing director of the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC), and colleagues from the University of California-Davis and Sandia National Laboratory have discovered a new manner in which seawater can corrode nuclear fuel, forming uranium compounds that could potentially travel long distances, either in solution or as small particles.
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Dobrowolska and Furdyna named AAAS Fellows
By: College of Science staff
Date: January 25, 2012
Margaret Dobrowolska, the Rev. John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C., Professor of Physics, and Jacek Furdyna, Aurora and Thomas Marquez Professor of Information Theory and Computer Technology and professor of physics, are among the College of Science faculty members recently named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in honor of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
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Lieberman receives Indiana CTSI 2011 Fall Core Pilot Grants
By: College of Science staff
Date: January 24, 2012
The Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute has announced the recipients of its biannual program to provide small grants to investigators whose project will benefit from access to cutting-edge scientific expertise and technology. Two faculty members from the College of Science, Giles Duffield, assistant professor of biological sciences, and Marya Lieberman, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, have received awards.
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NDnano director to help review U.S. national nanotechnology efforts
By: Arnie Phifer
Date: January 13, 2012
University of Notre Dame professor Wolfgang Porod has been invited to serve on the committee conducting a comprehensive strategic review of the U.S. government's National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The NNI encompasses the nanotechnology-related activities of 25 Federal agencies and coordinates a portfolio of basic and applied research activities focused on advancing the economic and national security interests of the United States.
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2011 |
Notre Dame researchers develop paint-on solar cells
By: Arnie Phifer
Date: December 21, 2011
Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light—electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside. A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame has made a major advance toward this vision by creating an inexpensive "solar paint" that uses semiconducting nanoparticles to produce energy.
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Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique
By: William Gilroy
Date: December 16, 2011
A team of Notre Dame researchers, led by physicists Carol Tanner and Steven Ruggiero, have demonstrated a novel DNA detection method that could prove suitable for many real-world applications.
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Notre Dame and Department of Energy collaboration enables development of unique spectrometer
By: Marissa Gebhard
Date: December 8, 2011
A new, state-of-the-art instrument installed in the Radiation Laboratory will support a wide range of research at the University of Notre Dame. The AP-XPS (ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectrometer) was designed by Franklin Tao, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, in collaboration with the manufacturer. The instrument uses monochromated Al Kα instead of synchrotron radiation as an X-ray source. It is the first high-pressure reaction-cell type in-house AP-XPS to be built.
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Bang and Kamat publish new work on quantum dot solar cells
By: College of Science staff
Date: December 6, 2011
Jin Ho Bang of Hanyang University, a former postdoctoral associate of Prashant Kamat, has co-authored a paper with Kamat, the Rev. John A. Zahm Professor of Science, detailing an advancing understanding of semiconductor nanocrystals and another step towards the development of a more efficient generation of solar cells.
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Undergraduate winners selected in national nanotechnology competition
By: Arnie Phifer
Date: October 6, 2011
Ryan Robinson, a senior at the University of Utah, won top honors and a $5,000 prize at the inaugural NDConnect undergraduate nanoscience and nanoengineering research competition at the University of Notre Dame. His project, on developing nano-sized “cages” made of gold as way of delivering cancer treatment drugs, was recognized by a panel of judges drawn from industry for its innovative contribution to biomolecular engineering and its potential application to the future of medical treatment. Students from the University of Washington-Seattle and Colorado School of Mines won second and third place.
Full story | Finalists and sponsors
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Notre Dame researchers awarded millions to develop radically new computers
By: Arnie Phifer
Date: October 10, 2011
Reflecting its worldwide leadership in the search for new computing technologies, the University of Notre Dame has received two of 12 prestigious grants for cutting-edge nanoelectronics research that were awarded recently by the Semiconductor Research Corporation's Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (SRC-NRI) and the National Science Foundation. Both projects involve NDnano faculty.
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Notre Dame research group reports terahertz technology breakthrough
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: September 23, 2011
A team of Notre Dame researchers has harnessed graphene to control the terahertz portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Notre Dame research finding, described in the journal Applied Physics Letters, potentially is a significant step in ushering in new terahertz technologies. The team of researchers includes graduate students and faculty from the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics initiative.
