Department of Materials Science & Engineering

	EVENTS
	1/31/2012 Tech L211 4p.m., Linda F. Nazar, Department of Chemistry and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, "Li-Ion Batteries and Beyong: New Vistas in Energy Storage"
	NEWS
	1/12/2012 EurekAlert has posted an interview with post-doctoral fellow Yifeng Liao describing his research on metal-on-metal hip replacements with Laurence Marks and Joshua Jacobs. Go here to view the video (in Chinese) or read the text (in English).
	12/23/2011 Laurence Marks, Joshua Jacobs and colleagues at NU, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and University of Duisberg-Essen in Germany have determined that graphitic carbon is a key element in a lubricating layer that forms on metal-on-metal hip implants. More.
	12/15/2011 Mark Hersam has been named a Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
	12/13/2011 George Fraley (Olson group) named MSE TA of the Year; Mark Hersam named MSE Teacher of the Year.
	11/28/2011 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) has chosen David Dunand as one of four individuals for the 2012 Class of Fellows. This is the highest honor bestowed on members and recognizes them as eminent authorities in their discipline. He will be inducted at the TMS 2012 Annual Meeting & Exhibition set for March 11-15 in Orlando, Florida. More.
	10/31/2011 Ramille Shah profiled as Scientist of the Month by Chicago-Area Association for Women in Science. More.
	10/14/2011 Jiaxing Huang and co-authors have published work demonstrating that the processablility of graphene may be improved by "crumpling" graphene sheets. More.
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Journal of Structural Biology, October 2011 "Selectivity in biomineralization of barium and strontium." Article by Minna Kreici, Derk Joester, Brian Wasserman and colleagues at Argonne explores sequestration of Sr, important for remediation of the environment and nuclear waste.

PNAS, September 20, 2011 "Squalamine as a broad-spectrum systemic antiviral agent with therapeutic potential" Michael Zasloff, A. Paige Adams, Bernard Beckerman, Ann Campbell, Ziying Han, Erik Luijten, Isaura Meza, Justin Julander, Abhijit Mishra, Wei Qu, John M. Taylor, Scott C. Weaver, and Gerard C. L. Wong.