Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory | U of I

Highlights

Paul V. Braun Associate Professor Materials Science and Engineering 204a Materials Science & Eng Bld 1304 W. Green Urbana, Illinois 61801 (217) 244-7293 Send Email

Research Interests:

Nanomaterials, photonic materials, materials chemistry, biomaterials, polymers, self-healing, batteries, solar energy harvesting, and organic and inorganic self-assembly.

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Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching:

• Young Alumnus Award, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Alumni Board
• Named on List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students
• Accenture Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising
• Accenture Multi-year Faculty Achievement Award, College of Engineering, UIUC
• Accenture Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising
• Burnett Teaching Award, Department of MatSE, UIUC
• Named on An Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students
• Recipient of the Accenture Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising

Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research:

• Ivan Racheff Professorship, University of Illinois
• Defense Science Study Group, DARPA
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• Stanley H. Pierce Faculty Award, College of Engineering, UIUC
• Plenary Lecturer, Composites at Lake Louise, Banff, Alberta, Canada
• Xerox Award for Faculty Research, College of Engineering, UIUC
• University Scholar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 3M Nontenured Faculty Award
• Recipient of a Xerox Award for Faculty Research, College of Engineering
• 3M Nontenured Faculty Award
• Willett Faculty Scholar Award, College of Engineering, UIUC (2002)
• 3M Nontenured Faculty Award
• Robert Lansing Hardy Award of the TMS
• 3M Nontenured Faculty Award
• Arnold and Mabel Beckman Young Investigator Award
• Racheff Assistant Professorship, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering