The AFOSR just announced it will award approximately 14.6 million in grants to 38 scientists and engineers who submitted winning research proposals.
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October 22, 2009
The National Institutes of Health awarded a grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to fund the development of diagnostic tests on bodily fluids.
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October 5, 2009
On September 18, 2009, a ceremony was held at the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory to unveil a plaque honoring ECE/MNTL Professor Nick Holonyak Jr.
Author:
Tom Moone, ECE ILLINOIS
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September 21, 2009
ECE Assistant Professor and MNTL Resident Faculty Member Xiuling Li is a recipient of a Young Faculty Award from DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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September 1, 2009
"Our goal is to marry some of the advantages of inorganic LED technology with the scalability, ease of processing and resolution of organic LEDs," said John Rogers.
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August 18, 2009
Matthew Gilbert is researching the Bose-Einstein condensation effect, a phenomenon that one day could change the future of devices like the iPhone.
Author:
Charlie Johnson, ECE ILLINOIS
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August 12, 2009
My expertise is in photonics, optoelectronics, and semiconductor lasers.
Author:
Tom Moone, ECE Communications Coordinator
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July 22, 2009
Goddard is one of 100 beginning researchers who received the award, the highest honor given to young researchers by the U.S. government.
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By Susan Kantor, ECE ILLINOIS
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July 22, 2009
Venkatesan has dedicated his substantial talents to improving the world around him with technology.
Author:
Charlie Johnson, ECE Illinois
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June 26, 2009
Milton Feng and Nick Holonyak have constructed a light-emitting transistor that has set a new record with a signal-processing modulation speed of 4.3 gigahertz.
Author:
James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor
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June 15, 2009
Fast and affordable genome sequencing has moved a step closer with a new solid-state nanopore sensor being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois.
Author:
James E. Kloeppel, U of I News Bureau
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June 4, 2009
Researchers at the U of I have found a new way to make transistors smaller and faster. The technique uses self-assembled gallium arsenide nanowire channels.
Author:
James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor
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April 20, 2009
Scientists at the University of Illinois have successfully demonstrated a microwave signal mixer made from a tunnel-junction transistor laser.
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By James E. Kloeppel, U of I News Bureau
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March 26, 2009
ECE Professor Jim Coleman has always been very involved in his professional community and is now being both awarded and promoted for his achievements and his many years of service in the photonics community.
Author:
Laurel Bollinger, ECE Illinois
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February 11, 2009
Li's NSF Career Award is funding her research on semiconductor nanotubes, which are elongated, microscopic structures with a hollow center and a diameter as small as three nanometers.
Author:
Charlie Johnson, ECE Illinois
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January 23, 2009
Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new class of disposable, microplate-based optical biosensors capable of detecting protein-DNA interactions.
Author:
James E. Kloeppel, U of I News Bureau
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September 29, 2008
"Nick Holonyak's inventions, like all great works of scientific inspiration, have changed our world," says Richard Herman, the chancellor of the Urbana campus.
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July 9, 2008
Professor Rashid Bashir and colleagues have developed a new array of microfabricated silicon cantilevers that enable researchers to track the growth of cells.
Author:
Celia Henry Arnaud, Senior Editor, C&EN
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June 25, 2008
ECE Professor Brian Cunningham and his research team are currently developing technology aimed to improve devices used to protect U.S. soldiers' eyes during combat.
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By Bridget Maiellaro
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February 20, 2008
ECE Professor K.Y. Norman Cheng has developed a new method to enhance infrared detectors through a modification of their nanostructures.
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By Lauren Eichmann, ECE Illinois
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February 5, 2008
ECE Professor Kanti Jain and postdoctoral researcher Junghun Chae have devised a new technique for patterning indium tin oxide films, a component of flat panel displays.
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By Brad Petersen, ECE Illinois
Published Date:
December 7, 2007
