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2017 Lab News

2017 News

2017. 12. 8 - Many news agencies highlighted our work on textile-based biobatteries. The media outlets include ScienceDaily, TechXplore, NEWSWISE, and many others.

2017. 11. 20 - Our article, “Power-on-paper: Origami-inspired Fabrication of 3-D microbial fuel cells,” has been accepted by Renewable Energy.

2017. 11. 17 - Dr. Choi gave an invited talk at the University of New Hampshire.

2017. 11. 7 - Dr. Choi attended the IEEE NIH 2017 Conference and made two research presentations on point-of-care diagnostic sensors.

2017. 10. 26 - We made 7 presentations at the MicroTAS 2017 conference (from left in the picture: Lin, Gihoon, former group member, Maedeh, Mehdi, and Yang).

2017. 10. 6 - Our article, “Self-sustainable, high-power-density bio-solar cells for lab-on-a-chip applications,” has been accepted by Lab on a Chip.

2017. 9. 25 - Our article, “Flexible and Stretchable Microbial Fuel Cells,” has been accepted by Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

2017. 9. 20 - Our article, “Flexible and Stretchable Biobatteries in a Textile Layer,” has been accepted by Advanced Energy Materials (Impact Factor 16.721).

2017. 8. 28 - Congratulations! Eunyoung’s paper on glucose sensors was published as a VIP Feature Article in Micromachines (MDPI) and featured on the front cover.

2017. 8. 21 - Our saliva-based biobattery was selected as one of 7 diagnostic devices to boost healthcare in the developing world.

2017. 8. 7 - Congratulations to Sumiao Pang for passing her M.S. defense!

2017. 7. 9 - BU Daily Photo featured Bryanna Brown.

2017. 7. 7 - Seven papers were accepted for presentation at the MicroTAS 2017 Conference.

2017. 7. 6 - Congratulations! Yang’s paper on the bacterial sensing array was accepted for publication in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

2017. 6. 19 - Congratulations! Maedeh’s paper on paper-based biobatteries was accepted for publication in Advanced Materials Technologies.

2017. 6. 7 - Our high school student, Kendra Zhang, who worked on paper-based biobatteries, won major awards in multiple research competitions, including Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (1st), Long Island Science & Engineering Fair (1st), New York State Science & Engineering Fair (2nd), Long Island Science Congress (Highest Honors), and WAC Lighting Foundation Invitational Science Fair (2nd).

2017. 5. 30 - NSF REU and BU LSAMP Summer Research Programs started. We welcomed Alexa and Bryanna.

2017. 4. 27 - Dr. Choi, collaborating with Dr. Koh, received the 2017-2018 Smart Energy TAE Seed Grant Award ($15,000).

2017. 3. 2 - A journal article, “Biological Solar Cells,” was accepted by Journal of Power Sources.

2017. 1. 22–26 - Maedeh, Mehdi, and Eunyoung presented their work at IEEE MEMS 2017. Maedeh’s work was selected as a finalist paper for one of the best paper contests.