Center for Materials, Devices and Integrated Systems
December Newsletter
Your assistant to keep you updated. Snippets on upcoming events, webinars, fellowship opportunities, news about facilities, publications, past event notes.
Brief.
May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with joy, and the New Year bring new opportunities. We wish you a season of love, happiness, and endless possibilities.
What’s ahead?
CMDIS BYOND (Build Your Own Nano Device) Program is Accepting Applications (24.January, Wednesday, 5:00pm)
The program is designed to introduce microfabrication and analysis concepts to interested undergraduate students and is offered in modules with each module running over a four-week period. Spring semester modules are Module 4 (Etching) 02/05-03/01 and Module 3 (Metrology) 03/11-04/05, the application deadline is 01/24/2024. Learn more.
Society of Plastic Engineers ANTEC 2024, March 4-7, St. Louis, MO
(Registration early rate: 31.January)
ANTEC® 2023, taking place March 27-30 in Denver, CO, will showcase the latest advances in industrial, national laboratory, and academic work focused on plastics and polymer science. The program presents latest findings in plastics technologies, polymer research, new materials, innovative processes. Learn more.
Society for Optics and Photonics, Advanced Lithography + Patterning Conference
(25-29.February, San Jose, CA)
Optical and EUV lithography, patterning technologies, metrology, and process integration for semiconductor manufacturing and adjacent applications. Safe travels! Learn more.
38th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(20-27.February, Vancouver, CA)
The purpose of the AAAI conference series is to promote research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and foster scientific exchange between researchers, practitioners, scientists, students, and engineers across the entirety of AI and its affiliated disciplines. Safe travels! Learn more.
Approaching deadlines
(Undergraduate) Society of Physics Students Internships
(Application Deadline: 15.January)
The SPS summer internship program offers 10-week positions for undergraduate physics students in science research, education and policy with various organizations in the Washington, DC area. All internships include paid housing, a competitive stipend, support to attend a national physics meeting in the year following the internship, and transportation to and from Washington, DC. Learn more.
(Undergrad / Grad) Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE NNSA SSGF) (Application Deadline: 10.January)
The fellowship provides excellent financial benefits and professional development opportunities to students pursuing a Ph.D. in fields of study that solve complex science and engineering problems critical to stewardship science. The program seeks highly trained scientists and engineers in areas of study related to high energy density physics, nuclear science, and materials under extreme conditions and hydrodynamics. The DOE NNSA SSGF is open to U.S. citizens planning full-time, uninterrupted study toward a doctoral degree at an accredited U.S. university. Those eligible to apply include senior undergraduate students and first- and second-year graduate students focusing their studies on high energy density physics, nuclear science, or properties of materials under extreme conditions and hydrodynamics. Learn more.
(Undergrad / Grad) The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Engineering Scholarships (Application Deadline: 16.February)
A scholarship is considered by ASME to be a grant made to a student to enable or assist the student in pursuing an educational program in mechanical engineering or mechanical engineering technology at the undergraduate or graduate level. The online Scholarship Application is now open for the 2024 - 2025 academic year for 4-Year Baccalaureate students, Graduate students, Community College/2-Year Technical Programs, and Associate degree students and graduating High School seniors pursuing ME/MET degrees and closely related disciplines. Learn more.
(Undergrad / Grad) Advancing Women in Science
(Application Deadline: 29.February)
Awards and scholarships provide visibility and recognition of the contributions of brilliant scientists. They also offer role models and encouragement to the next generation. These annual prizes support the professional development and advancement of AWIS members. The scholarships are available to undergraduate students, graduate students and for career re-entry. Learn more.
(Post-Doc) The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science
(Application Deadline: 15.January)
The Branco Weiss Fellowship offers an opportunity for postdocs in all areas of the natural and social sciences and engineering who have conceived an original and independent research idea that falls outside the scope of large-scale research projects. The fellowship gives an unusual degree of freedom: Fellows are encouraged to choose the best possible location for their research, anywhere in the world. They will receive support for up to five years. They decide for themselves how the financial resources will be allocated – for their own salary, for staff, for equipment or for a combination of these. Learn more.
(Post-Doc) NASA Postdoctoral Program
(Application Deadline: 01.March)
NASA Postdoctoral Research Program Fellows conduct research of national importance and collaborate with distinguished U.S. and international researchers. NPP Fellows have made significant research contributions that have advanced specific science efforts of NASA and the body of general scientific knowledge in the areas of astrophysics, Earth science, aeronautics, biology and astrobiology, cosmo-chemistry, heliophysics, planetary science, and technology development. Next cycle of deadline is March 01. Learn more.
Publications in Our Radar
Ghosh S.; Mergy M.; Minervini M.; Okpanum J.; Cramer S.M.; Bequette B.W.; Zydney A.L.; Przybycien T.M., Smart Manufacturing Implementation of a Continuous Downstream Precipitation and Filtration Process for Antibody Purification, 2023, Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, DOI:10.1520/SSMS20230003
Lakhnot A.S.; Panchal R.A.; Datta J.; Mahajani V.; Bhimani K.; Jain R.; Datta D.; Koratkar N., Intercalation Hosts for Multivalent-Ion Batteries, 2023, Small Structures, DOI:10.1002/sstr.202200290
Lee S.; Ahn J.; Chen L.; Wąsik P., Origin of polytypism in block copolymer materials, 2023, Physical Review Materials, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.110301
Multunas C.; Grieder A.; Xu J.; Ping Y.; Sundararaman R., Circular dichroism of crystals from first principles, 2023, Physical Review Materials, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.123801
Oliveto V.; Patel B.; Park K.; Smith D.E.; Hughes M.D.; Borca-Tasciuc D.-A., Theoretical investigation of asymmetric light interfaces for increasing optical efficiency of luminescent solar concentrators via integration of finite element simulation results with Monte Carlo ray tracing, 2023, Renewable Energy, DOI:10.1016/j.renene.2023.119314
Osipov D.; Konstantinopoulos S.; Chow J.H., A Cross-Power Spectral Density Method for Locating Oscillation Sources Using Synchrophasor Measurements, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, DOI:10.1109/TPWRS.2022.3229255
Parvez N.; Merson J.; Picu R.C., Stiffening mechanisms in stochastic athermal fiber networks, 2023, Physical Review E, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.108.044502
Shen J.; Zhu W.; Lian Z.; Lin A.; Shi S.-F.; Yang K.; Li M.; Zhao D.; Sun Y.-Y.; Lian J., Metal Ion-Incorporated Lead-Free Perovskites toward Broadband Photodetectors, 2023, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, DOI:10.1021/acsaelm.2c01265
Wang C.; Chakrapani V., Photocatalytic Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species on Fe and Mn Oxide Minerals: Mechanistic Pathways and Influence of Semiconducting Properties, 2023, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05353
In Case You Have Missed
2023 CMDIS Annual Research Symposium was on 17 November. We had 120 participants during the day. Throughout the day, the participants viewed your CleanRoom virtual tour on the big screen and learned about facilities; we had a brief drone flight in the house and a great second poster session featuring Special Topics in Microelectronics, welcomed external visitors from Rapidus Albany, and had an award ceremony. Congratulations to all 500USD conference travel award winners and our gratitude to session moderators, poster judges, volunteers, staff and institutional support. Read more.
Sarah Schweers (MANE) is the first student who completed all four modules in CMDIS Build Your Own Nano Device Program at the end of this Fall semester. You may watch her working in the Micro and Nanofabrication Cleanroom as a part of MNCR Virtual Tour. Congratulations Sarah and welcome to MNCR family!. Learn more.
Thomas G. Capek ’86, senior vice president and chief engineer at Corning Incorporated, has been welcomed to Rensselaer’s Board of Trustees. Corning is one of the world's leading innovators in materials science and has a longstanding relationship with RPI supporting research, philanthropy, and student recruitment. Read more. This year, our CMDIS Corning Undergraduate Scholars Program supports 7 projects and teams, bringing RPI students, faculty and Corning mentors together. Learn more.
Jian Shi (MSE) has been selected for the Simons Foundation's Pivot Fellowship. This competitive program aims to support researchers who have a strong track record of success and achievement in their current field, and a deep interest, curiosity, and drive to make contributions to a new discipline. Congratulations!! Read more.
Nikhil Koratkar (MANE) has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Koratkar was recognized for his pioneering contributions to the field of nanoscale science and technology and the use of nanoscale materials in composites and energy storage devices. Congratulations!! Read more.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has joined an international alliance with over 50 founding members, led by IBM and Meta, to foster advancements, share information and tools, identify and mitigate risk, and prioritize safety, diversity, and economic benefits for all as artificial intelligence (AI) technology advances. Read more.
Lighting Research Center (LRC) is accepting applications for the Fall 2024 graduate education program. The specialized, nine-month program addresses lighting technology, design, human factors, and applications, enabling students to work closely with faculty in architecture, engineering, research, and lighting design, culminating in a multidisciplinary master's degree. Learn more.
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