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Sebastian Pattinson wins MIT Materials Day poster award
Dr. Sebastian Pattinson, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Mechanosynthesis Group, won the 2017 Materials Day “Best Poster” award. The title of the poster was “Printed Mesh Materials with Locally Tailored Elasticity for Compliant Wearable and Implantable Devices”. Collaborators for this work include Dr. Christoph Meier and Prof. John Hart. Congratulations, Sebastian!
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Mechanosynthesis low-cost soil diagnostics project featured by Tata Center
Graduate student Ron Rosenberg discusses his project in the lab! Collaborator Chintan Vaishnav discusses the challenges with Indian agriculture! Soumya Braganza talks about research in the field!
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JJ Wie awarded Outstanding Poster Award at 31st Polymer Processing Society
JeongJae Wie was awarded Outstanding Poster Award (10 awards out of more than 250 posters) from the 31st Polymer Processing Society (PPS-31). The title of the poster was “Light-Driven Actuation of Microstructured Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks”. Collaborators for this work include Hangbo Zhao, Davor Copic, Alvin Orbaek White, Sanha Kim, and John Hart. Congratulations!
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MISTI Excellence Award in Global Citizenship Awarded to Ron Rosenberg
Ron Rosenberg, a first year master’s student in the Mechanosynthesis group was recently awarded a MISTI Excellence Award for demonstrating global citizenship during his undergraduate and graduate studies. Throughout his undergraduate studies, Ron took part in three MIT International Science and Technology Initiative (MISTI) Programs in Chile, Israel, and India – working as a mechanical…
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Sanha Kim wins 2014 MRS Best Poster Award for "Polymer-Coated Carbon Nanotube Arrays as a Stamp for Micro-Contact Printing"
Congratulations to Sanha Kim, who received the highly selective honor of MRS Best Poster Awards last night! The meeting chairs judge the posters and place ribbons on approximately 3 out of more than 100 posters every night, spanning all the symposium topics. The title of the poster, seen below, was “Polymer-Coated Carbon Nanotube Arrays as…
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Sebastian Pattinson awarded NSF SEES Postdoctoral Fellowship
Sebastian has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Postdoctoral Fellowship to develop novel methods for sustainable additive manufacturing and to model the economic and environmental implications of 3D printing.
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John Lewandowski wins MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
John Lewandowski and his start-up company Disease Diagnostic Group, LLC took the grand prize of $100,000 at the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition with his magneto-optical malaria diagnostic device that focuses on the microparticle byproduct hemozoin as well as his vision of creating more mechanical and single-droplet-based diagnostics through his research with the Mechanosynthesis Group.
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Adam Stevens selected for NDSEG fellowship
Adam Stevens is selected for NDSEG fellowship to support his graduate work in the Mechanosynthesis Group!
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John Lewandowski awarded NSF and NDSEG Graduate Fellowships
John Lewandowski was awarded both the 2014 NSF and NDSEG Graduate Fellowships to support his graduate work in the Mechanosynthesis Group on droplet-based diagnostics!
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Mechanosynthesis group members recognized at 2014 MIT Polymer Day
Hangbo Zhao, Alvin Orbaek, and Davor Copic win the runner-up Best Poster Award at 2014 MIT Polymer Day for their poster on molding of liquid crystal polymer microstructures!