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Alumni News

Current ISSue of Alumni News

Winter 2009

Past Issues of Alumni News

Summer 2009

Coatings Self-Repair: Self-healing greatly extends the life of paints and coatings

Fall 2008

Cleaner Water - Advances lead to better drinking water for all

Spring 2008

Sustainable energy at forefront of materials science research

Summer 2007

Plastic deformation in metallic alloys, plans underway for 20th anniversary celebration of MatSE at Illinois

Winter 2006

Developing new antimicrobial materials, celebrating alumni and student achievements

Summer 2006

Creating biologically friendly capsule delivery vehicles, Robertson and Cahill invested as Willett Professors, memorial to Bob Bohl

Winter 2005

New diffraction techniques improve sensitivity to small structures, Rogers listed in 2005 Scientific American 50

Summer 2005

Materials Computation Center, remembering Howard Birnbaum, new Alumni Board members

Fall 2004

Lewis invested as Thurnauer Professor, Bergeron Scholarship established, summer undergraduate research program

Spring 2004

Robertson named department head, new Board members, Kiln House renovation 10 years later

Fall 2003

Thurnauer establishes Professorship in MatSE, New faculty involved in nanoscale research

Summer 2003

Robertson named interim head, MatSE holds first Hamer Investiture

Fall 2002

Economy heads new STC for water purification, student and alumni awards