Department News

Congratulations to Dr. Elaine Alexandra Skowronski (Heller Lab), who recently received her Ph.D in NanoEngineering. Her defense on "Charge-Changing Substrates for Degradative Enzyme Activity Detection in Whole Blood" was presented on May 8, 2017. Dr.

Today the NanoEngineering Department celebrated two founding members farewell. Professor Michael Heller will be retiring at the end of the academic year and Professor Gaurav Arya is off to pursue new opportunities.

The Jacobs School held its annual Research Expo on Thursday, April, 20, 2017.

Congratulations to Dr. Tyler Dill (Tao Research Group), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering. His defense on "Plasmonic Colloidal Nanoantennas for Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectrocopy" was presented on January 18, 2017. Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. Viet Anh Nguyen Huu (Laboratory for Bioresponsive Materials), who recently received his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering. His defense on "Engineering Smart Drug Delivery Systems to Treat Inflammatory Disorders" was presented on January 6, 2017. Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. Joshua T. Villanueva (Nanophotonics, Sensors and Devices Laboratory), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering.

Congratulations to Dr. Sohini Manna (Center for Memory and Recording Research), who recently received her Ph.D in NanoEngineering. Her defense on "Engineering of Anisotropic Metallic Nanomaterials" was presented on December 2, 2016. Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. Rajaram Narayanan (Bandaru Group), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering. His defense on "Electrochemical Charge Storage and Transfer in Carbon Nanostructures" was presented on November 30, 2016. Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. Jae-Wook Shin (LESC), who recently received his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering. His defense on "Relaxation Phenomena in Rechargeable Battery Electrode Materials Beyond Li Intercalation" was presented on November 1, 2016. Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. John Warner (Chen Laboratory), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering. His defense on "3D Printing of Static and Dynamic Biomaterial Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering" was presented on September 28, 2016. Dr.

Congratulations to Jinxing Li, PhD candidate from Dr. Joseph Wang's lab, who has been selected as a Siebel Scholar in recognition of his academic excellence and demonstrated leadership.

Congratulations to Dr. Qian Huang (Sirbuly Research Group), who recently received her Ph.D in NanoEngineering. Her defense on "Coupled Plasmonic Nanoparticle-Nanofiber Optic Force Transducers" was presented on September 12, 2016. Dr.

Congratulations to Dr. Wei Zhu (Chen Laboratory), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering. His defense on "3D Printing of Functional Biomaterials for Tissue Modeling" was presented on August 26, 2016. Dr.

Congratulations to Brandon Marin for being awarded a fellowship from the National Institutes of Health.

Congratulations to Ashley Kroll, Maziar Behtash, and Samuel Root, who were selected for the 2016-17 Achievement Reward for College Scientists (ARCS). These scholarships reward excellence in research.

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

Congratulations to Dr. Ziying Wang (Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion), who recently received his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering.

The team received this honor based on their  capstone undergraduate research project, Solution Processable ZnO Coatings for Self-Cleaning Solar Modules. They summarize their findings: "Self-cleaning coatings have the potential to improve the long-term efficiency and reduce maintenance co

Congratulations to Dr. Amay Bandodkar (Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering. His defense on "Printed Wearable Electrochemical Sensors for Healthcare Monitoring" was presented on June 7, 2016. Dr.