http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/ This is an RSS feed of news stories from the Data Storage Systems Center at Carnegie Mellon University. en-us Copyright 2013, DSSC Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:46:05 EDT 60 http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/images/logo/DSSCfinalsmall.gif http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/ ECE Professor and Associate DSSC Director James Bain has two important messages for the modern computer user: back up your data and plan to move it from time to time if you want it 40 years from now. During a broadcast in February, Bain instructed KDKA-TV's John Shumway and the CBS affiliate's viewers that the best way to preserve important data on your personal computer is to back it up in at least two places, including the cloud. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2013/03/bain_discusses_data/ Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:49:00 EST University Professor José M.F. Moura has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honors an engineer can achieve. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2013/02/moura_elected_to/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:17:00 EST Materials Science and Engineering Professor Michael E. McHenry will tour the world in 2013 giving more than 30 talks as a distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Magnetics Society. "I am extremely honored to be selected by such a prestigious professional organization as I work to broadcast the important potential of nanocomposite materials for a variety of industry sectors," McHenry said. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2013/01/mchenry_awarded_distinguished/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:11:00 EST The DSSC will host its West Coast Review on Tuesday, January 8, at the Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley Campus in Moffett Field, Calif. The one-day event will feature much of the information shared at the DSSC's latest Pittsburgh review with additional highlights from recent research results. Continue to watch the DSSC website for more information, including an agenda for the review. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2012/11/save_the_date/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:26:00 EST Emeritus Professor of Physics Luc Berger has been named a winner of the 2013 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize by the American Physical Society (APS). The prize, endowed in 1952, recognizes and encourages outstanding theoretical or experimental contributions to condensed-matter physics and is awarded to the most important contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the field. For Berger and co-winner John Slonczewski, IBM research staff emeritus, that advancement was independently "predicting spin-transfer torque and opening the field of current-induced control over magnetic nanostructures." http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2012/10/berger_wins_buckley/ Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:07:00 EDT ECE Professor and Data Storage Systems Center Associate Director James Bain stands in a laboratory on the Carnegie Mellon campus, surrounded by future leaders intent on his every word. Today's lesson is magnetism and learning a little bit about polarity. And while Bain is no stranger to lecturing the next generation of engineers on the finer points of electromagnetism or materials science, this crowd looks a little different from the ones he's used to. After all, they top out at around four feet tall. And no one is older than 10. (Read more.) http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2012/07/ece_dssc_help/ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:13:00 EDT The Data Storage Systems Center hosted two special seminars in June, when it welcomed IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer Gerrit Bauer and MIT Professor Caroline Ross to campus for talks on spin caloritronics and nanoscale magnetic films, respectively. Bauer's June 20 talk was co-sponsored by the DSSC, the IEEE Magnetics Society Pittsburgh Chapter, and the departments of physics and electrical and computer engineering; while Ross's June 21 seminar was co-sponsored by the DSSC and Carnegie Mellon's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2012/07/experts_visit_campus/ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:13:00 EDT The Data Storage Systems Center, in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the IEEE Magnetics Society's Pittsburgh Chapter, hosted a special seminar this month featuring IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer Masahiro Yamaguchi. IEEE Distinguished Lecturers are engineering professionals who lead their fields in new technical developments that shape the global community. For the IEEE Magnetics Society, specifically, the distinguished lecturer exhibits excellence in the field of magnetics — not only in research, but also in developing the applied or technical aspects of the field — and outstanding communication skills. (Read more.) http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2012/04/dssc_ece_host/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:40:00 EDT University Professor of ECE Mark Kryder has received the California Institute of Technology's 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award for his lifelong contributions to perpendicular magnetic recording technology. The award is the highest honor the institute bestows. Since its inception in 1966, Caltech's Distinguished Alumni Award has been presented to outstanding alumni in the sciences, engineering, business and the arts for a particular achievement or series of achievements. Kryder, who joined the Carnegie Mellon faculty in 1978 and founded the university's Magnetics Technology and Data Storage Systems Centers in 1983 and 1990, respectively, earned both his master's degree and Ph.D. from Caltech. He will accept the award at a ceremony on Saturday, May 19, during Caltech's 75th annual Seminar Day. (Read more.) http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2012/04/kryder_receives_distinguished/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:30:00 EDT When the College of Engineering holds its Faculty Awards ceremony next month, University Professor of ECE Mark Kryder will take home CIT's Distinguished Professor of Engineering Award for exceptional achievements that have enhanced the reputation of CIT. "Carnegie Mellon has been a wonderful place to spend the majority of my career, and I am deeply honored to receive CIT's Distinguished Engineer Award," Kryder said. "While I have received other awards throughout my career, this one holds deep personal importance because it comes from the institution and colleagues with whom I have worked so closely — the faculty, students, staff and sponsors who worked so hard to make the MTC and DSSC so successful." http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2012/02/kryder_earns_cit/ Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:32:00 EST If you ask Shan Wang (E'93), serendipity played a big role in propelling the former DSSC grad student to a successful professorial career at Stanford University. To the outside observer, though, luck had little to do with it. Wang earned his bachelor of science in physics from China's University of Science and Technology — where he originally fell in love with magnetism — and enrolled in Iowa State University's graduate program in physics through the China-U.S. Physics Examination and Application program. While working on his master's degree, he saw an article by Robert M. White in Physics Today, highlighting the growing excitement for magnetic recording. Not much later, he read an interview with Mark Kryder about the formation of the Magnetics Technology Center (now the Data Storage Systems Center). Their common bond? Carnegie Mellon. Wang was immediately attracted. