Vinit Chugh Awarded the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship

Congratulations to Vinit Chugh. Vinit has been awarded an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship for the 2022-23 academic year. With support available for approximately 30% of this year’s applicants, having been selected is a tribute to his excellent academic record and professional promise.

Former Student Dr. Aminul Mehedi’s Startup Company Receives $100,000 Grant for Green Magnetic Core Technology

Congratulations to our group former member, Dr. Aminul Mehedi, his startup company received a $100,000 Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion (EDGE) grant to continue this research and product development.

Renata Awarded the Cadence in Women in Technology Scholarship

Congratulations to Renata Saha, she was awarded the Cadence Women in Technology Scholarship! Check out the news release: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS

Dr. Kai Wu Won Best Poster Award at The 2022 Joint MMM-INTERMAG Conference

Congratulations to Dr. Kai Wu. His poster titled "Handheld Magnetic Particle Spectroscopy (MPS) for Rapid, One-step, Wash-free Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Spike and Nucleocapsid Proteins in Liquid Phase" received best poster award in The 15th Joint MMM-INTERMAG Conference (2022 Joint).

Onri Received Teaching Award from UMN Center for Educational Innovation

Congratulations to Onri! He is recently awarded the teaching award from UMN Center for Educational Innovation in the Thank a Teacher program.

AIP Scilight "Using a layered approach to increase magnetoresistance in MRAM junctions"

Congratulations to all authors, the AIP Scilight recently featured our recently published article "Perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions with multi-interface free layer" in Applied Physics Letters.

Prof. Wang Elected to Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)!

Congratulations to Prof. Wang on being named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)!

Paper published in Nature Nanotechnology: Voltage control of ferrimagnetic order and voltage-assisted writing of ferrimagnetic spin textures

Promising new results published in Nature Nanotechnology from our group members Dr. Delin Zhang, Deyuan Lyu and collaborators that address a long-standing problem in spintronics: how to use voltage to switch a magnet.

Graduation and Farewell to Dr. Protyush Sahu!

Congratulations to Dr. Protyush Sahu! He has successfully defended his thesis titled "Characterization of Spin Hall and Magnetoionic Devices for Logic, Memory and Neuromorphic Applications" and will join ASM America as a Sr. Process Engineer. Dr. Sahu, all the best in your future endeavours!

Fareware to Ms. Anne Johnson

July 30th marks the last day of Ms. Anne Johnson's journey in our group. Ms. Johnson joined our group through the 2021 Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program and worked with Shuang Liang on granular GMR biosensors. When she returns to Robbinsdale Cooper High School, she will bring her exciting knowledge of nanotechnology to more high school students. Cheers! We hope to see you again in the future.