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Graduate Student Awards - Spring 2006

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Award Finalists |  Criteria for Selection | GSA Program Information

All finalists received a Gold or Silver Award, a complimentary meeting registration, and a one-year MRS student membership commencing July 1, 2006. The awards were presented during the week of the meeting at the Award Ceremony. The award prizes consist of $400 and a presentation plaque for the Gold Awards and $200 and a certificate for the Silver Awards.

2006 MRS SPRING MEETING GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD WINNERS

Gold Award

  • 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 Award

  • 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)
Criteria for selection:
  1. Graduate standing in a recognized academic program in materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, or polymers; physics or chemistry; geology or mineral science; electrical, civil, mechanical, mining, or nuclear engineering; or other materials-related field
  2. Participation in the 2006 MRS Spring Meeting as an attendee and author or co-author of a symposium paper
  3. Outstanding performance in the conduct of this project and promise for future substantial achievement in materials research as judged by the faculty advisor
  4. Significant and timely research results

Deadline for completed application was January 6, 2006

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