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May 30, 2018

Cora Went named Thomas Tombrello Scholar

Atwater graduate student Cora Went was named a Thomas Tombrello Scholar and will be honored alongside other awardees at the Physics Year-End Celebration and Awards Banquet on May 31. Prof Tombrello was a Robert H. Goddard Professor of Physics and the Physics, Math and Astronomy Division Chair before he passed in 2014. The Thomas Tombrello Scholar […]

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May 29, 2018

ETC Solar wins grand prize for the FLOW DOE Cleantech business plan competition and DOD award

The FLOW DOE Cleantech competition serves as a regional gateway for entry into the DOE’s Cleantech national competition. ETC Solar (comprised of Thomas Russell, Staff Researcher in the Atwater group and Rebecca Saive, Assistant Professor at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, and former Atwater postdoc and senior research scientist) was awarded the DOE grand prize of $50K […]

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November 30, 2017

A-team researchers head for the academy

3 present and former A team members are transitioning to new academic faculty positions: Deep Jariwala will start as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and Rebecca Saive will start as an Assistant Professor of Physics in the University of Twente in the Netherlands, both in January 2018. Prineha Narang […]

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November 30, 2017

Harry Atwater named a 2017 Highly Cited Researcher

Harry Atwater has been named a 2017 Highly Cited Researcher by Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics. This distinction recognizes research that ranks among the top 1% most cited works in a field and during its year of publication, earning the mark of exceptional impact.” See the Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers list here: https://clarivate.com/hcr/2017-researchers-list/

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November 30, 2017

Wen Hui “Sophia” Cheng wins Grand Prize 2017 Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award

Wen Hui “Sophia” Cheng is the winner, together with Mattias Richter, of the Grand Prize 2017 Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award from the Resnick Institute at Caltech. Cheng and Richter are cited for their results leading to record efficiency in hydrogen generation by photoelectrochemical water splitting. See more here: http://resnick.caltech.edu/sisca-winners.php

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January 31, 2017

Dr. Raymond Weitekamp Made Forbes 30 Under 30 List For Energy

Weitekamp founded polySpectra based on his PhD work at Caltech investigating new ways of fabricating materials called “functional lithography.” His startup is working to reduce the amount of energy lost through windows. Get the full profile on Raymond here. To see the full list, go here.

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