Month: November 2017

  • Drexel REU on Energy and the Environment

    Our 2018 REU Program is now OPEN for applications!   Drexel REU on Energy and the Environment June 18 – August 10, 2018 Apply Here:  http://drexel.edu/iexe/education/research-experience-for-undergrads/ Learn more about the program here.

  • DNI at MRS Fall 2017 Meeting

    Several member and alumni of the Nanomaterials Group attend the 2017 Fall MRS meeting in Boston.  Patrick delivered an impressive talk to a very large audience today (see the attached picture). Prof. Gogotsi gave his invited talk as well.  Dr. Babak Anasori also hosted his SciVid competition.  You can view a full schedule of the…

  • Boota Goes to Intel

    DNI and MESC alumnus, Muhammad Boota, who recently defended his PhD thesis, will be joining Intel Corporation as Process Engineer in early December 2017. Congratulations to Boota!

  • Prof. Gleb Yushin – Highly Cited Researcher

    Congratulations to Prof. Gleb Yushin, a former post-doctoral researcher and Research Assistant Professor at DNI, who was named among the most cited scientists in the world. He is among less than 20 ECS members that made the list and is one of the youngest on that list: View the full list here. Congratulations to Gleb!

  • 2017 Energy Storage Materials Award

    Congratulations to Prof. Yury Gogotsi for being awarded the 2017 Energy Storage Materials Award (Elsevier) in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of energy storage materials and development.

  • The First International Conference on Energy Storage Materials 2017

    Prof. Gogotsi delivered the a Keynote lecture on Sunday, November 19th at the First International Conference on Energy Storage Materials in Shenzhen, China.  Numerous DNI alumni, including Zifeng Lin from Toulouse, France and Xinbing Cheng, from Tsinghua also attended the conference.  

  • Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science

    Congratulations to BS alumna Pri Narang (currently, Asst. Prof. at Harvard) on a major national recognition. She has been selected by Forbes Among 30 Under 30 in science for her work on quantum-engineered materials. https://www.forbes.com/pictures/59f77f3c31358e542c047796/prineha-narang-28/#2001f60e3408

  • MXene Ugly Duckling, Second Place in NanoArt Competition

    Congratulations to undergraduate researchers Saleesha and Pavel on winning the second place prize in the Penn NanoArt Competition for their MXene Ugly Duckling image. https://singhcon.nano.upenn.edu/nanoart-competition/

  • Nanodiamonds Found to Prevent Lithium Battery Fires

    Our work on nanodiamond additive suppressing lithium dendrites keeps attracting attention of news media. This article titled “Nanodiamonds Found to Prevent Lithium Battery Fires” was published in EE Times this week. https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1332526