Past Graduate Student Award Winners
2011 MRS Fall Meeting
Gold Awards
- Jiamian Hu - Tsinghua University/Pennsylvania State University
- Shu Hu - Stanford University
- Matthew Jones - Northwestern University
- Sung Kang - Harvard University
- Robert Macfarlane - Northwestern University
- Luisa Whittaker - State University of New York at Buffalo
Silver Awards
- Muge Acik - University of Texas at Dallas
- Mehmet Baykara - Yale University
- Laura Dickinson - Johns Hopkins University
- Akhilesh Gaharwar - Purdue University
- Kian Kerman - Harvard University
- Illan Kramer - University of Toronto
- Xiaoyan Li - Brown University
- Rameshwori Loukrakpam - State University of New York at BInghamton
- Amy Marconnet - Stanford University
- Hassan Masoud - Georgia Institute of Technology
- Elad Mentovich - Tel Aviv University
- Pratap Rao - Stanford University
- Jian Shi - University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Charles Sing - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jonathan Singer - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jin Suntivich - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Hailiang Wang - Stanford University
- Chong Xie - Stanford University
- Sa Zhou - Boston College
2011 MRS Spring Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Edward Barnard - Stanford University
Charina Choi - University of California, Berkeley
Vivian Ferry - California Institute of Technology
Nathaniel Huebsch - Harvard University
June Hyuk Lee - Pennsylvania State University
SungWoo Nam - Harvard University
Imogen Pryce - California Institute of Technology
Jonathan Rivnay - Stanford University
Volker Sorger - University of California, Berkeley
Silver Awards
Victor Acosta - University of California, Berkeley
Joel Grim - Wake Forest University
Xi He - University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Teng He - Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
Hyungsoon Im - University of Minnesota
Yijin Kang - University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Kempa - Harvard University
Dong Rip Kim - Stanford University
Jaemyung Kim - Northwestern University
Justin Koepsel - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ingrid Koslow - University of California, Santa Barbara
Sung Keun Lim - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Francisco Lopez - Northwestern University
Vismadeb Mazumder - Brown University
Laura Povlich - University of Michigan
Desalegne Teweldebrhan - University of California, Riverside
Takeaki Yajima - The University of Tokyo
Qiao Zhang - University of California, Riverside
Wu Zhou - Lehigh University
2010 MRS Fall Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Lei Yang, Georgia Institute of Technology
Symposium GG
Xiaoting Jia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Symposium C
Nhon Vo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Symposium T
Andrew Bonifas, The Ohio State University
Symposium G
Lieven Verslegers, Stanford University
Symposium M
Stephen Morin, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Symposium W
Benjamin Almquist, Stanford University
Symposium QQ
Daniel Shoemaker, University of California, Santa Barbara
Symposium AA
Silver Awards
Jingwei Bai, University of California, Los Angeles
Symposium C
Daniel Recht, Harvard University
Symposium AA
Thomas Babinec, Harvard University
Symposium A
Rouzbeh Shahsavari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Symposium P
Michel Risser, INSA Strasbourg
Symposium FF
James Neilson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Symposium EE
Noemie Chocat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Symposium HH
Ravi Shankar Sundarum, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
Symposium B
Pu Yu, University of California, Berkeley
Symposium K
Lei Lang, Brown University
Symposium QQ
John Tumbleston, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Symposium Y
Guang Sheng, The Pennsylvania State University
Symposium K
Seung Hyub Baek, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Symposium K
Wenzhuo Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Symposium S
Edward Barry, Brandeis University
Symposium Z
Marco Righettoni, ETH Zurich
Symposium PP
2010 MRS Spring Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Jia Zhu, Stanford University
Symposium P
Jason Valentine, University of California, Berkeley
Symposium D
Bharat Jalan, University of California, Santa Barbara
Symposium N
Vincent Holmberg, University of Texas, Austin,
Symposium P
Morgan Putnam, California Institute of Technolopgy
Symposium P
James Rondinelli, University of California, Santa Barbara
Symposium M
Dominic Lencer, RWTH Aachen University
Symposium H
Silver Awards
Hanying Li, Cornell University
Symposium PP
Laura Cote, Northwestern University
Symposium S
Claire Cobley, Washington University
Symposium D
Bianca Haberl, Australian National University
Symposium A
Ho Cheung (Anderson) Shum, Harvard University
Symposium KK
Jun Wang, Iowa State University
Symposium GG
Xinran Wang, Stanford University
Symposium S
Yanguang Li, Ohio State University
Symposium N
Yongye Liang, University of Chicago
Symposium GG
Tejinder Singh, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Symposium Y
Noy Bassik, Johns Hopkins University
Symposium OO
Jeffrey Kuna, Massachusetts of Technology
Symposium PP
Kamal Asadi, University of Groningen
Symposium G
Vivek Kalihari, University of Minnesota
Symposium II
2009 MRS Fall Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Dae-Hyeong Kim (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign)
Cole A. DeForest (University of Colorado)
Prashant Nagpal (University of Minnesota)
Mary M. Caruso (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Tzahi Cohen-Karni (Harvard University)
Silver Awards
Vivekananda P. Adiga (University of Pennsylvania),
Carlee E. Ashley (University of New Mexico),
Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault (Université Laval),
Linyou Cao (Stanford University),
Daniel Heller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology),
Michael D. Kelzenberg (California Institute of Technology),
Xin Li (Pennsylvania State University), Xiaoying Liu (Harvard University),
Yang Liu (Purdue University), Charbel Madi (Harvard University),
Dennis Meier (Universität Bonn),
Alfonso Reina (Massachusetts Institute of Technology),
Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan (Case Western Reserve University),
Cary A. Supalo (Pennsylvania State University),
Sheng Xu (Georgia Institute of Technology),
Yue Bing Zheng (Pennsylvania State University)
2009 MRS Spring Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Ayse Asatekin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Matthew
Symposium Q
Matthew J. Bierman, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Symposium AA
Erik C. Garnett, University of California, Berkeley
Symposium AA
Magnus P. Jonsson, Chalmers University of Technology
Symposium EE
Bishnu P. Khanal, Rice University
Symposium Y
Silver Awards
Kelly A. Burke, Case Western Reserve University
Symposium NN
Candace K. Chan, Stanford University
Symposium AA
Bahman Hekmatshoar, Princeton University
Symposium A
Sinan Keten, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Symposium II
Purushottam Kumar, University of Florida
Symposium E
Darren J. Lipomi, Harvard University
Symposium B
Xiaolong Luo, University of Maryland
Symposium OO
Jian Shen, University of California, San Diego
Symposium C
2008 MRS Fall Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Dirk R. Englund, Stanford University
J5.5: Coherent Access of a Quantum Dot Strongly Coupled to a Nanocavity
Zekeriyya Gemici, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
F1.7: Assembly, Roughness Control, and Arbitrary Chemical-Physical Functionalization of Nanoparticle Thin Films for Optical Applications
Srikanth Singamaneni, Georgia Institute of Technology
BB3.5: Pattern Transformation in Periodic, Porous, Elasto-Plastic Microstructures
Brian P. Timko, Harvard University
FF4.12: Multiplexed Nanowire Nanoelectronic -- Heart Interfaces
Silver Awards
Peter M. Allen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PP9.4: Ternary I-III-VI Quantum Dots Luminescent in the Red to Near Infrared
Jessica E. Bickel, University of Michigan
NN10.12: In-Situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Sb Incorporation into GaAs Surfaces
Eric Bousquet, Liege University
C2.10: Combining Ferroelectric and Antiferrodistortive Structural Instabilities in Perovskite Oxide Artificial Superlattices
Qing Cao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
JJ19.2: Medium-Scale Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Integrated Circuits on Flexible Plastic Substrates
Michael Currie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
H7.6: High-Efficiency Organic Solar Concentrators
Tal G. David, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
J4.9: Magnetic Interactions of Cold Atoms with Anisotropic Conductors -- Suppressing Decoherence and Corrugations for Quantum Information at Room Temperature
Irene A. Goldthorpe, Stanford University
LL14.2: Synthesis and Strain Relaxation Mechanisms of Ge-Core/Si-Shell Nanowires
I. Sedat Gunes, University of Akron
V12.5: Shape Memory Actuation by Resistive Heating in Polyurethane Composites of Carbonaceous Conductive Fillers
Yeonwoong Jung, University of Pennsylvania
LL6.1: Phase-Change Nanowires -- Size-Dependent Electronic Memory Switching and Core/Shell Heterostructured Multi-State Memory
Choongik Kim, Northwestern University
G9.3: Printable Cross-Linked Polymer-Blend Dielectrics
Philseok Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology
F2.5: High-Performance Polymer/Ceramic Nanocomposites Based on Surface-Modified Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles Using Functional Phosphonic Acids for Electronic Applications
Kedarnath Kolluri, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
EE9.10/ W11.10: Mechanisms of Dislocation Depletion in Small-Volume Structures of FCC Metals
Zhuang Liu, Stanford University
FF7.5: In-Vivo Biomedical Applications of Carbon Nanotubes
Mark D. Losego, North Carolina State University
A1.1: Considerations for Integrating Functional Oxides with Gallium Nitride
Nikhil Medhekar, Brown University
MM11.3: Composition Maps in Self-Assembled Alloy Nanostructures
William D. Pyrz, University of Delaware
PP3.32: Using Aberration-Corrected HAADF Imaging to Develop Structural Models for Multicomponent Mo-V-M-O (M=Nb or Ta, Te) Complex Oxide Catalysts
Chunguang Tang, University of Connecticut
W3.2: Point Defects and Interfacial Phases in Si:HfO2 Heterojunctions -- A First Principles Study
