BioNEMS News

2009

BioNEMS graduate student researcher Yue Bing Zheng has been selected to receive the Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Award. The Awards are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction.
BioNEMS research on “Continuous Particle Separation in a Microfluidic Channel via Standing Surface Acoustic Waves (SSAW)” will be featured as the back cover image on the journal Lab on a Chip
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Compressor” was featured as the front cover image on the September 17, 2008 issue of Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” was featured as the front cover image on the journal Lab on a Chip
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at U.S. News and World Report
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at National Science Foundation (NSF)
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Physics World
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Yahoo! News
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Live Science
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at MRI
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Medical News Today
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Highlights in Chemical Technology
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Science Daily
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Gizmag
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Daily Tech
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Technovelgy
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Inside Tech
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Futurity
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Brokencontroller
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Sunday News
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Octofinder
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Voice of Progress
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Regator
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Darwiniana
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at CWEBNews
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Ideonexus
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at In.com
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Science Blog
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Science Codex
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Science Centric
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at PhysOrg
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Physics News
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at R&D Magazine
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at News Guide
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Penn State Live
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Penn State Album
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Eurekalert
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Semiconductor Online
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Global Epolicy
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Twitter
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Red Orbit
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Bio-Medicine
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Softpedia
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at InScience
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Science Blogdig
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at e!Science
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Breaking News
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Yahoo! Buzz
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Breaking News
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at UPI
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at South Asia News
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Quantum Times
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Inform
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Sign of the Times
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Beta Signal
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Machines Like Us
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Science Week
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Earth Stream
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Azonano
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Hardware
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Genwi
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at Twice
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at BioWizard
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at News Times
BioNEMS research on “Acoustic Tweezers” has been be highlighted as news report at NewsPeg
BioNEMS graduate student researchers Bala Krishna Juluri and Jinjie Shi have been selected to receive the Sabih and Guler Hayek Graduate Scholarship in Engineering Science and Mechanics during Fall 2009. This honor is based on their outstanding academic performance. Congratulations!
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in US News and World Report
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in ScienceDaily
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Physorg
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Nanowerk
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in SPIE
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Scienceblog
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in InSciences
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in LabSpace
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Penn State Live
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Redorbit
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Azooptics
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Scientificblogging
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Esciencenews.com
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in UPI
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Marketwatch
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Medical News Today
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Breitbart
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Times of the internet
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Optics.org
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in NewsGuide
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in ECNmag
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in R&D
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in InTech
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Photonics.com
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in The Post Chronicle
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in ArcaMax
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in STSS
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in ZAMP Bionews
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Scenta
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) lens” was highlighted in Azonanotechnology
BioNEMS student Yuebing Zheng is selected to receive the Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, a prestitious award designed to honor interdisciplinary materials research at Penn State which yields valuable unexpected results and also to recognize genuine innovation not previously achieved. Congratulations to Yuebing!
BioNEMS students made noise in the 2009 ESM Today Graduate Research Symposium. Daniel wins the Grand Prize in Poster Competition, Jinjie wins the Second Prize in Poster Competition,Steven wins the Second Prize in Paper Competition,Mike wins the Third Prize in Paper Competition, Yuebing wins the Honorary Mention in Poster Competition, Congratulations to their great work!
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Nature Materials
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in National Science Foundation
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in R&D
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Nanite News
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in NewsX
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Science Codex
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Twine.com
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Science Centric
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Gant Daily
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in MTB Europe
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Foresight
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Nanotechweb
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in AZoNanotechnology
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in ScienceDaily
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Nanotechnology Now
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in AZoOptics
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Nanowerk News
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in ScienceMode
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Science News Daily
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in InSciences
BioNEMS research on “Active Molecular Plasmonics” was highlighted in Penn State Live
BioNEMS graduate student Jinjie Shi has been selected to receive Alumni Dissertation Award, the most prestigious award for Penn State graduate students. He is one of the two Penn State Engineering graduate students who won the award this year. He will also receive $5000 cash. Congratulations for the exemplary academic achievements of soon-to-be Dr. Shi, the first Ph.D. student graduating from BioNEMS!

