I-MRSEC Director Prof. Nadya Mason recently was featured in a video from the UIUC Grainger College of Engineering, speaking on the topic of Diversity in STEM. "Diversity is also crucial in STEM…

“I can.” That’s what Krisha, an 8th grader at Franklin STEAM Academy, said confidently when asked if she could see herself pursuing a college education in material sciences. Krisha and 43 7th- and…

Four I-MRSEC affiliated faculty, Axel Hoffmann, Pinshane Huang, Cecilia Leal and Daniel Shoemaker, will be recognized for their investiture at the Engineering Investiture Ceremony. Hoffmann is being…

As an experimental physicist, diversity advocate, and science communicator, Nadya Mason is mentioned on many a formidable list —…

Nine researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named to the 2022 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list. The list recognizes research scientists and social…

A multi-institutional team has just published a new way to “read” an antiferromagnet electrically—that is, a new way to determine what its magnetic state is. The discovery is important because…

I-MRSEC IRG1 investigator Prof. Matthew Gilbert (Electrical and Computer Engineering) was recently selected to be a 2022 Bando Visiting Fellow at the University of Pisa for his "groundbreaking work…

MatSE graduate students do more than discover materials that marvel. They’re also legends in their community. Just ask Emiliana Cofell and Marilyn Porras-Gomez, recipients of the new Diversity,…

An I-MRSEC publication from IRG2 has been listed among the "Best of Advanced Materials Technologies 2021," as well as an Editor's pick. The article, "Ultrasensitive detection of dopamine, IL-6 and…

‘Cause we are working in a material world And I am a condensed matter girl You know that we are working in a material world And I am a condensed matter girl Several researchers from the MRSEC, from…