Abadi lab receives NSF award
July 20'
Dr. Abadi in cooperation with other Michigan Tech researchers receives NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) grant for Acquisition of Nanoscribe Photonic Professional GT2 3D Lithography System.
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Masoud passed the PhD qualifier exam
July 20'
Congratulations to Masoud for successfully passing his oral PhD qualifier exam.
Dominika's URIP Award
April 20'
Congratulations to Dominika for receiving an Undergraduate Research Internship Program (URIP) award to perform research in our lab as a DeVlieg Foundation intern in the next academic year.
Masoud presented at the TMS conference
February 20'
Masoud attended the 2020 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition and presented a poster about his work on 3D printing using conductive nanomaterials.
NSF Review Panel
January 20'
Dr. Abadi traveled to Washington D.C. to serve on an NSF review panel.
Invited Webinar
November 19'
Dr. Abadi gives an invited webinar on Nanobiotechnology at the School of Engineering and Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Masoud Receives GSG Travel Award
November 19'
Congratulations to Masoud for being awarded a Graduate Student Government Travel Grant to present at TMS 2020 Conference.
New Paper Released in Carbon
November 19'
Our paper entitled "Polyaniline-decorated hyaluronic acid-carbon nanotube hybrid microfiber as a flexible supercapacitor electrode material" is just accepted in Carbon and the pre-proof is available online here.
Wogrammer Interview
October 19'
Dr. Abadi's story from childhood to research in medicine was published on Wogrammer. Wogrammer is an organization that publishes stories of real women in tech to inspire girls to STEM. View Link
SES and BMES Conferences
October 19'
Dr. Abadi attended the Society of Engineering Sciences Annual Meeting (St. Louis, MO) and Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA). At BMES, she presented on nano-bioactuators and chaired a session on Stem Cell Microenvironment..
MRS Spring Meeting
April 19'
Amir presented a poster at Materials Research Society spring meeting in Phoenix, AZ.
Alicia Receives a 2019 URIP Award
April 19'
Congratulations to Alicia for another URIP award from Portage Health Foundation. This internship will support her third year of research in our lab during the academic year 2019-2020.
Invited Talk
March 19'
Dr. Abadi presented at Virginia Tech Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics Seminar Series.
Student Presentations
March 19'
Ph.D. student, Rasoul Bayaniahangar, and Undergraduate students, Alicia Ball and Daniel Woodall, presented posters at the Michigan Tech Graduate Research Colloquium and the Michigan Tech Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Frontiers Editorial Board Invitation
February 19'
Dr. Abadi joins the Editorial Board of Nanobiotechnology for Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers in Materials and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences.
Amir Receives GSG Travel Award
February 19'
Congratulations to Amir for being awarded a Graduate Student Government Travel Grant to present at MRS spring meeting.
Dr. Abadi Serves as Journal Guest Editor and Conference Committee Member
January 19'
Dr. Abadi serves as a guest editor of a special issue of the International Journal of Polymer Science entitled "Syntheses and Biomedical Applications of Functional Polymers". She also serves as a technical committee member of the 9th International Conference on Key Engineering Materials (ICKEM 2019, Oxford, UK, March 29-April 1).
Amir Passes PhD Qualifying Exam
November 18'
Congratulations to Rasoul (Amir) Bayani Ahangar for successfully passing his PhD qualifying exam in the areas of microfabrication and mechanics of materials.
Michael Receives AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship
November 18'
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Hill for receiving a postdoctoral fellowship from American Heart Association (AHA). This two-year grant will support his research in our group on cardiovascular tissue engineering using nanotechnologies.
BMES Conference 2018
October 18'
Dr. Abadi presents at Biomedical Engineering Society conference in Atlanta, Ga.
Alicia and Daniel Receive 2018 URIP Awards
August 18'
Congratulations to our undergraduate researchers, Alicia Ball (third year chemical eng.) and Daniel Woodall (fourth year MEEM), for URIP awards through Portage Health Foundation and Pavlis Honors College at Michigan Tech. This internship will support their research in our lab during the academic year 2018-2019.
Paper Published in Advanced Functional Materials and Featured on the Cover
March 18'
Congratulations to Dr. Abadi and Dr. Hill for publication of their paper in Advanced Functional Materials and featured on the cover. The paper reports novel techniques for using biophysical and biomechanical cues in production of mature cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. Read the news about our article and group research in Michigan Tech News, Science Daily, Medical Xpress, News Medical, Technology Network, Bioengineer.org, Science Newsline, Medindia, Drugnews.in, and Medicalnewser.com.
Invited Talks
March 18'
Dr. Abadi gave invited talks at the Michigan Tech departments of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.
Alicia and Josh Present at Michigan Tech Undergraduate Research Symposium
March 18'
Undergraduate students, Alicia Ball and Josh Loiselle, presented posters at the Michigan Tech Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Presentation for Middle School Girls in Get WISE Program
February 18'
Dr. Abadi presents STEM activities for middle school girls in Get WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) program organized by the Center for Pre-College Outreach.
Alicia and Josh Receive 2017 URIP Awards
October 17'
Congratulations to our undergraduate trainees, Josh Loiselle (third year MEEM) and Alicia Ball (second year chemical eng.), for being selected as Portage Health Foundation Interns through the MTU Undergraduate Research Internship Program. This internship will support their health-related research in our lab during the academic year 2017-2018.
Grant from American Heart Association
July 17'
Dr. Abadi receives a Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association (AHA). For the next three years, this grant will support the group research on development of hierarchical conductive structures for application in cardiovascular medical devices.
Abadi Lab is Born
July 17'
Abadi Lab is born in the department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Tech.