Category: Research
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Faculty Profile: Dr. Jovan Kamcev – Advancing Membrane Science for a Sustainable Future
First in our junior faculty profile series, we feature the exceptional membrane research of Jovan Kamcev.
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A Sample of Kamcev Lab Research Projects
Two researchers from the Kamcev lab share details of a few of their critical research projects.
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Michigan Chemical Engineering Faculty Leads International Collaboration on Chiral Nanoparticles Project
New interdisciplinary global research project to develop infrastructure for nanostructures to advance the frontiers of biosensing and metamaterials.
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Michigan Chemical Engineering Faculty Propel Innovation in Microgel Production through Unique 3-Day Challenge
A hackathon style collaboration leads to compelling innovation in microgels
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Nurturing high-risk, high-reward ideas
Sunitha Nagrath received Bold Idea funding from the Rogel Cancer Center’s Forbes Institute for Cancer Discovery that provided critical seed funding for research breakthroughs.
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A simpler way to make microgels for programmable drug release
Dunking a calcium alginate microgel in ion baths helps finely tune drug release profiles without complex equipment, opening up microgel synthesis to more researchers.
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Awwal Oladipupo wins People’s Choice Award at Three Minute Thesis competition
The 3MT People’s Choice Award, voted on by the audience, recognizes the presentation that resonated most with event attendees.
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Accelerating innovation with machine learning
Chemical Engineering faculty and students are using machine learning to open up new possibilities in research.
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Materials scientist and chemical engineer from U-M elected into the National Academy of Engineering
Michigan Engineering now includes 35 NAE members among its active and emeritus faculty.
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Heat2Power: a hot new startup that converts stored heat into electricity
Heat2Power, co-founded by Profs. Stephen Forrest and Andrej Lenert, uses high-efficiency, low-cost thermophotovoltaic technology to turn stored heat into energy.
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Thousands of tiny, time-aware sensors collectively map chemical concentrations within narrow tubes
A new framework optimizes a system of sensors that remember when they collided with a target chemical while flowing through hard-to-reach areas
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Jouha Min receives NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for 3D nanoscale topography research
The $1.86M in funding will drive advancements in understanding how 3D nanoscale topographies influence biological interactions.
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Precision health and advanced communications: €9M ($10M) for bio-inspired nanoparticles on demand
Advanced microscopy techniques and AI models will help design complex nanoparticles for specific biological targets with less trial and error.
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Michigan Chemical Engineering leads collaborative effort to address global nitrate pollution
The research led by Bryan Goldsmith and Nirala Singh will develop a low-cost system for nitrate capture and conversion to improve water treatment for resource-limited communities and industries.
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Faster, more sensitive lung cancer detection from a blood draw
Capturing nanoscale ‘packages’ that cancer cells send out, twisting gold nanoparticles use light to distinguish healthy patients from lung cancer patients.
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This screen stores and displays encrypted images without electronics
It uses magnetic fields to display images at the same resolution as a squid’s color-changing skin.
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José Carlos Díaz and Jovan Kamcev receive Pace Fellowship
The fellowship is awarded to student-faculty pairs for their commitment to promoting diversity and student success within the department.
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Sharon Glotzer receives 2025 Peter Debye Award from the American Chemical Society
The award recognizes Glotzer’s inventive contributions to the theory, modeling, and simulation of colloidal particles for self-assembly.
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Morphable materials: Researchers coax nanoparticles to reconfigure themselves
It’s a step toward smart coatings that change color—or other properties—on the fly.
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Tick-borne red meat allergy prevented in mice through new nanoparticle treatment
New approach could offer those with food allergies another option besides avoidance.