2008

BioNEMS research on “Microfluidic Drifting” was highlighted at a review article on Journal of Biophotonics as a feature image
BioNEMS review article was highlighted at the Editorial of Nanomedicine
BioNEMS research on “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches” was highlighted in Nature Photonics
BioNEMS research on “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches” was highlighted in Penn State Engineering News
BioNEMS research on “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches” was highlighted in ACS Nanotation
BioNEMS research on “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches” was highlighted in AZoNanotechnology
BioNEMS research on “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches” was highlighted in Nanowerk News
BioNEMS research on “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches” was highlighted in PhysOrg
BioNEMS research on “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches” was highlighted in InSciences
BioNEMS research on “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches” was highlighted in GantDaily
BioNEMS research on “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches” was highlighted in the Penn State Live
BioNEMS research on “Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches” was featured as the front cover image on the September 17, 2008 issue of Advanced Materials
BioNEMS graduate student researcher Jinjie Shi has been selected to receive the Sabih and Guler Hayek Graduate Scholarship in Engineering Science and Mechanics during Fall 2008. This honor is based on Jinjie's outstanding academic performance. Congratulations, Jinjie!
BioNEMS student Yuebing Zheng has been selected as a King Abdullah Scholar. This prestigious award is a unique opportunity to recognize excellence in academics and research by graduate students around the world, and it carries up to $50,000 per year for tuition fee, living stipend and professional development and up to $10,000 per year for research activities
BioNEMS research on “Standing Surface Acoustic Wave (SSAW) Focusing of Microparticles” was highlighted in Wired Science
BioNEMS research on “Wide-Band Acoustic Collimation Lens” was featured as the front cover image on the March 17, 2008 issue of Applied Physics Letters
BioNEMS paper “Systematic investigation of localized surface plasmon resonance of long-range ordered Au nanodisk arrays” was among the 20 research articles with the most full-text downloads during the month of January 2008 in Journal of Applied Physics
BioNEMS research on “Tunable Optofluidic Microlens” was highlighted in Photonics Spectra
BioNEMS students made noise in the 2008 ESM Today Graduate Research Symposium. Jinjie wins the Grand Prize, Xiaole the Innovation Award, and Yuebing the First-Place Presentation Prize, Congratulations to their great work!
BioNEMS student Yuebing Zheng wins 2008 Founder's Prize of the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), Congratulations to Yuebing!

2007

Our research on “nanopore-based humidity sensor” was featured on Nanotechweb
Prof. Huang was featured on Research Penn State Magazine
BioNEMS students Xiaole Mao, John Waldeisen, and Prof. Huang was featured on the Penn State Engineering News
BioNEMS students Xiaole Mao, John Waldeisen, and Prof. Huang was featured on the Penn State Live
BioNEMS research on “Microfluidic Drifting” was featured as the front cover image on the October 2007 issue of Lab on a Chip
BioNEMS Lab Manager & postdoctoral researcher Vincent Hsiao will become an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Materials and Optoelectronic Engineering in National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan, this Fall. Congratulations and best wishes to Prof. Hsiao!
BioNEMS graduate student researcher Yuebing Zheng has been selected to receive the Sabih and Guler Hayek Graduate Scholarship in Engineering Science and Mechanics during Fall 2007. This honor is based on Yuebing's outstanding academic performance. Congratulations, Yuebing!
BioNEMS Lab undergraduate researcher John Waldeisen has been accepted by top Bioengineering Ph.D. programs such as UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, UCLA, etc. Congratulations, John!
Prof. Huang and his colleagues’ work on molecular machine-based NEMS was highlighted by a review article onAngew. Chem. Int. Ed. as a feature image

2006

Prof. Huang and colleagues’ work on molecular machine-based NEMS was highlighted by a review article on Nature Nanotechnology as a feature image
BioNEMS Ph.D. student Xiaole Mao received the 1st place award in the 2006 HP competition for the ASME Best Student Paper in Micro- and Nanoscale Thermal-Fluid Engineering
Prof. Huang was featured on the Penn State Live
Prof. Huang and colleagues’ work on molecular machine-based NEMS was highlighted by a review article on Chemical Society Review as a feature image
BioNEMS group was awarded the Grace Woodward Grant for Collaborative Research in Engineering and Medicine
BioNEMS group was awarded the prestigious Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT) Grant from the National science Foundation (NSF)
Prof. Huang and his colleagues’ work on molecular machine-based NEMS was highlighted by a review article on Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology as a feature image
Prof. Huang was featured on the Penn State Live
Prof. Huang was selected to receive the prestigious Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award

2005

Prof. Huang and colleagues’ paper on the J. Am. Chem. Soc. was featured as one of the five most intriguing articles in the third quarter of 2005 by CAS Science Spotlight
Prof. Huang and colleagues’ work on molecular machine-based NEMS was highlighted by a review article onAdvanced Materials as a feature image
Prof. Huang and colleagues’ work on molecular machine-based NEMS was featured on Nature (Nanozone News)
Prof. Huang was featured on Material Research Institute (MRI) Faculty Spotlight
Prof. Huang and colleagues’ work on molecular machine-based NEMS was featured as the front cover image on Applied Physics Letters