Department News

Congratulations to Dr. Augustine Obirieze (Heller Lab), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering.

Congratulations to CENG undergraduate student, Soyoung Shin (Bae Research Group), for publishing a research article as first author.  The article, titled "Role of soft-gel substrates on bouncing-merging transition in drop impact on liquid film" was published in Soft Matter and is in coll

Congratulations to Dr. Jiaying Wang (Oscar Vazquez Mena Research Lab), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering. His defense on "Design and Fabrication of Acoustic Metamaterials in Near-megahertz Range" was presented on October 29, 2020. Dr.

The Siebel Scholars program recognizes the most talented students in the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering and energy science.

Congratulations to Dr. Erik Austin Wu (Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion), who recently received his Ph.D. in NanoEngineering.

Congratulations to Dr. Yusheng Lei (Xu Research Group), who recently received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. His dissertation defense on "Single-Crystal Metal Halide Perovskites Electronics" was presented on September 16, 2020. The department wishes Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Matthew Davies (Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion), who recently received his Ph.D. in NanoEngineering.

Congratulations to Dr. Hyeseung Chung (Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion), who recently received her Ph.D. in NanoEngineering. Her dissertation defense on "Tuning Nanoparticle Synthesis to Enable Anionic and Cationic Redox in Cathode Materials" was presented on September 1, 2020.

If you're a Hispanic student interested in research activities, please check out this unique opportunity! Contact Professor Vazquez Mena at the email listed in the flyer for more information.

Congratulations to Dr. Carina Arboleda (Almutairi Lab), who recently received her Ph.D. in NanoEngineering. Her dissertation defense on "Altering the Structure and Delivery Method of Lanthanide Nanoparticles for Bioimaging"was presented on August 21, 2020. The department wishes Dr.

This virtual issue of ACS Nano highlights the contributions of faculty and students from the Department of NanoEngineering and Chemical Engineering Program at the University of California, San Diego.

Congratulations to Dr. Yuheng Li (Yang Research Group), who recently received his Ph.D. in NanoEngineering. His dissertation defense on "First-Principles Study of Hybrid Halide Perovskites and Beyond for Optoelectronic Applications"was presented on August 19, 2020. The department wishes Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. Morgan E.C. Miller (Continetti Group), who recently received his Ph.D. in NanoEngineering. His thesis defense on "Characterizing the Impact Dynamics of Small Particles: The Aerosol Impact Spectrometer" was presented on August 7, 2020. The department wishes Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. Yimu Chen (Xu Research Group), who recently received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. His thesis defense on "Controllable Epitaxial Growth of Metal Halide Perovskites for Single-Crystal Devices" was presented on July 20, 2020.

The Department of NanoEngineering would like to congratulate Ms. Danica Venosa on being awarded Teaching Assistant of the Year! Ms. Venosa is recognized for her tremendous efforts in assisting the faculty and students during the 19-20 academic year. 

 

Congratulations to Chemical Engineering Ph.D. student, Qiaowan Chang (Sustainable Materials and Energy Laboratory), who was recently awarded the 2020-2021 Marye Anne Fox Endowed Fellowship. This is awarded to students with highly distinguished academic records. 

 

A new book entitled “Intermediate Solid Mechanics”, co-aut

Congratulations to Adrian Garcia Badaracco (Kummel Lab), who recently received his M.S. in Chemical Engineering. His thesis defense on "Indocyanine Green Modified Silica Shells for Colon Tumor Marking" was presented on June 5, 2020.