Name: Ph.D. Defense: Jijo Christudasjustus
Start: 2023-02-17T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-02-17T11:00:00-05:00

🔆 We have finally made it to our final #seniorspotlight of 2024! As Tori Crunkleton prepares to don her graduation cap this Friday, her journey is a testament to curiosity, versatility, and a passion for pushing boundaries.

Learn more about Tori`s journey on our website https://buff.ly/4aUvVu6

We will miss you, Tori!
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We hope you have enjoyed learning about our stellar senior spotlights, and we know that every graduate this week, not just from MSE, has a bright future ahead.

You did it! Time to celebrate!

1 - Tori at Lake Raleigh (2024)
2 - Tori presents a poster at the Penn State REU Symposium (2023)
3 - Tori (right) with a friend celebrating an NCAA Wolfpack basketball game (NC State vs. Duke) win at the NC State Bell Tower on Hillsborough Street (2024)
4 - Tori poses with a wolfie friend on main campus (2024)
5 - Tori on the overpass leading to Research Building 1 (2024)
6 - Tori (age 8) conducting experiments in the SciLab at the Maryland Science Center
7 - Tori conducting research during her REU at Penn State (2023)

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🔆 We have finally made it to our final #seniorspotlight of 2024! As Tori Crunkleton prepares to don her graduation cap this Friday, her journey is a testament to curiosity, versatility, and a passion for pushing boundaries.

Learn more about Tori's journey on our website https://buff.ly/4aUvVu6

We will miss you, Tori!
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We hope you have enjoyed learning about our stellar senior spotlights, and we know that every graduate this week, not just from MSE, has a bright future ahead.

You did it! Time to celebrate!

1 - Tori at Lake Raleigh (2024)
2 - Tori presents a poster at the Penn State REU Symposium (2023)
3 - Tori (right) with a friend celebrating an NCAA Wolfpack basketball game (NC State vs. Duke) win at the NC State Bell Tower on Hillsborough Street (2024)
4 - Tori poses with a wolfie friend on main campus (2024)
5 - Tori on the overpass leading to Research Building 1 (2024)
6 - Tori (age 8) conducting experiments in the SciLab at the Maryland Science Center
7 - Tori conducting research during her REU at Penn State (2023)

Former MSE department head, Justin Schwartz, has been named the chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder (@cuboulder). Justin will assume his new role on July 1, leaving his current position as executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University (@pennstate).

“I received overwhelmingly positive feedback about Justin following his campus visit and open forums with CU Boulder faculty, staff and students,” said Todd Saliman, president of the University of Colorado system, in a statement. “He was equally well-received by community members who are critical partners of CU Boulder. After reflecting on this input and considering the exceptional attributes Justin brings, I am even more convinced he is the right person for the job.”

Schwartz served at NC State as Kobe Steel Professor and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering from 2009 to 2017. He left NC State to become the Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering at Penn State.

Congrats, Justin!

https://www.mse.ncsu.edu/2024/04/former-engineering-department-head-named-as-cu-boulder-chancellor/

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Former MSE department head, Justin Schwartz, has been named the chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder (@cuboulder). Justin will assume his new role on July 1, leaving his current position as executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University (@pennstate).

“I received overwhelmingly positive feedback about Justin following his campus visit and open forums with CU Boulder faculty, staff and students,” said Todd Saliman, president of the University of Colorado system, in a statement. “He was equally well-received by community members who are critical partners of CU Boulder. After reflecting on this input and considering the exceptional attributes Justin brings, I am even more convinced he is the right person for the job.”

Schwartz served at NC State as Kobe Steel Professor and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering from 2009 to 2017. He left NC State to become the Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering at Penn State.

Congrats, Justin!

https://www.mse.ncsu.edu/2024/04/former-engineering-department-head-named-as-cu-boulder-chancellor/

🔮🧲 We are discovering the future of robotics with artificial magnetic cilia! These hair-like structures respond to magnetic fields, allowing the programming of actuation behaviors.
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A paper in Advanced Materials Technologies shows work done by Matt Clary, the first author and MSE Ph.D. student, and MSE Professor Joe Tracy as the corresponding author, use NdFeB microparticles in a thermoplastic elastomer to create these hard-magnetic cilia.

