Materials Science and Engineering http://www.mse.seas.upenn.edu/ Awards and Accomplishments Daniel Gianola Receives DOE Early Career Award http://www.seas.upenn.edu/media/news/gianola-doe-12.php May 9, 2012 Christopher Murray Named a 2012 MRS Fellow http://www.seas.upenn.edu/media/news/murray-feb-12.php March 20, 2012 Karen I. Winey Receives Heilmeier Research Award http://www.seas.upenn.edu/media/news/winey-heilmeier-12.php March 7, 2012 Karen Winey named Director Director of the Nanotechnology (NTI) and Energy Commercialization (ECI) Institutes http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v58/n23/winey.html February 23, 2012 Shu Yang Receives PMSE Arthur K. Doolittle Award http://www.mse.seas.upenn.edu/media/news/yang.php February 9, 2012 Daniel Gianola Receives NSF CAREER Award http://www.seas.upenn.edu/media/news/gianola-jan-11.php January 31, 2011 Ritesh Agarwal Receives 2010 NIH New Innovator Award http://www.seas.upenn.edu/media/feature-agarwal-nih.php October 1, 2010 "Sowing the Seeds of Scientific Discovery: A Celebration of David Pope, His Legacy, and Influence," an Honorary Symposium http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EST/article.aspx?articleID=3625 September 1, 2010 Vasek Vitek to be honored as the "Vasek Vitek Honorary Symposium on Atomistic Simulations of Crystal Defects and Mechanical Properties" in Brno, Czech Republic http://msmf.fme.vutbr.cz/msmf6/vvitek June 1, 2010 The "Vasek Vitek Honorary Symposium on Crystal Defects, Computational Materials Science and Applications" honors Vitek’s many influential contributions to materials science and engineering http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EMT/article.aspx?articleID=2749 March 1, 2010 Vasek Vitek elected an Honorary Member of the Japan Institute of Metals (JIM) http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jim/index-e.shtml February 19, 2010