Christopher Carlton, a materials science and engineering doctoral student, received the
Silver Award from the Materials Research Society (MRS) for his significant observations
and imaging of silver nanoparticles undergoing the deformation process. He presented his
research at the 2007 MRS Fall Meeting in a paper co-authored by Oleg Lourie, executive
vice-president of NanoFactory Instruments, and his supervising professor, mechanical
engineer Dr. Paulo J. Ferreira.
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