News
Sep 03, 2020
Fang and Koppes Receive $2.2M NIH Award Leading to State-of-the-Art Electrophysiological Capabilities
ECE Assistant Professor Hui Fang (PI) and ChE Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes (co-PI), in collaboration with UCLA and Boston Children’s Hospital, received a $2.2M NIH grant for “Novel transparent, ultra-soft neuroelectrode arrays based on nanomeshing conventional electrode materials.” In this study, they propose to prove a novel electrode concept, nanomeshing conventional electrode materials, can lead to state-of-the-art electrophysiological capabilities while allowing at the same time, optical and chronic-bio- compatibilities. Besides enabling new hypothesis-driven neuroscience studies from overcoming major barriers of integrating in-vivo electrical recordings with optical approaches, the proposed research will also provide unique opportunities for next-generation therapeutic interventions via sustainable neural prosthetics.
Sep 02, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Rebecca Willits
Rebecca Willits joined the Chemical Engineering department in July 2020 as Professor and Chair.
Sep 01, 2020
Creating, Probing and Confirming Tetragonality in Bulk FeNi Alloys
Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, was published in Acta Materialia for research on “Creating, probing and confirming tetragonality in bulk FeNi alloys”.
Aug 17, 2020
ChE Professor and PhD Candidates Selected to Participate in MALSI+ 2020
ChE Professor Thomas Webster, PhD candidate David Medina Cruz, PhD candidate Ada Vernet Crua, and their team selected to participate in MALSI+ 2020 with one of their startups SynCell Biotechnology.
Aug 13, 2020
Abigail Koppes and Ryan Koppes Published in the Journal of Neuroscience Research
ChE Assistant Professors Abigail Koppes and Ryan Koppes published their research in the Journal of Neuroscience titled: “The effects of low intensity focused ultrasonic stimulation on dorsal root ganglion neurons and Schwann cells in vitro.”
Aug 10, 2020
Webster Receives Funding with Spanish Researchers to Develop Better Implants
ChE Professor Thomas Webster and Professor Yadir Torres Hernandez from the University of Seville, Spain; PI have secured funding from the Spanish Government (via the National Research program) for a project entitled “Titanium-based implants with adapted stiffness, biofunctionalized surface and pores filled with biodegradable, antibacterial and potential therapeutic polymers”.
Aug 05, 2020
Jones Awarded Grant to Support Research on “Enabling a Lab-on-a-Faucet”
ChE Assistant Professor A-Andrew D. Jones, III received a $10k grant titled “Enabling a Lab-On-A-Faucet” from the Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network of the Social Science Research Council with funds provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Aug 03, 2020
Willits Selected as a BMES Fellow
ChE Professor and Chair Rebecca Willits selected as a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society.