Read about our faculty and student achievements at the links below:

Louise Hecker presenting talks for Saturday Morning Physics http://www.lsa.umich.edu/physics/seminars/smp/
11/10/07 " Muscling in on Tissue Engineering"
11/17/07 "How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? Current Treatments and Novel Strategies for Cardiovascular Disease"

Nicole Campbell, THE 2007 NATIONAL GEM CONSORTIUM “MOST PROMISING PhD FELLOW AWARD”
& The 2007 Radiation and Climate Carl Storm Research Fellow

Shawn Grannel and the Ammonia powered engine drives cross-country

Michael McDonald becomes 2007 NSF Fellow

Katherine Smirl was awarded an 2006 Honorable Mention by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Recent Faculty Awards

Professor Brad Orr
Citation: For contributions to the fundamental understanding of heteroepitaxial and homoepitaxial thin film growth.
Nominated By: Materials Physics (DMP)

Professor Roberto Merlin 2006 recipient of the Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids
             
Professor Franco Nori chosen as AAAS Fellow for theoretical contributions in condensed matter physics, particularly for studies of vortex dynamics in superconductors, quantum information, dynamical instabilities, Josephson-junction arrays and quantum interference