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New Grant from the Department of Defense for Materials Science Development

A team of faculty members in the JSNN Department of Nanoscience, led by Assistant Professor Tetyana Ignatova, has received a grant ($525,000) from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for a project entitled “Advanced Tunable and Functional Materials for Soldier Protection”. Collaborators on this award include Professors Daniel Herr, Eric Josephs, Dennis LaJeunesse, Yirong Mo, […]

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Faculty Selected to Develop Novel Sensor Technologies

Assistant Professor Dr. Kristen Dellinger, along with a group of collaborators in the Department of Nanoengineering, has been awarded a grant ($525,000) from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for a collaborative project entitled “Advanced Materials for Chemical and Biological Sensor Technology to Protect the Soldier”.  Selected by researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities […]

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Splitting Water for Clean Energy

Congratulations to Prof. Shyam Aravamudhan from the Department of Nanoengineering for being part of a team that recently received a $10.35 million four-year grant to establish a Center for Electrochemical Dynamics and Reactions on Surfaces (CEDARS) at NC A&T. This new Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy as […]

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IUPAC President visits the JSNN

Dr. Javier García-Martínez, a professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Alicante in Spain and President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), visited the JSNN on Thursday, August 25.  It was quite an honor since it was the first time ever that an IUPAC President is in town and visits […]

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Leaping Forward with NSF

Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne Ahmed from the Department of Nanoscience for receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation’s new Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS) program. The award will support Dr. Ahmed’s research on the synthesis of artificial cilia, the hair-like appendages that enable fluid pumping and locomotion in […]

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Dr. Eric Josephs Wins Two New NIH Grant Awards

The week of August 8, 2022 was an exciting one for Dr. Eric Josephs, an Assistant Professor at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering’s (JSNN) Department of Nanoscience. His lab was informed that they had won two grants from the NIH: A R21 from the NIH/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for $400,000 […]

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JSIRT is a 2022 UEDA Awards of Excellence Finalist

Collaborative industrial partnerships with the expertise of the JSNN faculty. The Institute aims to attain national distinction as a science, engineering, and nanotechnology research and innovation hub for the Triad region, and it is constantly adding new instrumentation and expanding its network of collaborators and external users to support its mission. The JSIRT’s unabated growth […]

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Dr. Emanuel Waddell Joins JSNN to lead the Department of Nanoengineering

GREENSBORO, N.C. (July 18, 2022) – Following a national search, the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) has named Dr. Emanuel Waddell as Chair of the Department of Nanoengineering effective August 1, 2022.   Dr. Waddell brings a wealth of experiences that are necessary for the Department of Nanoengineering’s future growth. He has spent the […]

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Congratulations to Dr. Iyer on a new Patent that was issued on July 12, 2022

A US Patent No. 11,384,286 filed on September 30, 2020 titled “GaAs1-x­Sbx Nanowires on a Graphitic Substrate” was issued on July 12, 2022. The work was done at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering by our very own:  Dr. Shanthi Iyer, Dr. Surya Nalamati and Dr. Jia Li. The patent describes novel approaches for growing the […]

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Environmental Science Research and Leadership at the JSNN

The American Chemical Society (ACS), founded in 1876 and chartered by the U.S. Congress, is one of the world’s largest scientific organizations, with a membership of over 151,000 and an active presence in 140 countries.  ACS has 32 technical divisions that provide expertise and networking opportunities in all traditional and interdisciplinary areas of chemistry, including […]

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