Dr. Cullinan named the new Associate Chair for Graduate Education in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
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September, 2023
August, 2023
Congratulations to NDML members David Cayll and Chenyang Lou who successfully defended their Ph.D. theses and Aaron Liao who submitted his Master’s thesis!
January, 2023
Dr. Cullinan gives and invited talk on “Additive Manufacturing of Metal Interconnects using Microscale Selective Laser Sintering” at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco
October, 2022
NDML awarded $3 million Future Manufacturing grant by the National Science Foundation for a new nanoscale 3D printing technique that could overcome current limitations in nanomanufacturing along with Chih-Hao Chang, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering; Michael Baldea, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering; Zak Page, Department of Chemistry in the College of Natural Sciences; Rajesh Menon, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah; and Nick Jackson, Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
September, 2022
NDML awarded grant from the Air Force Research Lab and the Space Force to develop a scalable additive manufacturing technique for producing high quality telescope mirrors.
September, 2022
Welcome to new NDML lab members Farzana Tasnim, Yohannes Bekele, Rachel Paddock, and James Garcia!
August, 2022
Congratulations to new Masters graduates Barbara and Eva!
June, 2022
Dr. Cullinan gives an invited talk on “Microscale Additive Manufacturing of Metal Interconnects using Microscale Selective Laser Sintering” at The 65th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication in New Orleans
May, 2022
Congratulations to new Ph.D. graduates Dipankar, Liam, and Georgiana as well as new masters graduate Makenna!
February, 2022
NDML awarded new $650k grant to develop ultra-conductive copper wires for lunar high voltage power transmission by NASA along with co-investigatiors Mehran Tehrani and Yuanyue Liu.
February, 2022
NDML awarded an NSF Partnerships for Innovation grant to commercialize the microscale selective laser sintering process
January, 2022
Congratulations to Barbara for receiving the RV Jones award from ASPE and Aaron for receiving the ASPE Student Scholarship Award
October, 2021
Dr. Cullinan a was awarded the 2021 Early Career Award from the American Society for Precision Engineering at their annual conference in Minneapolis, MN this year. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141635921002981?via%...)
September, 2021
Dr. Cullinan gives an invited talk at the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology Advancing Precision in Additive Manufacturing Conference in St. Gallen Switzerland on the state-of-the-art and precision engineering challenges in micro/nanoscale additive manufacturing
July, 2021
NDML awarded an NSF I-Corps grant to explore the commercialization potential of the µ-SLS process.
April, 2021
Congratulations to NDML member Eva Natinsky selected for the 2021 National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program! (https://research.utexas.edu/showcase/articles/view/texas-engineers-selected-for-2021-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-program)
January, 2021
Makenna Hayes and Yuanjun Fan join the NDML. Makenna will be working on designing and testing nanomaterial-based electrodes for sensing electrical signals in muscles and using those signals to determine the right electrical stimulus that can be applied to the muscle for rehabilitation applications. Yuanjun will be working on the design and fabrication of graphene-based electromechanical transducers.
October, 2020
Welcome to our newest NDML member, M.S./Ph.D. student Barbara Groh who will be studying alignment and precision in roll-to-roll nanomanufacturing.
September, 2020
Dr. Cullinan promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
August, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Martin Ward for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis on wafers-scale exfoliation of thin-film silicon.
June, 2020
NDML researchers Georgina Dibua, Anil Yuksel, Nilabh Roy, and Michael Cullinan awarded the Kornel F. Ehmann Manufacturing Medal by the American Society of Mechancial Engineers for their best orignial paper related to micro- or nano-scale manufacturing processes or products.
January, 2020
NDML hosts American Society for Precision Engineering's winter topical meeting on Precision Engineering for Micro and Nanotechnologies with a special session on Precision Engineering for Quantum Devices
September, 2019
The NDML extends its welcome to new M.S./Ph.D. student Eva Natinsky who will be studying error correction and visualization in very large area nanotopography measurements.
August, 2019
Extending a well deserved congrats to Dr. Joon Cho for sucessfully defending his Ph.D. thesis AND recieving a post-doctoral grant to continue his work on graphene devices at the National Institute of Standards and Technology!
April, 2019
Dr. Cullinan appointed as a Walker Scholar for the department of mechanical engineering.
March, 2019
Dr. Cullinan named as an experiential learning ambassador by the university for his work on incorporating hands-on projects into the mechanical engineering undergraduate curriculum. https://provost.utexas.edu/news/2019-eli-faculty-course-developer-stipends
December, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Ian Ladner for his sucessful defense and graduation! He's now off to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory!
November, 2018
Ph.D Candidates Martin Ward, Dipankar Behera, and Liam G. Connolly present papers and David Cayll presents a poster on Silicon Wafer Exfoliation, Micro-scale Slective Laser Sintering, Tip-based Nanometrology, and Graphene-based MEMS sensors at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineering in Las Vegas, NV. Congratulations to David Cayll for winning a Best Poster!
August, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Tsung-Fu Yao for his sucessful defense and graduation!
August, 2018
Ph.D Candidate Anil Yuskel presents his paper on Thermal Conductance in Nanoparticles at the International Technical Conference on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Micosystems (InterPACK) in San Fransisco, CA.
