Dr. Douglas Werner elected AAAS Fellow

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Douglas Werner, John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair Professor, was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for contributions to the field of theoretical and computational electromagnetics, particularly for scientific advancements in transformation optics, metamaterials, nanoantennas and new algorithms for numerical modeling and optimization.

Matthew Furst wins 1st Place in MatSE Poster Competition

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Matthew Furst is a sophomore undergraduate student working in the J-P Maria lab with graduate student mentor, Saeed Almishal. He recently presented a poster at the Materials Science & Engineering department undergraduate research symposium where he won 1st Place for his research on the synthesis of high entropy oxides. His work contributes to the efforts of the MRSEC IRG 2 research. Congratulations Matthew!