Tell us about yourself and your background. I am originally from the east coast of China near Shanghai. In 2012, I earned my undergraduate degree in materials science with a specialty in ceramics from Tongji University in Shanghai. Later that year, I came to Iowa State University and started working with Professor Kristen Constant. Under …Continue reading “Q & A with Jiahao Chen, a Molecular Electronics Researcher”
As the semester and academic year come to an end, graduate students in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering are recognized for their achievements and success. The Trivedi Best Paper Award Stephanie Oyola-Reynoso, a Ph.D. student in materials science and engineering, was awarded the 2016-2017 Rohit Trivedi Best Paper Award. Her major professor is …Continue reading “Materials science and engineering graduate students receive 2016-2017 departmental research awards”
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Graduate College have announced the recipients of the 2016 fall semester Research and Teaching Excellence Awards. The recipients include: Darrel Enyart- Teaching Excellence Award Stephanie Oyola- Reynoso- Research Excellence Award Jiahao Chen- Research Excellence Award Honghu Zhang- Research Excellence Award These graduate students have been recognized …Continue reading “Research and Teaching Excellence Awards given to four MSE students for the fall 2016 semester”
Martin Thuo likes to look for new, affordable and clean ways to put science and technology to work in the world. His lab is dedicated to an idea called frugal innovation: “How do you do very high-level science or engineering with very little?” said Thuo, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Iowa State University and an associate of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory.
