News

• Roper Appointed Leader of Engineering Program, Network at NSF
• National Science Foundation Awards Innovation Grant to WattGlass
• Researchers Develop New Mathematical Framework to Characterize Shape of Graphene
• Applying for NSF Research Fellowships: Tips from Prof. Magda El-Shenawee
• New Study Shows Tornadoes Tend Toward Higher Elevations and Cause Greater Damage Moving Uphill
• NANO Institute researchers August 2013 publication on ferroelectric and multiferroic materials
• microEP graduate student Greg Forcherio publishes in Applied Optics
• microEP Faculty Ron Foster of NanoWatt Design wins NSF grant
• Institute’s Dr. Spearot invited guest speaker at International symposium in Tokyo 
• NanoMech’s TuffTek R&D100
• Institute MBE research presented at International Bismuth workshop
• Journal of Applied Physics highlights Institute research   Institute for Nanoscience & Engineering research was recently highlighted in the Journal of Applied Physics (http://jap.aip.org/), for their work on “Electron transport in quantum dot chains: Dimensionality effects and hopping conductance”  Vas. P. Kunets, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, T. Rembert, M. E. Ware, Yu. I. Mazur, V. Lopez-Richard, H. A. Mantooth, G. E. Marques, and G. J. Salamo.   
• Institute researchers present at the 4th Annual IEEE conference on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, July 8-11, 2013   The Institute for Nanoscience & Engineering is a multi-discipline state of the art research facility, located at 731 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, AR  72701.  The Institute comprises interdisciplinary departments across campus working in nanoscale research.  Capabilities include materials growth and characterization, protein transportation, nano-bio photonics, theoretical modeling, tribology, and materials manufacturing.  The microelectronics-photonic graduate program is an interdisciplinary program under the Graduate school, and is housed in the Institute for Nanoscience & Engineering.The Institute is available for tours and appointments to discuss research collaboration and professional services available in materials growth, characterization, and imaging.  Please contact the Institute at 479-575-4187 for more information.
  731 W. Dickson St.
  Fayetteville AR 72701
• MicroEP Student Recognized by the Department of Energy
• microEP student Seth Shumate and Picasolar big win at MIT
• Notes From the 2013 Governor’s Cup: More UA Grad Dominance, But Competition Stiff
• Can microbubbles save your life? Graduate student Krisin Kovach and her research.
• University of Arkansas to Use TeraView’s Terahertz System for Medical and Biological Imaging
• Lydie Louis, µEP dual doctorate
• University of Arkansas Teams Finish in Top Four in Two Business Plan Competitions
• µEP alum on new solar cell technology that improves efficiency by 15%
• µEP grad student and alumni win NSF award for new solar technology!
• µEP graduate student Corey Thompson takes 3rd place against top Universities   µEP graduate student Corey Thompson takes 3rd place in a business plan competition against teams from top Universities (see all teams http://business.louisville.edu/cardinalchallenge/cardinal-challenge-2013-teams/)
• Institute Collaborators win prestigious Al Sonntag Award from STLE   The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers has awarded Dr. Min Zou, µEP graduate student Samuel Beckford, and Dr. Andrew Wang, from Ocean Nanotech, LLC with the prestigious Al Sonntag Award.  The award is being presented for their paper titled “Wear-Resistant PTFE/SiO2 Nanoparticle Composite Films”.
• µEP students moving forward
• Institute Researchers, Dr. Roper and Dr. Mantooth, to Present Projects at SEC Symposium
• Institute Researchers Publish Book on Wireless Health-Monitoring Systems
• Institute Faculty Mantooth Elected IEEE Power Electronics Society Vice President of Operations
• Technology Licensing Office Reorganizes
• Dr. Keith Roper and chemical engineering undergraduate student road to research  

• Silicon Solar Solutions – µEP alumni Douglas Hutchings in Growth Forum   µEP alumni Douglas Hutchings attends Growth Forum in Washington D.C with his company Silicon Solar Solutions.
• Institute collaborator in the news! Space Photonics enters licensing agreement for communication system
• Professor Ken Vickers in the NWA Business Journal, microEP 15 years in the making!
• Big things are happening at NanoMech
• NanoMech’s Ajay Malshe Awarded ASM Fellowship
• NanoMech Wins 2012 Innovator of the Year Award
• Institute Professor Travels to Japan
• Researchers Link DNA to Nanostructures   (9/19/2011) Assembly of nanostructures using DNA may lead to the production of new materials with a wide range of applications from electronics to tissue engineering. Researchers in the Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering at the University of Arkansas have produced building blocks for such material by controlling the number, placement and orientation of DNA linkers on the surface of colloidal nanoparticles.
• University of Arkansas Receives Check from NanoMech   (9/16/2011) During the dedication of its new Nanoscale Material Science and Engineering Building, the University of Arkansas received a check for $375,000 from NanoMech, an innovative small business that uses nanotechnology to manufacture products with broad applications. The check is not a gift, but rather payment for intellectual property owned by the university and successfully commercialized by NanoMech.
• Physics Professor Speaks at Royal Society   (9/6/2011) Jak Chakhalian, professor of physics and the holder of the Charles and Clydene Scharlau Professorship, has received an invitation to present two lectures in the United Kingdom at the Royal Society as part of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of superconductivity.
• Superconductivity-Related Materials Retain Shape but Change Properties Under Strain   (9/1/2011) A University of Arkansas physicist and his colleagues have found that ultra-thin films of superconductors and related materials don’t lose their fundamental properties when built under strain when built as atomically thin layers, an important step towards achieving artificially designed room temperature superconductivity. This ability will allow researchers to create new types of materials and properties and enable exotic electronic phases in ultra-thin films.
• Interim co-directors appointed for the Arkansas High Performance Computing Center   (8/25/2011) Jackson Cothren and Douglas Spearot have been appointed as interim co-directors of the Arkansas High Performance Computing Center. Both Cothren and Spearot have been active researchers using the cyberinfrastructure (supercomputing) resources available in the center. They will share the director role previously held by Amy Apon. Apon left the university this month for an administrative position at Clemson University. The interim appointments will be for one year while a search is conducted for a new center director.
• Using nanostructures in medicine
• Nanomedicine: Arkansas Researchers Publish First Textbook of Emerging Field
• Researchers Uncover Multiple Ground States in Ferroelectric Material
• Researchers Resolve 40-Year Dispute Over Disappearing Physical Property
• Physicist Min Xiao Appointed to Endowed Chair in Nanotechnology

National Science Foundation News

• Archaeologists piece together how crew survived 1813 shipwreck in Alaska
• Investing in diversity
• Video: A new perspective on police interrogations
• NSF, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency support development of new Arctic maps
• Rebooting the IT Revolution report now available
• Video: The basics of reproducibility
• NSF and USAID announce latest round of awards to address global development challenges
• Understanding the ecological role of wolves in Yellowstone National Park
• A partnership to secure and protect the emerging Internet of Things
• Documenting the invisible damage of Katrina