April 20, 2021
Washington State University Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture recognized outstanding students, faculty and staff at its annual convocation ceremony on April 15. Honored award winners included:
Outstanding Sophomore:
Michael Hatfield
Hatfield is a highly active undergraduate researcher and mentor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering. A bioengineering major, he has been part of several research projects that explore how to prevent and cure diseases. He serves as a Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture student ambassador, a WSU peer mentor, and serves as his class representative for the Biomedical Engineering Society at WSU, where he helps his fellow students navigate their academic career paths.
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An innovative analysis of two-dimensional (2D) materials from engineers at the University of Surrey could boost the development of next-generation solar cells and LEDs.
Three-dimensional perovskites have proved themselves remarkably successful materials for LED devices and solar panels in the past decade. One key issue with these materials, however, is their stability, with device performance decreasing quicker than other state-of-the-art materials. The engineering community believes the 2D variant of perovskites could provide answers to these performance issues.
In a study published in
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, researchers from Surrey s Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) detail how to improve the physical properties of 2D perovskite called Ruddlesden-Popper.
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New Laser Technique Shows Smog-Forming Effects of Nitrophenol in Air
Written by AZoOpticsFeb 4 2021
A new, sophisticated laser-based technique has enabled scientists to observe the live decomposition of a pollutant into atmospheric nitrous acid, which plays an essential role in the development of photochemical smog and ozone.
Extreme ultraviolet femtosecond pulse light source and photoelectron spectrometer, key instruments used in the experiment. Image Credit: Taro Sekikawa.
As explained by Hokkaido University scientists in
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, the new technique could find an extensive range of applications.
Nitrophenols are a kind of fine particulate matter that occur in the atmosphere, developing due to forest fires and fossil fuel combustion. Scientists propose that light interacts with nitrophenols and disintegrates them into nitrous acid. It is well known that atmospheric nitrous acid produces the hydroxyl radicals that cause ozone formation.