CWRU Department of Materials Science

Commencement Day 2018

Congrats to all the Undergrad, Grads & PhD's for Graduating!!!! All the Best to you in the future

Doctoral candidate elected to national Microscopy Society of America

On March 31, the Microscopy Society of America (MSA) announced the creation of its Student Council (StC), which would work towards increasing the involvement of students on the local and national levels and increasing the level of student input in the organization’s decision-making. One of the inaugural executive officers is Case Western Reserve University doctoral candidate Janet Gbur, who serves as the MSA StC president-elect.
MSA first began as the Electron Microscopy Society of America in 1942 during a time of rapid growth of its namesake instrument, but the organization changed its name on its 50th anniversary in order to reflect the diverse microscopy techniques utilized, developed and studied by its members.
The MSA StC was created to replace the Student Committee, which served many of the same functions of increasing student input in the organization but was not believed to be a sustainable model of encouraging student involvement by many members.
As the president-elect, Gbur is spending this year working closely with the president and preparing to take on the role next year. Her primary focus is helping plan the inaugural Pre-Meeting Congress for Students, Postdocs and Early Career Professionals, which will be part of the national meeting, Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M), this summer.
New members of the StC will also be elected annually at the national meeting.
According to Gbur, the day long symposia will combine award-winning research presentations from young investigators and networking banquet.
“The event will bring together interests in biological and physical sciences through a range of analysis techniques,” said Gbur. “This is the first of many initiatives to begin reaching out to students and early career scientists and provide programming and pathways to facilitate involvement with the local and national society.”
Despite Gbur’s role in the organization, she first became active on the regional level as a member of the MSA Local Affiliate Society, the Microscopy Society of Northeastern Ohio. Through the local organization, she was able to attend the M&M, where she truly saw the benefits of being involved with MSA.
Those benefits have only grown as her involvement has increased. Gbur was present at the Winter Council Meeting where the StC was approved, and the new members were welcomed into the organization immediately.
“As Student Council officers, we had the opportunity to not only have a first-hand look at how a major society operates and plans conferences and publications, but we were highly encouraged to participate in discussions,” said Gbur. “There is a genuine desire to connect to all levels of membership and support the next generation of researcher.”
Gbur also encourages undergraduates to become involved with MSA, citing the long-term benefits of being a member and building a network.
“Plan ahead, seek out opportunities to attend the local MSNO meetings and check out the newly added Students tab on the MSA web site,” said Gbur. “The Student Council just launched [accounts] on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for students to network, share images, and talk about their experiences with MSA. It is easy to get involved and very rewarding.”

Case School of Engineering
The Case School of Engineering Cordially Invites You
Please join us
in celebrating our honored endowed professorships

Wednesday, March 29, 2017
5:30 p.m.
Maltz Performing Arts Center
Case Western Reserve University

Hors d'oeuvres reception to follow

Shuttle service will be available to the Maltz Performing Arts Center.
Pick-up & drop-off at the Tinkham Veale University Center, Bellflower Road entrance, begins at 4:30 p.m.

To be honored
Alexis Abramson
Milton & Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation

Ozan Akkus
Leonard Case Jr. Professor of Engineering

Rohan Akolkar
F. Alex Nason Professor

Roger French
Kyocera Professor of Ceramics

Robert Gao
Cady Staley Professor of Engineering

Mehmet Koyuturk
Timothy E. & Allison L. Schroeder Associate Professor
of Computer Science & Engineering

Anant Madabhushi
F. Alex Nason Professor

Mehran Mehregany
Veale Professor of Wireless Health Innovation

R. Mohan Sankaran
Leonard Case Jr. Professor of Engineering

Alp Sehirlioglu
Warren E. Rupp Distinguished Assistant Professor

Nicole Seiberlich
Elmer Lincoln Lindseth Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Dustin Tyler
Kent H. Smith Professor of Engineering


RSVP to [email protected] or 216.368.1149
Case Western Reserve University

Alp Sehirlioglu, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been appointed associate editor for the Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

The publication is among the top sources for ceramic materials science research, providing scientists, engineers and students with critically assessed, original research for more than 100 years.

Topics cover a broad range, including glass science, crystal chemistry, microscopy and microstructure, bioceramic science, powder processing and colloidal science.

Congratulations to William Huddleston and Kevin Pachuta, 2nd and 3rd place poster awards at the ACerS-EMA conference
William Huddleston and Kevin Pachuta received 2nd and 3rd place awards, respectively, out of 43 posters at the 8th Electronic Materials and Applications Meeting (EMA) organized by the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) in Orlando (Jan 18-20, 2017). Will's work was on "Processing and Performance of Sintered Intercalaction Oxide Cathodes for All-Solid State Structural Lithium Ion Batteries" and Kevin's work was on "Characterization of Solution-Based Exfoliation of Two-dimensional Oxide Nanosheets". Both Will and Kevin are a part of the Electroceramics Group at the department. EMA 2017 is an international conference focused on electroceramic materials and their applications in electronic, electromechanical, magnetic, dielectric and optical components, devices and systems. It is jointly programmed by ACerS’ Electronics and Basic Science divisions.

Move In Day! Welcome

Congrats to MSE's Jennifer Carter!
http://engineering.case.edu/Carter-ASM-Stoughton

Jennifer Carter wins ASM teaching award | Case School of Engineering (Jennifer Carter) Jennifer L.W. Carter, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has been named the recipient of the Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers from ASM for dedicated and effective instruction and mentoring of students at various stages of education in addition to im...

Some More Pictures of 2016 Commencement

2016 Commencement

http://thedaily.case.edu/news/graduate-students-get-discounted-cedar-point-tickets-for-may-7/

Graduate students: Get discounted Cedar Point tickets for May 7 Free bus transportation also will be available for those you need it. When purchasing tickets, students must indicate if they plan to take the bus. The bus will begin loading at 10:45 and leave CWRU at 11 a.m. It will leave Cedar Point to return to campus at 8 p.m.

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Take a break from studying at Thwing Study Over tonight