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 gInternalh 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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