• 05/24/08: Katsu Tanabe wins the Outstanding Student Paper award at the 33rd IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference for his paper on plasmonic solar cells
  • 05/27/08: Melissa Archer wins the 2008 Caltech Demetriades-Tsafka-Kokkalis Prize in Environmentally Benign Renewable Energy Sources for her PhD thesis
  • 07/09/08: The Atwater Group welcomes Emily Warmann, Dan Turner Evans and Natali Alster!
  • 07/09/08: Congratulations to Anna Hiszpanski on her Kavli Nanoscience Insititute Undergraduate Fellowship!
  • 07/09/08: Congratulations to Andrew Leenheer on his Applied Materials Fellowship Award!
  • 07/16/08: The Atwater Group welcomes postdoc Koray Aydin!
  • 11/21/08: Students from the Atwater Group help install a solar panel array on the roof of Watson. Read article.
  • 01/18/09: Professor Atwater is interviewed on CNN Local Edition News. Watch.
  • 09/08/09: Congratulations to Dr. Kenneth Diest on his successful thesis defense!
--news archive
 
The Atwater news archive exists to catalog significant events in the group.



Archived News Items:

  • 09/23/04: Silicon Nanocrystal Optoelectronics in Laser Focus World.
  • 09/23/04: Field effect electroluminescence reported in Nature Materials (Walters, et.al.) See Article and Editorial
  • 01/11/05: Materials Today editorial on plasmonics See Editorial.
  • 05/01/05: MRS Bulletin special issue on plasmonics See Article.
  • 05/23/05: Congratulations to Jen Dionne, Best Poster Award winner at Surface Plasmon Photonics 2, Graz Austria!
  • 09/01/05: NSF makes $11.1 M award to Caltech Center for Science and Engineering of Materials Press Release
  • 10/03/05: Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Jen Dionne!
  • 11/28/05: Congratulations to MRS Student Award winner Julie Biteen! See Julie's Latest Paper
  • 12/05/05: New Plasmonics Gordon Conference to be held July 23-28, 2006 Link.
  • 02/27/06: Congratulations to Julie Biteen on passing her Props Exam!
  • 03/07/06: Congratulations to Christine Richardson and Robb Walters for being selected as MRS Graduate Student Award Finalists!
  • 05/25/06: Congratulations to Dr. Julie Biteen on her successful thesis defense!
  • 06/23/06: Caltech and FOM Institute work on plasmon wave observation highlighted in Science: see article
  • 06/27/06: BP teams with Caltech to make nanostructured solar devices: see press release
  • 07/18/06: Congratulations to Domenico Pacifici on his marriage!
  • 07/20/06: Caltech teams with MIT, Stanford, and others to build Si-based laser: click here for more information
  • 09/15/06: Harry Atwater gives lecture on "Photovoltaics: Meeting the TeraWatt Challenge": click here for more information
  • 10/01/06: Plasmon slot waveguide featured news in Nature Materials: see article
  • 10/10/06: Congratulations to Carrie Ross on passing her candidacy exam!
  • 10/26/06: Caltech Center for Sustainable Energy Research founded with $6.5M Moore Foundation award: see press release
  • 02/05/07: Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Ruglovsky on her successful thesis defense!
  • 04/03/07: The Promise of Plasmonics by Professor Atwater appears on the cover of Scientific American
  • 04/14/07: Congratulations to Melissa Archer on her wedding!
  • 04/20/07: Henri Lezec and Jen Dionne report on the first demonstration of negative refraction at visible frequencies in Science
  • 05/04/07: Congratulations to Greg Kimball on receiving the NDSEG fellowship!
  • 05/18/07: Congratulations to Krista Langeland on passing her candidacy exam!
  • 05/24/07: Congratulations to Dr. Robb Walters on his successful thesis defense!
  • 06/30/07: Congratulations to Carrie Hofmann on her wedding!
  • 07/02/07: Domenico Pacifici and Henri Lezec report on an all-optical plasmonic modulator in the cover article of Nature Photonics
  • 08/15/07: Welcome Rene de Waele, visiting student from the FOM Institute!
  • 10/12/07: Work on silicon nanowire solar cells highlighted in Science
  • 11/15/07: Welcome to our new post-doc, Deirdre O'Carroll!
  • 11/30/07: Congratulations to Brendan Kayes on his MRS Graduate Student Award!
  • 12/19/07: Nanowire arrays for photovoltaic applications featured in MIT Technology Review
  • 03/04/08: Congratulations to MRS Student Award Finalists Melissa Archer and Jennifer Dionne!
  • 03/26/08: Nature features wire arrays in solar fuels news article
  • 04/01/08: Congratulations to Stanley Burgos, 2008 NSF Graduate Fellowship recipient!
  • 05/08/08: Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Archer on her successful thesis defense!
  • 05/21/08: Congratulations to Dr. Katsu Tanabe on his successful thesis defense!
  • 05/23/08: Congratulations to Dr. Luke Sweatlock on his successful thesis defense!
  • 05/27/08: Congratulations to Ryan Briggs for a successful candidacy exam!
  • 06/05/08: Congratulations to Davis Darvish for a successful candidacy exam!