NEWS RELEASE (May 4, 2007) Z. L. WangPlatinum Nanocrystals Boost Catalytic Activity. New form of catalytic metal could improve hydrogen production.
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NEWS RELEASE (April 7, 2007) Z. L. WangNanogenerator
Provides Continuous Electrical Power. Device harvests energy from the environment to provide direct current. (Click here)
Z. L. Wang’s nanogenerator was featured in the NSF budget request to congress (see page 3 in overview section) CLICK HERE (February 2007)
Jonathan Simons (December 2006) appointed CEO and President of the Prostate Cancer Foundation in Los Angeles, the world’s largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research.
Rick Neu and Dave McDowell (December 2006) were presented the 2006 ASME Orr Best Paper Award...
NEWS RELEASE (June 26, 2006) C. P. Wong received the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Award
Z. L. Wang (December 2006) was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is honored for seminal contributions to the discovery, synthesis, understanding and applications
of novel one-dimensional nanomaterials.
Steve Johnson (2006) promoted to Fellow of the American Society for Composites
Vladimir Tsukruk (2006) received the NSF Special Creativity Award...
NEWS RELEASE (Apil 13, 2006) Nanogenerators: Researchers Convert Mechanical Energy to Electrical Energy for Self-Powered Nanoscale Devices (Z. L.Wang)
Z. L. Wang (March 2006) named one of the first “College of Engineering Disginguished Professors.”
Congratulations to Rina Tannenbaum on her promotion to Full Professor.
NEWS RELEASE (Dec. 6, 2005) Better Body Armor Expected from Improved Process. New material formation process improves ballistic performance of boron carbide material. (Robert Speyer)
C. P. Wong was awarded the Charles Smithgall Chair. This is a great honor for him and we are delighted as it recognizes his outstanding accomplishments! Click here for Whistle article.
Z. L. Wang was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)..
Ken Sandhage appointed to the National Materials Advisory Board
Naresh Thadhani named MSE Associate Chair...
Kenneth Sandhage named B. Mifflin Hood Professor of Ceramic Engineering...
NEWS RELEASE (Oct. 27, 2005) Study Produces Road Map for Nanomanufacturing. Systematic study of cadmium selenide nanostructure growth guides future efforts (Z. L. Wang)
NEWS RELEASE (Sept. 9, 2005) Nanohelix Structure Provides New Building Block. New superlattice nanobelts could become sensors, transducers or resonators (Z. L. Wang)
NEWS RELEASE (Sept. 5, 2005) New Technique Controls Nanoparticle Size. Researchers learn how polymer matrix controls particle growth in nanocomposites (Rina Tannenbaum)
NEWS RELEASE (Aug. 24, 2005) Chemical Could Revolutionize Polymer Fuel Cells (Meilin Liu)
Z. L. Wang's research is highlighted on the cover of the five year report to President Bush on the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative.
The cover picture, a newly grown zinc oxide nanostructure by Puxian Gao and Z.L. Wang, has potential applications in sensors, actuators, resonators and optoelectronics
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