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Related: Science Daily | Physics News Highlights |
Notre Dame nanofabrication facility installing new electron-beam lithography system
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: September 21, 2011
The University of Notre Dame has accepted delivery of a high-end Vistec EBPG 5200 electron-beam lithography system to campus. The multi-million dollar tool, purchased from Vistec Lithography Inc., will be installed in the Notre Dame Nanofabrication Facility (NDNF) in the Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering. The equipment was purchased with the University's Strategic Research Initiative funding.
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Related: South Bend Tribune
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Hartland, Kamat named American Chemical Society Fellows
By: College of Science staff
Date: July 12, 2011
Four members of the Notre Dame faculty have been named Fellows of the American Chemical Society. Seth Brown, Greg Hartland, Prashant Kamat and Anthony Trozzolo are the first Fellows from Notre Dame since the ACS board of directors started the program in 2008 to recognize members for outstanding achievements to science, the profession and the society.
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Bohn appointed to joint position in engineering and science
By: College of Science staff
Date: July 7, 2011
Paul Bohn has been appointed to a joint position between the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, advancing opportunities for interdisciplinary research.
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Furdyna presents plenary lecture at European Conference
By: College of Science staff
Date: July 6, 2011
Jacek Furdyna, the Aurora and Thomas Marquez Professor of Information Theory and Computer Technology in the Department of Physics, was invited to present a plenary lecture entitled "Exchange Coupling in Magnetic Semiconductor Superlattices and Multilayers" at the European Conference on the Physics of Magnetism 2011, held in Poznan, Poland.
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PAD project seeks low-tech chemical field tests for developing countries
By: College of Science staff
Date: June 30, 2011
A collaborative research program involving faculty, graduate students, undergraduates and high school teachers and students is working to develop low–tech field tests for chemicals, with numerous applications in developing countries.
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Notre Dame terahertz collaboration awarded major DoD grant
By: Arnie Phifer
Date: June 14, 2011
A group of faculty researchers involved in two of Notre Dame’s strategic research investments—the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) and the Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics initiative—has been awarded a $6.3 million grant from the Department of Defense’s Multidisciplinary Research Initiative (MURI) to develop new electronic devices that operate in the terahertz (THz) range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Engineering professors receive MURI grant
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: June 2, 2011
Patrick Fay, professor of electrical engineering, won a $6.3 million Department of Defense (DoD) Multidisciplinary Research Initiative (MURI) grant to lead multi-institutional efforts in the development of electronic devices operating in the terahertz range.
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Seabaugh to receive 2011 Quantum Devices Award
By: Nina Welding
Date: April 15, 2011
Alan Seabaugh, professor of electrical engineering, Frank M. Freimann Director of the Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND) and associate director of the Center for Nano Science and Technology, has been named the recipient of the 2011 Quantum Devices Award by the International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors.
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MIND receives contract extension
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: April 1, 2011
The Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND) has received a contract extension for two more years to focus on nanomagnetic logic devices and tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs).
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Engineering faculty receive inaugural
1st Source Commercialization Award
By: Gail Hinchion Mancini
Date: March 30, 2011
University of Notre Dame engineers Peter Kogge and Jay Brockman have been named recipients of the inaugural 1st Source Commercialization Award celebrating research that has made it to the marketplace.
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Company developing nanocomposite bone substitute wins inaugural Nanotechnology New Ventures Competition
By: Phillip Fiorini
Date: March 28, 2011
LightSprite, led by Notre Dame physics professors Steven Ruggiero and Carol Tanner, finished second and received $15,000.
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Finalists selected for inaugural Nanotechnology New Ventures Competition
By: Phillip Fiorini
Date: March 23, 2011
Five teams have been selected as finalists for the March 25 Nanotechnology New Ventures Competition, an inaugural business plan competition led by Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame with prizes totaling $57,000.
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State, national leaders to speak at Nanotechnology New Ventures event led by Purdue, Notre Dame
By: Phillip Fiorini
Date: March 11, 2011
Two leading nanotechnology industry experts and Indiana's top economic development officer will highlight a daylong focus on entrepreneurship at Purdue University next month, culminating with the inaugural Nanotechnology New Ventures Competition.