Learn how they can be reprogrammed magnetically to exhibit unique behaviors in response to magnetic fields. #Robotics #Innovation #MagneticCilia

Congrats, Matt and Joe!

@mattclary9

https://buff.ly/3W9rS8E

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🔮🧲 We are discovering the future of robotics with artificial magnetic cilia! These hair-like structures respond to magnetic fields, allowing the programming of actuation behaviors.
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A paper in Advanced Materials Technologies shows work done by Matt Clary, the first author and MSE Ph.D. student, and MSE Professor Joe Tracy as the corresponding author, use NdFeB microparticles in a thermoplastic elastomer to create these hard-magnetic cilia.

Learn how they can be reprogrammed magnetically to exhibit unique behaviors in response to magnetic fields. #Robotics #Innovation #MagneticCilia

Congrats, Matt and Joe!

@mattclary9

https://buff.ly/3W9rS8E

🔦 Two down and two more to go! 😍 This week we present Jonah Hughes as our third #seniorspotlight!
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As Jonah Hughes, a senior at North Carolina State University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), prepares to graduate, his journey reflects a fortunate shift in academic focus and a deep passion for understanding the intricate properties of materials.

Check out his story on our website at https://buff.ly/3JFs9sF

Next week is graduation week and we will share our final senior spotlight for 2024 so stay tuned!

1 - Jonah poses for a portrait (2023)
2 - Jonah adds a thin layer of silver to a solar cell using a thermal evaporator in Dr. So`s OEMD Group (2023)
3 - Jonah at the 22nd Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
4 - Jonah (second from right) poses with the MSE soccer league (2023)
5 - Jonah snaps a pic of the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC (2023)

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🔦 Two down and two more to go! 😍 This week we present Jonah Hughes as our third #seniorspotlight!
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As Jonah Hughes, a senior at North Carolina State University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), prepares to graduate, his journey reflects a fortunate shift in academic focus and a deep passion for understanding the intricate properties of materials.

Check out his story on our website at https://buff.ly/3JFs9sF

Next week is graduation week and we will share our final senior spotlight for 2024 so stay tuned!

1 - Jonah poses for a portrait (2023)
2 - Jonah adds a thin layer of silver to a solar cell using a thermal evaporator in Dr. So's OEMD Group (2023)
3 - Jonah at the 22nd Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
4 - Jonah (second from right) poses with the MSE soccer league (2023)
5 - Jonah snaps a pic of the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC (2023)

🥂 We have another reason to cheer on Dr. Balke this week! Professor Nina Balke has been selected for the 2024-2025 Provost’s Faculty Fellows. The fellowships are for a full academic year. She is chosen to be in the University Leadership track.

See the other Faculty Fellows in the article on our website https://buff.ly/4dcLoY2

Congrats, Nina!

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🥂 We have another reason to cheer on Dr. Balke this week! Professor Nina Balke has been selected for the 2024-2025 Provost’s Faculty Fellows. The fellowships are for a full academic year. She is chosen to be in the University Leadership track.

See the other Faculty Fellows in the article on our website https://buff.ly/4dcLoY2

Congrats, Nina!

The Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN) has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Opal Mann Green Engagement and Scholarship Award!
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Presented annually since 2010 by the NC State Office of Outreach and Engagement, RTNN will be recognized for its outstanding contributions to nanotechnology research, education, and community engagement at an awards ceremony on April 29. NC State MSE is well represented with RTNN directed by MSE faculty members Profs Jacob Jones, and Nina Balke, and MSE staff member Program Manager Phillip Strader.

Learn more in the article on our website https://buff.ly/3WixopJ

Congrats, RTNN!

We also want to credit all partners in the award:
@NCstateEngr
@NCStateECE and @NCStateMSE Departments)
@NCStateCEd (Dept of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education)
@NCStatechass (Dept of Communication)
NC State Public Communication of Science and Technology
Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) at NC State
NC State Nanofabrication Facility
@dukeengineering (Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility)
@uncchapelhill (Chapel Hill Analytical and Nanofabrication Laboratory)

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Ph.D. Defense: Jijo Christudasjustus

February 17, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

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