What the internet, endoscopic lenses and solar panels have in common is their reliance on how light interacts with materials, an area core to Sui Yang’s research. Every time a message is sent across the internet, an image is captured or energy is generated, light is absorbed, redirected or converted inside a material. Yang, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy , part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering a