News

2026

  • Pranto is awarded the MF3 Fellowship. Congratulations!
  • Beomhui successfully passed the Qualifying Exam. Congratulations!
  • Beomhui is awarded the TechnipFMC Fellowship. Congratulations!
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2025

  • Kai Zhou successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Kai!
  • Ho Kun Woo successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Woo!
  • Yoon Young Choi successfully passed the Qualifying Exam. Congratulations!
  • Yoon Young Choi successfully passed the Preliminary Exam. Congratulations!
  • Taewoo Kim successfully passed the Qualifying Exam. Congratulations!
  • Pranto Karua successfully passed the Qualifying Exam. Congratulations!
  • Sadman Sakib successfully passed the Qualifying Exam. Congratulations!
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2024

  • Prof. Lili Cai receives ONR’s 2024 Young Investigators Award!
  • Kai Zhou successfully passed the Preliminary Exam. Congratulations!
  • Ho Kun Woo successfully passed the Preliminary Exam. Congratulations!
  • Yoon Young Choi presented our latest work at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
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2023

  • Ho Kun Woo is awarded the TechnipFMC Fellowship. Congratulations!
  • Prof. Lili Cai receives the 2023 Engineering Council Outstanding Advisor Award!
  • Kai Zhou is awarded the Outstanding ME TA Award in Spring 2023. Congratulations!
  • Prof. Lili Cai receives the NSF CAREER Award!
  • Prof. Lili Cai receives the 2023 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award!
  • Ho Kun Woo presented our latest work at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
  • Ho Kun Woo presented our latest work at the 2023 Materials Research Society Fall
  • Ho Kun Woo presented our latest work at the 2023 Materials Research Society Spring
  • Ho Kun Woo presented our latest work at the 245th Electrochemical Society Meeting
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2022

  • Kai Zhou is selected as a Mavis Future Faculty Fellow. Congratulations!
  • Ho Kun Woo is awarded the TechnipFMC Fellowship. Congratulations!
  • Ho Kun Woo successfully passed the Qualifying Exam. Congratulations!
  • Ho Kun Woo presented our latest work at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
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2021

  • Kai Zhou is awarded the Yee Fellowship. Congratulations!
  • Kai Zhou successfully passed the Qualifying Exam. Congratulations!
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2020

  • Prof. Lili Cai is named to MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 in 2020.
  • Adrian Manjarrez is awarded the nanoMFG Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations!
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