Hands of Stone
In the 1976 Academy Award-winning film, “Rocky,” the title character, Philadelphian Rocky Balboa, rises before the light of dawn, cracks half a dozen raw eggs into a glass, and guzzles the heavy, viscous, liquid, yoke dripping down the side of his chin in preparation for an epic battle with the world heavyweight Champion, Apollo Creed. […]
Multiscale Materials Modeling Fall Conference Set To Honor Emeritus Professor Vaclav Vitek
The Multiscale Materials Modeling conference is set to honor Department of Materials Science and Engineering Emeritus Professor Vaclav Vitek during their fall ceremony in Prague. In addition to honoring Vitek’s election as a Fellow of the Royal Society, the conference aims to celebrate the lifelong pioneering contributions of Vitek, whose work has profoundly influenced the […]
MSE Master’s Student attend HPAIR Conference at Harvard
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Master’s Student, Ekta Jagtiani, recently participated in the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) conference held at Harvard University. For more than 30 years, the HPAIR conference stands as a dynamic platform aiming to bridge the gap between the global leaders of today and the leaders of […]
Eric Stach Named Scientific Director of the Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Vijay Kumar, announced the appointment of Eric Stach as the new Scientific Director of the Singh Center for Nanotechnology. Currently the Robert D. Bent Professor of Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Director of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter […]
Safety Quiz Event Yields Knowledge, Competition and Collaboration Between Engineering Departments
In a bid to promote safety awareness and foster a sense of collaboration among students and faculty, a safety quiz was recently held at the Glandt Forum, in the Singh Center for Nanotechnology, that drew attendees from the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) departments. This event, managed by […]