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Autonomy Summit Explores Potential and Challenges of AI
University of Maryland MATRIX Lab Summit brings together academia, government, and industry  More »

Twelve University of Maryland Faculty Affiliate With MATRIX Lab
Group will expand current work on autonomous systems research  More »

Ghodssi Honored With Gaede-Langmuir Award
AVS recognizes UMD faculty member for contributions to the MEMS field.  More »

New features on ingestible capsule will deliver targeted drugs to better treat IBD, Crohn’s disease
Latest iteration of medical device features dissolving microneedles for drug delivery; external magnetic control  More »

New, Innovative UMD Course Teaches In-Demand Skills
‘Advanced Manufacturing Lab’ currently offered at College Park, will be in Southern Maryland in 2024  More »

Horiuchi is PI for NSF 'ExLENT' experiential learning project
UMD's 'DREEM' project addresses the need for a domestic microelectronics industry workforce, and partners with two community colleges.  More »

MSAL’s work on serotonin characterization and detection results in two journal covers

Maryland Engineers Awarded Grants to Address Humanity's Grand Challenges
Twelve projects led by or involving Maryland Engineering faculty have been awarded funding through the Grand Challenges Grants Program, the largest and most comprehensive program of its kind ever introduced at the University of Maryland.  More »

"This Is Where It's At"
U.S. Commerce Secretary's Visit Highlights Importance of UMD, Higher Ed to Future of Domestic Electronics Industry  More »

Undergrads and research experiences: Win! Win! Win!
Exposure to research gives undergraduate students the chance to experience career possibilities.  More »

Joshua Levy wins AVS Outstanding Paper Award
The paper describes a micro-needle platform being developed for an ingestible capsule.  More »

Lemonade from lemons: Despite COVID-19 sidelining of MEMS showcase, proceedings and papers quickly published
Special issue of IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems features innovative research from 2020 Hilton Head Workshop.  More »

Symptoms all in your head—or in your gut? Maybe a little of both.
UMD researchers are building an ingestible capsule that can monitor and model gut microbiome serotonin activity and help demystify the “gut-brain axis.”  More »

Rapidly evolving ‘smart marble’ sensors hold promise for monitoring pharmaceutical industry bioreactors and beyond
Size of the neutrally buoyant bPods has dropped from ‘baseball’ to ‘golf ball’ to ‘cherry’ in just three years.  More »

Former post-doc Pomerantseva earns tenure at Drexel
At Maryland, the materials scientist worked in Reza Ghodssi's MEMS Sensors and Actuators Laboratory.  More »

Brain and Behavior Initiative Hosts 3rd Annual Seed Grant Symposium

NSF Awards $1M Grant to UMD Researchers
The interdisciplinary project will explore the molecular connection between the gut and the nervous system.  More »

Ghodssi Receives Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award
The award recognizes exceptionally influential research accomplishments by Clark School faculty.  More »

Biofilm treatment device receives TEDCO MII funding; paper published in IEEE TBME
In latest development, the researchers have miniaturized the platform and are able to control it through wireless signals.  More »

‘Smart Marbles’ hold promise for better outcomes from bioreactors
The marbles, or 'bPods,' will contain microsystems that can “eavesdrop on biology” during fermentation, cell or culture-growing processes.  More »

Clark School Researchers Recognized for Exceptional Inventions
Among the nine 2017 Invention of the Year award nominees, six are led by or include Clark School researchers.  More »

Article on Maryland TMV research named 'Highlight of 2017' by the journal Nanotechnology
Authors include Faheng Zang, Sangwook Chu, Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, James Culver and Reza Ghodssi.  More »

Decade of TMV research leads to never-before-seen microsystems for energy storage, biosensors and self-sustaining systems
Long-term Ghodssi-Culver partnership has used the Tobacco mosaic virus as a biological nanoscaffold for groundbreaking devices.  More »

New TMV supercapacitor work featured in Nanotechweb article
Zang, Chu, Gerasopoulos, Culver and Ghodssi developed a quick and simple new approach to create a supercapacitor with nanostructured electrodes.  More »

Ghodssi, Bentley receive NSF EAGER grant to develop ingestible capsules for medical diagnosis
"Gut-Nav" capsules will be designed to detect problems in the gastro-intestinal tract, including pancreatic cancer and inflammatory bowel disease screening.  More »

Former ISR postdocs win advanced materials awards
Pomerantseva and Ben-Yoav receive honors at the American Advanced Materials Congress.  More »

Rubloff, Ghodssi to speak at TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo
The event is the largest global innovation conference in physical and life sciences.  More »

Grad students Winkler, Subramanian rank highly in U21 3MT video contest
Competition requires students to explain their research to a non-specialist audience in three minutes or less.  More »

