Chemistry student’s formula for success is teamwork and experiences
Goldwater Scholar Nethmi Hewage says faculty mentors and ‘incredible opportunities at Iowa State’ shaped her undergraduate journey.
Tag: Ames Laboratory
Change Agent: Aaron Sadow, finding the chemistry to add value, utility to plastic waste
This professor of chemistry and Ames Laboratory senior scientist established the Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) to transform plastic waste into renewables.
Robert McQueeney awarded inaugural John and Mary Weaver Professorship
Physics professor honored for his widely recognized expertise in
condescend matter physics and achievements in neutron scattering
Researchers build structured, multi-part nanocrystals with super light-emitting properties
Alex Travesset, professor of physics and astronomy and associate scientist at Ames Laboratory, played a key role in the discovery of these new materials.
With this new science, plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants
Aaron Sadow, Ames Laboratory scientist and chemistry professor, leads research group that discovered the breakthrough chemical process.
Light-controlled Higgs modes found in superconductors; potential sensor, computing uses
Iowa State’s Jigang Wang and researchers discover a short-lived form of the famous Higgs boson.
Wenyu Huang earns 2020 Trapp Innovation Award
Huang’s inventive research uses catalysts to convert plastic waste into high-value products, such as fuels, solvents and lubricants.
Jigang Wang, professor of physics and astronomy, publishes paper in npj Quantum Materials
Cutting-edge research leads to discoveries about vibrational motions and how they may prolong desired electron excitations.