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Bruce Clemens elected fellow of Materials Research Society

Professor of materials science and engineering is honored for pioneering work in thin-film and nanostructured material growth and characterization, leadership service to the society and the materials community, and for leadership in teaching and mentoring.

Bruce Clemens, the Walter B. Reinhold Professor in the School of Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the Materials Research Society for pioneering work in thin-film and nanostructured material growth and characterization, leadership service to the society and the materials community, and for leadership in teaching and mentoring.

Clemens, a professor of materials science and engineering, and of photon science, studies growth and structure of thin film, interface and nanostructured materials for catalytic, electronic and photovoltaic applications. He and his group investigate phase transitions and kinetics in nanostructured materials, and perform nanoparticle engineering for hydrogen storage and catalysis.

Recently he and his collaborators have developed nano-portals for efficient injection of hydrogen into storage media, dual-phase nanoparticles for catalysis, amorphous metal electrodes for semiconductor devices and a lift-off process for forming free-standing, single-crystal films of compound semiconductors.

The Materials Research Society is an international organization of materials researchers that promotes communication for the advancement of interdisciplinary materials research and technology to improve the quality of life. The society recognizes as fellows scholars whose sustained and distinguished contributions to the advancement of materials research are internationally recognized.

Clemens will be honored as a member of this year’s class at the society’s spring meeting in San Francisco.