Ghodssi, Beyaz, Waits issued US patent for microgenerator
The versatile microball bearing supported microgenerator improves micro electromechanical devices.  More »

Reza Ghodssi named AVS Fellow
Citation reads: "For outstanding leadership in microsystems technology achieved by combining knowledge of materials and processing, innovative device concepts, and diverse applications."  More »

Members of NEES Gather for 2015 Spring Accomplishment Meeting
Poster session, in-depth discussions, presentations.... and hiking  More »

Sangwook Chu wins UMD GRID best poster award
Poster describes work building supercapacitor electrodes.  More »

Ph.D. candidate Thomas Winkler wins best poster award at MAMNA Symposium
Bioengineering student is affiliated with MEMS Sensors and Actuators Laboratory.  More »

UMD, MIT team for new 'superhydrophobic surfaces' patent
Nano/micro surface mimics wetlands plants' ability to resist moisture, self clean.  More »

Reza Ghodssi elected Fellow of IEEE
Professor is recognized "for contributions to materials and processes for microsystems technologies."  More »

Lithium-ion battery research profiled in DOE newsletter
NEES EFRC researchers develop method to detect mechanical changes in electrodes.  More »

UMD Researchers Bridge Gap between Microelectronics, Biological Systems
“Electronic modulation of biochemical signal generation” published in Nature Nanotechnology  More »

Department of Energy renews NEES EFRC for four years
The center develops highly ordered nanostructures that offer a unique way of looking at the science of energy storage.  More »

Ghodssi Invited to Speak at IEEE Sensors 2013
Ghodssi delivers lecture on Microsystems for Sensing and Characterization of Bacterial Biofilms  More »

Rubloff, Ghodssi featured in JVST-A special issue
The Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the American Vacuum Society.  More »

Micro-turbine research on cover of Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
Ghodssi, Hanrahan and colleagues document the efficacy of using integrated retainer rings in tiny MEMS turbines.  More »

Micro-turbo-generator research featured in Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
Researchers from MSAL produce the first demonstration of an integrated permanent-magnet micro-turbo-generator supported on micro-ball bearings.  More »

Young Wook Kim wins KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Scholarship
Ph.D. student is advised by ISR Director Reza Ghodssi.  More »

Ekaterina Pomerantseva to join Drexel University faculty
Postdoctoral researcher has worked with ISR Director Reza Ghodssi since 2010.  More »

Maryland Exchange with Italian University Boosts Research on Artificial Cells
Bioengineering grad student part of international effort to use messages sent by synthetic cells to guide natural cell activity.  More »

ECE Names 2012-2013 Distinguished Dissertation Fellows
Anand, Fan, Guan, and Xie recognized for outstanding research.  More »

The Smallest Materials of All: Seeing, Making and Testing Materials at the Nanoscale
Presentations at the Materials Research Society's 2013 meeting showcase medical, energy developments      More »

Rubloff Co-Authors Major DoE Report on Emerging Energy Technologies
Publication focuses on opportunities in mesoscale science.  More »

Hierarchical three-dimensional electrode paper featured in ACS Nano
Work by Tobacco mosaic virus research team describes a novel approach for development of next generation micro-batteries.  More »

Preventing Costly, Life-Threatening Catheter Infections
Deutsch Foundation-sponsored Clark School research offers multi-pronged attack on major medical problem.  More »

Clark School researchers figure prominently in atomic layer deposition story
Chemical & Engineering News highlights expansion of the coating technology.  More »

Dean's Doctoral Research Awards Announced
Research on microbatteries, graphene and flapping-wing flight recognized.  More »

New MEMS handbook is comprehensive, practical resource for academics, engineers, students
Reza Ghodssi is co-editor of MEMS Materials and Processes Handbook.  More »

Ghodssi is guest editor for special issue of Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (JMM)
Special proceedings issue features papers from PowerMEMS 2009.  More »

Bad Virus Put to Good Use
In breakthrough batteries, virally structured nano-electrodes boost energy capacity 10-fold.  More »

Peter Dykstra wins bioengineering poster award
Work on electrochemical DNA sensor honored at Bioscience Day 2010.  More »

Ph.D. student Konstantinos Gerasopoulos wins best poster award
Award was presented at 2010 Mid-Atlantic Micro/Nano Alliance Symposium.  More »

New Battery Research Highlighted by Discovery News, Nanowerk
Viruses used as structural template for lithium ion battery components.  More »

Clark School honors Rajkowski, Beyaz, Banerjee for student research
Students score in Dean's Student Research Award Competition.  More »

Reza Ghodssi to Participate in EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
NanoCenter member invited to leading engineering collaboration  More »

