Dan Shechtman, Iowa State University (IMAGE) Iowa State University Caption Dan Shechtman of Iowa State University, the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Israel's Technion won the 2011 Noel Prize in Chemistry "for the discovery of quasicrystals." Credit US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.