Bozhi Tian, Harvard University
N13.2: Single and Tandem Axial p-i-n Nanowire Photovoltaic Devices
Masaru Tsuchiya, Harvard University
O8.2: Anion Defect Manipulation and Structural Properties of Thin-Film Zirconia and Ceria Utilizing Photon Irradiation
Thomas Z. Ward, University of Tennessee
K5.2: Simplifying Complexity in Electronic Phase-Separated Manganites
Vanessa Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B6.23: Transparent Metal-Oxide-Based Colloidal Quantum Dot LEDs
Ke Xu, California Institute of Technology
LL9.3: Ultrahigh-Density One-Dimensional Nanostructures -- Beyond Silicon Nanowire Arrays
Xin Xu, Princeton University
G9.5: Integration of Organic Photodiodes and Organic Thin-Film Transistors for Active Matrix Focal Plane Detector Arrays
2008 MRS Spring Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Akram I. Boukai, California Institute of Technology
O13.2: Silicon Nanowires as High-Performance Thermoelectrics
Jennifer A. Dionne, California Institute of Technology
L1.3: PlasMOSter−A Si MOS Field-Effect Plasmonic Modulator
David A. Giljohann, Northwestern University
DD6.7: Oligonucleotide Loading Determines Cellular Uptake of DNA-Modified Gold Nanoparticles
Silver Awards
Muralidhar Ambati, University of California, Berkeley
L12.3: Achieving Surface Plasmon Polariton Amplification by Stimulated Emission at Telecom Frequencies
Melissa J. Archer, California Institute of Technology
C1.2: GaInP/GaAs Dual Junction Solar Cells on Ge/Si Epitaxial Templates
Kalapi G. Biswas, Purdue University
LL5.2: Bi2Te3 Nanowire Composites for Thermoelectric Devices
Judy J. Cha, Cornell University
P13.4: Three-Dimensional Imaging of Carbon Nanotubes Deformed by Metal Islands by Electron Tomography
Susan E. Habas, University of California, Berkeley
V5.8: Shape Control and Selectivity of Multimaterial Heterostructures for Catalytic and Energy Applications
Khalid M. Hattar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
U3.8: Fracture of Free-Standing Ultrafine and Nanograined FCC Thin Films
Feng Jiao, University of St. Andrews
JJ2.2: Mesoporous Materials as Positive Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries
Jun Lu, University of Utah
HH5.2: Potential and Reaction Mechanism of Li-Mg-Al-N-H System for Reversible Hydrogen Storage
Nurxat Nuraje, The City University of New York
DD6.3: Room-Temperature Material Synthesis Using Ring-Shaped Peptide Assemblies as Template
Brendan T. O'Connor, University of Michigan
AA5.23: Optical Management in Fiber-Shaped Organic Photovoltaic Devices
Alexis D. Ostrowski, University of California, Santa Barbara
EE4.3: Functionalized Quantum Dots for Photochemical Nitric Oxide Delivery
Ramanathaswamy Pandian, University of Groningen
F9.9: Reversible Electrical Resistance Switching in GeSbTe Thin Films−An Electrolytic Approach without Amorphous-Crystalline Phase Change
Jeffrey Peet, University of California, Santa Barbara
AA7.60: Morphological Control in Polymer Optoelectronic Devices by Spin Casting from Solvent/Additive Mixtures
Eric D. Pressly, University of California, Santa Barbara
EE1.3: Biocompatible Polymeric Nanoparticles with Targeting and Therapeutic Capabilities
Andrew L. Schmitt, University of Wisconsin, Madison
O4.13: Ferromagnetic Semiconducting Fe1-xCoxSi Alloy Nanowires−Building Blocks for Silicon-Based Spintronics
Jian Shen, University of California, San Diego
H7.7: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of III-V Compound Semiconductor Surface and Interfacial Bonding Structure of Oxide/III-V
Ian Y. Wong, Stanford University
CC5.3: Dynamic Spatial and Temporal Control of Biomolecular Interactions for Programmable, Directed Assembly on Surfaces
Shenyuan Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences and The University of Tennessee
S4.6: Ti Clusters on C60 Surfaces and Their Interaction with Hydrogen Molecules
2004 MRS Fall Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Hylke B. Akkerman, University of Groningen
F11.4: True Molecular Resistance of Alkanes in Molecular Junctions
Prashant K. Jain, Georgia Institute of Technology
PP6.23: Universal Scaling Behavior of the Distance Decay of Plasmon Coupling in Noble Metal Nanoparticle Pairs─Application to Nanoscale Plasmon Rulers
Marleen Kamperman, Cornell University
HH11.72: Porous High-Temperature Ceramics Structured on Multiple-Length Scales
Timothy G. Leong, Johns Hopkins University
DD5.7: Microscale Self-Folding Polyhedral Containers for Remote-Controlled Chemistry and Chemical Delivery on Substrates
Jill E. Millstone, Northwestern University
FF12.11: Synthesis and Behavior of Oligonucleotide Functionalized Anisotropic Gold Nanostructures
Mona Zebarjadi, University of California, Santa Cruz
U10.4: Enhanced Cooling and Power Generation in Doped Semiconductors Due to Nonlinear Peltier and Seebeck Effects
Silver Awards
Christopher E. Carlton, University of Texas, Austin
AA1.6: In Situ TEM Nanoindentation of a 50nm Particle─Observed Deformation Mechanisms and Theoretical Analysis
Deepayan Chakraborti, North Carolina State University
L6.8: Effect of Defects and Free Carriers on the Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Cu-Doped ZnO-Based Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Thin Films
Calvin K. Chan, Princeton University
F3.18: Low-Ionization Energy Molecules for Efficient N-Doping of Organic Films
Ronny Costi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
HH1.11: Hybrid Metal-Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Novel Photocatalysts
Darshan D. Gandhi, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
M5.4: Colossal Interfacial Toughening of Copper-Silica Interfaces Using a Molecular Nanolayer for Nanodevice Wiring
Patrick Görrn, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig
L12.8: Stability of Transparent Zinc Tin Oxide Transistors under Irradiation with Visible Light
Brendan M. Kayes, California Institute of Technology
H2.5: Large-Area (>1 cm2) Arrays of Vertically Aligned Si Wires for Photovoltaic Device Applications
Jaeyun Kim, Seoul National University
PP3.5: Designed Fabrication of Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
Haeshin Lee, Northwestern University
MM8.7: Geckel─A Dry/Wet Adhesive Inspired by Mussel and Gecko Adhesion
Fan Li, University of Minnesota
FF11.5: Disassembly and Self-Reassembly in Periodic Nanostructures─A New Approach to Nanoparticle Synthesis and Organization
Ravi Shankar, North Carolina State University
QQ2.3: Electroactive Behavior of a Tunable Nanostructured Polymer
Jinhui Song, Georgia Institute of Technology
DD4.3: Piezoelectric and Semiconducting Coupled Power-Generating Process of a Single ZnO Belt/Wire─A Technology for Harvesting Electricity from the Environment
Charan Srinivasan, The Pennsylvania State University
FF1.6: Hybrid Approaches to Nanolithography and Chemical Patterning
Zuankai Wang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
FF9.2: Controlling Water Transport through Carbon Nanotube Membranes
Guihua Yu, Harvard University
JJ5.8: PMMA Blown Bubble Films for Direct Fabrication of Nanowire and Nanotube Device Arrays
Hongbo Zeng, University of California, Santa Barbara
AA4.10: Adhesion and Failure Mechanism of Surfaces and Films─Solid-to-Liquid Transitions at the Micro- and Nanoscales
Bo Zhang, Clemson University
U9.20: PbTe Nanocomposites Fabricated by a Nanosurface Coating Technique
Weian Zhao, McMaster University
PP7.4: A Generic Colorimetric Biosensing Assay Using Surface Charge-Mediated Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation
200 MRS Spring Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Jeffrey J. Peterson, University of Rochester
DD5.5: Parity-Forbidden Transitions in PbSe Nanocrystals
Yasuyuki Hikita, University of Tokyo
L5.6: Magnetic Field Dependence of the Schottky Barrier Height at Manganite/Titanate Heterointerfaces
Fang Qian, Harvard University
EE2.13/DD3.13: Multicolor Nanolasers from Individual Multi-Quantum-Well Nanowire Heterostructures
Peter R. Stone, University of California, Berkeley
K4.6: Compositional Tuning of Ferromagnetism in Ga1-xMnxP and Ga1-xMnxP-Based Quaternary Alloys
Kevin Sivula, University of California, Berkeley
Z1.4: Optimizing Materials for Bulk-Heterojunction Polymer:Fullerene Photovoltaics
Silver Awards
Suresh K. Donthu, Northwestern University
DD11.11: Tailoring gInternalh Microstructure of Functional Inorganic Nanopatterns
Jing Zhao, Northwestern University
V7.8: Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors for Substrate Binding to Cytochrome P450 Proteins
Carey M. Tanner, University of California, Los Angeles
H7.9: Engineering of Epitaxial ƒÁ-Al2O3 (111) Gate Dielectrics on 4H-SiC (0001)
Mohammad Reza Abidian, University of Michigan
U7.2: Aligned Conducting Polymer Nanotubes for the Controlled Release of Neurotrophins and Contact Guidance of Regenerating Neurons
Elon Terrell, Carnegie Mellon University
C6.4: An Approach to Modeling Particle-Based and Contact-Based Wear in CMP
Dipak Paramanik, Institute of Physics, India
GG4.4: Time Evolution of Nanodots Created on InP(111) Surfaces by keV Irradiation
Parijat P. Deb, Purdue University
DD13.8: Schottky, p-n Junction and Light-Emitting Diodes Employing (In,Ga)N Nanorod Heterostructures
Jason D. Clapper, The University of Iowa
Q6.9: Structure-Property Relationships of Biomaterials Photopolymerized within Nanostructured Lyotropic Liquid Crystals
Yu Yang, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
D3.6: Analysis and Simulation of CVD and Super-Conformal CVD on High-Aspect-Ratio Features
Nagarajan Kalyanasundaram, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
GG3.7: Atomistic Origins of Surface Evolution and Electronic Structure Modification Due to Ion Bombardment
Alexander D. Wissner-Gross, Harvard University
II1.6: Electrofreezing of Water by Ion-Modified Diamond Surfaces
Alejandro L. Briseno, University of Washington
N28.8: Squares, Lines, and Circles„ŸA Soft Lithography Approach for Patterning Organic Semiconductor Transistors
Shadi A. Dayeh, University of California, San Diego
EE10.28: Field-, Diameter-, and Surface State-Dependent Transport Behavior in Semiconductor Nanowires
Matthew T. Lloyd, Cornell University
Photovoltaic Performance of Solution-Processed Oligoacene:Fullerene Bulk Heterojunctions
Manu Shamsa, University of California, Riverside
II5.2: Thermal Conductivity of Nanocrystalline and Microcrystalline Diamond Films„ŸEffects of the Nitrogen Doping and Boundary Scattering
Evan L. Williams, Arizona State University
O6.46: Highly Efficient Excimer-Based Phosphorescent White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
2006 MRS Fall Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Xing Chen, University of California, Berkeley
