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May, 2025:<\/strong> Prof. Duan has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)<\/strong>! See featured news report on BU ENG’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n

May, 2025<\/strong>: Congratulations, Michael, Tyler and Joscie on successfully graduating from BU. Cheers!<\/p>\n

Aug, 2024:<\/strong> Dr. Chung-Te Huang wraps up his research work and takes off from our lab. Cheers and good luck!<\/p>\n

May, 2024:<\/strong> Jiayi Xu joins our lab. Welcome, Jiayi!<\/p>\n

September, 2023:<\/strong> Chu-Yao passes his Ph.D. thesis defense. Congratulations, Dr. Chou!<\/span><\/p>\n

December, 2022:<\/strong> Dr.Chung-Te Huang joins our lab as our first post-doc researcher.<\/p>\n

December, 2022:<\/strong> Yixin passes her Ph.D. thesis defense. Big Big Congratulations, Dr. Xu!<\/span><\/p>\n

September, 2022:<\/strong> Liangwei Zheng joins our lab. Welcome, Liangwei!<\/p>\n

August, 2022:<\/strong> Rami passes his Ph.D. thesis defense. Big Big Congratulations, Dr. Yazbeck!<\/span><\/p>\n

July, 2022: <\/strong>Our paper “Nanoparticle-blockage-enabled rapid and reversible nanopore gating with tunable memory<\/a><\/strong>” was published in PNAS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

July, 2022:<\/strong> Siyang passes his Ph.D. thesis defense. Big Big Congratulations, Dr. Xiao!<\/span><\/p>\n

December, 2021:<\/strong> Yiding Zhong joins our lab. Welcome, Yiding!<\/p>\n

September, 2019:<\/strong> Chu-Yao Chou joins our lab. Welcome, Chu-Yao!<\/p>\n

August, 2018:<\/strong> Prof. Duan wins\u00a0the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA)<\/a>.<\/strong> Congratulations!<\/span><\/p>\n

March, 2018: <\/strong>Our paper “Fast water transport in graphene nanofluidic channels<\/a><\/strong>” was published in Nature Nanotechnology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

May, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Quan’s dissertation titled \u201cEnhanced Mass Transport in Graphene Nanofluidics Channels\u201d wins \u201cOutstanding Dissertation of the Year in Mechanical Engineering\u201d and the overall \u201cCollege of Engineering Societal Impact Award”.\u00a0Congratulations!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

August, 2017:<\/strong> Quan\u00a0passes his thesis defense\u00a0for\u00a0Enhanced Mass Transport in Graphene Nanofluidic Channels<\/em>.\u00a0Congratulations, Dr. Xie!<\/p>\n

May, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Prof. Duan’s\u00a0<\/span>Rapid and Scalable Patterning of Conjugated Polymer Thin Films With Controlled Morphology\u00a0<\/em>wins\u00a0<\/span>2017 MSE Innovation Grants<\/a><\/strong>. Congratulations!<\/span><\/p>\n

March 2017<\/strong>: Prof. Duan receives the <\/span>National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award! Big Cong!\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>BU link<\/a><\/p>\n

De<\/strong>cember, 2016:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Yinxiao\u00a0<\/strong>passes his thesis defense\u00a0for Micro\/Nano Structured Phase Change Systems for Thermal Management Applications<\/em>. Congratulations Dr. Li!<\/span><\/p>\n

August, 2016: <\/strong>Mohammad passes his thesis defense,\u00a0Characterization of Molecule and<\/em>
\nParticle Transport through Nanoscale Conduits.\u00a0<\/em>Congratulations, Dr. Alibakhshi<\/span>!<\/p>\n

June, 2013:<\/strong> Yinxiao Li decides to join the lab. Welcome, Yinxiao!<\/p>\n

January, 2013:<\/strong> Zhuoqun Li joins us from Tsinghua University. Welcome, Zhuoqun!<\/p>\n

September, 2012: <\/strong> Senior ME undergraduate student, Bin Jiang joins the group. Welcome, Bin!<\/p>\n

September, 2012:<\/strong> Quan Xie joins us from UMich. Welcome, Quan!<\/p>\n

August, 2012:<\/strong> Ke Zhang decides to join the lab. Welcome, Ke!<\/p>\n

May, 2012:<\/strong> Chuanhua wins a Dean’s Catalyst Award<\/strong> for his proposal titled “Enhanced Fluid Transport in Graphene Nanochannels” (with Prof. Xin Zhang and Prof. Xi Lin). \u00a0BU link<\/a><\/p>\n

January, 2012: <\/strong>Our paper “Evaporation-induced cavitation in nanofluidic channels<\/a><\/strong>” was published in PNAS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

January , 2012: <\/strong>Mohammad Amin Alibakhshi joins the group as the first PhD student.<\/p>\n

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