Zhang to Receive Fitzroy Medal at the Honors Assembly

Zhang to Receive Fitzroy Medal at the Honors Assembly Zhang to Receive Fitzroy Medal at the Honors Assembly Zhang to Receive Fitzroy Medal at the Honors Assembly Xiang Zhang, Ph.D. Xiang Zhang, Ph.D., the Ernest S. Kuh invested seat educator at the University of California Berkeley, and seven other designing illuminators will be perceived by the Society this year at the ASME Honors Assembly. The function will be held related to the 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, which is being held in Montreal from Nov. 14 to 20. Dr. Zhang, an ASME Fellow and inhabitant of Alamo, Calif., will get the Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy and Roland V. Fitzroy Medal for his spearheading commitments in metamaterials and the production of the primary optical superlens to defeat the essential diffraction limit in imaging; and for the innovation of plasmonic lithography innovation to progress nanoscale fabricating, which is significant for microelectronics and information stockpiling applications. Built up in 2011, the Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy and Roland V. Fitzroy Medal perceives spearheading commitments to the outskirts of designing prompting a discovery in existing innovation or prompting new applications or new zones of building attempt. Notwithstanding the situation of Ernest S. Kuh enriched seat teacher of mechanical designing at UC Berkeley, Zhang is a recognized specialist, a pioneer in metamaterials and a world head in nanomanufacturing. Zhang additionally fills in as executive of the Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, and chief of the Materials Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Zhang's transformative examination in optical metamaterials, nano-optics and photonics has profoundly affected optical science and innovation. His noteworthy exhibits of optical metamaterials incorporate the main attractive reaction of metamaterials at far-infrared frequencies, which made the way for the overall quest for optical metamaterials. Utilizing composite metamaterials, Zhang was the primary analyst to conquer the crucial furthest reaches of diffraction, taking care of a 200-year-old issue and realizing a move in building materials structure and applications. In light of this discovery, he made the principal optical superlens, the initial 3-D mass metamaterials with a negative optical refractive file, and the main optical intangibility shroud. Zhang additionally spearheaded another nanofabrication innovation and authored the term plasmonic lithography. With its capacity to reach down to 10 nanometer scale, this innovation will give a powerful answer for nanoscale producing, which is basic for gadgets fabricating and the attractive stockpiling industry. Notwithstanding having his work canvassed generally in the global media, Zhang's negative refraction advancement was chosen by Time magazine as one of the Top 10 Scientific Discoveries and extraordinary compared to other 50 Inventions of 2008. The superlens was among Discover magazine's Top 100 Science Stories of 2007 and RD Magazine's Top 25 Most Innovative Products of 2006. An individual from the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and China's Academia Sinica, Zhang is an individual of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Optical Society, and the International Society for Optics and Photonics Engineers (SPIE). He has been an individual from the ASME Nanotechnology Institute since 2003. Zhang earned a four year certification and a graduate degree in strong state material science from Nanjing University, China, in 1985 and 1988, separately. He earned a graduate degree in mechanical building from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 1992; and a Ph.D. in mechanical building from UC Berkeley in 1996. The ASME Foundation is the glad supporter of the ASME Honors and Awards program through the administration of grant enrichment finances set up by people, partnerships or gatherings. For more data on the 2014 Honors Assembly and every one of the current year's honor beneficiaries, visit www.asmeconferences.org/Congress2014/Honors.cfm.