News & Perspectives Recognition of Excellence Yeram S. Touloukian Awarded to Li Shi Texas Engineers Land Semiconductor Grants Through CHIPS Act-Backed NSF Program NSF and partners invest $45 million in the future of semiconductors Dr. Annie Weathers has been selected as one of Caltech’s 2017 Young Investigator Lecturers in Engineering and Applied Science Engineers Receive $22.8 Million from DOD for Cross-Disciplinary Projects 2-Dimensional Research Wins 3-Dimenstional Career Award Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Wins Streetman Prize Li Shi Elected APS Fellow Mechanical Engineering Professor Receives TAMEST Award JaeHyun Kim and Mir Mohammad Sadeghi received the Warren A. and Alice L. Meyer Endowed Scholarship in Engineering Pat Jurney received First Place Poster Award in 2011 UT ME Graduate Research Poster Contest Insun Jo received Poster Presentation Award in 2011 UT Nanonight Annie Weathers Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Michael Pettes received Best Poster Award in 2010 UT ME Graduate Research Poster Contest Michael Pettes received Best Poster Award in 2009 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston Mary Moore received Best Student Presentation Award for the Graduate Portfolio Program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Mary Moore received the “Most Innovative Research Presentation” award in the Graduate and Industry Networking (GAIN) Presentation Competition Jae Hun Seol and Feng Zhou Awarded David Bruton, Jr. Gradaute Fellowship Sanjoy Saha Awarded David Bruton, Jr. Graduate Fellowship Mary Moore received First Place Poster Award in 2009 UT ME Graduate Research Poster Contest Texas Students Win $25K at ORNL Nano Competition Michael Pettes and Sarah Ruch Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Prof. Li Shi received Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award Newsworthy Discoveries Innovative Thermal Measurement Unveils a Distinctive Electron Cooling Mechanism in Graphene Devices Semiconductor crystals achieve record thermal conductivity New semiconducting crystal rivals diamond for heat conductivity Boron arsenide crystals could cool computer chips Researchers upend conventional wisdom on thermal conductivity Making graphene work for real-world devices Heat-conducting polymer cools hot electronic devices at 200 degrees Celsius Nano Portfolio Program Student Publishes Article in PNAS Disk-shaped nanoparticles more easily absorbed than rods Professors Advance Nanoparticle Research for Health Applications Graphene Spreads the Heat With Support, Graphene Still a Superior Thermal Conductor Graphene’s Thermal Conductivity Graphene, the Promising “Wonder” Materials for Nanoelectronics, Now Passes Heat Transfer Test Carbon Sheets Offer Cool Solution for Computers Graphene, “Wonder” Materials for Nanoelectronics, Passes Critical Test Nanotube Thermal Measurement Used as a Text-Book Example in Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer by Incropera, DeWitt, Bergman, and Lavine NanoThermo Research Cited as One of the Notable Accomplishments from NSF CTS Awards Nanobelts Tackle Nerve Gases UT Researching Small Detectors Nano Sensor ‘Immune’ to Toxins It Detects Engineers Develop Biowarfare Sensing Elements Engineers Develop Inexpensive Biowarfare Sensing Elements Postdoc’s Work Leads to Bio Sensing Device UT Nanobelts Tackle Nerve Gases Thermoelectricity in Semiconductor Nanostructures University of Texas at Austin Engineers and Physicists First to Measure Thermo-electric Power at Nano Level Tiny Research Could Net Huge Discoveries Chemical and Engineering News Scanning Thermoelectric Microscopy