2008 Spring/Summer Student Survey

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Faculty Opening

Michigan State University invites applications for an open rank, tenure track, academic year (9-month) faculty position to provide leadership in the area of bioenergy engineering. A Ph.D. in Biosystems /Biological, Chemical /Biochemical Engineering or a closely related discipline is required. The successful candidate may have joint appointments in the departments of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, and Forestry. More...

CHEMS Faculty awarded University Research Corridor Awards

CHEMS faculty members L. Drzal, I. Lee, D. Morelli, S. Sakamoto are investigators on two multi-year energy-related projects "Themoelectric Materials for power generation" and "Improved ethanol from switchgrass, corn stovers". More...

Technology from Drzal Research Group Earns Nano 50 Award

A new nanotechnology material developed at Michigan State University has enabled XG Sciences, Inc., a start-up company headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan, to be named a winner in the third annual Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 awards program. The technology provides a fast and inexpensive process for separating layers of graphite (graphene) into stacks less than 10 nanometers in thickness but with lateral dimensions anywhere from 100 nm to several microns. [More] (12/07)

Troy Hendricks wins Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellowship

Troy Hendricks was selected as one of the members of the first class of "Entrepreneurial Faculty for the 21 st Century University" fellows from the Graduate School at Michigan State University (MSU) and the Michigan Center for Innovation & Economic Prosperity (MCIEP) at James Madison College. $5,000 fellowship will support professional development for Troy Hendricks in the area of entrepreneurship and innovation. So far, his learning and attainment have been submitted as 3 World or US patents including ‘wrinkle-free films’ as well as 6 published or accepted papers. [More...] (11/07)

Daina Briedis Named ABET Fellow

In recognition of her outstanding contributions and sustained quality service to engineering accreditation, the ABET Board of Directors has recognized Professor Daina Briedis as a Fellow of ABET. The Fellow award will be presented at the 2007 Annual ABET Meeting in Incline Village, NV. ABET, Inc. is the sole accreditor for college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology, and is a federation of 28 professional and technical societies representing these fields. ABET has provided leadership and quality assurance in higher education for over 70 years. (11/07)

Seminar Announcements

Department Safety Seminar

September 4, 9:10 a.m. or September 10, 12:40 p.m., Carl Lira and Marty Crimp

CHEMS Seminar

September 25, 9:10 a.m., Gregg Janowski, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

SATE Seminar

September 26, 11:30 a.m., Robert Brown, Iowa State University

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Department Newsletter

July '08 (370 KB Acrobat pdf)

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