Congratulations to Dr. Pritesh Parikh (Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering. His defense on "Exploring Nanoscale Chemical Distributions for Energy Applications using Atom Probe Tomography" was presented on July 18, 2019.
Department News
Congratulations to Dr. Rajan Kumar (Neural Interaction Lab), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering.
Congratulations to Jinxing Li, a NanoEngineering alumnus (PhD 2017, Wang Group), who was recently named one of 35 Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review. Jinxing is a pioneer for his use of tiny robots to treat disease. Our department is proud of his achievements!
Congratulations to Dr. Cody Carpenter (Lipomi Research Group), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering. His defense on "Organic Materials for Haptic Feedback" was presented on June 21, 2019. Dr. Carpenter received his B.S. and M.S.
Congratulations to Dr. Ashley Kroll (Zhang Nanomedicine Lab), who recently received her Ph.D in NanoEngineering. Her defense on "Cell Membrane-Coated Nanoparticles for Immune Modulation" was presented on June 6, 2019. Dr.
Congratulations to Manas Likhit Holekevi Chandrappa (Materials Virtual Lab), who recently received his M.S. in NanoEngineering. His thesis defense on "Strain Modulation of Properties of Inorganic Halide Perovskite (CsPbBr3): A DFT Study" was presented on June 5, 2019.
The Department of NanoEngineering would like to congratulate the following recipients for these 18-19 academic year awards!
Post-Docs of the Year:
1. Laure Kayser (Lipomi Research Group)
Congratulations to Eric Ruike Zhao (Jokerst Bioimaging Lab), who recently received his M.S. in Chemical Engineering. His thesis defense on "Biocompatibilty and Photoacoustic Imaging of Silicon Carbide Nanomaterials in Stem Cells" was presented on May 16, 2019.
Congratulations to Zachary Dorfman (Fenning Research Group), who recently received his M.S. in Chemical Engineering. His thesis defense on "Toward Commercial Perovskite Solar Manufacturing" was presented on May 15, 2019.
Congratulations to Dr. Junxin Wang (Jokerst Bioimaging Lab), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering. His defense on "Photoacoustic Monitoring in Anticoagulant Therapy" was presented on May 14, 2019. Dr.
NanoEngineering student, Will Tanaka and Environmental Chemistry major, Enid Partika were awarded with the prestigious 2019 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize in recognition for their work on the BioEnergy Project.
Our department would like to congratulate NanoEngineering Ph.D.
NanoEngineering, Ph.D. student, Fernando Soto (Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics), has been selected to receive the Gordon Fellow for the Jacobs School of Engineering - the Bernard and Sophia Gordon Engineering Leadership Center, UC San Diego.
Congratulations to Dr. Diana Dehaini (Zhang Nanomedicine Lab), who recently received her Ph.D in NanoEngineering. Her defense on "Biomimetic Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery and Removal" was presented on February 28, 2019. Dr.
NanoEngineering professor, Nisarg Shah is lead author in a newly published paper on improving T-cells. The research team has developed a sponge-like gel that can be injected under the skin at the time of a bone marrow transplant that enhances the production and quality of T-cells.
Congratulations to Dr. Xiao Yu (Cohen Research Group), who recently received her Ph.D in NanoEngineering. Her defense on "Development of Catalytic Metal-Organic Frameworks" was presented on November 29, 2018. Dr.