Paul H. Erhart, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Daeyeon Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peter J. Pauzauskie, University of California, Berkeley
Fabien Sorin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ming Tang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jie Xiang, Harvard University
Silver Awards
Mikel E. Barry, University of California, Berkeley
Arief S. Budiman, Stanford University
Ludovico Cademartiri, University of Toronto
Jennifer I.-L. Chen, University of Toronto
Samrat Choudhury, The Pennsylvania State University
David C. Coffey, University of Washington
Friederike Fleischhaker, University of Toronto
Aaron D. Franklin, Purdue University
Aihua Fu, University of California, Berkeley
Beth S. Guiton, University of Pennsylvania
Jinsong Huang, University of California, Los Angeles
Yi Li, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zixiao Pan, Northwestern University
Boaz Pokroy, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Shivaraman Ramachandran, North Carolina State University
Jennifer J. Riesz, University of Queensland
Kuangshin Tai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Soong Ho Um, Cornell University
Hui Wang, Rice University
Scott C. Warren, Cornell University
Kris C. Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yangang A. Xi, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jing Zhou, University of California, Berkeley
2006 MRS Spring Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Emory M. Chan, University of California-Berkeley
W12.8: Synthesis and Cation Exchange of Semiconductor Nanocrystals in Nanoliter Reactors
Rong Fan, University of California-Berkeley
U3.4: Inorganic Nanotube Nanofluidics for Single Molecule Detection and Manipulation
Lane W. Martin, University of California-Berkeley
GG1.4: Growth and Properties of a New Perovskite Thin Film - PbVO3
Jana Zaumseil, University of Cambridge
M7.2: Spatial Control of the Recombination Zone in Ambipolar Light-Emitting Polymer Field-Effect Transistors
Gengfeng Zheng, Harvard University
P7.1: General and Powerful Platform for Large-Scale, Label-Free, Parallel Electrical Detection of Biomolecules by Ultrasensitive Nanowire Transistor Arrays
Silver Awards
Chung-Yi Chiang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S1.4: Viral Platforms for Genetically Functionalized Fibers
Julia Deneen, University of Minnesota
Z3.10: Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of the Mechanical Behavior of Nanoscale Materials
Lori E. Greene, University of California-Berkeley
FF5.7: Nanowire Dye-Sensitized and Polymer-Inorganic Solar Cells?Improving Charge Transport with a 1-D Geometry
Yongfeng Guan, Columbia University
Q2.6: Measurement of Ferromagnetic Resonance (FMR) by Time-Resolved XMCD?Element- and Layer-Resolved Magnetization Dynamics at 2 ps and 0.1o Resolution
Rashmi Jha, North Carolina State University
E4.5: A Systematic Approach of Understanding and Retaining PMOS Compatible Work Function of Metal Gate Electrodes on HfO2 Gate Dielectrics
Yunseok Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
G4.9: Effect of Grain Boundary on Domain Formation Using Piezoelectric Force Microscopy
Czang-Ho Lee, University of Waterloo
A22.5: Ambipolar Thin-Film Transistors and Inverters Fabricated by PECVD Nanocrystalline Silicon
Liam S. C. Pingree, Northwestern University
M9.3: The Effects of Device Structure on Negative Capacitance in Small Molecule OLEDs
Lidong Qin, Northwestern University
O6.6: On-Wire Lithography
Christine E. Richardson, California Institute of Technology
A3.5: Surface Evolution During Epitaxial and Polycrystalline Silicon Film Growth by Low-Temperature Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition on Silicon Substrates
Andrea R. Tao, University of California-Berkeley
W5.10: Exploring the Optical Properties of Shape-Controlled Silver Nanocrystals and Their Assemblies
Robert J. Walters, California Institute of Technology
I3.2: PbSe Nanocrystal Excitation by a Silicon Nanocrystal Field Effect LED
Arum A. Yu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
T6.7: Supramolecular Nano-Stamping (SuNS) on Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)
2005 MRS Fall Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Chad R. Barry , University of Minnesota
M3.8: Directed Assembly of Nanomaterials on Topographically Patterned Substrates Using Inbuilt Fringing Fields
Blythe G. Clark, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
AA4.4: In-Situ TEM Observations of Dislocation-Particle Interactions during Elevated Temperature Deformation of Particle-Strengthened Al Alloys
Chiara Daraio, University of California-San Diego
Ra/Rb16.47: Analysis of New Y-Junction Carbon Nanotube Transistors with Novel Three-Way Electrical Switching and Logic Capability
Kisuk Kang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B3.8: First Principles Study of the Factors Affecting Li Mobility in Layered Lithium Transition Metal Oxides
John P. Mills, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
L10.5: Optical Tweezers High Force Mechanical Testing of Biological Molecules and Cells
Yukio Sato, The University of Tokyo, Japan
KK1.7: Atomic-Scale Mechanism of Dopant-Controlled Nonlinear Current-Voltage Characteristics in ZnO Grain Boundary
Silver Awards
Julie S. Biteen, California Institute of Technology
P12.7: Enhanced Photoluminescence from Silicon Nanocrystals Coupled to Plasmonic Materials
Ludovico Cademartiri, University of Toronto, Canada
Rb17.2: Nanocrystals as Precursors for Flexible Functional Films
Wai Lun Chan, Brown University
OO2.5: Morphological Evolution and Non-Equilibrium Relaxation Kinetics during Sputter Ripple Formation
Shin G. Chou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CC9.2: An Optical Study of Phonon-Assisted Excitonic Processes for a (6,5) Enriched DNA-Wrapped Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Sample
Hezy Cohen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
I3.14: Electrical Transport Measurements through Single DNA Molecules by Conductive AFM
Frank W. DelRio, University of Colorado-Boulder
Y9.5: Mechanical Properties and Tribological Behavior of Contaminate Nanoparticles on Micromachined Surfaces
Kimberly A. Dick, Lund University, Sweden
Rb6.3: Self-Assembled InAs Nanowire Networks
Craig J. Fennie, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
U6.2: From Ferroelectricity to Magnetism-Towards an Understanding of Spin-Lattice Coupling in the Hexagonal Manganites from First Principles
Alicia M. Jackson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CC2.3: Self-Assembled Monolayers Revisited-How the Topology of a Nanoparticle Can Change “Almost” Everything
Youngjong Kang, University of Minnesota
CC7.1: Spontaneous Assembly of Plasmon Waveguide Nanostructures from Block Copolymer Surfactants and Nanoparticles
Zayd C. Leseman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
AA8.12: Mechanical Testing of Freestanding Nano-Films Using a Novel Finite Diameter Tip MEMS-Based Testing Machine
Krista L. Niece, Northwestern University
J7.5: Self-Assembling Bioactive Nanofiber Systems for Spinal Cord Repair
Jason D. Slinker, Cornell University
D2.7: Electroluminescent Devices from Ionic Transition Metal Complexes for Lighting Applications
Husnu E. Unalan, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
AA11.9: Thin Films of Super-Hard Cubic Zr 3 N 4 Stabilized by Stress
Myung-Han Yoon, Northwestern University
M7.4: Ultra-Thin Crosslinked Polymeric Gate Insulators for Organic Field-Effect Transistors-Optimization via Polymer and Crosslinker Design
Xiaoyu Zhang, Northwestern University
GG3.11: Electrochemical Tuning of Silver Nanoparticles Fabricated by Nanosphere Lithography
2005 MRS Spring Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Daniel Abou-RasETH Zürich
Joseph F. AuBuchonUniversity of California-San Diego
Helen K. BacaUniversity of New Mexico
Daniel S. GianolaJohns Hopkins University
Yongqing HuangUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Juan C. IdroboUniversity of California-Davis
Raghuveer S. MakalaRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ammar M. NayfehStanford University
Robert P. SebraUniversity of Colorado-Boulder
Benjamin J. WileyUniversity of Washington
Yue WuHarvard University
Chanda R. YonzonNorthwestern University
Silver Awards
Igor M. P. AartsEindhoven University of Technology
Cinzia CasiraghiCambridge University
Sung Yeun ChoiUniversity of Toronto
Bentao CuiUniversity of Minnesota
Robin S. FriedmanHarvard University
Patric GruberUniversität Stuttgart
Michael J. HetzerThe Ohio State University
R. Joseph KlineStanford University
Qiming LiUniversity of New Mexico
Erik J. MenkeUniversity of California-Irvine
Krishanu SahaUniversity of California-Berkeley
Zhiwei (Steven) ShanUniversity of Pittsburgh
Oren TalTel Aviv University
Feng TaoPrinceton University
Xiaowei TengUniversity of Rochester
Mayur S. ValipaUniversity of Massachusetts-Amherst
Shabnam VirjiUniversity of California-Los Angeles
Sehoon YooThe Ohio State University
Paul ZaslanskyWeizmann Institute of Science
Jie ZhengGeorgia Institute of Technology
2004 MRS Fall Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Andrew ArmstrongThe Ohio State University
Teresa M. BarnesColorado School of Mines
Delphine DeanMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Julia R. GreerStanford University
Jifeng LiuMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Stefano PiscanecCambridge University
Ingrid A. RousseauUniversity of Connecticut
Donghai WangTulane University
Tao XuClemson University
Silver Awards
Zuruzi Abu SamahUniversity of California-Santa Barbara
Anders BallestadUniversity of British Columbia
Ion BitaMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Brian H. ClareUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Matthew R. DreherDuke University
Trevor HoskinsGeorgia Institute of Technology
Matthew H. KaneGeorgia Institute of Technology
Evgenia M. KimMoscow State University
Svetlana M. MitrovskiUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Doinita NeinerUniversity of New Orleans
Ashwin RamasubramaniamBrown University
Jefferson E. RoseUniversity of California-Los Angeles
Daniel J. SolisMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Yong XiangHarvard University
David Guangjun XuUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Jingsi YangRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Homan YuenStanford University
Jian ZhangUniversity of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Wenguang ZhuChinese Academy of Sciences
2004 MRS Spring Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Markus J. BuehlerMax-Planck-Institute for Metals Research
