2009 News

	December 15, 2009 Congratulations to Marie Cox whose first paper has been accepted for publication in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: M.E. Cox, S.N. Mathaudhu, K.T. Hartwig, D.C. Dunand “Amorphous Zr-Based Foams with Aligned, Elongated Pores”
	December 15, 2009 Congratulations to Yu-chen Karen Chen whose first paper has been accepted for publication in Applied Physics Letters: Y.K. Chen, Y.S. Chu, J.M. Yi, I. McNulty, Q. Shen, P.W. Voorhees, D.C. Dunand "Morphological and Topological Analysis of Coarsened Nanoporous Gold by X-ray Nano-tomography"
	December 15, 2009 Congratulations to Alix Deymier whose first paper has been accepted for publication in Acta Biomaterialia: A.C. Deymier, J.D. Almer, S.R. Stock, D.R. Haeffner, D.C. Dunand “Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction Study of Load Partitioning during Elastic Deformation of Bovine Dentin”
	October 23, 2009 Xuexi and David's work with colleagues at Boise State University on nickel-manganese-gallium foams was recently featured on the cover of Nature Materials. The full article can be accessed here along with supplementary materials available here. Also check out the current Nature Materials News and Views section to learn more about the shape-memory phenomena and what the research team's achievement means for the field. See Northwestern's coverage of the story at the McCormick News Center and here. The National Science Foundation also discusses the work in a recent news article.
	September 14, 2009 Xuexi and David, together with colleagues at Boise State University, have published a paper in Nature Materials on Ni-Mn-Ga foam showing very large magnetic field induced strain. The research is highlighted on the McCormick News Center.
	September 11, 2009 Congratulations to Group alumnus Yoshi Matsumoto on the birth of his 4th child (3rd son), Reo, who was born on July 8 at 5:03 PM and weighed in at 2,612 g (5.8 Lbs.).
	August 13, 2009 Update: Check out a video and accompanying article about the research below on the Northwestern NewsCenter. A recent publication co-authored by group alum Marcus Young and David Dunand in collaboration with Prof. Lambert from the Department of Chemistry and researchers at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Philadelphia Museum of Art has been receiving a lot of press coverage. The paper, entitled "Matisse to Picasso: a compositional study of modern bronze sculptures" was picked up by a number of news outlets shortly after Springer's press release. Check out full coverage below: http://pubs.acs.org/ http://www.alphagalileo.org/ http://www.eurekalert.org/ http://www.physorg.com/ http://esciencenews.com/ http://www.redorbit.com/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/ http://english.scienceweek.cz/ http://www.physnews.com/ http://www.topix.com/ http://sciencecodex.com/ http://www.scinexx.de/
	August 10, 2009 Undergraduate researcher Phoebe Harpainter is featured on page 3 of the current issue of the Northwestern Research Newsletter.
	August 4, 2009 Check out McCormick's Centennial video featuring a brief interview with David and a short cameo by Alix.
	June 16, 2009 Matthew Chastain won the 2009 Hillard Award for Undergraduate Research and Design for his work on "Prehistoric Copper Metallurgy at Cahokia, Illinois." This project is together with Alix and Prof. James A Brown and Dr. Kathleen L. Ehrhardt of the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, Il.
	May 22, 2009 Former Dunand Group member and current Danae and Vasilios Salapatas Associate Professor of Metallurgy at MIT, Chris Schuh was recently featured in MIT News. The article, "Finishing touches: New alloys offer alternative to chrome," discusses his development of Ni-W coatings, which are more environmentally friendly and an overall better product than chrome.
	May 13, 2009 The Chicago Council on Science and Technology will host Katherine Faber, Kimberly Gray, and David C. Dunand (McCormick School of Engineering) on June 8 at the Hughes Auditorium for a panel on their research with the Art Institute of Chicago. See more information here.
	April 28, 2009 Congratulations to Group alumna Megan Frary and her husband Rick on the birth of their daughter, Lucille Elizabeth (Lucy), yesterday afternoon at 3:36 PM. She was 7lbs. 14oz. and 21.5 inches long. Megan reports that everyone is sleepy but doing well.
	March 30, 2009 David Dunand will be teaching two energy-related courses during the spring quarter: ISEN 210: Sustainable Energy for the 21^st Century MSE 395:Materials for Energy Efficient Technology
	March 4, 2009 Matt Chastain has received an NU Undergraduate Research Grant to support his research on the topic of "Metallographic Analysis of Copper Artifacts from Cahokia." This project is together with Alix and Prof. James A Brown and Dr. Kathleen L. Ehrhardt of the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, Il.