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2012/02/dssc_helps_fuel/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:58:00 EST ALCOA Professor of Materials Science and Engineering David Laughlin was recently selected as an honorary member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) — one of the highest honors the institute can bestow on an individual. The award is limited to 0.1 percent of the society membership and recognizes outstanding service to the institute, or distinguished scientific or engineering achievement in the fields embracing the activities of AIME and its member societies. Specifically, AIME cited Laughlin for his outstanding service through its TMS Society in the field of publishing, as well as sustained excellence in teaching and research in the field of metallurgy and magnetic materials. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2011/10/laughlin_named_honorary/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:34:00 EDT More than 70 members of the data storage industry gathered at Carnegie Mellon's Silicon Valley campus in Moffett Field, Calif., last month for the Data Storage Systems Center's first-ever West Coast Review. While the center holds semiannual reviews at its Pittsburgh campus, the DSSC's directors took the show on the road to make the center's work more accessible to engineers and researchers within its sponsor companies who may not be able to attend reviews in Pittsburgh. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2011/07/west_coast_review/ Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:18:00 EDT DSSC-affiliated researchers from Carnegie Mellon have joined forces with colleagues at the Instituto de Tecnica Aereoespacial (INTA) in Madrid, Spain, to build a MEMS-based sensor for tracking magnetic nanoparticles used to tag tissue scaffolds. The sensor was conceived at INTA for use in identifying extraterrestrial magnetic materials. Carnegie Mellon's Michael McHenry and David Laughlin, and Marina Diaz-Michelena, a researcher in payloads and instrumentation and head of the Space Magnetism Unit at INTA (Spain's equivalent of NASA) supervised a Carnegie Mellon senior capstone design project to demonstrate sensor potential for biomedical engineering applications. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2011/06/carnegie_mellon_inta/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:36:00 EDT ABB Professor of Engineering and DSSC Director Jimmy Zhu earned the College of Engineering's Outstanding Research Award in March for his seminal contributions to magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) technology. The award honors a faculty member or team whose research contributions have enhanced the reputation of CIT. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2011/04/zhu_wins_cit/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:12:00 EDT Physics Professor Sara Majetich is changing the face of data storage through her research on the fundamental physics of nanoparticles — and people are taking notice. The teacher, advisor and mentor has earned the 2011 Carnegie Science Center Award for Excellence in the Emerging Female Scientist category. The awards, established in 1997, recognize and promote innovation in science and technology across western Pennsylvania. The Emerging Female Scientist Award honors a female leader whose cutting-edge work is inspiring change in math, science or technology. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2011/02/majetich_receives_carnegie/ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:27:00 EST The Data Storage Systems Center will host its Spring 2011 Technical Review on Thursday and Friday, March 24–25, in the Singleton Room of Roberts Engineering Hall on the Carnegie Mellon campus. Held twice each year, the reviews provide an opportunity for DSSC students and faculty to showcase their latest research findings for the center's industrial sponsors, who in turn provide feedback on the center's progress. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2011/01/save_the_date/ Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:02:00 EST ABB Professor of Engineering and current DSSC Director Jimmy Zhu has received the IEEE Magnetics Society Achievement Award "for contributions to magnetic storage devices through magnetic modeling." The award, which consists of a diploma with citation and cash prize, honors one of the society's members each year for his or her lifetime professional achievement. It is the society's highest award. "I am truly honored to receive this award from the IEEE Magnetic Society, especially considering the list of people who have received this award in the past," Zhu said. (Read more.) http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2010/12/zhu_earns_ieee/ Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:50:00 EST The DSSC is making great strides in developing the data recording technology of tomorrow — and colleagues across the globe have taken notice. This semester alone, faculty members delivered invited and keynote talks about HAMR and actuator technology at the 2010 Asia-Pacific Magnetic Recording Conference (APMRC) and the 2010 Asia-Pacific Data Storage Conference (APDSC). (Read more.) http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2010/12/faculty_members_deliver/ Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:19:00 EST Fifth-year physics Ph.D. student Eric Evarts earned Best Student Presentation Award honors at the 55th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) held recently in Atlanta. Heralded as one of the largest conferences for research in data storage and magnetics, MMM annually provides an opportunity for participants from across the globe to meet with colleagues and collaborators to discuss new and controversial developments in all areas of magnetism research. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/research/dssc/news_events/story/2010/12/evarts_earns_best/ Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:14:00 EST