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  Yang Research Group develops conveyor belt transport system for producing precision catalysts

  Nov 4, 2016 8:00 am |  1 View

  A University of Illinois research team has invented a highly-efficient method for producing precision catalysts that can be used for cathode reaction in hydrogen fuel cells for automobiles. The technique promises to increase the efficiency of producing shape-controlled catalysts that could have benefits beyond the automotive industry.

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  Lyding Leader in STM Research

  Nov 1, 2016 8:00 am |  1 View

  For his groundbreaking research, Lyding, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, recently was awarded the Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for experimental work. The Foresight Institute is a leading think tank and public interest organization focused on transformative future technologies. According to a Foresight Institute announcement, “Lyding is a pioneer in the development of STM technology and particularly hydrogen depassivation lithography."

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  nano@illinois RET leadership presentation at STEM education conference

  Oct 27, 2016 8:00 am |  1 View

  On October 27, 2016 at the National Science Teachers Association Conference, the nano@illinois Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program was highlighted, with co-authors Carrie Kouadio, Irfan Ahmad, Lynford Goddard, and Xiuling Li.

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  Franklin Institute honors Holonyak with coveted award

  Oct 17, 2016 8:00 am |  1 View

  The Franklin Institute has announced John Bardeen Endowed Chair Emeritus Nick Holonyak, Jr (BSEE '50, MS '51, PhD '54) as one of eight awardees of the coveted Benjamin Franklin Award for Electrical Engineering. The institute recognized him for the development of the first visible red laser and LED and the use of various alloys in colored light sources.

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  College of Engineering names five new Founder Professors

  Sep 30, 2016 8:00 am |  1 View

  The top-ranked College of Engineering at Illinois continues to build its legacy, adding several elite-level faculty researchers to its list of Founder Professors, as well as the first Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering, Dr. Rashid Bashir, Head of the Department of Bioengineering and former CNST Co-Director.

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  BIOE researchers quantify drug delivery from nanoparticles inside a cell

  Sep 26, 2016 8:00 am |  1 View

  For the first time, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated that the success of delivery of drugs from nanoparticles can be quantified inside a cell. “We can precisely tell how much drug has been released from the carrier at a given time point,” stated Dipanjan Pan, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Illinois.

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  Bioengineering’s Ganguli and team earn top prize in primary healthcare technology competition

  Sep 26, 2016 8:00 am |  1 View

  Anurup Ganguli, Ph.D. student in Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign, along with his team, received this year’s First Prize of $150,000 in the Student Technology Prize for Primary Healthcare competition, administered by Massachusetts General Hospital through its Ambulatory Practice of the Future (APF) initiative. The project, “Personalized Multiplexed Molecular Diagnostics for Point-of-Care Setting,” offers a novel technology for rapid detection of infectious diseases in all primary-care settings.

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  MNTL faculty help improve manufacturing drying processes

  Sep 15, 2016 8:00 am |  2  Views

  MNTL faculty affiliates Irfan Ahmad, Logan Liu, and Graciela Padua are members of the new NSF Center for Advanced Research in Drying, which is developing energy-efficient technologies for drying moist, porous materials.

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  nano@illinois RET teachers discover nanotechnology's big impact—Hope their students will too 2

  Sep 15, 2016 8:00 am |  1 View

  This summer 11 teachers of varying grade levels and backgrounds participated in the nano@illinois Research Experience for Teachers (RET) funded by the National Science Foundation. While participating in research in a wide range of areas, these teachers’ eyes were opened to the intricate world of nanotechnology and all the possibilities it offers.

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  Undergrads consider nanotechnology careers thanks to nano@illinois REU

  Aug 10, 2016 8:00 am |  1 View

  During the summer of 2016, ten undergraduate students learned about nanotechnology as part of the NSF-funded nano@illinois Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). While spending the summer performing research in the labs of some of Illinois’ premier researchers, the students not only learned a lot about the area in nanotechnology that they were studying; they learned what grad school is like and got some pointers on how to apply.

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