Author Archives: BlakeRapp

Ms. Sara Goltry, a first year graduate student in Materials Science & Engineering, was the runner-up for the best poster award at FNANO 2012 in Snowbird, UT. The first place awards were given to Dr. Bryan Wei from Harvard University … Continue reading →

Mr. Craig Marshall Onodera successfully defended his thesis on “Structural DNA Origami: Engineering Supermolecular Self-Assembly for Nanodevice Fabrication” on March 9th, 2012.   According to Craig, “ two challenges encountered in nanotechnology are the ability to create nanostructures inexpensively and the ability to arrange nanomaterials with a precision commensurate with their size…Using … Continue reading →

With great appreciation and pride, the Nanoscale Materials & Device Research Group would like to thank and acknowledge Ms. Jessica Minnick for receiving the 2012 Top Ten Scholar Award at Boise State University.  “The Top Ten Scholar is one of the highest … Continue reading →

Lejmarc Snowball, a Materials Science & Engineering undergraduate research assistant in the NMDG, received the Best Poster Award at the 2012 3rd Annual Pacific Northwest  Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Conference at Oregon State University (February 10-11, 2012). … Continue reading →

On Friday, February 3, the Boise Community, Boise State, and the College of Engineering lost one of its best supporters. Our research group sends our condolences and best wishes to Steve’s family and Micron.

Congratulations to group members Courtney Hollar (MBE), Nick Luong (ECE), and Nick Schmidt (MSE)! They were named the 2012 Outstanding Juniors in Engineering at Boise State for their respective departments (3 represented!) by the Idaho Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE). … Continue reading →

In August of 2011, Boise State University was awarded the William H. Keck Foundation award for research into cancer detection that is being spearheaded by the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group. Recently, NPR reported on the research, its implications, and … Continue reading →

Donald Kellis, a biology major and undergraduate research assistant in the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, was showcased on the local news. The story covered the proposal put forth by Governor Otter to provide the university funding to stimulate the … Continue reading →

Will Hughes (PI and lead materials scientist), Elton Graugnard (lead experimentalist), Bernie Yurke (lead theorist), Jeunghoon Lee (lead chemist), and Cheryl Jorcyk (lead biologist) have received Boise State’s first grant from the prestigious W. M. Keck Foundation.  The Keck Foundation … Continue reading →

At the American Society For Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Annual Conference, June 26-29, 2011, Professor Will Hughes and co-authors Yonnie Chyung, Ko Sasaki, John Chiasson, Teresa Cole, and Cheryl Schrader were selected as First Place recipients for their paper submission. The … Continue reading →