Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel Boston, Massachusetts November 26-30, 2001 Graduate Student Awards The Society presented Gold and Silver Awards at the 2001 Fall Meeting to graduate students who authored or co-authored symposium papers which exemplified significant and timely research. The Graduate Student Award Finalists' Special Talk Sessions were held on Monday, November 26. On Wednesday evening, all finalists were presented with Gold or Silver Awards during the Award Ceremony. Winners [View list of presentations] Robert J. Becker - Silver Stanford University Christoph Bostedt - Silver Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (and University of Hamburg) R. Arief Budiman - Silver University of Toronto, Canada Yi Cui - Gold Harvard University Dhaval A. Doshi - Gold University of New Mexico Xiangfeng Duan - Gold Harvard University Michael J. Escuti - Silver Brown University Guohan Hu - Silver Cornell University James F. Hulvat - Silver Northwestern University Sergei V. Kalinin - Gold University of Pennsylvania Shin Woong Kang ­ Silver Kent State University Sergei Kucheyev ­ Silver Australian National University, Australia Christopher Leitz ­ Gold Massachusetts Institute of Technology Davide Marini ­ Silver Massachusetts Institute of Technology Brian Mayers ­ Silver University of Washington Min Ouyang ­ Silver Harvard University Kieran Reynolds ­ Gold Cambridge University, United Kingdom Hartmut Rudmann ­ Gold Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rachel A. Segalman ­ Silver University of California-Santa Barbara Ingrid Shao ­ Gold Johns Hopkins University Max Shtein ­ Gold Princeton University Donald Siegel ­ Silver University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Derek Stein ­ Gold Harvard University Kenneth B.K. Teo ­ Gold University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Arnaud Videcoq ­ Silver Université Clermont 2-LASMEA, France Haiyan Wang ­ Silver North Carolina State University Yiying Wu ­ Silver University of California-Berkeley Yadong Yin ­ Silver University of Washington Ruchirej Yongsunthon ­ Gold University of Maryland   GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD FINALISTS PRESENTATIONS Becker, Robert J., Stanford University C13.3: Kinetics of Oxygen Vacancy Motion in BST   Bostedt, Christoph, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (and University of Hamburg) V9.28: Surface Passivation Effects of Deposited Ge-Nanocrystal Films Probed with Synchrotron Radiation W3.2: Effects of Surface Termination on the Band Edges of Semiconductor Nanoparticles   Budiman, R. Arief, University of Toronto, Canada N5.10: Morphologies of Self-Assembled Quantum Dots-A Variational Approach   Cui, Yi, Harvard University V12.2: Semiconductor Nanowires as Building Blocks for Nanotechnologies-Nanoelectronics and Nanosensors   Doshi, Dhaval A., University of New Mexico V4.9: Optical Patterning of Photosensitive Thin-Film Silica Nanostructures and Nanocomposites HH5.8: In-Situ X-Ray Scattering Studies During Evaporation-Induced Self Assembly of Silica-Surfactant Nanostructures/Mesophases   Duan, Xiangfeng, Harvard University V12.4: Nanowires as Building Blocks for Bottom-Up-Assembly Nanoscale Electronics and Optoelectronics   Escuti, Michael J., Brown University K3.6: Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals as Mesoscale 2D and 3D Lattices   Hu, Guohan, Cornell University O8.3: Study of Ferrite Thin Films and Ferrite-Based Spin Filter Devices   Hulvat, James F., Northwestern University BB11.5: Templating Organic Semiconductors via Nanoscale Self Assembly   Kalinin, Sergei V., University of Pennsylvania C9.5: Local Polarization, Charge Compensation, and Chemical Interactions on Ferroelectric Surfaces-A Route Toward New Nanostructures C9.7: Behavior Maps of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy-Simple Relationships from Exact Solutions R1.2: Scanning Impedance Microscopy-From Impedance Spectra to Impedance Images   Kang, Shin Woong, Kent State University CC6.3: A Novel Polymer Patterning Method Based on Pattern-Forming States of Liquid Crystals as Templates   Kucheyev, Sergei, Australian National University, Australia I3.47: Implantation-Produced Lattice Damage in III-Nitrides I6.52: Chemical Origin of the Yellow Luminescence in Wurtzite GaN   Leitz, Christopher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology A3.10: Optimized Heterostructures for SiGe-Based CMOS Applications   Marini, Davide, Massachusetts Institute of Technology HH4.9: Self Assembly of a ß-Sheet Peptide into Nanohelical Ribbons and Nanofibers   Mayers, Brian, University of Washington Z3.2: Nanotubes of Single Crystalline Tellurium-Synthesis, Characterization, and Utilization   Ouyang, Min, Harvard University V3.20: Fundamental Electronic Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes   Reynolds, Kieran, Cambridge University, United Kingdom BB2.8: Engineering Organic/Inorganic Interfaces in Polymer LEDs   Rudmann, Hartmut, Massachusetts Institute of Technology BB5.3: Thin-Film Light-Emitting Devices Based on Ruthenium (II) Complexes   Segalman, Rachel A., University of California-Santa Barbara DD2.3: Growth and Patterning of Islands and Holes in Spherical Domain Diblock Copolymer Thin Films DD8.2: Graphoepitaxy of Block Copolymer Thin Films   Shao, Ingrid, Johns Hopkins University M5.4: Electrochemical Deposition of FeCo and FeCoV Thin Films and Nanowire Arrays   Shtein, Max, Princeton University BB11.8: Micron-Scale Patterning of Organic Thin Films via Organic Vapor Phase Deposition   Siegel, Donald, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign L3.16: Predicting Trends in Metal-Ceramic Adhesion P7.1: Intrinsic Adhesion at Aluminum/Ceramic Interfaces-An Ab Initio Approach to Surface Engineering   Stein, Derek, Harvard University Y4.2: Ion Beam Sculpting on the Nanoscale   Teo, Kenneth B.K., University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Z5.9: PECVD Carbon Nanotubes for Field Emission Applications   Videcoq, Arnaud, Université Clermont 2-LASMEA T1.8: Surface Morphological Stability and Pattern Formation in Models of Epitaxial Growth   Wang, Haiyan, North Carolina State University P8.4: Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Nanocrystalline and Epitaxial TiN Films   Wu, Yiying, University of California-Berkeley V13.11: MgB2 Nanowires-Synthesis and Superconducting Property   Yin, Yadong, University of Washington K1.4: Fabrication of Complex Structures Through Self Assembly with Spherical Colloids as the Building Blocks V13.1: Synthesis and Characterization of Tapered Nanowires of Single Crystalline MgO   Yongsunthon, Ruchirej, University of Maryland R5.2: Magnetic Force Microscopy Analysis of Current Crowding Around Defects in Current-Carrying Lines     HQ Contact Information: Member Services Materials Research Society 506 Keystone Drive Warrendale, PA 15086-7573 USA E-mail: info@mrs.org Telephone: 724-779-3003 Fax: 724-779-8313   Home •  News • Society Information •  Site Map • Comments • Search  • Contacts Meetings • Membership • Publications • Marketing Opportunities • Materials Connections Search the Site ©1995-2005 Materials Research Society 506 Keystone Drive Warrendale PA 15086-7573 USA Phone: 724.779.3003, Fax: 724.779.8313 General Information: Web site comments/questions: