Multifunctional Materials Integration Research News
all stories with RESEARCH TAGS in research areas related to MMI.
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Petra Reinke Aids Search for Corrosion-Resistant Metals
Read MoreExperiments in the Oxidation of Super Alloys Explain Corrosion Resistance
A typical approach would look at how metals break down, Reinke wants to start with a really clean metal to explain how oxidation begins.
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Jon Ihlefeld Earns Young Faculty Award to Design Insulators for High-Temperature Electronics
Read MoreResearch Aims to Grow and Test a Pure, Smooth and Widely Applicable Thin Film for Future Semiconductors
Ihlefeld's research group specializes in electronic oxide materials; their thin films increase the efficiency of computer chips and can serve as low-power computer memory.
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UVA Engineering Research Re-imagines Wireless Communications for Dense Urban Environments
Read MoreDesign Employs Photonics to Overcome Physical and Technological Barriers
Hybrid technology promises greater performance, functionality and applications than a single process could achieve without driving up the cost.
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Avalanche Photodiode from UVA and UT-Austin Breaks Performance Record for LiDAR Receivers
Read MoreTeam’s Fabrication Process Achieves Long-Wavelength Sensitivity, Ultra-Low Noise and Design Flexibility
The team’s low-noise, two-micrometer avalanche photodiode enables higher-power operation that is eye-safe.
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Kyusang Lee Innovates Process to Fabricate Materials for Free-Standing Semiconductor Film
Read MorePlatform Enhances Functional Properties and Affordability of Materials for Next-Gen Devices
Nature and Nature Nanotechnology publish papers extending Lee's seminal research in epitaxy.
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Arthur W. Lichtenberger Earns 2020 Terahertz Science and Technology Best Paper Award
Read MoreMulti-institutional Team Achieves Fast, Flexible and Accurate Calibration of Radio Telescope Receivers
The team achieved system calibration with a compact multi-functional materials micromachined chip that can be easily implanted in the heart of the receiver.
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CAREER Award: Seeing the Future
Read MoreKyusang Lee Earns Prestigious National Science Foundation Grant to Build the Equivalent of a Human Eye and Its Visual Cortex
Device promises to be 1,000 times more efficient in computing than current technology.
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UVA-UT Austin Research Team Earns Grant to Achieve Efficiencies in Fiber Optics for Telecommunications
Read MoreFunding Supports Modeling and Measurement of Digital Alloys Used to Fabricate Avalanche Photon Detectors
A $500,000 NSF research grant adds to the team’s modeling and measurement work over the next three years.
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Bio-Inspired Smart Fabrics
Read MoreMaterials Science Meets Nanoscale Heat Transfer
Scientists estimate that more than 60% of energy consumed in the United States is wasted. “The question is, ‘How do we make materials that can be more energy efficient, that can...
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Largest-Ever Gift to UVA Engineering will Support Teaching and Research Excellence
Read MoreEndowments Will Support Faculty Recruitment and Retention, Ph.D. Fellowships and Strategic Initiatives
Alumnus Greg Olsen credits his materials science and engineering faculty mentor, William A. Jesser, for launching his career and inspiring his historic contribution.