Notre Dame’s Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) graduate program promotes the interdisciplinary understanding of materials through collaborative research. Students in the program conduct materials-focused research while working with dissertation advisors and mentors who bridge departments and colleges.
The MSE program, which launched in 2020, continues to grow and now has 46 students spread across the seven participating departments and programs. Including August 2023 graduates, six students have received the interdisciplinary MSE degree.
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| Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chair, MSE Academic Committee
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Students in the program complete nine credit hours from the MSE course list overseen by the Academic Committee. Presently, there are 46 approved courses for students to choose from. The courses are spread across six departments and span nine topics: biomaterials, computational modeling, materials processing, structure and characterization, nanostructured materials, quantum mechanics, solid state materials, and surfaces and interfaces.
The Academic Committee also evaluates the curriculum, and, with the help of the rest of the program faculty, identifies opportunities for course development to enrich the program and promote even greater cross-disciplinary interaction. In the coming year, the Academic Committee will examine a suggestion from the May 2023 MSE program retreat: Should there be any core courses so that all MSE students have a few common educational experiences? Input on this and other topics from the materials community are always welcome.
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- research topics
- advisors and interdisciplinary mentors
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Links to LinkedIn or Google Scholar profiles, student CVs, or personal websites
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The new website also includes information about the program’s affiliated faculty and leadership committees, details on how to enter the program, a listing of approved courses, news related to the program, and a list of the current and past projects funded by the MSE Fellowship Program.
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| Faculty leaders envision next steps for MSE PhD program |
As the leadership committees of the Material Science and Engineering PhD program convene in the coming months, they will be delving deeper into some of the topics discussed at the half-day MSE program review held in May. All faculty affiliated with the interdisciplinary PhD program were invited to attend the May meeting as leaders reviewed the program’s first three years and discussed ways to build on the program’s foundation moving forward. Read more.
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| Graduate students display research at Reunion Weekend event |
Students from the MSE program hosted a poster session as part of the “ND Explores STEM” event held during Reunion Weekend in June. The annual event draws faculty, staff, students, and several alumni returning to campus for the weekend festivities. Read more.
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Assistant Professor Patrick Brewick (right) has succeeded Professor Clive Neal, both of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, on the MSE Academic Committee.
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Frances Zengotita is a fourth-year graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES). Frances was admitted to doctoral candidacy in the spring semester, and her research is focused on the influence of iron oxide nanoparticle crystallite size and surface defects on the sorption and reduction of plutonium. Read more.
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Spring and Summer Graduates |
Congratulations to Xiuyu Jin (Chemistry) who graduated in May and Suporna Paul and Bingxin Yang (Chemical Engineering) who each graduated in August!
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In April, Connor Schmidt was one of ten Notre Dame graduate students named National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows. Read more.
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Three students were supported by MSE Fellowships in the 2022-2023 academic year: Sara Bey, Johanna Olesk, and Mohammed Sohail. Read more.
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Publications, Presentations, and Awards |
Featured below is a sampling of the work published and presented as well as honors received by students in the MSE program during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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- “Single-molecule characterization of a bright and photostable deep-red fluorescent squaraine figure-eight (SF8) dye,” Kirill Kniazev,
Tianle Guo, Canjia Zhai, Rananjaya S. Gamage, Sushrut Ghonge, Pavel A. Frantsuzov, Masaru Kuno, Bradley Smith, Dyes and Pigments, 2023.
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“Widefield infrared photothermal imaging and spectroscopy,” Kirill Kniazev, Evgenii Zaitsev, Loc Ngo, Zhuoming Zhang, Masaru Kuno, SPIE Proc. Advanced Chemical Microscopy for Life Science and Translational Medicine, March 2023.
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“Hyperspectral and nanosecond temporal resolution widefield infrared photothermal heterodyne imaging,” Kirill Kniazev, Evgenii Zaitsev, Shubin Zhang, Yang Ding, Loc Ngo, Zhuoming Zhang, Gregory V. Hartland, and Masaru Kuno, ACS Photonics, July 2023.
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“Ion beam milling as a symmetry-breaking control in the synthesis of periodic arrays of identically aligned bimetallic Janus nanocrystals,” Walker Tuff, Robert Hughes, Spencer Golze, and Svetlana Neretina, ACS Nano, February 2023.
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- Angela Abarca-Perez, “Rational design of catalytic polymeric membranes for treating nitrite in drinking water,” Borchardt Conference on Advances in Water and Wastewater, May 2023. Angela received an Excellence Award for the poster.
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Zhongyu Cheng, “Non-thermal plasma jet sintering of indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films based on Bayesian optimization,” 50th International Conference on Plasma Science, May 2023.
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Kirill Kniazev, “Widefield infrared photothermal imaging and spectroscopy,” SPIE Photonics West, February 2023.
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Walker Tuff, Robert Hughes, Spencer Golze, and Svetlana Neretina, “Periodic arrays of identically aligned bimetallic Janus nanocrystals,” ACS Spring 2023 Conference, March 2023.
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Faculty and Research Highlights |
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Novel 3D printing method a ‘game changer’ for discovery, manufacturing of new materials |
Physicist Xiaolong Liu receives Powe Junior Faculty Award |
Matthew J. Webber named Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
Pinar Zorlutuna named Roth-Gibson Professor of Bioengineering |
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Seven Notre Dame faculty receive Early Career Awards from the National Science Foundation |
Nosang Myung elected an NAI Fellow, highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors
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New study shows blood pressure drug boosts effectiveness of immunotherapy for brain cancer and reduces deadly side effect |
Engineers use quantum computing to develop transparent window coating that blocks heat, saves energy |
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