Gordon Chiu received Student Award from The Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) (Pictures). November 2009.
Undergraduate student Gordon Chiu, in the Borguet Group, received a Student Award from The Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS). Gordon presented his poster at the EAS annual meeting on November 17th and received his plaque in the Award Luncheon.
The award recognizes the scientific achievements and research talent in undergraduate students. Gordon has been actively involved in the carbon nanotube research at the Borguet group and he has participated in a numbers of conferences. Gordon was also one of the awardees for the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in 2009. <Read more>

Borguet group students recognized at CST Awards Dinner.  November 2009.
Nikolay Dementev was awarded the Francis H. Case Fellowship
Ali Eftekhari was awarded the Daniel Swern Fellowship
Dr. Yangjun Xing received a Temple College of Science and Technology Graduate Research Award
 
Aseem Malhotra and Baofang Zhao were awarded the CARAS Grants.  October 2009.
Aseem Malhotra and Baofang Zhao were recently accepted into the Creative Arts, Research And Scholarship (CARAS) Program by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies for the project titled "Surface Characterization and Calibration of Piezoelectric Microcantilever Sensor (PEMS) via Atomic For Microscopy and Fluorescence."
 
Nikolay Dementev and Gordon Chiu won 2nd and 3rd poster prizes.  October 2009.
Nikolay and Gordon won 2nd and 3rd prizes, respectively, in the "Discovery to Commercialization Conference" poster session organized by The Nanotechnology Institute and The Energy Commercialization Institute, in the Nano-energy category:
2nd prize: "Fluorophores on Carbon Nanotubes: Possible Route to Solar Cell" by Gordon Chiu and
3rd prize: "A Novel Approach to Produce Analytically Pure Carbon Nanotubes" by Nikolay Dementev.
 
Dr. Eric Borguet has received the American Chemical Society, 2009 Philadelphia Section Award. (link)(Pictures).
October 2009
This Award recognizes an individual, "who, by conspicuous scientific achievement through research, has made important contributions to man's knowledge and thereby aided the public appreciation of the profession." Any member of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia Section, may be nominated for this award.
Dr. Hai-Lung Dai and Dr. Robert J. Levis were previous recipients of this award.
 
Dr. Dmitry Kazachkin is working for Sriya Innovations Inc (Atlanta, GA) as a Research Scientist.  October 2009
Dmitry Kazachkin, a graduate student in the Borguet group, defended his PhD dissertation on December 12, 2008.  Dmitry's dissertation  ("Investigation of chemical and adsorption properties of carbon nanotubes: building a bridge for technological applications of carbon nanotubes") considers the effects of interaction of carbon nanotubes with simple molecules under different experimental conditions.
 
Dr. Yangjun Xing successfully defended his Ph.D.  September 2009
Yangjun Xing, defended his Ph.D. dissertation and graduated in August 2009.  He will be joining Ethicon (a Johnson&Johnson company). He will work in the analytical characterization team to support the development of new products for surgical care. Congratulations Dr. Xing!  (Full text, PDF)

Gordon Chiu received EAS Student Award.  September 2009
Undergraduate student Gordon Chiu has received a Student Award from The Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS). The award recognizes scientific achievements and research talent in undergraduate students. Gordon will receive his plaque and presents his work at The Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition in November.  Congratulations Gordon!

Dr. Minato visits Borguet Group. August 2009
Dr. Taketoshi Minato, assistant professor at Tohoku University, visited Borguet group.
In his short visit, he interacted with Borguet group members to become familiar with the various research area of the group. "It was a very successful visit and I am looking forward to creating collaboration with Borguet group," he said.
 
Dr. Youn-Geun Kim, STM expert, joins Borguet Group.  July 2009
Dr. Youn-Geun Kim, a world-class expert in scanning tunneling microscopy, has joined the Borguet group as a Research Assistant Professor.  He will lead the scanning probe microscopy team in the investigation of electrochemical reactions at the single molecule level, as well as our single molecular conductivity project.  He will also help to develop new research directions and partnerships.

Ali Eftekhari awarded the Swern Fellowship. July 2009
Ali Eftekhari was awarded the Daniel Swern Fellowship for the summer of 2009. 
This Fellowship was established a few years ago as a memorial to Professor Daniel Swern, a truly distinguished member of the Fels Research Institute and Department of Chemistry.  It was designed to help outstanding graduate students as they pursue their dissertation research.  Congratulations Ali!
 
Nikolay Dementev awarded the Case Fellowship. July 2009
Nikolay Dementev was awarded the Francis H. Case Fellowship.  The award recognizes the outstanding research conducted by graduate students.  The fellowship will provide the student with partial support for the Fall semester of 2009.  Congratulations Nikolay!
 
Vivek Prakash rejoins Borguet Group.  July 2009
Vivek Prakash, a rising senior at Bridgewater-Raritan High School in Bridgewater, NJ, has returned to the Borguet Group to continue research.  This will be Vivek's third summer with the Borguet Group.  He will be working on research regarding the immobilization of biomolecules on silica surfaces.
 
Gwenn Pallier joins the Borguet Group.  July 2009
Gwenn Pallier joined the Borguet group last month.  Gwenn  is currently studying at the Institute d'Optique, a graduate engineering school specializing in Optics.  She will be working with Dr. Borguet's laser group on nonlinear optics.
 
Roozbeh Ghavami becomes a member of Borguet Group.  June 2009
Roozbeh Ghavami joined the Borguet group this month.  Roozbeh has earned degrees from Temple University and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) and is planning to attend medical school.  His interests include immunology and oncology.
 
Professor Jianguo Wang joins Borguet Group. June 2009
As of May 2009, the Borguet Group gained a visiting scholar, Jianguo Wang, from China.  Professor Wang has earned degrees at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and has been a professor at the College of Chemistry at Liaoning University since 2003.  Dr. Wang's research within the Borguet Group will involve   using carbon nanopipettes (CNPs) to analyze buffer capacity in cells.
 
Baofang Zhao: New Member of Borguet Group.  June 2009
Baofang Zhao has become a new member of the Borguet group, joining to do undergraduate research in May 2009.  Baofang is a rising junior at Temple University on the pre-pharmacy track and will be doing research within the field of surface chemistry, focused mainly on the biological aspects of this research.
 
Dr. Fei Li joins Borguet Group.  June 2009
Dr. Fei Li, a China native, has joined the Borguet group as of May 2009.  Dr. Li has earned an M.S. degree in Electrochemistry at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, studied at Chinese Academy of Sciences in China in 2004, and earned a Ph.D degree in Electrochemistry at University of Warwick in England in 2008.  Dr. Li's research will involve using carbon nanopipettes (CNPs) to detect bio-systems with electrochemical techniques.
 
Oleksandr Isaienko wins DAAD fellowship.  June 2009
Graduate student Oleksandr Isaienko, has received a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service to study and perform research in Germany. Oleksandr plans to visit the group of Professor Peter Vohringer at the University of Bonn in the fall of 2009.
 
Yangjun wins poster prize.  April 2009
Yangjun Xing was awarded second place at 2009 Student Research Poster Symposium for Best Posters.  Yangjun's poster was titled "Single Molecule Conductivity Measurement of Peptide Nucleic Acids." 
Students from all six departments were given the opportunity to present their latest research and receive feedback from judges, faculty and other students.  First place best poster winners received a $100 award and second place winners received $50.  Congrations Yangjun!
 
Gordon Chiu awarded first prize at ISCC.  April 2009
Gordon Chiu, an undergraduate student doing research in the Borguet group, won the first prize in the physical chemistry division at the Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention (ISCC).  The 73rd Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemists Convention was hosted by Franklin & Marshall College on April 18th.  Over fifty students from 16 colleges presented their research.  Gordon presented his work on the "Luminescence of Fluorophores on Carbon Nanotube Surface." 
 
Aseem Malhotra awarded Diamond Research Scholars grant.  March 2009
Aseem Malhotra was recently awarded the Diamond Research Scholars grant by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies for the project titled "Novel Piezoelectric Microcantilever Sensor to recognize HER2 Antigens for Breast Cancer Detection."  The scholarship is awarded to Temple students for extensive research in a field of choice for a ten-week period during the summer.
 
Dmitry Kazachkin is now Dr. Dmitry Kazachkin.
Dmitry, a graduate student from Borguet group, defended his PhD dissertation on December 12, 2008.  Dmitry's work on "Investigation of chemical and adsorption properties of carbon nanotubes: building a bridge for technological applications of carbon nanotubes" considers aspects of interaction of carbon nanotubes with simple molecules under different experimental conditions.
 
Dmitry Kazachkin awarded the Best Poster Award at Thermal Analysis Forum of DelawareValley.
Dmitry Kazachkin presented "Using Temperature Programmed Desorption for the Investigation of Solvent Interactions with Carbon Materials. Revealing the Pressure Gap" by Dmitry V. Kazachkin, Xue Feng, Radisav Vidic, and Eric Borguet, at the Thermal Analysis Forum of Delaware Valley (TAFDV) on December 10, 2008 in Claymont, DE and was awarded "The Best Poster Prize Award, 3rd place" prize.

Nikolay Dementev and Andrii Buvailo also presented the following posters:
"Using Temperature Programmed Desorption for the Investigation of Solvent Interactions with Carbon Materials. Revealing the Pressure Gap" by Dmitry V. Kazachkin, Xue Feng, Radisav Vidic, and Eric Borguet
"Recent achievements in the purification of carbon nanotubes: dynamic annealing in air" Nikolay Dementev and Eric Borguet
"Thermal study of hydrogen desorption from the surface of Pd deposited on multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)" by Andrii Buvailo, Dmitry Kazachkin, Nikolay Dementev, and Eric Borguet
Last year Nikolay Dementev won the first prize at TAFDV meeting.
 
Gordon Chiu awarded grant for upcoming project.  March 2009
Gordon Chiu has been awarded the Creative Arts, Research And Scholarship (CARAS) Program grant from the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies for a project entitled: "Carbon Nanotube Based Solar Cell."   
This project is scheduled for September 2009, when Gordon returns from his Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.
 
Andrii Buvailo awarded Poster Prize at ACS Poster Session.  January 2009
Andrii Buvailo, a visiting graduate student in the Borguet Group, was awarded one of the poster prizes in the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Ninth Annual Graduate Student and Fourth Annual Undergraduate Poster Session which was held on January 22, 2009 at Temple University.  Andrii's poster described his research on the creation and study of adsorption-semiconductor gas sensors and their application for hydrogen detection, which has developed as a collaboration between his home institution (National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv) and Temple.
Congratulations, Andrii!