News and Updates

Developing future STEM leaders to translate fundamental research outcomes into high impact applications! A collaborative effort between CCAM Education and IAB To Develop JRF critical thinking and communication skills to  effectively translate scientific discoveries to...

Collaborations and partnerships enable CCAM to enhance student career development and research innovations. Annual meetings of CCAM Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) bring together CCAM JRFs, PI’s, and IAB members to discuss CCAM research achievements, future plans, and...

Stacy Copp Receives U.S. Department of EnergyEarly-Career Recognition On September 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 91 early-career scientists from across the country who will receive a combined $138 million in funding for...

Prestigious NSF PREM Grant Awarded On August 29, 2024, Cal State LA and UC Irvine's Samueli School of Engineering received a $1 million PREM grant from the NSF to enhance research and education in materials science. This three-year grant will fund the establishment of...

ollaborations and partnerships enable CCAM to enhance student career development and research innovations. ACRC Consortium and interactions with 35 corporate entities Pratt & Whitney Center of Excellence CCAM – National Laboratory collaborations UCI-LANL...

CCAM Graduate Student Received 2024 Microscopy & Microanalysis Student Scholar Award Huiming Guo, IRG-1 graduate student researcher in Prof. Will Bowman’s group, was recently awarded a 2024 Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) Student Scholar Award, for her...

CCAM Graduate Student Received 2024 NSF GRFP Award Kaitlyn Dold, a second year graduate student in the Arguilla group (MRSEC SEED 2024), received the prestigious 2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Award. As part of this fellowship, Kaitlyn will...

CCAM Faculty Member Received WPI Presidential Medal Award We are thrilled to share that CCAM Faculty Member, Diran Apelian, received Worcester Polytechnic Institute's (WPI) Presidential Medal Award on Friday, March 22, 2024. He was recognized for his incredible...

CCAM Investigator Elected to 2024 Class Fellow of Microscopy Society of America CCAM IRG-1 investigator Huolin Xin, Professor of Physics, has been recently elected to 2024 Class of Fellow, Microscopy Society of America (MSA), in recognition of “his original...

CCAM Investigator Recognized with TMS 2024 Bruce Chalmers Award On March 6, 2024, Professor Enrique J. Lavernia, CCAM IRG-1 investigator, was recognized with the 2024 Bruce Chalmers Award from the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) at the TMS 2024 Annual...

CCAM Investigator Awarded a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Grant CCAM investigator, Stacy Copp, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has received a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant and will lead a $1.85-million, four-year program to develop...

On January 23, 2024, UCI Center for Complex and Active Materials (CCAM), an NSF MRSEC, had an external scientific advisory board (ESAB) meeting at UCI.  The ESAB members attended the meeting in person and virtually via Zoom.  Prof. Xiaoqing Pan, CCAM’s...

Former CCAM postdoc appointed assistant professor Former CCAM IRG-1 postdoc, Dr. Xin Wang, has been newly appointed and started her position as an assistant professor in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alabama. During her postdoctoral year...

JRF awarded for outstanding contributions to CCAM CCAM is committed to making breakthrough discoveries of new complex and active materials with novel functionalities to address urgent needs for applications in advanced manufacturing and biotechnologies and building a...

CCAM Faculty Honored As AAAS Fellow Professor Julie Schoenung, CCAM faculty and chair of materials science & engineering department at UCI, is honored as fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The American Association for the...

CCAM Faculty from UCI Chemistry Received NSF Career Awards The two CCAM faculty participants, Joe Patterson and Seu Sim, who are professors of UCI chemistry have received NSF Career Awards. Prof. Patterson’s CAREER Award application, entitled "Ring-Opening...

CCAM Student Attended Conference Across MRSEC-PREM Schools Conference Across MRSEC-PREM Schools (CAMPS), a student-led initiative sponsored by University of California-Santa Barbara and The Ohio State University MRSECs was held on October 13th and 14th at The...

CCAM Graduate Student Received a MRS Presentation Award Peter Mastracco, a graduate student working in Prof. Stacy Copp’s lab at UCI and a junior research fellow at CCAM, has received Best Student Presentation Award for Symposium DS01 (Simulation and Machine Learning...

UCI MRSEC continues to push forward for materials discoveries and innovations through collaborations and partnerships. Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) consist of 20 notable individuals from diverse, cutting-edge technology sectors was established. The board provides...

NSF Grants $18 Million to UCI for Materials Science and Engineering Center. Researchers will develop new substances for manufacturing, defense, and health. Xiaoqing Pan heads up IMRI at UCI Steve Zylius/UCI Read the full news at the UCI News website here.