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Nanotechnology and safety: truths and misconceptions
By: Nicole Resnick
Date: Feb. 21, 2011 (published in Thriving in Michiana)
NDnano faculty address concern over the safety and environmental issues that nanotechnology raises; Dr. Kathleen Eggleson appointed NDnano research scientist to focus on the environmental, health, safety, ethical, legal and social implications of nanotechnology.
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Brennecke, Kamat included in listing of
top 100 chemists
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: Feb. 14, 2011
Joan F. Brennecke, Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and director of the Notre Dame Sustainable Energy Imitative, and Prashant Kamat, Rev. John A. Zahm Professor of Science in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Radiation Lab and concurrent professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, are on a list of the 100 top chemists published by the Times Higher Education group.
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ND to host contest in undergraduate nanotechnology research
By: Arnie Phifer
Date: Feb. 7, 2011
The University of Notre Dame is holding a competition to recognize outstanding undergraduates from any university or college who are engaged in research in nanoscience and engineering.
Full story
Related:
Thriving in Michiana article |
Tao on advisory board for new journal of the UK Royal Society of Chemistry
By: Department News
Date: Jan. 12, 2011
Franklin (Feng) Tao has accepted an invitation to serve on the advisory board of Catalysis Science and Technology, a new journal led by UK Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
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Spirit of cooperation ushers in 'a new era'
By: South Bend ON: Business and Technology News from South Bend
Date: Jan. 2011
In March, the Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery at the University of Notre Dame will mark its three-year anniversary. And in the relatively short period of time that it has been in existence, MIND has made great strides, not only in terms of research, but also in the impact it has had on the South Bend community.
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MIND moves forward
By: South Bend ON: Business and Technology News from South Bend
Date: Jan. 2011
Here’s a closer look at how MIND is leading efforts to create a better and faster generation of nanoelectronic devices that may inexorably change the landscape of the nanoelectronics industry.
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Nanoelectronics expert praises South Bend
By: South Bend ON: Business and Technology News from South Bend
Date: Jan. 2011
Thanks to MIND, South Bend is on its way to becoming a vitally important center for nanoelectronics research, according to national nanoelectronics expert Jeffrey Welser, director of the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative.
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Turning inspiration into reality
By: South Bend ON: Business and Technology News from South Bend
Date: Jan. 2011
Two spinoffs have been formed based on technologies being developed at the University of Notre Dame. Indiana Integrated Circuits LLC, and LightSprite, represent the university’s strong commitment to commercializing faculty research.
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| 2010 |
Notre Dame receives TARDEC grant for next-generation batteries
By: Nina Welding
Date: Dec. 6, 2010
Faculty from the University of Notre Dame’s Colleges of Engineering and Science have been awarded more than $1.3 million from the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) in collaboration with research being conducted by Mississippi State University on the development of novel materials for improved battery technology.
Full story
Related:
Thriving in Michiana article |
Researcher Bilgiçer using nanotechnology to improve cancer treatment
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: Dec. 3, 2010
Research directed by Başar Bilgiçer, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a member of the Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics initiative at the University of Notre Dame, could one day enable clinicians to deliver powerful chemotherapy drugs to tumors without deleterious side effects.
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Seabaugh appointed to editorial board of IEEE journal
By: Nina Welding
Date: Nov. 18, 2010
Alan C. Seabaugh, professor of electrical engineering, Frank M. Freimann Director of the Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND) and associate director of the Center for Nano Science and Technology at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed to the editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
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DARPA grant to fund research into magnetic logic
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: Nov. 17, 2010
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a team of researchers led by Wolfgang Porod, Freimann Professor of Electrical Engineering and director of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Nano Science and Technology, a $9.9 million grant to explore logic in a magnetic system, which may open the door to all-magnetic information processing systems. The Notre Dame team includes Gary Bernstein and Gyorgy Csaba of Electrical Engineering, Sharon Hu and Michael Niemier of Computer Science and Engineering, and Joe Nahas, a visiting professor who previously has worked for Motorola and Freescale on magnetic memory chips.
Full story
Related:
Thriving in Michiana article | IEEE Spectrum article |
Go named to Air Force Young Investigator program
By: Nina Welding
Date: Nov. 15, 2010
David B. Go, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, was recently selected by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFSOR) as one of 43 engineers and scientists who will participate in the 2011 Young Investigator Program (YIP).
