May, 2009 - Dave King receives College of Engineering and Applied Science 2008/2009 “Outstanding Dissertation Award”

Dave King was recognized at the May graduation ceremony of the College of Engineering and Applied Science with the “Outstanding Dissertation Award”.  This award is given to one Ph.D. student from the entire College annually.  Dave’s Ph.D. thesis titled, “The Optical Properties of Nanoscale Coatings on Particles Fabricated by Atomic layer Deposition,” has resulted in nine first author papers published or in press.

On April 21, 2009, Samantha Jo Johnson was awarded the Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Excellence Award. The CU Chapter of Sigma Xi instituted a competitive award to foster and support undergraduate scholarly research and selects award recipients based on their exceptional dedication, creativity, and independence in pursuit of original knowledge.

Peter Kreider was awarded first place at the Discovery Learning Research Symposium on April 17, 2009 for his project entitled "Exploring the Use of Mixed Metal Oxides for an Improved Solar Hydrogen Production Cycle".

April, 2009 - Dave King has a feature article in the journal Nanotechnology. Dave's paper, "Atomic Layer Deposition of Quantum-confined ZnO Nanostructures," is featured with a cover photo in the Vol 20, Issue 19 of the journal Nanotechnology.  The article is identified as an "article of significant interest".

On November 5th, 2008 Todd Francis successfully passed his Ph.D. defense.  His dissertation is titled “Dissociation Of Manganese(III) Oxide As Part Of A Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycle.”  Todd received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in December, 2008.

Xinhua Liang received first place in the Annual AIChE Particle Technology Forum Poster competition held on November 7, 2007 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  His poster titled  "Polymer/Titania Composites Produced by Atomic Layer Deposition" competed against 21 other posters being considered.