University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Kawasaki Honored with 2024 MBE Young Investigator Award

The International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) has recognized MRSEC IRB 2 Co-Lead, Jason Kawasaki, with the 2024 Young Investigator MBE Award in September. According to the conference’s website, Kawasaki was awarded this honor, “For his work on Epitaxial synthesis and strain engineering of Heusler films and freestanding membranes.” The annual award’s announcement states:

UW will launch materials engineering research initiative with major NSF sponsorship

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) has received $18 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for interdisciplinary exploration of fundamental questions in materials science.