Month: February 2026

MRS/OSA will hold it’s 19th Annual Poster Competition on April 2nd in the AMIC Atrium. The Seminar featuring Dr. Peter Schultz begins at 3:30 PM in AMIC 1101. The registration deadline is March 20th.

Two grad students in Dr. Kimberly Weirich’s research group have won 3 travel awards to the APS Global Summit in Denver, Co. this March. There are more than 14,000 people that attend this meeting, so it is a honor to get one of these awards in a research group. Megan Janquart – APS Division of […]

Electric vehicles (EVs) and many portable electronics depend on lithium-ion batteries. But one big challenge remains: slow charging speeds. Most lithium-ion batteries take too long to charge because the materials inside don’t let lithium ions move quickly enough. A new study explores a cutting-edge way to fix this problem using laser engineering on a common […]

Thank you to our fabulous MSE alumni: Their time in meeting with and talking with MSE undergrads at the Spring MSE Mini-Career Fair was invaluable!