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The MSUMobility exhibit at the 2019 North American International Auto Show AutoMobili-D demonstrated how MSU is transforming its 5,200-acre campus into a connected ecosystem for new mobility solutions. MSU and the University of Michigan shared a booth in Detroit's Cobo Center from Jan. 14-17.

The Road to Lightweighting features Ray Boeman, professor of composite materials and manufacturing and associate director for IACMI, and University Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Lawrence Drzal, talking about carbon fibers.

Lawrence Drzal of Michigan State University has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Class of 2018. Drzal is a University Distinguished Professor of chemical engineering and materials science and the director of the MSU Composite Materials and Structures Center.

Come to Room 225, Natural Resources Building, to hear University Distinguished Professor Ramani Narayan on Nov. 13 at 3:30 p.m.

The College of Engineering is well represented in a paid promotion in the New York Times, created by MSU's Communications and Brand Strategy.

A chemical engineer at Michigan State University was presented the 2018 Peter Debye Prize for Young Investigators in Dielectric Research by the International Dielectric Society, sharing the honor with a researcher from Europe. Shiwang Cheng was recognized for his "significant results on polymer nanocomposites."

The dual PhD program between Michigan State University and Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) is helping reverse an international trend of Indian students going abroad to pursue their higher education.

One is conducting materials science research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Delawareanother has returned to his IACMI internship in Detroit; two others are working in Michigan State University's advanced composite materials research labs in East Lansing.