Reza Ghodssi guest edits special issue of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
'Special Proceeding' issue focuses on energy harvesting.  More »

Micro-ball bearing research featured in Micro Manufacturing magazine
Work of Ghodssi, MSAL cited in micro engine article.  More »

Clark School hosts PowerMEMS 2009 attendees for luncheon, lab tours
Six laboratories showcased in special tours.  More »

Reza Ghodssi Appointed Director of the Institute for Systems Research
ISR excels in cross-disciplinary systems engineering research and education.  More »

Ghodssi Receives NSF Grant for Novel Nanofabrication for Energy Applications
Research uses tobacco mosaic virus in fabrication of energy storage devices.  More »

Ghodssi Receives NSF Grant for Microball Bearings Research
Research focuses on low-friction, long-life microball bearings for PowerMEMS devices.  More »

Ghodssi, Wang, Culver Awarded Nanobiotechnology Grant
Study to develop micro-fabricated batteries  More »

Berlin Takes 2nd in Dean's M.S. Thesis Competition
New award honors outstanding research, scholarship.  More »

Ghodssi Promoted to Full Professor
Reza Ghodssi is the Herbert Rabin Distinguished Associate Professor and Director of the MEMS Sensors and Actuators Lab.  More »

Ghodssi Featured in Mechanical Engineering Magazine Cover Story
MEMS microscale ball bearing research highlighted in feature article.  More »

NanoCenter Improves Energy Storage Options
Maryland NanoCenter researchers create new device to store electrical energy.  More »

Paper Named 2008 'Highlight' by Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
JMM highlights Nano research  More »

Stephan Koev Wins University-Wide Graduate Research Contest
MEMS research highlighted  More »

Ghodssi team's micro ball bearing work makes miniature machines possible
Researchers are the first to manufacture and integrate practical microscale pumps, motors and turbines.  More »

Ghodssi Named Associate Editor of JMEMS
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems is top MEMS publication.  More »

Ghodssi, Rubloff receive bioMEMS patent
U.S. patent 7,375,404 is awarded for fabrication and integration of polymeric bioMEMS.  More »

Ghodssi Named Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor
Dr. Reza Ghodssi is recognized for sustained and influential scientific and scholarly work.  More »

Reza Ghodssi named associate editor of Journal of Biomedical Microdevices
Journal focuses on biomedical applications of micro- and nanotechnology.  More »

New Advance in Biochip Research
Microfactories for drug research are one step closer to reality.  More »

Chuang Earns Intel Achievement Award
Ph.D. Alumnus Wen-Hsien Chuang receives highest honor as employee at Intel.  More »

Ghodssi, Rubloff part of $2 million NSF grant
Cellular and biomolecular engineering research to focus on biofunctionalized devices.  More »

Ghalichechian Receives Outstanding Graduate Student Award
2007 George Harhalakis Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student Award presented by the Institute for Systems Research to Nima Ghalichechian  More »

Ph.D. Student Receives AVS Graduate Research Award
Stephan Koev, an advisee of Prof. Ghodssi, wins 2007 American Vacuum Society's Graduate Research Award.  More »

Ghodssi Invited to Participate in NAE Frontiers Symposium
Prof. Ghodssi among 100 of the nation's outstanding young engineers invited to the event.  More »

MEMS Lab Wins IEEE Competition
NanoCenter members Drs. Reza Ghodssi, Ellen Williams, and Dan Hines were recognized for their program to develop single chip sensors using Indium Phosphide.  More »

MEMS research of Morgan and Ghodssi featured in NASA Tech Briefs
Gray-scale technology used in aligning optical fibers with actuated MEMS wedges.  More »

$1 Million For Nano-Bio Initiative
Deutsch Foudation will fund Clark School bioengineering research on the nanoscale.  More »

Crabs help detect dangerous nano particles
A substance in crabs can aid in detecting small quantities of explosives, chemicals, and other hazardous materials.  More »

Journal of Micromechanics & Microengineering Features Ghodssi MEMS Paper
Optical Waveguide highlighted  More »

Dr. Ghodssi's Optical MEMS Work Featured in Compound Semiconductor
Highlights optical waveguide switch  More »

PBS Nightly Business Report Features Maryland NanoCenter
PBS's Nightly Business Report featured Maryland NanoCenter in its coverage of nanotechnology, citing the University of Maryland as one of the leaders in the field.
Click details to see video from the program, or click Link to see ECE's writeup (including links to the transcript).  More »

Micro-Testudo Created by Advanced Lithography Techniques
Researchers in Prof. Ghodssi's group have demonstrated their gray-scale lithography techniques to create a micro-Testudo structure, a 3-D pattern of UMD's mascot.  More »