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2008 CHEMS Research Forum, May 21, 2008

The ChE/MS Faculty and Research Associates invite you to join us at the CHEMS Research Forum 2008. The one day program (including banquet) will feature a variety of speakers and poster displays, with late-breaking results in nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, renewable energy, advanced materials and much more. More...

Alumni Survey of '02-'07 Grads

Help us maintain an outstanding program with your feedback on this survey. We will enter your name in a drawing to thank you for your time! Top prize: 2 football tickets for a 2008 season game! Username and password instructions have been sent by e-mail. Click here!

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)

Christina Chan to Join Editorial Board

Christina Chan has accepted an invitation to join the editorial board of BMC Systems Biology. The journal covers all areas of systems-level analyses of biological events, and is in response to the rapid expansion of the field and the increasing awareness that the function of biological systems cannot be understood by reducing them to their component parts - they need to be studied as a whole to understand their properties. (10/07)

Bruce Dale name Editor-in-Chief of BioFPR

BioFPR bills itself as the definitive source of information on sustainable products, fuels and energy. Each issue will present a mix of news, patent intelligence and feature articles, as well as peer-reviewed articles. The journal is published by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. BioFPR subscription information and selected free content are available online. (10/07)

Eldon Case to Join Editorial Board

Eldon Case has accepted an invitation to join the Editorial Board of Research Letters in Materials Science. (10/07)

Seminar Announcements

Science At the Edge: Engineering

April 25

Russ Composto, University of Pennsylvania

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Department Newsletter

January 2008 (415 KB Acrobat pdf)
September 2006 (3 MB Acrobat pdf)

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