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Ivan Smalyukh has been selected as the recipient of the ILCS Mid-Career Award (Samsung & LG) at the 27 th International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC 2018) to be held in Kyoto in recognition of his outstanding research achievements and making significant contributions to the liquid crystal science and technology.

Our team, iFeather, led by Prof. Ivan Smalyukh was selected as a Top 10 NASA iTech Energy Cycle Finalist to present game-changing technologies at a forum in New York in June 2018. The 2018 NASA iTech Cycle II Energy is a collaborative effort between NASA and the U.S. Department (DOE)...

The Division of Graduate Education at the National Science Foundation has approved a Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) award for Hayley R. O. Sohn. The award was based on demostrated by Hayley potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the U.S. science and engineering enterprise. Congratulations to Hayley!

The article by Haridas Mundoor et al. "Hybrid molecular-colloidal liquid crystals" was highlighted in Science Perspective .

Andrew Hess receives the Fellowship from the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program.

The article by Ye Yuan et al. "Chiral liquid crystal colloids" was highlighted in Nature Materials News & Views.

Yasser Albarakat graduated with the highest honors, summa cum laude. Congratulations!

Andrew Seracuse graduated with the highest honors, summa cum laude. Congratulations!

Joshua De La Cruz receives a CSURM Fellowship to support his participation in the 2017 Liquid Crystals GRC

Allister Frazier receives 2017 Switch CU Award