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28 NCMN faculty make list of world's most influential researchers
The Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List is a comprehensive analysis of all peer-reviewed papers across scientific disciplines. It measures the significance of the research, including how often each study is cited in the work of other scientists. The publication is the definitive list of research that has made the most significant impact across each field of study. The following NCMN researchers made the list:
- Kirill Belashchenko, Physics and Astronomy
- Christian Binek, Physics and Astronomy
- Peter Dowben, Physics and Astronomy
- Stephen Ducharme, Physics and Astronomy
- Patrick Dussault, Chemistry
- Alexei Gruverman, Physics and Astronomy
- David Hage, Chemistry
- Xia Hong, Physics and Astronomy
- Sitaram Jaswal, Physics and Astronomy (emeritus)
- Rebecca Lai, Chemistry
- Andrzej Rajca, Chemistry
- David Sellmyer*, Physics and Astronomy
- Alexander Sinitskii, Chemistry
- Ralph Skomski*, Physics and Astronomy
- Evgeny Tsymbal, Physics and Astronomy
- Yiqi Yang, Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design
- Florin Bobaru, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Yuris Dzenis, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Yongfeng Lu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Eric Markvicka, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Kamlakar Rajurkar, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Ravi Saraf, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Mathias Schubert, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Eli Sutter, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Peter Sutter, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Joseph Turner, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Jian Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Jiashi Yang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
(10/23/24)
Bartelt-Hunt named AEESP Fellow
Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Donald R. Voelte, Jr. and Nancy A. Keegan Chair of Engineering and professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named a 2024 Fellow of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. Medals will be presented to the 2024 class of fellows during the 2025 AEESP Awards Ceremony at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Read more here. (10/18/24)
Husker scientists exploring hydrogen energy potential from underground rift
Some 1.1 billion years ago, the North American continent nearly split in two, leaving behind a 1,200-mile swath of volcanic rocks known as the Midcontinent Rift that may be able to produce enough natural hydrogen to yield vast amounts of clean energy. University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers are studying the rift — which runs from beneath Lake Superior through parts of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas — to determine how best to access that hydrogen. “Our understanding of processes governing the production, migration and accumulation of evasive natural hydrogen in the continental deep subsurface is still in its infancy,” said Seunghee Kim, Charles J. Vranek Associate Professor of civil engineering and one of the project’s principal investigators. To test the viability of hydrogen production in the rift, a test well was drilled in Nebraska five years ago. So far, the data is promising. Scientists believe it is possible the geomechanical and biogeochemical conditions in the rift limit the loss and consumption of this naturally generated hydrogen, which could leave trapped hydrogen “at an economically meaningful scale in the mid-continent subsurface.” (10/15/24)
As 'Professor Otaku,' Ryu uses anime to illuminate engineering lessons
Sangjin Ryu, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, often uses examples of anime - such as a clip from “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” - to teach engineering principles to both his students and to general audiences in lectures. Mechanical engineering senior Matthew Brown said Ryu's teaching technique helped him to better understand what was being taught. "It's really interesting when we're learning some of the theories in class, developing that theory in our lecture notes, and then Dr. Ryu will present an application that is shown in anime," Brown said. "It takes some of what you might think is a boring theory and puts it into something that's not necessarily a real-world application but allows you to apply it." (9/27/24)
Nebraska breakthrough opens door to next-gen electronics
University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers have achieved a breakthrough in antiferromagnetic spintronics. This development could expand the nanotechnology’s capabilities, which have been limited by their need for excessive power.
The team has shown that introducing boron—a process called B-doping—into magnetoelectric oxides can control magnetic fields at the high temperatures prevalent in electronics. This has long been the “holy grail” of such research, said Christian Binek, Charles Bessey Professor of Physics.
The material the Nebraska team is studying — chromium oxide with a dash of boron — could help herald the emergence of digital memory and processors that consume far less power while potentially running even faster than their modern-day counterparts.
(9/18/24)
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DonateFaculty Spotlight: Abdelghani Laraoui
Dr. Abdelghani Laraoui is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at UNL. Dr. Laraoui’s primary research focuses on developing new quantum materials based on color centers in diamond (NV, SiV, GeV), and defects in wide-bandgap semiconductors (SiC, GaN, ZnO) and two dimensional materials (hBN, TMDs) for applications in quantum sensing and quantum information processing. Read more about Dr. Laraoui's current research in the latest installment of our newsletter Interfaces.