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Brennecke named editor of American Chemical Society journal
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: Nov. 5, 2010
Joan F. Brennecke, Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and director of the University of Notre Dame Energy Center, has been appointed editor of the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data.
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Purdue, Notre Dame, IEDC join efforts on state nanotechnology business plan competition
By: Carol Elliott and Phillip Fiorini
Date: Oct. 25, 2010
The University of Notre Dame and Purdue University are teaming up with state officials to offer Indiana’s first business plan competition targeting startup ventures and emerging companies in nanotechnology. The Nanotechnology New Ventures Competition, scheduled for March 25, 2011, will offer prizes totaling $57,000 to the top researchers or entrepreneurs developing novel technologies or services based in nanotechnology.
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At the forefront of discovery: University of Notre Dame's Stinson-Remick Hall
By: Mark Crawford
Date: Sept. 27, 2010 (published in Thriving in Michiana)
Great minds don't always think alike. In fact, the best ideas usually arise from collaborative thinking, often from totally different perspectives. One of the greatest sparks for this kind of multidisciplinary creativity at universities is down-the-hall access to fellow researchers, as well as having the advanced research tools and facilities necessary to test the ideas that spring forth. This is all happening at the University of Notre Dame's Stinson-Remick Hall, which was officially dedicated earlier this month.
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Stinson-Remick receives LEED Gold Certification
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: Sept. 3, 2010
The University of Notre Dame’s Stinson-Remick Hall has received LEED Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
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Stinson-Remick dedication scheduled for Friday
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: Sept. 1, 2010
A new era in engineering research at the University of Notre Dame will be officially marked Friday (Sept. 3) with the dedication of Stinson-Remick Hall, a 160,000-square-foot facility that houses a nano technology research center, an 9,000-square-foot semiconductor processing and device fabrication clean room, and an undergraduate interdisciplinary learning center.
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Bohn named 2010 Redwood Award winner
By: Nina Welding
Date: June 8, 2010
Paul W. Bohn, Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, director of the Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics (AD&T) initiative, and concurrent professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Theophilus Redwood Award by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Henderson, Jena, Lieberman among faculty recognized for teaching excellence
By: Shannon Chapla
Date: May 7, 2010
Twenty University of Notre Dame faculty members have received Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and three faculty were honored with Dockweiler Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising.
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Notre Dame adds to its expertise in nanobiotechnology
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: Jan. 28, 2010
Gregory Timp has been named the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Electrical Engineering and Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame. The first joint appointment between the College of Engineering and the College of Science, Timp’s position is indicative not only of the interdisciplinary nature of his work, but it also signifies the start of a new University program in synthetic biology, which is part of the biomedical initiative on campus.
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Hartland named AAAS fellow
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: January 6, 2010
Three University of Notre Dame faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in honor of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
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| 2009 |
Brockman participates in first Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium
By: Nina Welding
Date: Dec. 3, 2009
Jay B. Brockman, associate dean for educational programs and associate professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, was one of only 49 engineering researchers and educators invited to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)’s first Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium.
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MIND to host workshop on computer architectures
By: William G. Gilroy
Date: August 11, 2009
The Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND) will hold a workshop titled “Architectures for Post-CMOS Switches” on Aug. 18 (Tuesday) at 8 a.m. in the University of Notre Dame’s McKenna Hall. The one-day workshop will examine how emerging post CMOS switches studied in the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI) of the Semiconductor Research Corporation can be used most effectively in design. “Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor” (CMOS) is the most widely used type of semiconductor.
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IEEE approves new chapter at Notre Dame
Date: August 2009
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved the formation of a new IEEE chapter at Notre Dame backed by the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) and the IEEE Photonics Society. The Notre Dame chapter will bring distinguished speakers to Notre Dame and bring Notre Dame engineering students closer to IEEE researchers and corporate leaders.
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Notre Dame hosts regional Undergraduate Research Symposium
By: Marissa Runkle
Date: July 31, 2009
The University of Notre Dame is hosting the fourth Regional Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium today (July 31) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Jordan Hall of Science. More than 150 undergraduate researchers from Notre Dame, Hope College and the University of Michigan will present the results of their summer research at the symposium.
