Topics: Materials Science+Engineering

Summer 2015

Atomic Insights

Ju Li has created a window into a world where things are inconceivably small and change inconceivably fast.

Silvija Gradečak’s nanoscale work creates big-scale results that could transform energy production, storage, and lighting. Photo illustration: Len Rubenstein
Fall 2014

Nanoscale Work Yields Big Results

Silvija Gradečak’s nanoscale work creates big-scale results that could transform energy production, storage, and lighting.

Yuriy Román knew that to change the future of catalysis he’d have to cross the boundary between chemical engineering and materials science. Photo: Len Rubenstein
Fall 2014

Catalyzing Greener Products

Yuriy Román knew that to change the future of catalysis he’d have to cross the boundary between chemical engineering and materials science.

Franz-Josef Ulm: In spotting this aerial photo of a city, he made a connection between the patterns of houses and streets and the underlying molecular structure of concrete. Len Rubenstein
Winter 2014

Urban Physics

Franz-Josef Ulm’s serendipitous observation leads to research linking physics and urban planning.