Oct 7, 2009 -- At the invitation of former Finance Minister of Japan Koji Omi, Eric Mazur attended the sixth annual Forum on Science and Technology in Society in Kyoto Japan. The forum, attended by leaders in politics, business, including 32 ministers and 12 Nobel laureates, dealt with ethical, safety and environmental issues pertaining to advances in science and technology. More

Mazur in Kyoto

Oct 12, 2008 -- The New York Times describes the discovery of black silicon. SiOnyx of Beverly, MA, a Mazur Group spinoff, licensed the patents for black silicon and is currently commercializing black silicon chips as a technology development platform for other companies and for use in next-generation infrared imaging systems. The article describes black silicon's serendipitous discovery and the role of science funding in helping realize innovation. More

Black silicon devices

See also: HMetro, Ancaman Penggodam Tarbus, 14 Jun 2009

May 30, 2008 -- Mazur spoke on nanotechnology at a much-anticipated nano meeting in Huntsville, Alabama. Dr. Milan Buncick, senior research scientist at Aegis Technologies in Huntsville, compared the optical work done by Mazur and others to the development of the transistor. More

No small stuff

See also: The Huntsville Times, March 10 and March 30, 2008

Apr 15, 2008 -- In an article in Photonics Spectra, Hank Hogan reports on a recent article in the Journal of Nanophotonics resulting from a collaboration between the Mazur group and a group at Koc university in Istanbul. The groups investigated the luminescence of black silicon at low temperature. One day the material could be "suitable for short-haul communications over a local area network." More

Black luminescence

See also: Photonics Spectra, April 2008,

Mar 11, 2008 -- Eric Mazur was keynote speaker at the University of Surrey's Learning and Teaching Event 08. The event, attended by several hundred university faculty from a variety of departments, provided a broad showcase for work that promotes engaged student learning. According to Mazur, lectures can only succeed in promoting genuine learning if they contain questions which require students to apply their understanding. More

At Surrey Uni

Feb 13, 2008 -- Unlike the groundbreaking plan of the University of Akron, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University decided to focus on measuring what is measured most easily by making student evaluations of courses mandatory. In the words of Eric Mazur "mandatory ... evaluation is just going to serve as another excuse to postpone doing anything of substance and further cement our current approach to teaching." More

See also: Harvard Crimson, February 13, 2008