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Student News - May 2012
Congratulations Graduates
The MatSE Department wishes you all the best as you enter this new phase of your life. Once you get settled into your new home, please email Cindy Brya your new home and work address and phone numbers. Alumni of the department (that's what you are now) receive an alumni newsletter twice a year. If you have not already filled out the senior survey, please do so. Graduates are invited to a graduation lunch hosted by the MatSE Department. The lunch buffet will be held at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, May 13, in Illini Rooms A & B in the Illini Union. Register for lunch. Extra tickets must be purchased by May 7.
More congratulations
Congratulations to the following MatSE students who have received awards and scholarships for the 2012-13 academic year.
Paul A. Beck Scholarship: Timothy Chiu
Harry J. Beckemeyer Jr. Scholarship: Rachel Garrick
Clifton G. Bergeron Scholarships: Ryan Epping, Parul Koul
Louis R. Berner Scholarships: Aleksander Bapst, Michael Katz, Bo Er Tew
Gerson B. Bilow Scholarship: Karen Lamb
Robert Bohl Scholarships: Mark Cavanaugh, Benjamin Johnson, Eric Lui, Colin Ringel, Vijesh Tanna, Yiran Xiao
Otto Sr. and Mildred Capek Scholarship: Spencer Wells
Caterpillar Scholarships: Dominic Bonucci, Andrew Nelson, Jonathan Streufert
Earl J. Eckel Scholarships: Kyle Blouin, Congshan Wan
M. Laird and Charisann Froberg Scholarships: William Andrews , Gregory Kutyla, Jaime Kelleher
Phillip H. Geil Scholarship: Erich Diesel
Henry E. Grein Jr. Scholarship: Luke Shi
Donald W. Hamer Scholarships: Corey Fyock, Jonathan Hestroffer, Jennifer Huffman, Ryan Hurley, Maxwell Li
Joseph and Wyvona Lane Scholarship: Michael Collins
Robert E. and Karen Martin Luetje Scholarship: Martin Kim
Kevin Moore Memorial Scholarship: Taylor Perez
G. Ronald and Margaret H. Morris Scholarship: David Bruk
G. Ronald and Margaret H. Morris Opportunity Scholarship: Austin Listerud
James A. Nelson Scholarship: Jacob Gruber
Cullen W. Parmelee Scholarships: Mitchell Bigelow, Seth Cazzell, Nicholas Demetriou, Anna Mast, Samuel Mo, Daniel Roper, Carrington Watkins, Hongyi Wu, Aaron Zhao, Andrew Zhao
Cullen W. Parmelee International Research Scholarships: Rudi Bredemeier, Lei Che, Lauren Schroeder, Janice Yoshimura
Frederick A. Petersen Scholarship: Scott Lyons
Norman L. Peterson Scholarships: Steven Shewchuk, Ryan Smith
Larry D. and Carol Rakers Scholarships: Yelizaveta Fedonina, Ryan Haney, Douglas Hansel, Charles Stovall, Michael Szymanski
Ian and Victoria Robertson Scholarship: Timothy Ouradnik
Wert Scholarships: Aaron Bentz, Andrew Bettin, David Broschka, Mary Dickens, Janna Eaves, Nicole Ernat, Anthony Griffin, Jingtian Hu, Christopher Johnson, Alex Katsulis, Kyle Lamson, Shao Mei, Stephanie Nemec, Aniruddh Shivram, Zoey Sowinski, Linas Sulas, Aik Jun Tan, Hui Lin Yang, Wen Yang
Alfred W. Allen Awards: Mitchell Bigelow, Dominic Bonucci, Michael Campion, Seth Cazzell, Steven Hartanto, Enjiong Lu, Anna Mast, Tan Nilgianskul, Carrington Watkins, Spencer Wells, Raissa Yona, Chenshuo Yue
Arthur L. Friedberg Awards: Colin Stewart, Xiaolin Zhang
Laird Froberg Award: Parul Koul
Materials Science and Engineering Alumni Board Award: Scott Navel
Sheryl Blair Tipton Award: Divija Alluri
The 2012 Racheff-Intel Award winners, pictured above, presented their research at a special seminar on April 26: Brett Beiermann (Sottos group), Li Tang (Cheng group), and Karthik Jambunathan (Martin group). Not pictured: May Martin (Robertson group).
Wenpei Gao (Zuo group) received the 2012 Microscopy Society of America Eric Samuel Scholarship Award.
Hefei Hu (Zuo group) received a Yee Fellowship from the College of Engineering.
MatSE undergrads Parul Koul and Miheer Munjal (along with team members Wenjie Fu and Manda Phadke) competed against 13 teams and won first place in the Deloitte Case Competition 2012, a university-wide case competition revolving around cloud computing and the video gaming industry.
Eugene Cho, Zach Dahl, and John Glauber are Bronze Tablet recipients. Selection for the Bronze Tablet is a recognition of continuous high academic achievement and is awarded to students in the top 3% of their college graduating class.
The 2012 Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research Poster Expo was held on April 11 at Levis Faculty Center. Four MatSE undergraduates, pictured above, presented posters of their undergrad research projects: Andrew Lee (Rogers group), Monesha Menon (Rogers group), Wen Yang (Rogers group), and Stephanie Nemec (Cheng group).
Prof. Jennifer Lewis is among 220 new members named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The academy, founded in 1780, is one of the oldest honorary societies in the nation. Fellowship honors outstanding leadership and scholarship in a variety of fields.
Material Advantage News
Congratulations to the Material Advantage officers for the 2012-13 year!
President: Spencer Wells
Vice President: Parul Koul
Treasurer: Miheer Munjal
Service Chair: Jaime Kelleher
Social Chair: Anuj Mehta
Engineering Council Representative/Awards Chair: Steve Schewchuk
Secretary: Kelsey Wu
Webmaster: Michael Wu
Bio Materials Representative: Jackie Handley
Ceramics Representative: David Bruk
Electronic Materials Representative: Jacob Gruber
Metals Representative: TJ Williams
Polymer Representative: Andrew Lee
Junior Representative: Open
Sophomore Representative: Meher Bharucha
Scenes from the MatSE Faculty-Student Basketball Game
Van Pelt Scholarship
The Richard Van Pelt Scholarship is given by ASM International to a sophomore or junior in MatSE at the University of Illinois. Students must be a member of ASM International (Material Advantage members eligible) and have a minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0. Completed applications must be mailed on or before September 1. The scholarship is worth $1,000. Information and application form
DOW-MIT Access Program
The DOW-MIT ACCESS Program is a weekend-long symposium aimed to expose underrepresented minority students to the benefits of a graduate education in the aforementioned research areas. This annual event, taking place on MIT’s campus October 12-13, is an interactive and informative symposium that has proven to have a lasting impact on its past participants. http://access.mit.edu/2012accessannounce.pdf
Applications for the ACCESS Fall 2012 session are due June 15, 2012. All travel expenses, meals and hotel accommodations for students selected to participate in the ACCESS program will be paid by us. Participation neither obligates the student to apply for graduate study nor guarantees future consideration for study at MIT. ACCESS was made possible through the generous support of Dow Chemical Corporation. For more information visit http://access.mit.edu/ or email mit-access@mit.edu.
field Trip
MSE 441 students took a field trip to Nucor in Crawfordsville, IN.
Senior Sunday
The Class of 2012 is invited to Senior Sunday on Sunday, May 6, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on the Bardeen Quad. Enjoy free food and live music, plus receive a free gift from Engineering at Illinois.
Good luck on finals and have a great summer!!!