Adamos DalisUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Manish DeopuraMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Ali JaveyStanford University
Kenji NomuraTokyo Institute of Technology
Rajaram A. PaiUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ragesh PuthenkovilakamUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Laura VogelaarUniversity of Twente
Sascha WelzLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Yuanjia ZhangCornell University
Silver Awards
Maria AboyUniversity of Valladolid
Julie CaspersonCalifornia Institute of Technology
Hyo Sik ChangKwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Philip CostanzoUniversity of California, Davis
Yusuke DaikoNagoya Institute of Technology
Harald JacobsenFraunhofer ISIT
Hyoungsub KimStanford University
Yi LiuUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Byron McCaugheyTulane University
Megan PattisonPurdue University
Ulrich RantTechnical University Munich
Eli RothenbergHebrew University of Jerusalem
Hannah StorrieNorthwestern University
Ming SuNorthwestern University
Mitra TaheriCarnegie Mellon University
Sander F. WuisterUtrecht University
Wensha YangUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison
Benjamin B. YellenDrexel University
Rachel YotterUniversity of Washington
James M. ZahlerCalifornia Institute of Technology
Nanfeng ZhengUniversity of California, Riverside
Zhaohui ZhongHarvard University
2003 MRS Fall Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Ilke Arslan
University of California, Davis
Daniel B. Aubertine
Stanford University
Sarah M. Estrada
University of California, Santa Barbara
Olaf Gelhausen
University of Technology, Sydney
Gregory M. Gratson
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Egon Gross
Technische Universität München, Germany
Amanda J. Haes
Northwestern University
Francesca Iacopi
IMEC, Belgium
Rongchao Jin
Northwestern University
Garry R. Maskaly
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Suniti Moudgil
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David M. Pustai
University of Delaware
Congjun Wang
University of Chicago
Jessica Winter
University of Texas, Austin
Haimei Zheng
University of Maryland
Silver Awards
Alexander B. Artyukhin
University of California, Davis
Tommaso Baldacchini
Boston College
Maria M. F. Cortalezzi
Rice University
Manuel Garcia-Leiner
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Joshua Goldberger
University of California, Berkeley
Olivier Guise
University of Pittsburgh
James Zachary Hilt
University of Texas, Austin
Ho Won Jang
Pohang University of Science & Technology, South Korea
Miri Kazes
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Evgenia Kim
Moscow State University, Russia
Sungjee Kim
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Weidong Li
University of Delaware
Shirley Ying Meng
Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance, Singapore
Cynthia A. Mitchell
University of Houston
Aditi S. Risbud
University of California, Santa Barbara
Brandon L. Seal
Arizona State University
Aleksandar Spasic
Boston College
Thomas E. Vandervelde
University of Virginia
Junling Wang
University of Maryland
Ting Xu
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2003 MRS Spring Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Jason B. Baxter
University of California-Santa Barbara
Seth Coe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cindi L. Dennis
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Minjoo L. Lee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Liang-shi Li
University of California-Berkeley
Sen Liu
University of Washington
Iris Visoly-Fisher
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Erich C. Walter
University of California-Irvine
Silver Awards
Ruxandra Costescu
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ana Filipa Nogueira Fixe
INESC-MN, Portugal
Chee Lip Gan
Singapore-MIT Alliance, Singapore
Eric P. Guyer
Stanford University
Terri L. Haskins
University of Rochester
Robin L. Hayes
University of California-Los Angeles
Jiaxing Huang
University of California-Los Angeles
James F. Hulvat
Northwestern University
Matthew Law
University of California-Berkeley
Ki-Bum Lee
Northwestern University
Tae-Hee Lee
Georgia Institute of Technology
Olivier Noel
Université Haute Alsace, France
Prita Pant
Cornell University
Alexandra E. Porter
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Pavle Radovanovic
University of Washington
Brandon Seal
Arizona State University
Yulong Shen
Cornell University
Eli D. Sone
Northwestern University
2002 MRS Fall Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Sarbajit Banerjee
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Jodie E. Bradby
Australian National University, Australia
Eric N. Brown
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
James P. Buban
University of Illinois, Chicago
Rainer J. Hebert
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Seung-Wuk Lee
University of Texas, Austin
Yu-Ming Lin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mathew M. Maye
State University of New York, Binghamton
Rahul Panat
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Gianni Taraschi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Krystyn J. Van Vliet
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Silver Awards
