Congratulations to Department of Nanoengineering Assistant Professor Sam Oliveira, who has recently been recognized with a prestigious Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense, charged with developing emerging technologies for use by the military.  Significantly, it is the first time ever that a faculty member affiliated […]

Congratulations to Dr. Hemali Rathnayake (PI) and her Department of Nanoscience colleagues Tetyana Ignatova, Suzanne Ahmed, Kerui Wu, Eric Josephs, and Jianjun Wei, who have just received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense HBCU/MI Opportunities program for the purchase of a state-of-the-art 3D super-resolution microscope for imaging of live cells.  The ZEISS Elyra 7 microscope, […]

A special event on April 4th marked the 15th anniversary of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering.  It has been quite a ride, and its faculty have published more than 500 peer-reviewed journal articles, received over $30 million in external grants and contracts, and been issued over 20 patents since its founding in 2009.  Equally important, […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Applied Research Institute (ARI), Tougaloo College Research and Development Foundation (TCRDF), and the North Carolina Defense Technology Transition office (DEFTECH), a component of the NC Military Business Center, are excited to invite you to the DARPAConnect North Carolina Regional Pop-up event at the The Joint School of […]

Congratulations to Professors Jeff Alston (Dept. of Nanoengineering) and Dennis LaJeunesse (Dept. of Nanoscience) on receiving a UNC System Undergraduate Research Program Award (URPA) for a project entitled “DIVERSIFY-NANO: Driving Inclusivity and Versatility in Education and Research through Synergistic Fusion of Innovative Nanotechnology, AI-Enhanced Research Design, and Communication for Undergraduates.” Research with undergraduate students is aligned with the UNC System’s […]

Congratulations to Dean Sherine Obare and her array of collaborators at NC A&T State University, UNC Greensboro, Fayetteville State University, and Winston-Salem State University on receiving a UNC System Research Opportunities Initiative (ROI) Award worth $1.5 million for a project entitled “Next Generation Protective Materials for Soldier Empowerment (NextGen Promise)”. This is a significant accomplishment since only three […]

Congratulations to Dr. Kristen Dellinger from the Department of Nanoengineering for receiving a three-year competitive grant from the National Science Foundation’s Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) Division in the Engineering Directorate. The project, entitled “Excellence in Research: Stimuli-Responsive Exosomes for Quantitative Biosensing”, is funded by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Excellence in […]

North Carolina A&T State University’s annual Celebration of Faculty Excellence, an evening to celebrate and reward excellence in teaching, advising, research, and community engagement, was held this year on May 11th.  Several faculty members from the Department of Nanoengineering were recognized for their professional accomplishments, including Dr. Shanthi Iyer, who received the Intellectual Property Award for […]

Congratulations to Dr. Hemali Rathnayake from the Department of Nanoscience for receiving a competitive four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to support a project entitled “A New Concept for a Programmable Capacitive Charge Injection in Live Cells using Molecular Magnetism”. The research is sponsored by DoD’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and […]