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SPRING 2015

  • Dr. Tiwari is inducted into the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports, a journal from Nature Publishing Group.
  • Dr. Tiwari delivered an invited talk at the 2015 MRS Spring Meeting.
  • New postdoctoral researcher Dr. Shrikant Saini joins NMRL.

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    FALL 2014

  • New Ph.D. student David Magginetti and M. S. student Haritha Sree Yaddanapudi join NMRL
  • New visiting scholars Dr. Saji Kachirayil Joseph and Dr.Venkata Subbiah Yerva join NMRL
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    SPRING 2014

  • Dr. Tiwari to lead IRG2 of University of Utah's NSF-MRSEC on "Next Generation Materials for Plasmonics and Spintronics"
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    FALL 2013

  • Dr. Tiwari receives 2013 IAAM Medal
  • New Ph.D. student Cindy Tian joins NMRL
  • New visiting scholar Dr. Saji Alex joins NMRL
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    SPRING 2013

  • Visiting scholar Dr. Wei Wong joins NMRL
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    FALL 2012

  • Jiajia Tan graduated with her PhD and started working for Intel China.
  • One PhD student (Megan Prestgard) joins NMRL.

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    SPRING 2012

  • NMRL (Gene Siegel) joined the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
  • One PhD student (Shiang Teng) joins NMRL.

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    Fall 2011

  • One PhD student (Gene Siegel) joins NMRL.

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    Spring 2011

  • Our recent APL paper "Room temperature electrical injection and detection of spin polarized carriers in silicon using MgO tunnel barrier" by Gray and Tiwari finds place in the Top-20 Most Downloaded Articles of Applied Physics Letters-- March 2011.
  • One BS/MS student (Miss. Campbell) joins NMRL.

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    Fall 2010

  • Dr. Tiwari's papers have received over 1000 citations (h-index: 18).
  • Dr. Tiwari and Dr. Snure received a Patent: Nanoplant-like electrodes.
  • Dr. Tiwari received Tenure & Promotion.
  • Dr. Tiwari was placed in Nanotechnology Thought Leader Series.
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    Spring 2010

  • Prof. Tiwari is placed among the top instructors for Fall 2009.
  • Dr. Tiwari is in the nanotechnology thought leader series.
  • One graduate student (Mr. Anil Singh) visits NMRL. He works on YMnO3 thin films deposited on pulsed laser deposition technique.
  • One new post-doctor (Mr. Kousik Samanta) joins NMRL.
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    Fall 2009

  • One new graduate student (Mr. Yizhao Lang) joins NMRL.
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    Spring 2009

  • Our recent APL paper "Ferromagnetism in Ni-doped ZnO films: Extrinsic or intrinsic?" by Snure, Kumar and Tiwari finds place in the Top-20 Most Downloaded Articles of Applied Physics Letters-- January 2009.
  • One new graduate student (Mr. Makarand Karmarkar) joins NMRL.
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    Fall 2008

  • NMRL to receive a grant from American Chemical Society for fabricating and understanding charge transfer processes in solid state dye-sensitized solar cells.
  • Tiwari has been appointed an Assocaite Editor of the 'Journal of energy storage and conversion'
  • Two new graduate students (Ms. Jiajia Tan and Mr. Nathan Gray) join NMRL.
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    Summer 2008

  • Semiconductor giant Applied Materials to collaborate with NMRL for developing new transparent semiconductors.
  • Tiwari and Snure publish paper on systhesis of ZnO nanoplant-like structures for transparent electrode applications in 'Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology' September, 2008 issue.
  • Sygnatowicz and Tiwari publish paper on thin film BZYO gas sensors in 'Journal of Crystal Growth' July 15, 2008 issue.
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    Spring 2008

  • Tiwari and Snure publish paper on role of charge carriers in ferromagnetic Cu doped ZnO in 'Applied Physics Letters' February 4, 2008 issue.
  • Tiwari to deliver an invited talk at 2008 MRS Spring Meeting (San Francisco, CA).
  • Michael Snure to present a poster at 2008 MRS Spring Meeting (San Francisco, CA).
  • Michael Sygnatowicz to present a poster at 2008 MRS Spring Meeting (San Francisco, CA).
  • David Toledo to present a poster at 2008 MRS Spring Meeting (San Francisco, CA).

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    Fall 2007

  • Tiwari receives the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The five-year, half a million dollar award will support Tiwari's work in the development of new spintronic materials and devices. The award is one of the National Science Foundation's highest honors for young faculty members, and it recognizes and supports the early career activities of those teachers and scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the future.
  • Tiwari delivered invited talk in 2007 MRS Fall Meeting (Boston, MA).
  • Paul Slusser is the recipent of Bray-Conn Scholarship for his work on Dye Sensitized Solar Cells.
  • Brad Burns joins Tiwari's group.
  • Michael Sygnatowicz joins Tiwari's group.
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    Summer 2007

  • Tiwari's group reports first ever successful synthesis of CuBO2 a p-type transparent conducting oxide; results published in August 27th 2007 issue of ć…‰pplied Physics Letters?
  • Michael Snure presented a poster at the International Confrence of Crystal Growth 2007 Annual Meeting.
  • Snure and Tiwari publish paper on Ga doped ZnO thin films in the 'Journal of Applied Physics' June 15th 2007 issue.
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    Spring 2007

  • Tiwari to Chair the "Superconductivity and Magnetic Materials Committee" of the Minerals Metals and Materials Society (TMS) for the next two years.
  • Michael Snure presented two papers in 'International Symposium on Wide Bandgap Semiconductors' during TMS-2007 Annual Meeting at Orlando, FL.
  • Tiwari's group invents a novel low temperature technique of fabricating plant-like semiconductor nanostructures (US Patent pending).
  • Paul Slusser (UG ) presented a poster on Hill about his UROP research.
  • David Toledo joins Tiwari's group as a UROP researcher .
  • Michael Snure's paper accepted for publication in the 'Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology'.

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    Fall 2006

  • Low temperature thermoelectric power measurement system fabricated in the Lab by Michael Snure.
  • Low temperature Hall Effect measurement system fabricated in the Lab by Michael Snure.
  • Tiwari delived invited talk in Physics Colloquium Series of Utah State University.
  • Tiwari's recent work on Ferromagnetic Dielectrics got wide coverage by scientific media (EEtimes, PhysOrg, MRS Bulletin, etc)
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    Spring 2006

  • Tiwari delivered invited talk in 2006 MRS Spring Meeting (San Francisco, CA).
  • Michael Snure presented a poster in 2006 MRS Spring Meeting (San Francisco, CA).
  • Tiwari delivered an invited talk in 2006 TMS Annual Meeting (San Antonio, TX).
  • Tiwari's group reports the first ever observation of high temperature ferromagnetism in Rare Earth Oxide-based Diluted Magnetic dielectrics.
  • Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) system installed.
  • Low temperature electrical resistivity measurement system fabricated in the Lab by Michael Snure.
  • Paul Slusser joins Tiwari's group as a UROP researcher
  • Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) system installed.
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    Fall 2005

  • A state-of-the-art wet chemical processing facility (sol-gel) established in the lab.
  • Kr-F Excimer Laser (Compex Pro 205) arrives.
  • Michael Snure joins Tiwari's group.
  • Lab space alloted for Tiwari's lab (Nanostructured Materials Research Laboratory).
  • Tiwari joins University of Utah as an Assistant Professor of Materials Science & engineering.
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