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Dream, Design and Discover at Engineering Open House, March 9-10

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Coleman elected to National Academy of Engineering

Photonics pioneer James J. Coleman has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

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Title: Coleman elected to National Academy of Engineering

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Photonics pioneer James J. Coleman has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. Coleman is the Intel Alumni Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a professor of materials science and engineering at Illinois.

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Title: Martin receives 2012 NSF Career Award

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Lane W. Martin, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his proposal, “Enhanced Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Complex Oxide Thin Film Heterostructures.”

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Title: Dream, Design and Discover at Engineering Open House, March 9-10

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“Dream, Design, Discover!” is the theme for 92nd annual Engineering Open House (EOH). In addition to more than 230 exhibits ranging from concrete crushing to Newtonian fluid demonstrations, this year’s EOH offers a few special attractions including, “Q – James Bond’s Engineer – Celebrating 50 Years of James Bond films,” a talk by Danny Forster, host of the Discovery Channel’s Build it Bigger, and a monster Tesla Coils Concert lighting up the Grainger Quad!

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