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  Greg Olson has been awarded the ASM 2010 Gold Medal for "contributions to understanding the science of steel, application of thermodynamics to the design of steel with prescribed properties, and applications of this design concept to industry and education.” He will receive the award at the 2010 MS&T meeting.
  David Seidman has been awarded the TMS Institute of Metals Lecture and the R.F. Mehl Award for 2010. He will present his lecture at the upcoming TMS annual meeting.
  Chad Mirkin has been awarded the Lemelson- MIT Prize for Invention. He will receive the award this Friday.more
 

The 2009 Department of Materials Science and Engineering Hilliard Award for Undergraduate Leadership, Scholarship and Service was awarded to Kelly M.  Luckasevic.
The 2009 Department of Materials Science and Engineering Hilliard Awards for Undergraduate Research and Design were awarded to Christopher T. Chen, for his project "Nanoscale Doping of Transparent Conducting Oxides with Focused Ion Beam" and Matthew L. Chastain, for his project "Prehistoric Copper Metallurgy at Cahokia, Illinois"

 

Professor Morris Fine has been honored with the Outstanding Achievement Award of the University of Minnesota.  This award recognizes graduates who have attained unusual distinction in their chosen fields or in public service, and who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and leadership on a community, state, national, or international level.
  Vinayak Dravid and Tom Mason have been named to the 2009-2010 Associated Student Government Faculty & Administrator Honor Roll for outstanding classroom instruction.
 

Teri Odom has been selected as one of 15 members of DSSG 2010-2011 from over 165 candidates. DSSG introduces young professors experienced in a variety of disciplines and from the country's top universities to take part in US protection challenges.

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   Enabling graphene-based technology via chemical functionalization:    Molecular-resolution ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling    microscopy image of a self-assembled monolayer of    perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (PTCDA) on a    graphene surface.

    Work by Mark Hersam and MSE grad student Qing Hua    Wang to be featured on June cover of Nature Chemistry.