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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

Congratulations to Dr. Shaochen Chen on his research advancement and recent publication, "High Cell Density and High Resolution 3D Bioprinting for Fabricating Vascularized Tissues," published in Science Advances

Congratulations to Dr. Tod Pascal, who has been selected as a 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow! This is a prestigious award for early career scientists.

Congratulations to Dr. Ping Liu on his latest paper, "Growing single-crystalline seeds on lithiophobic substrates to enable fast-charging lithium-metal batteries," published in Nature Energy.

Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Wang and Dr. Sheng Xu on their latest paper, "A wearable cardiac ultrasound imager," published in Nature.

Congratulations to Dr. Shyue Ping On on the latest paper, "A universal graph deep learning interatomic potential for the periodic table," published in Nature Computational Science.

Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Wang and Dr. Sheng Xu on their latest paper, "A stretchable epidermal sweat sensing platform with an integrated printed battery and electrochromic display," published in Nature Electronics.

"Nanoparticle-modified microrobots for in vivo antibiotic delivery to treat acute bacterial pneumonia" is the latest paper to be published by Dr. Joseph Wang and Dr. Liangfang Zhang in Nature Materials.

Starting August 2022 in partnership with Anton Paar

A big round of applause to Dr. Daniel Wangpraseurt, an Assistant Project Scientist and Prof. Shaochen Chen, Chair of NanoEngineering.

‘Closing the loop for patients with Parkinson disease: where are we?’ is the latest Nature Neurology Perspective article. Congrats to the entire Parkinson sensing team, including the collaboration with Professor Irene Litvan!

Dept News

Starting August 2022 in partnership with Anton Paar

Alexander is one of five UCSD award recipients of the UC Office of the President's Dissertation Year Fellowship.  Dissertation Year Fellowships are awarded to promising students in the final stages of their doctoral work who demonstrate strong potential for university teaching and research.

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:

Congratulations to Tala Sidawi, who is the recipient of the department best poster award and the M. Lea Rudee Outstanding Poster Award!

Transfer Admitted Students
Department of NanoEngineering Virtual Information Sessions: Tuesday, May 10, 2022
All-Campus Virtual Events: Monday, May 9 - Thursday, May 12

These exceptional graduate students are recipients of the 2021-22 ARCS Fellowship Awards:

Congratulations to Dr. Darren H.S. Tan (Sustainable Materials and Energy Laboratory), who recently received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.

Congratulations to Dr. Juliane R. Sempionatto (Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics), who recently received her Ph.D. in NanoEngineering.

Congratulations to Dr. Qiaowan Chang (Sustainable Materials and Energy Laboratory), who recently received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.