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Kalee Francis Rozylowicz | Student Spotlight
"As an NSF GRFP Fellow and SGF Art and Mary Fong fellow, I have had the privilege and opportunity to follow the research that excites me"
March 26, 2024
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Peiwen Ren | Student Spotlight
“The collaborative and inclusive environment at Stanford allows me to do cutting-edge research while also giving back to the community through new forms of teaching"
March 26, 2024
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Tri Nguyen | Student Spotlight
"Just like our imperfections make us unique and interesting humans, imperfections – also known as defects – play a central role in materials science"
March 26, 2024
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Professor Eric Appel elected for Fellow of the AIMBE
The AIMBE announced the election of 152 new members to its College of Fellows for their distinguished achievements in medical and biological engineering.
March 25, 2024
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Haoxue Yan | Community Spotlight
"My academic journey has been unique in that along with research, I spent time studying and practicing leadership theories and evidence-based teaching pedagogy."
March 25, 2024
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Enze Chen | Community Spotlight
"Being a Lecturer has been a wonderful homecoming because I did my B.S. in MSE at Stanford (‘18) and a coterminal M.S. in ICME!"
March 25, 2024
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Alden Helen Laird O'Rafferty | Student Spotlight
"I am incredibly grateful for the opportunities I’ve had to do impactful research while nurturing my scientific communities"
March 19, 2024
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Sitting idle boosts the performance of lithium metal batteries for next-generation EVs
Lithium metal batteries could double the range of electric vehicles, but current batteries degrade quickly during operation. Stanford researchers have discovered that you can impro
February 07, 2024
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Felipe H. da Jornada | Faculty Spotlight
"What led me to engineering/material science was the feeling that I could only really understand a concept if I could compute it."
December 20, 2023
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Christopher Long | Student Spotlight
"At Stanford, I’ve been given the amazing opportunity to foster several collaborations"
December 18, 2023
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Marisa Lynne Hocking | Student Spotlight
"At Stanford, my research focuses on 2D material heterostructures, particularly stacked ferroelectrics. "
December 18, 2023
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Gregory Zaborski | Student Spotlight
I was raised by my Sicilian mother in the small town of Saugerties in upstate New York. I was never very good at school, but .....
November 30, 2023
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New drug delivery system could reduce daily diabetes shots to just three a year
Dietary management drugs have transformed Type 2 diabetes care, but daily injection routines are challenging for some patients. A new hydrogel could mean shots just three times a y
November 21, 2023
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What’s standing in the way of sustainable steel?
With a better and fuller understanding of the chemistry of turning raw iron ore into solid steel, researchers at Stanford hope to decarbonize one of the world’s most carbon-intensi
October 30, 2023
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Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm celebrates revolutionary X-ray laser upgrade at SLAC
The Secretary and other U.S. Department of Energy officials visited SLAC's energy labs and commended the staff for their dedication in successfully launching the LCLS-II
October 27, 2023
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Groundbreaking study shows defects spreading through diamond faster than the speed of sound
Defects can make a material stronger or make it fail catastrophically. Knowing how fast they travel can help researchers understand things like earthquake ruptures, structural fail
October 06, 2023
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Why does our skin feel ‘tight’ after using a facial cleanser?
A new study from Stanford University reveals the neurological mechanism behind the perception of skin tightness.
September 22, 2023
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Will Chueh to Receive the 2023 Shirley Award
Will Chueh, an associate prof. of MSE at Stanford University, is the 2023 winner of the David A. Shirley award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement at the Advanced Light Source.
September 18, 2023
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‘Computer vision’ reveals unprecedented physical and chemical details of how a lithium-ion battery works
It lets researchers extract pixel-by-pixel information from nanoscale X-ray movies of electrode particles absorbing and releasing lithium ions.
September 14, 2023
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Ana Isabel De La Fuente Duran | Student Spotlight
"In all my work, I strive to become an exemplary scientist in the hopes of challenging biases about what a good scientist should look like, sound like, or be like."
September 11, 2023