Summer 2009
In this Issue:
Infrastructure for the 21st Century
Features:
Research Snapshots
Reports on fluidic microlenses, bulk glass for energy storage, and making fuel from CO2.
Materials Make the Grade
Can new techniques and materials revitalize our failing civil infrastructure?
A Natural Fusion of Resource and Design
Designers, scientists, and engineers build a common vision.
Philosophy of Sustainability for the 21st Century
A professor of sustainable design talks about what it means to act sustainably.
Pioneers of Materials
Della Roy has spent a lifetime thinking about concrete.
Raising the Speed Limit of Electronic Devices
Graphene is the next big material in small electronics.
Cover:
The cover image is one of the award winners in the first annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC).
Description: Silicon octopus in microelectronics. The 25um-long octopus arms are stretched out from the silicon planar body.
Director's Message
In this issue of Focus on Materials, we ask experts on civil infrastructure, engineering design, and sustainable materials how materials can make a difference in our 21st century infrastructure.
The Structural Health Monitoring Center
Faculty from six departments and labs collaborate on research of interest to industry partners.
Faculty Spotlight
Jeffrey Brownson is a materials scientist with degrees in geoscience and environmental chemistry.
Cradle to Cradle
A systems approach to manufacturing that sustains materials in closed loops.
