Author Archives: BlakeRapp

The June 9, 2011 edition of the Idaho Business Review featured a front page article highlighting Prof. Wan Kuang’s research. The focus of the article was his ultrafast femtosecond pulsed laser that was recently purchased using funding from an National … Continue reading →

Glen Purnell, an Undergraduate Research Assistant and MBE major, received a 2011-12 National Science Foundation Idaho Scholarship for Transfer Students. Well done Glen!

Research Undergraduate Assistant Lejmarc Snowball is the recipient of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) Summer Research Assistantship.

During the 2011 College of Engineering Awards Ceremony, group member Stephanie Barnes was named the “2011 Department of Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding Senior” for her stellar academic and research record.

Micron Technology Inc. has donated the largest gift in Boise State history, $13M, to start a PhD program in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (see link below). Micron also donated $2M to start the Department of Materials Science … Continue reading →

Research Undergraduate Assistant Jessie Minick, a junior in the Materials Science and Engineering program, was the recipient of an Honorable Mention Award (2nd Place) for the poster she presented titled “Operation of a DNA-Based Nanomachine in Human Blood”, at the … Continue reading →

Stephanie Barnes, Lead Undergraduate Assistant, received the Top Ten Scholar Award, Boise State’s most prestigious academic award. For more on the story, click here.

Lead Undergraduate Research Assistant Stephanie Barnes has been accepted into Caltech’s Bioengineering Graduate Program. Congratulations to Stephanie!

Jessie Minick and Ryan Thompson were recipients of awards from the Idaho Society of Professional Engineers. Jessie received the Materials Science & Engineering Outstanding Idaho Society of Professional Engineers Junior of the Year Award. Ryan was the runner up for … Continue reading →

Former research group member and Lead Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dave Estrada, who is now pursuing a PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, was recently named the recipient of the 2011 John Bardeen Memorial Graduate Research Award. He … Continue reading →