Prof. Len Brillson, CEM Faculty member and IRG-2 co-Leader, has been chosen as a American Competitiveness and Innovation (ACI) Fellow for 2010 by the NSF Division of Materials Research. As part of the ACI Fellowship, Prof. Brillson will receive up to $360,000 in research funding from NSF. The ACI Fellowship citation states: “For establishing the optical signature of a leading defect in ZnO, opening the way to monitor and study processes that promote p-type conductivity, a major current objective in semiconductor optoelectronics. He is also recognized for his outstanding efforts in student mentoring and broadening participation of underrepresented groups in science.”
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NSF/NBC Learn series segment features CEM member Kathy Flores
Online videos explain the science behind winning gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games
A collaboration between NSF and NBC Learn, “The Science of the Olympic Winter Games“, is a fast-moving, 16-part, video series for students and adults capitalizing on next February’s Vancouver Olympics to focus on the science behind how athletes skate, ski, jump and curl their way to winter Olympic gold.
The segment Slapshot Physics features the CEM’s Education and Outreach Director, Kathy Flores. This and other segments from the series can be streamed at the NBC Learn website.
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CEM faculty member Chris Hammel published in Nature
Chris Hammel’s commentary titled “Imaging: Nanoscale MRI” was published in the April 2009 issue of the journal Nature in the section News & Views.
Abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging offers rich three-dimensional pictures, but with limited resolution. Imaging at the nanometre scale has now become possible using highly sensitive force-detection techniques.
Nature is the international weekly journal of science and has been published monthly since 1870. The full text is available here.