The Nanomaterials & Nanomanufacturing Laboratory (NNL) is part of the Materials Science and Engineering Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It was founded in 2005 and has been growing rapidly ever since. Current research and education carried out in this laboratory focuses on nano and molecular sciences and technologies, interface […]
Two researchers of NNL passed their Oral Qualification Exam on February 25th, 2018. Zhaolong Zhang and Zhaotong Yang passed their oral qualification exams and currently holding PhD candidates of Manufacturing Engineering. In their exams, Zhaolong reviewed the Processing of Piezocomposites by Fused Deposition Technique. Zhaotong reviewed the Microstructure and Creep Behavior in AE42 Magnesium Die-Casting Alloy. Conglaturations! -NNL
NNL researchers presented their works in 2018 International Meetings and Conferences MRS Fall 2018 Meeting and Exhibitions (November 25-30, 2018) Zhaotong (PhD Candidate) and Ryan (PhD Candidate) presented “Preparation of Geopolymer from Red Mud Slurry and Class F Fly Ash and Its Behavior at Elevated Temperature” on an invited talk of Professor Jianyu Liang (BI01.08.01) of […]
Congratulations to Dr. Yinjie Cen on successful defense of his PhD dissertation “Si/C Nanocomposites for Li-ion Battery Anode” Keywords: – Anode – Lithium-ion Battery – Graphene – Silicon Advisors: Prof. Jianyu Liang Committee:Prof. Richard D. Sisson, Jr., Prof. Mingjiang Tao and Prof. Satya Shivkumar
Congratulations to Dr. Yangzi Xu on successful defense of her PhD dissertation “Corrosion Behavior of Direct Metal Laser Sintered Ti6Al4V for Orthopedic Applications” Keywords: – Additive manufacturing for biomedical applications – Direct metal laser sintering – Ti6Al4V alloys Advisors: Prof. Jianyu Liang and Prof. Richard D. Sisson, Jr. Committee: Prof. Satya Shivkumar, Prof. Yan Wang, […]
Extract figure from the NNL featured works (Title: Fabrication of TiO2–graphene composite for the enhanced performance of lithium batteries) Y. Cen, Y. Yao, Q. Xu, Z. Xia, R.D. Sisson, and J. Liang, “Fabrication of TiO2–graphene composite for the enhanced performance of lithium batteries”, RSC Advances, Vol. 6, pp. 66971 – 66977, July 2016 Link to the original article […]
Cesar Guerrero (a sophomore) of Mechanical Engineering has join the NNL for research since the C-term 2016. He has strong interests in graphene. Currently, he’s actively learning on electrospinning experiments and post-processing of micrograph.
Prof. Xiang Wang, [info on host institute website], a visited faculty, joined the NNL during April 2015 – April 2016. He is an expert on polymer matrix composites (functional and structural) at School of Materials Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, P.R. China. Prof. Wang teamed up with Wisawat, introduced various kinds of polymer for electrospinning experiments, also contributed his experiences on polymers’ […]
Extract figure from the NNL featured works (Title: Exposure of Carbon Nanotubes Fabricated by Template-Assisted CVD through a Two-Step Method) Y. Yao, Q. Xu, Y. Cen, B. Li, and J. Liang, “Exposure of Carbon Nanotubes Fabricated by Template-Assisted CVD through a Two-Step Method”, International Journal of Materials Mechanics and Manufacturing, Vol. 4, pp. 252, August […]
Ryan presented his work (Direct Write of Micro-Circuitry via Capillary Focusing) and won the 1st place of Graduate Students Poster @ ASEE-NE Conferences (original announcements) Check out his graduate students profile video on Youtube
Extract figure from the NNL featured works (Title: An effective approach towards the immobilization of PtSn nanoparticles on noncovalent modified MWCNTs for ethanol oxidation) X. Geng, R. Datta, and J. Liang, “An effective approach towards the immobilization of PtSn nanoparticles on noncovalent modified MWCNTs for ethanol oxidation”, Energies, Vol. 9 (3), pp. 165, March 2016 […]