August, 2018
The NDML Welcomes new memebrs Chenyang Lou and Joshua Grose!
August, 2018
Ph.D Candidates Dipankar Behera and Georgina Dibua, and Dr. Nilabh Roy present papers on Micro-scale Selective Laser Sintering at the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium in Austin, TX.
June, 2018
Ph.D Candidate Georgina Dibua presents her paper on a Nanoparticle Sintering Model at the ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference in College Station, TX.
June, 2018
Congratulations to Ph.D Candidate Joon Cho for winning the H. Grady Rylander Longhorn Mechanical Engineering Club Excellence in Teaching Fellowship!
June, 2018
Ph.D Candidate and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Research Assistant Ian Ladner presents a paper on behalf of the NDML on MEMS Tensile Testing of 3D Printed Microstructures at the Solid-State Sensors, Acutators, and Microsystems Workshop in Hilton Head, SC.
May, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Nilabh Roy for his sucessful defense and graduation!
May, 2018
Ph.D Candidate Anil Yuskel presents at the Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems in San Diego, CA.
May, 2018
Congratulations to M.S. Student Cheng Zhao for Graduating!
October, 2017
NDML Research Assitants Martin Ward, Cheng Zhao, and Liam G. Connolly present posters and Ph.D Candidated Ian Ladner and Nilabh Roy present papers at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering in Charlotte, NC. A big congradulations to Martin Ward for winning the Best Poster Award and to the NDML Student Compeitition team for taking home 1'st Place!
August, 2017
Ph.D Candidate Nilabh Roy presents on the Addidtive Manufactureing of Integrated Circuit Interconnect Structures at the ASME Technical Conference on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems in San Francisco, CA.
August, 2017
NDML Graduate Students Nilabh Roy, Anil Yiksel, and Georgina Dubia present on aspects of Micro Selective Laser Sintering at the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium in Austin, TX
August, 2017
The NDML welcomes new M.S./Ph.D. Student David Cayll!
July, 2017
Anil Yuksel presents on behalf of the NDML on Thermal Energy Transport in 3D Nanoparticles at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference at Bellevue, WA.
June, 2017
Ph.D Candidates Joon Cho and Anil Yuksel, and Dr. Cullinan present papers on Micro Selective Laser Sintering and Tip-based Nanometrology at the ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference in Los Angeles.
March, 2017
Congratulations to NDML M.S./Ph.D student Liam G. Connolly for recieving a 2017 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
October, 2016
Ph.D Candidates Tsung-Fu Yao and Nilabh Roy present a paper and a poster, and Undergraduate Research Assistant Andrew Duenner presents a poster at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering.
August, 2016
NDML Graduate Students Anil Yuskel, Dan Moser, and Nilabh Roy present papers on various aspects of the Micro-scale Selective Laser Sintering process at the Interational Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium in Austin, TX.
August, 2016
The NDML welcomes new M.S. and Ph.D Students Dipankar Behera, Georgina Dubia, Cheng Zhao, Liam G. Connolly, and Martin Ward!
June, 2016
Ph.D Candidates Tsung-Fu Yao, Joon Cho, and Nilabh Roy present papers on behalf of the NDML at the ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference in Blacksburg, VA.
June, 2016
Ph.D Candidate Joon Cho presents a paper at the 60th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technolgy and Nanofabrication in Pittsburg, PA
November, 2015
NDML Students Ian Ladner, Guoao Sun, Tsung-Fu Yao, and Andrew Duenner present papers at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Precision Engineering in Austin, Texas.
November, 2015
NDML students Ian Ladner, Nilabh Roy, Tsung-Fu Yao, and Andrew Duenner win student competition at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Precision Engineering. Congratulations Team!
August, 2015
NDML Students Nilabh Roy and Anil Yuskel present their work on microscale selective laser sintering at the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium in Austin, Texas.
June, 2015
Dr. Cullinan presents NDML's work on precision multi-axis MEMS force sensors at Transducers 2015.
February, 2015
New undergraduate student Andrew Duenner joins the NDML. Welcome Andrew.
February, 2015
New graduate student Anil Yuskel joins the Nanoscale Design and Manufacturing Laboratory. Welcome Anil.
November, 2014
NDML member Ian Ladner presents his work on precision MEMS force sensors at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Precision Engineering in Boston, MA.
September, 2014
Tsung-Fu Yao, Guoao Sun, Joon Hyong Cho, and Nilabh Roy join the NDML. Welcome to the new members.
June, 2014
Dr. Cullinan presents the work on the carbon nanotube printing system developed by the NDML at the 2014 Hilton Head Workshop on Solid State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems.
February, 2014
The Nanoscale Design and Manufacturing Laboratory hosts visit by Chris Spadaccini from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
October, 2013
Ian Ladner joins the Nanoscale Design and Manufacturing Laboratory.
October, 2013
Dr. Cullinan attends Army Research Office workshop on Issues and Challenges in Nanomanufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, and Advanced Manufacturing.
September, 2013
Dr. Cullinan joins the University of Texas at Austin as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.