Infrastructure for the 21st Century

Focus on Materials Winter 2009 Publication Cover

Focus on Infrastructure - Summer 2009

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Cover: Silicon octopus in microelectronics. The 25um-long octopus arms are stretched out from the silicon planar body. The cover image is one of the award winners in the first annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC).
Credit: Heayoung Yoon, Post Doc, Electrical Engineering and Yuwen Yu, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering

In this issue..

Features

Materials Make the Grade

Materials Make the Grade

Can new techniques and materials revitalize our failing civil infrastructure?


A Natural Fusion of Resource and Design

A Natural Fusion of Resource and Design

Designers, scientists, and engineers build a common vision.

Philosophy of Sustainability

Philosophy of Sustainability

A professor of sustainable design talks about what it means to act sustainably.

Raising the Speed Limit of Electronic Devices

Raising the Speed Limit of Electronic Devices

Graphene is the next big material in small electronics.

Departments

Research Snapshots

Director's Message
Research Snapshots

Research Snapshots

Reports on fluidic microlenses, bulk glass for energy storage, and making fuel from CO2.

Pioneers of Materials - Della Roy

Pioneers of Materials: Learning to Measure Things

Della Roy has spent a lifetime thinking about concrete.

Closed Loop Graphic

Cradle to Cradle

A systems approach to manufacturing that sustains materials in closed loops.