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Physicist Furdyna receives medal from Polish Academy of Sciences
By: Marissa Runkle
Date: July 24, 2009
Jacek Furdyna, professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the Nicolaus Copernicus Medal by the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. The medal is the Academy’s highest honor.
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Kamat named to editorial position with new ACS journal
By: Marissa Runkle
Date: June 15, 2009
The American Chemical Society has named Prashant Kamat, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, deputy editor of the forthcoming publication Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Addressing the most urgent research results across all areas of physical chemistry, the new journal will publish concise reports exclusively in an online format.
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Porod named senior fellow of Institute for Advanced Study
By: William G. Gilroy and Nina Welding
Date: June 5, 2009
Wolfgang Porod, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Electrical Engineering and director of the Center for Nano Science and Technology at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a Han Fischer Senior Fellow by the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at the Technische Universität München (TUM).
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MIND research center poised to meet demands of emerging nanotechnology
Date: March 20, 2009 (published in Nanotechnology Now)
The nanoelectronics industry has embarked on a quest for fundamental changes that will transform virtually everything it touches, according to Dr. Robert Doering, senior fellow and research strategy manager at Texas Instruments, one of the world's leading semiconductor companies. And the Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND), headquartered at the University of Notre Dame, is uniquely positioned to serve as an essential catalyst in that transformation.
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Merz elected fellow of Materials Research Society
By: William G. Gilroy and Nina Welding
Date: March 11, 2009
James L. Merz, the University of Notre Dame’s Frank M. Freimann Professor of Electrical Engineering, has been named a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS).
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Xing receives CAREER award
By: William G. Gilroy and Nina Welding
Date: February 22, 2009
Grace Xing, assistant professor, is one of two professors in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame to be named a 2009 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award recipient.
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South Bend's high tech development projects promise economic growth
Date: January 26, 2009 (published in Business Wire)
Defiantly optimistic and audaciously hopeful, the administration of South Bend Mayor Stephen Luecke has seen the city’s future, and it’s high tech.
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South Bend is forging its high tech future, says nanoelectronics executive
By: City of South Bend News
Date: January 12, 2009
In the coming year, South Bend will continue to take giant steps toward building its high tech future, according to a national authority on nanoelectronics.
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| 2008 |
Dunn named managing
director of nanotechnology centers
By: William G. Gilroy and Nina Welding
Date: August 29, 2008
Robert M. Dunn, most recently the director of the Integrated Engineering and
Business Practices Program in the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering,
has been named the managing director of the Center for Nano Science and Technology
(NDnano) and the recently established Midwest Institute of Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND).
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Nanoelectronics research institute is renamed MIND
By: Dennis Brown
Date: May 20, 2008
The University of Notre Dame has renamed its recently established center for nanoelectronics research the Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND).
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Notre
Dame to commit $80 million to new research initiatives
By: William Gilroy
Date: April 16, 2008
The University of Notre Dame announced today that it has committed
$80 million in internal financial resources in support of two
phases of integrated research initiatives.
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Notre
Dame lands new nanotechnology research center
By: William Gilroy
Date: March 24, 2008
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced today (March 25) the establishment of the Midwest Academy for Nanoelectronics and Architectures (MANA), a new research consortium led by the University of Notre Dame and designed to discover and develop the next nanoscale logic device, which will be the basic building block of future computers.
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| 2007 |
Notre
Dame among founding members of nano consortium
By: William G. Gilroy and Nina Welding
Date: August 30, 2007
The University of Notre Dame is one of only a dozen universities
selected by Sandia National Laboratories as founding academic
members of a unique research consortium.
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Construction on new engineering building to begin in November on Notre Dame Avenue
By: Dennis Brown
Date: Feb. 5, 2007
At its winter meeting on campus Feb. 2, the Board of Trustees of the University of Notre Dame approved the construction of a $69.4 million building for the College of Engineering. To be located on the current site of the University Club on Notre Dame Avenue, the 142,000-square-foot facility will house a nanotechnology research center, the University's new EnergyCenter, an 11,800-square-foot semiconductor processing and device fabrication clean room, and an undergraduate interdisciplinary learning center.
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