It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Dr. Michael Biegalski on Saturday, Dec. 20th from a tragic mountain biking accident at Haw Ridge in Oak Ridge, TN. Mike was not only a well-respected research colleague but also a wonderful father and husband, a driven athlete, and a dear friend. He will be missed dearly, but he will not be forgotten.

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November 3-7, 2014:   59th Annnual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference in Honolulu, HI

Binzhi and Rajesh have had oral presentations accepted at the MMM conference. Binzhi will present “Unconventional Switching Behavior in La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃/La_0.7Sr_0.3CoO₃Exchange-Spring Behavior” in Coral 5 on Tuesday, November 4 at 8:54am. Rajesh will present “Reversible electric-field driven magnetic and resistive changes in manganite/titanate heterostructures”in South Pacific 1 & 2 on Thursday, November 6 at 9:42am.

A breathtaking view of the Diamond Head State Monument in Honolulu.

November 7, 2014:     UC Davis STEM Transfer Day

Prof. Takamura is sponsoring the UC Davis STEM Transfer Day (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics),

a one-day event that brings students from community colleges with Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement

(MESA) programs from around California to UC Davis. The events include a series of workshops and panels to learn

about the academic and research opportunities available on campus. The MESA Programs are designed to aid

educationally disadvantaged students to prepare for and graduate from a four-year college, and they have a proportionally

higher percentage of students who are under-represented minorities, women, and first-generation college

attendees. A flyer may be found here.

October 6-8, 2014:     ALS Users’ Meeting in Berkeley, CA

Prof. Takamura will present an invited talk entitled “Engineering Functional Properties in Complex

Oxide Nanostructures”

September 2014:     2014 International Workshop on Oxide Electronics in Bolton Landing, NY

Prof. Takamura will be giving a poster presentation entitled “Control of Magnetic Domain Patterns in Complex Oxide

Nanostructures”. The presentation is scheduled for poster session #2 on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 from 1:30-3:30 pm.

A grand view of the historic Sagamore Resort.

The sun sets over Lake George.

August, 2014:

The group’s work was featured by R&D Magazine and EE Times.

June, 2014:         International Union of Materials Research Societies – International Conference on Electronic Materials in Taiwan

Prof. Takamura was a Plenary Speaker, presenting a talk entitled “Control of Magnetic Domain Patterns In Complex Oxide Nanostructures”

April 21-25, 2014:     2014 Materials Research Society Meeting in San Francisco, CA

Prof. Takamura and collaborators will organize Symposium J: Physics of Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures. Rajesh Chopdekar will give an oral presentation J4.05 entitled “Reversible Electric-Field Driven Magnetization Anisotropy Changes in Manganite/Titanate Heterostructures” on Wednesday, April 23 at 2:45pm and Yue Jia will give an oral presentation J9.04 entitled “Exchange Coupling in (111)-oriented La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃/La_0.7Sr_0.3FeO₃ Superlattices” on Friday, April 25 at 9:00am.

March 2014:

Congratulations to Yue and Paige on passing their qualifying exams! The group celebrates at Mikuni.

January 2014:

Michael Lee and Thomas Wynn join the group!