BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 3 -- The University of Maryland- Baltimore County issued the following news release:
Joseph Bennett, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, sees the integration of research and teaching as the heart of his work as a professor. Now he's received a five-year National Science Foundation CAREER Award that will help him deepen the ways he weaves undergraduate students into the fabric of his cutting-edge materials research.
Bennett uses advanced computational methods to study two-dimensional materials-unusual, ultra-thin sheets of atoms that can exhibit strange (and useful) properties compared to typical 3D materials. In particular, he explores how scientists might design and manufacture new 2D materials with no...