Takeshi Egami Awarded the 2026 Clifford G. Shull Prize
The Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA) has awarded the 2026 Clifford G. Shull Prize to Takeshi Egami, a UT-ORNL distinguished scientist and professor at
Awards/Recognition
Lauren Shepard, Graduate Student at Penn State University, Successfully Defended Her Thesis
Congratulations to Lauren Shepard of Penn State University on successfully defending her thesis on June 12, 2026. Her thesis, titled “First-Principles and Molecular Simulation Insights
Debjyoti Bhattacharya won first place at Penn State’s Annual Materials Visualization Competition in April, 2026.
Congratulations to Debjyoti Bhattacharya! He was an honoree at Penn State’s annual Materials Visualization Competition in April, where his illustration, “Chaos to Conduction,” placed first
Debjyoti Bhattacharya is the recent recipient of Penn State’s Drs. Weiming Huang and Zi-Kui Liu Materials Genome Graduate Award.
Congratulations to Debjyoti Bhattacharya, a recent recipient of Penn State’s Drs. Weiming Huang and Zi-Kui Liu Materials Genome Graduate Award. [View Article]
Dr. Jodie Lutkenhaus Selected for The Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Awards for 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Jodie Lutkenhaus for being selected for the Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Awards for 2026, by Texas A&M College of Engineering.
Dr. Gangli Wang Selected for Outstanding Faculty Award (Tenure Track), College of Arts and Sciences, 2025 by the Georgia State University
Congratulations to Dr. Gangli Wang for being selected for the Outstanding Faculty Award (Tenure Track), College of Arts and Sciences, 2025 by the Georgia State
Amit Bhattacharya Accepts A New Position At Clemson University
The FaCT EFRC Team would like to congratulate Dr. Amit Bhattacharya on his new position at Clemson University!
Debjyoti Bhattacharya Completed an Internship with Dow
The FaCT EFRC Team would like to congratulate Debjyoti Bhattacharya for his completed internship at Dow! [View LinkedIn Post]
Dr. Michelle Lehmann was Selected for the 2025 Inaugural Class of the PMSE Breakthroughs in Polymers (BIP) Forum
The 2025 Breakthroughs in Polymers (BIP) Forum is a new initiative that the American Chemical society Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division (PMSE) is organizing on Monday, August 18,
FaCT Team Members Attended the 2025 EFRC-Hub-CMS-CCS PI Meeting in Bethesda, MD
Members of the FaCT EFRC Team attended the EFRC PI Meeting in Bethesda, MD, from August 11-12, 2025. Amit Bhattacharya, Lauren Shephard, and Jiyoung Ock
Avanish Bharadwaj Completed Their Internship With
The FaCT EFRC would like to congratulate Avanish Bharadwaj on their completed internship at Oak Ridge National Lab! [View Full LinkedIn Post]
The 3rd Annual All Hands Meeting of the FaCT EFRC
The FaCT team gathered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to hold its 3rd Annual All Hands Meeting of the FaCT EFRC in May of 2025.
Dr. Tomonori Saito Named Battelle Distinguished Inventor
Dr. Tomonori Saito, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named as one of the Battelle Distinguished Inventors in recognition of being granted 14 or more
Dr. Dr Raphaële Clément was awarded the winner of the 2024 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship
Congratulations to Dr Raphaële Clément, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States for being selected as the recipient of the 2024 Journal of Materials Chemistry
Prof. Jodie Lutkenhaus Awarded Falling Walls Engineering and Technology winner, 2023
Jodie L. Lutkenhaus is a Professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. She was born in Bedford, TX, then moved
Prof. Susan Sinnott Awarded The Alfred University School of Engineering and New York State College of Ceramics John F. McMahon Award, 2023
Susan Sinnott, professor and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State, will deliver the John F. McMahon Memorial Lecture at
Prof. Raphaële Clement Awarded The Materials Today Rising Star Award in the Energy Conversion & Storage Category, 2023
Dr. Raphaële Clément is an Assistant Professor in the Materials Department at the University of California Santa Barbara. She received her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2016
Prof. Raphaële Clément Awarded The International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) Prize in Electrochemical Materials Science, 2023
UCSB Materials Professor Raphaële Clément has been awarded the 2023 Materials Today Rising Star Award and the ISE Prize for Electrochemical Materials Science. The MT energy
Dr. Tomonori Saito Awarded Oak Ridge National Laboratory Inventor of the Year, 2023
Tomonori Saito, a distinguished innovator in the field of polymer science and senior R&D staff member at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was honored as
Prof. Jodie Lutkenhaus Awarded American Chemical Society Global Outstanding Mentor in Polymer Science and Engineering, 2023
The purpose of the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student and Mentor Award is to disseminate globally the latest knowledge of polymer research and to recognize