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• Dec 14, 2005: Goknur Cambaz received Ludo Frevel Crystallography
Scholarship from the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD).
• Dec 5, 2005: Researchers at Drexel University have filled carbon nanotubes
with magnetic nanoparticles. The resulting magnetic nanostructures could have
applications in memory devices, medicine and wearable electronics. For details,
click here.
• Sept 30, 2005: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visited Philadelphia to
receive the Philadelphia Liberty Medal on Saturday, September 17. Prof. Yury
Gogotsi had an inspiring discussion with President Yushchenko about
nanotechnology and the US-Ukraine cooperation during the awards dinner at the
Constitution Center in Philadelphia. President Yushchenko was aware of
importance of nanotechnology and asked Prof. Gogotsi's opinion about the leading
institutions in Ukraine in this field. He also stressed importance of building a
large scale cooperation program between the US and Ukraine in the nanotechnology
area.
• Sept 30, 2005: Prof. Gogotsi is in the editorial board of AZojomo, Journal of
Materials Online.
• Sept 30, 2005: The image from “Anisotropic Etching of SiC Whiskers", authored
by Z.G.Cambaz, G.Yushin, Y.Gogotsi, V.Lutsenko, Nanoletters will be featured on
the cover page of Nano Letters, March issue (2006).
• Aug 9, 2005: Gleb Yushi and Goknur Cambaz received Honorable Mention in
Class 3 of the International Metallographic Contest held recently in Honolulu.
The titles of the poster was "Novel Approach to SiC Nanoarchitecture" and was
co-authored by Dr. Yury Gogotsi, and V.G. Lutsenko.
• July 29, 2005: John Chmiola's photograph appeared with the President of
the Electrochemical Society in the Summer 2005 issue of Interface. John was
featured as the recipient of the Best Student Poster Award at the ECS Spring
meeting in Quebec City, Canada, for his paper "Pore Structure Engineering for
Electrochemical Applications".
• July 5, 2005: Kristopher Behler received a grant through the Material
Advantage Student chapter to participate in the recent Congressional Visit Days
(CVD) in Washington, D.C. For details, click here.
• June 16, 2005: Ranjan Dash and Elizabeth Hoffman received travel grant for
attending the North American Membrane Society meeting in Providence, RI. They
both were awarded $500 travel grants from the conference organizers. Ranjan also
received the Poster Award for his poster titled "Carbide Derived Carbon with
Tunable Porosity". Gleb Yushin and Yury Gogotsi were co-authors of this poster.
• June 14, 2005: Tom Juliano, alumni of our group, received a newly
established Best Thesis Award from Drexel University for his PhD thesis. This
award was established this year and is accompanied by a check.
• Prof. Yury Gogotsi has been elected to be a Fellow of the American Ceramic
Society (ACerS). Dr. Gogotsi will be recognized at the Honors and Awards Banquet
at the ACerS 107th Annual Meeting, April 12, 2005 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• May 17, 2005: John Chmiola won the Best Poster award at the
Electrochemical Society Meeting in Quebec. His poster titled "Pore Structure
Engineering in Carbons for Electrochemical Applications" Ranjan K. Dash, Gleb
Yushin and Yury Gogotsi were co-authors of this poster.
• April 26, 2005: Nanomaterials group received the Best poster award at
the Research Day 2005 in emerging technology (both graduate and undergraduate
level) and business research initiative category (graduate level).
The title for the emerging technology graduate poster is "Wetting of Carbon
Nanotubes and Carbon Coatings by Polar and non-Polar Liquids", authored by
Davide Mattia, Byong M Kim, Haim H Bau, Yury Gogotsi.
The title for the emerging technology undergraduate poster is "Influence of
nanodiamond additives on mechanical properties of Ni electroplated coatings",
authored by Adrian J Gurga and Yury Gogotsi.
The title for the business research initiative poster is "Y-Carbon: Powering the
New Millennium", authored by Ranjan K Dash, John Chmiola, Gleb Yushin, Yury
Gogotsi.
• Apr 22, 2005: Davide Mattia won third prize in Grad. Student Poster
Contest at the Liberty Bell Chapter of ASM's Sustaining Member's Night.
• Apr 25, 2005: Faculty, staff, and students from Drexel University were
in full force at the Pennsylvania Nanotechnology Conference 2005: “The Business
of Nanotechnology,” which was held April 18-20 in Pittsburgh, PA. To read more
on Drexel's participation, click here to read article by Holly Burnside.
• Apr 12, 2005: Kris Behler received the NSF Graduate Fellowship.
• Apr 11, 2005: Z. Goknur Cambaz and Dr. Gleb Yushin received the Roland B.
Snow Award from the American Ceramic Society for their work on "SiC Pagoda
Nanoarchitecture". This award is presented for the best ceramographic work at
the annual meeting of the American Ceramic Society and consists of a monetary
award and a Steuben glass artifact. The winning entry was co-authored Dr. V.
Lutsenko, from Kiev, Ukraine, and Prof. Gogotsi.
• Mar 30, 2005: Paper titled "Carbon Nanotubes Loaded with Magnetic
Particles" by Guzeliya Korneva, Haihui Ye, Yury Gogotsi, Derek Halverson, Gary
Friedman, Jean-Claude Bradley, and Konstantin G. Kornev appeared in Articles
ASAP in Nano Letters. This paper received unsolicited coverage on the leading
nanotechnology Web portal Nanotechweb.org and on the website of American
Chemical Society.
• Mar 2, 2005: Prof. Yury Gogotsi has been awarded the COE Outstanding
Research Award.
• Mar 1, 2005: Prof. Yury Gogotsi has been elected to be a Fellow of the
American Ceramic Society (ACerS). Dr. Gogotsi will be recognized at the Honors
and Awards Banquet at the ACerS 107th Annual Meeting, April 12, 2005 in
Baltimore, Maryland.
• Feb 22, 2005: Kris Behler has been selected to attend the NATO Advanced
Study Institute (ASI) Carbon Nanotubes: From Basic Research To Nanotechnology,
May 21-31, 2005 in Sozopol, Bulgaria. He will receive room, board, and
conference fee sponsorship from the ASI.
• Jan 26, 2005: Prof. Gogotsi have been invited to become an Associate Editor
of the journal "Science of Sintering" published by the International Institute
for the Science of Sintering. He will be handling manuscripts in the area of
nanomaterials.
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