News
1.
Prof. Costas Chassapis PI of $3M NSF
grant for Multiscale Engineered Systems Research (March 2008)
Professor
Costas Chassapis of Mechanical Engineering is PI of a recently awarded $3M
grant from NSF's Graduate Education Division and the GK-12 program. The grant
will provide support for up to 10 Stevens doctoral students per year over a 5
year period conducting research in the broad area of multiscale
engineered systems. As part of the GK-12 program, PhD students will disseminate
their research results to several participating high schools within the
framework of the New Jersey Alliance for Engineering Education (NJAEE). The
team includes Professors Sven Esche and Frank Fisher from Mechanical
Engineering, Professor Rustam Stolkin
from CEOE, Professor Lechler from the Howe School,
and Elisabeth McGrath, Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and
Science Education (CIESE). US citizens and permanent residents who are interested
in this program and enrolling in the PhD program at Stevens should email Professor Chassapis for more
information. For more
information, see the Stevens press release here.
2.
Prof. EH Yang's paper one of the
most-accessed articles in the journal Nanotechnology for the Year 2007 (Jan 2008)
Prof.
EH Yang (Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering) was co-author on a paper
that was one of the most-accessed articles in the journal Nanotechnology in the
area of 'Patterning
and Nanofabrication' for the Year 2007. The article, entitled 'Hierarchical
Magnetic Assembly of Nanowires' was also selected
as the cover article in the May 23, 2007 issue of the journal.
3.
Professor Chang-Hwan Choi's work selected as Image of Year 2007 in Biomaterials (Jan 2008)
An
image from a paper by Prof. Chang-Hwan Choi and co-workers at UCLA was selected
as one of 12 Images of the Year 2007 by the journal Biomaterials (click here). The article
describes the use of well-defined nanostructures on silicon surfaces to study
how cells sense and respond to the three-dimensional nature of their
environment. The selected figure shows a fluorescence microscopy image of an immunostained fibroblast cell grown on the
three-dimensional sharp-tip nanostructures. The abstract of the article is here.
4. Prof. Yang receives AFOSR grant for carbon
nanotube research. (Jan 2008)
Prof.
Yang (PI) and his team was awarded a 3 year Air Force
Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) grant for CNT research. The project team
consists of 3 Stevens faculty members (Profs. Yang and Fisher
of Mechanical Engineering, and Prof. Strauf in Physics and Engineering Physics)
and Prof. Dan Choi at the University of Idaho. The team will exploit
novel CNT structures and investigate their electron energy properties for
future high-speed, low-power electronics applications.
5. The 1st Stevens ME Dept. MEMS/NEMS
Student Meeting at the Stevens Institute of Technology on October 19, 2007.
On October 19
(2007), more than 20 students
who specilized in MEMS/Nano areas at the Department of Mechanical Engineering
of the Stevens Institute of Technology met together to introduce themselves,
meet with professors who are currently leading MEMS/Nano researches at the ME
Dept., and learn about current research activities made among the groups.
6. The 1st Annual Liberty Metro Area
MEMS/NEMS Workshop at the Stevens Institue of Technology on July 23, 2007.
On July 23 (2007), a one day
workshop was held to facilitate communication and collaboration between NYC
metro area researchers in the MEMS/NEMS area. Research, insight, and then applications
of MEMS/NEMS will shape the basis for the creation of technologies that will
impact areas as diverse as information technology and biomedical technology
along with energy, transportation, robotics, manufacturing, deep space studies,
and national security.
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