Networking opportunity for students and faculty: the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) invites you on April 14 to enjoy refreshments and explore the possibility of the first UMD Student Chapter! Register for the event at this link 🔗 bit.ly/3FQFgZ4

The A. James Clark School of Engineering celebrates two communities in April: the Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month and the Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) Heritage Month. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/3EfoB10

Meryl Wiratmo, a materials science and engineering doctoral candidate, had a lightbulb moment when she visited Penn State University's nuclear reactor on a high school field trip. She shares her full story during APIDA Heritage Month here: 🔗 bit.ly/3EfoB10

Happening tomorrow: the George Dieter Distinguished Lecture Series in Mechanics and Materials. Lecture to be held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Stanley R. Zupnik Forum at A. James Clark Hall.

We thank Dr. Tresa M. Pollock, Alcoa Distinguished Professor of Materials at the University of California Santa Barbara, for delivering the George Dieter Distinguished Lecture Series in Mechanics and Materials on Wednesday, focusing her talk on materials for extreme environments.

Last Wednesday, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering hosted the George Dieter Distinguished Lecture Series in Mechanics and Materials. Our speaker, Dr. Tresa Pollock, presented her talk "Reaching for the Sky — Materials in Extreme Environments."

Jack FitzGibbon, a graduate of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate program, was selected for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Read more about his research work at 🔗 bit.ly/4ir8mfe

An experimental fusion reactor design by Materials Science and Engineering doctoral alum Nick Schwartz received the Charles A. Caramello Distinguished Dissertation Award. Read more about his device at 🔗 bit.ly/4jLPitl

Maryland Engineers win the Radiance Technologies Innovation Bowl! 🏆 The team of four students was advised by Associate Professor Oded Rabin from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Read more about their victory at 🔗 bit.ly/4cLd6Lw

Join us for a special seminar on May 8 presented by Dr. Kazutoshi Ichikawa from the Nippon Steel Corporation. No RSVP required. Find more details, including the seminar abstract at the link: 🔗 bit.ly/42UesiI

Congratulations to our undergraduate students: Jason Stone, Kim Taylor, Ashley Hamell and Thomas Dymowski, for their recent recognition in service, research and leadership. The students were awarded during a ceremony hosted by the Clark School on April 24.

Congratulations to our MSE winning team of the Clark School's 2025 Capstone Design Expo for their Microlaminated Metal Intermetallic Composite Armor! 🏆 Another shoutout goes to our participating teams for their excellent presentations and efforts.

In a Nature Communications paper published Friday, researchers presented a new building block that could scale photonic memory devices, one of the first designs with phase-change materials that bolsters consistent multi-level performance. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/3EMgcTb

Researchers engineered a photonic memory microheater with full temperature control, a milestone involving phase-change materials that allowed them to tailor the device microstructure. Watch the temperature evolution for varying voltages. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/3EMgcTb

Engineering commencement will be held this Friday, May 23 at the Xfinity Center. Graduates check-in and gates will open at 10:30 AM, and the ceremony will begin at 12:00 PM. Commencement will also be live streamed via YouTube at this link: 🔗 youtube.com/live/Pcnr1j8Bw…

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Congratulations to the Materials Science and Engineering Class of 2025! You make us proud. 🐢 🎓

John Hoerauf, a doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was selected to participate in the Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research program. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/4jpd91a

Announcing the new chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), Professor Ichiro Takeuchi, who has lead MSE's research and academic portfolio on an interim basis since 2024. Read the full announcement: 🔗 bit.ly/3HkeER3

A new type of dielectric breakdown coined "Ivy," the fastest physical phenomenon ever recorded, was discovered by a University of Maryland professor in materials science and engineering. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/403i0OQ