Congratulations to our exceptional graduate students who are recipients of the 2021-22 ARCS Fellowship Awards!
John Holoubek, NanoEngineering
Colman Moore, NanoEngineering
Jiarong Zhou, NanoEngineering
Andrew Kleinschmidt, Chemical Engineering
David McBride, Chemical Engineering
ARCS Foundation fellowships reward excellence in research. Selection was based primarily on the exceptional promise to make a significant contribution to the advancement of science, and to the material and intellectual welfare of all people. https://www.arcsfoundation.org/san_diego/
Nano News
The Steinmetz Lab was featured on CBS8 news to discuss their efforts on cancer treatment through their research on cowpea mosaic plant virus. Watch to find out more!
Congratulations to Dr. Ping Liu and Dr. Shyue Ping Ong on their latest groundbreaking research! They discovered that adding iodine to sulfur gives it a semi-conductor level conductivity and lowers its melting point.
Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Wang! Woxen University has recently named their Chemistry Department after Joe and is now the "Joseph Wang Department of Chemistry."
Dept News
Congratulations to Torus Washington, winner of Best NanoEngineering Poster for his poster "Bowls Aren’t Just for Cereal: Nanobowl Drug Delivery For Lung Cancer Treatment" at the 2024 Research Expo at Jacobs School of Engineering.
The NanoEngineering Department is grateful to Aiiso Yufeng Li (Jeff) and his family for their pledge of $2.1 million gift! This gift will support our unique department's efforts in research, education, and student activities.
Every year, the Department of NanoEngineering recognizes and awards two Outstanding Senior Awards and one Department Award of Excellence. This year the department would like to recognize and award the following individuals for their outstanding achievements:
Alumni News
Dr. Juliane Sempionatto, our alumnus from Joe Wang's lab group, is the recipient of Chemosensors 2021 PhD. Thesis Award! The award has been granted to: “Wearable Electrochemical Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring”. Congratulations to Juliane!
Congratulation to our 2016 alumnus, Dr. Amay Bandodkar, who is on Newsweek List of the 50 ‘Greatest Disruptors’ List. He graduated with a PhD in NanoEnginereering under Dr. Joseph Wang's mentorship.
Congratulations to our alumnus, Fernando Soto, who was named one of 22 early-career interdisciplinary Fellows. Fernando graduated with a Ph.D. in NanoEngineering in 2019.
Fernando is a nanoengineer who has developed microengines the size of a human cell. His research includes designing, building, and powering these tiny engines. Fernando wants to pivot his research to the development of programmable materials to create autonomous biorobots. By integrating responsive synthetic materials into biologically inspired structures that could operate across scales he aims to design robots where responsive materials generate movement or action. These robots could perform tasks too difficult, dangerous, or inaccessible for humans.