New encyclopedia on optics includes article by Prof. McAulay
A five-volume Encyclopedia of Modern Optics, recently published by Elsevier, contains an article titled "Optical bit-serial computing" written by Alastair McAulay, professor of electrical and computer engineering.
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Nanoparticles alter wetting dynamics,Prof. Chaudhury writes in Nature.  Liquids containing nanoparticles exhibit different wetting behaviors from liquids without the tiny particles, and might lead the way to detergents that more effectively clean oil from surfaces, Manoj Chaudhury, professor of chemical engineering, wrote recently in Nature magazine.
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Prof. Vinci comments for Science News.  Rick Vinci, the P.C. Rossin Assistant Professor of materials science and engineering, was quoted in an article titled "A Hard Little Lesson" that ran March 29 in Science News.
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ATLSS Center featured in Easton newspaper.  A feature story in the April 28 issue of the Express-Times newspaper of Easton, Pa., titled "Lehigh center helps keep structures safe," described the research programs at the Engineering Research Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS).
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Wei-xian Zhang publishes article in top environmental journal.
"Environmental Technologies at the Nanoscale",  an article co-written by Wei-xian Zhang, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, was published in the March 1 edition of Environmental Science & Technology.
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Manoj Chaudhury, who is internationally renowned for his research into surface science and adhesion, has co-edited a new textbook called Surfaces, Chemistry and Applications.
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Rick Blum is serving as one of five guest editors
Rick Blum, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is serving as one of five guest editors of a special issue of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Wireless Communications Systems.
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Only skill should improve golf scores, Johnson tells Newsday
Stan Johnson, professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics and a consultant for 11 years to the U.S. Golf Association, was quoted several times last month in a lengthy article published in Newsday, the Long Island, N.Y., newspaper, prior to the U.S. Open golf tournament.
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Ten professors cited by provost at faculty book reception
Ten members of the RCEAS faculty were singled out for praise at a university reception for faculty book authors and editors on Thursday, Feb. 14, in the Alumni Memorial Building.
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Martin Harmer named oft-cited researcher
Martin Harmer, the Alcoa Foundation Professor of materials science and engineering and director of the Materials Research Center, has been designated a “Highly Cited Researcher?by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), a Philadelphia-based organization that has indexed the world’s scholarly literature in science and social science for 40 years.
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Construction journal features Beedle’s diary on WTC attack
A recent issue of the journal “Building Design and Construction?contains an editorial devoted to the electronic diary of recollections, opinions and suggestions about the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on America that Lynn Beedle is sharing with friends and family.
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