Yearly Archives: 2010

The journal IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability listed their top ten accessed articles for September 2010. One of the articles listed a 2010 article by our own Ricki Southwick, Justin Reed, Chris Buu, and Ross Butler with research … Continue reading →

Dr. Ricki Southwick from NIST (Gaithersburg, MD), a former student in the group, presented a poster at the IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop (www.iirw.org) in Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, that was held during the week of October 17th through the … Continue reading →

Former Undergrad Research Assistant and group member Jonathan Henderson talks about how scholarships helped fund his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering. Jonathan is starting his graduate studies at Purdue University in Bioengineering. For more on Jonathan’s story, click here.

The study reports a DNA-based cross-catalytic amplification system for detecting micro-RNA, as well as the use of sodium dodecyl sulfate for the protection of DNA against nuclease degradation. Additional information is available at IEEE Xplore.

The Nanoscale Materials and Device Group recently received a National Science Foundation Interdisciplinary Research grant for research into developing “a novel self-assembly technique for fabricating nanoscale photonic and electronic devices.” Additional information on the grant and the scope of the … Continue reading →

Dr. Peter Mullner along with Dr. Paul Lindquist and Dr. Bill Knowlton were awarded an NSF Materials World Network grant in collaboration with Prof. Steffen Brinckmann and Prof. Alexander Hartmaier at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. The grant focuses on … Continue reading →

The DNA Origami groups’ paper “Programmable Periodicity of Quantum Dot Arrays with DNA Origami Nanotubes” has recently been published by Nano Letters. The paper explains how the group established a method for patterning nanoparticles using DNA origami. The article can … Continue reading →

Our very own Ricki Southwick has received a prestigious research associateship from the National Research Council. Read the full article at the Idaho Statesman. Congratulations Ricki!