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The High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC) is supported by the DOE-NNSA Stewardship Science Academic Alliances. HiPSEC is based at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ) and is a multidisciplinary research group consisting of faculty, staff and students of the Physics and Astronomy , Geoscience, Chemistry and Engineering Departments.

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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Professor Earns Early Career Award from U.S. Department of Energy
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Physicist Ashkan Salamat one of just 46 university professors nationwide – and the first from 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ â€“ selected for competitive award, which is now in its 10th year.

Rama Venkat Named Dean of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
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Venkat, a faculty member in electrical and computer engineering at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ since 1989, was named interim dean of the college in 2010.

Building a Better Battery
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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ physicist Yusheng Zhao earns federal grant to create a more stable, higher performing lithium-ion battery.

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Pamela Burnley
Pamela Burnley (Geoscience) wrote an article, "The Importance of Stress Percolation Patterns in Rocks and Other Polycrystalline Materials" that was published in the journal Nature Communications last month. She has discovered a new paradigm for understanding the deformation behavior of polycrystalline materials. Many familiar solid objects are…
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