Professor Steve May Receives Funding from National Science Foundation
Congratulations to MSE Professor Steve May for his grant on “Uniting Lithographic Patterning and Topochemical Reaction for Processing of Functional Oxides for Electronic Applications” to research new nanomanufacturing processes to realize novel patterned materials. The new manufacturing strategy combines industrially relevant and scalable processes used to pattern materials with low-temperature chemical reactions to create oxide-based structures with tunable properties that can be reconfigured in response to external stimuli. The dynamic nature of these structures could serve as a platform for a new generation of adaptive electronic, optical, or sensing devices.
Professor Franco Montalto Appointed to NYC Panel on Climate Change
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed CAEE Professor Franco Montalto to a 20-person New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC). He joins other university and non-profit climate experts to “help New York City further expand its climate adaptation efforts by providing authoritative, actionable science on future climate impacts.” Says Montalto, “As the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly shown us yet again, risk exposure is highly uneven. I am grateful for this opportunity to apply my engineering skills to help conceptualize infrastructure and policies that will reduce climate risks, especially in the city’s most vulnerable communities.”