Ariya Akthakul
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marcie R. Black
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Albina Y. Borisevich
University of Pennsylvania
Kai-Chieh Chang
Carnegie Mellon University
Dean M. DeLongchamp
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zachary Donhauser
Pennsylvania State University
Jennifer L. Gray
University of Virginia
Maxim B. Kelman
Stanford University
Marko Loncar
California Institute of Technology
Yu Lu
University of Washington
Anupama Mallikarjunan
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Wangyang Ni
Michigan State University
Ahmet S. Ozcan
Boston University
Yulia S. Petronyuk
Institute of Biochemical Physics-RAS, Russia
Ricardo Ruiz
Vanderbilt University
Erik L. Waldron
Boston University
Yinmin Wang
Johns Hopkins University
Guangwen Zhou
University of Pittsburgh
2002 MRS Spring Meeting
Graduate Student Gold and Silver Awardees
Gold Awards
Sumit Agarwal , University of California-Santa Barbara
A1.2: Interactions of Atomic Deuterium with Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Thin Films-An In Situ Study Using Multiple Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
A25.5: Atomic-Scale Analysis of the H-Induced Disorder-to-Order Transition in Plasma-Deposited Silicon Thin Films
Michael E. Groenert , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
K6.2: Room-Temperature CW GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Well Lasers on Si
Christy L. Haynes , Northwestern University
S10.7: Plasmon Scanned Surfaced-Enhanced Raman Scattering Excitation Profiles
Michael Lufaso , Ohio State University
D4.2: Evaluation and Prediction of the Crystal Structures of Single/Ordered/Disordered Octahedral Cation Perovskites Using the Software Program SPuDS
Hendrik Ohldag , Stanford University
E6.2: Understanding Magnetic Coupling at Antiferromagnetic/ Ferromagnetic Interfaces-A Spectromicroscopy Study
Job Rijssenbeek , Northwestern University
D1.3: Synthesis and Characterization of the First 1:2 Ordered Perovskite Ruthenate
Matthew Robinson , University of California-Santa Barbara
P1.1: High-Efficiency Polymer-Based Electrophosphorescent Devices
P2.2: High-Performance LEDs Using Newly Designed Iridium Complexes as Dopants in Conducting Polymers
Erik D. Spoerke , Northwestern University
N6.3: Metal-Bone Biohybrids
Saravanapriyan Sriraman , University of California-Santa Barbara
A1.2: Interactions of Atomic Deuterium with Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Thin Films-An In Situ Study Using Multiple Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
A25.5: Atomic-Scale Analysis of the H-Induced Disorder-to-Order Transition in Plasma-Deposited Silicon Thin Films
Silver Awards
Vadim Adamovich, University of Southern California
K2.2: New Charge-Carrier Blocking Materials for High Efficiency OLEDs
Mark E. Byrne, Purdue University
N9.3: Biomimetic Materials for Selective Recognition of Biologically Significant Molecules
Lara A. Estroff, Yale University
N7.10: An Organic Matrix for Inorganic Crystal Growth
Amanda J. Haes, Northwestern University
O3.1: A Highly Sensitive and Selective Surface-Enhanced Nanobiosensor
So-Jung Park, Northwestern University
O3.2: Massively Parallel Electrical Detection of DNA Using Oligonucleotide-Modified Au Nanoparticle Materials
Eric W. Seelig, Northwestern University
L7.5: Photonic Crystals from Monodisperse ZnO Colloidal Spheres
Haoquan Yan, University of California-Berkeley
K10.6: Room-Temperature Ultraviolet Nanolasers
Rhett Brewer, California Institute of Technology
J5.4: Rapid Low-Coverage Biaxial Texture Development in MgO Films During Growth on Amorphous Substrates by Ion-Beam-Assisted Deposition
Stefano Curtarolo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
W4.4: Dynamics of a Non-Homogeneously Coarse-Grained System
Melik C. Demirel, Los Alamos National Laboratory
W6.10: Large-Scale Statistics for Computational Verification of Grain Growth Simulations with Experiments
Xiaogang Liu, Northwestern University
E1.2: Arrays of Magnetic Nanoparticles Patterned via "Dip-Pen" Nanolithography
Guofeng Wang, California Institute of Technology
W4.5: The Role of the Atomistic Simulation in a Multiscale Approach for Modeling Crystalline Solids
Eli D. Sone, Northwestern University
S2.2: Cadmium Sulfide Helices Templated by Self-Assembled Nanoribbons
Yu Huang, Harvard University
S3.6: Nanowire Building Blocks-Assembly and Functional Device Arrays
Jason Lee, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B5.5: Molecular Layer Deposition of Ultrathin Zirconia Films on Silicon Using Polynuclear Metal Alkoxide Precursors
Hong Meng, University of California-Los Angeles
S5.4: Characteristics of Nanoscale Field Effect Transistors via Structure Modifications of Self-Assembled Molecules
Leila Rezaee, University of Tehran, Iran
A22.2: Low-Temperature Lateral Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon on Glass
A22.10: Metal-Free Germanium-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous-Si on Glass
Yayoi Takamura, Stanford University
C3.5: Dopant Deactivation in Heavily Sb Doped Si (001)-A High-Resolution X-Ray Diffraction Study
C3.6: The Local Structure of Antimony in High-Dose Antimony Implants in Silicon by XAFS and SIMS
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