2018 Lab News

2018. 12. 8 - Mehdi and Maedeh presented their work at Power MEMS 2018. Our bio-photo-voltaic device work was selected as a finalist paper for one of the best paper contests.

2018. 12. 6 - Dr. Choi is invited to give a talk at Johns Hopkins University on Mar. 15, 2019.

2018. 12. 5 - Dr. Choi is invited to give a talk at Tufts University on Feb. 15, 2019.

2018. 12. 4 - Dr. Choi made three research presentations, including an invited talk, at IEEE NANOMED 2018. Our sweat sensor was selected as a finalist paper for one of the best paper contests.

2018. 11. 1 - Dr. Choi serves as Guest Editor for the special issue “Microbial Fuel Cells” in Batteries (MDPI, ISSN 2313-0105).

2018. 11. 1 - Dr. Choi serves as Guest Editor for the special issue “Biosensing Systems for Point-of-care Diagnostics” in Sensors (MDPI, ISSN 1424-8220).

2018. 10. 29 - Two papers were accepted for presentation at the 32nd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) 2019.

2018. 10. 1 - Dr. Choi is invited to give a talk at Princeton University (Plasma Physics Laboratory) on Jan. 16, 2019.

2018. 9. 24 - Dr. Choi is invited to give a talk at the University of Rochester Medical Center on non-invasive biosensors on Dec. 20, 2018.

2018. 9. 21 - Our work on “Paper Biobatteries” was highlighted in The Conversation.

2018. 9. 5 - Three papers were accepted for presentation at the 18th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (Dec. 4–7, 2018).

2018. 8. 20 - Dr. Choi’s presentation at the ACS conference was highlighted by many news outlets including Chemical & Engineering News, ScienceDaily, and IEEE Spectrum.

2018. 8. 9 - Our work on “Green Biobatteries” was highlighted in BU News and in many other outlets including ScienceDaily, Newswise, NanoWerk, Tech Xplore, and EurekAlert.

2018. 8. 2 - Two papers were accepted for presentation at the 12th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering (Dec. 2–5, 2018).

2018. 7. 17 - We made two research presentations at the EMBC 2018 Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.

2018. 7. 1 - Dr. Choi is invited to give talks at 2019 MRS Spring (Apr. 22–26 in Arizona; Symposium EP05 - Engineering Functional Multicellular Circuits, Devices and Systems).

2018. 6. 12 - Dr. Choi received a 1-year single-PI fund from the Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC) on paper-based printed circuit boards.

2018. 6. 6 - Our article, “Green Biobatteries: Hybrid Paper-Polymer Microbial Fuel Cells,” was accepted by Advanced Sustainable Systems.

2018. 6. 1 - Our article, “Merging Electric Bacteria with Paper,” was accepted by Advanced Materials Technologies.

2018. 6. 1 - We made two research presentations at the Hilton Head 2018 Workshop. The BU Nanofabrication Facility director, Shawn Wagoner, also attended the workshop.

2018. 5. 31 - Many news agencies highlighted our new research award from the Office of Naval Research for the micro-bio-photovoltaics project. Media outlets included EurekAlert, Phys.org, ScienceMag, Newswise, and many others.

2018. 5. 7 - One of our undergraduate students, Bryanna Brown, won first place in the 2018 Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program.

2018. 5. 4 - Dr. Choi, as sole PI, received $510,000 from the Office of Naval Research.

2018. 4. 27 - Our paper on paper biobatteries was selected as one of the ten “Best Advanced Materials Technologies 2017” papers.

2018. 4. 27 - Congratulations to Yang and Maedeh for passing their Ph.D. comprehensive exams.

2018. 4. 27 - Congratulations to Maedeh for the department research award.

2018. 4. 13 - Dr. Choi (PI), collaborating with Dr. Koh (Co-PI), received the 2018–2019 Smart Energy TAE Seed Grant Award ($15,000).

2018. 4. 4 - Two papers were accepted for presentation at the 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2018) (July 17–21).

2018. 3. 16 - Our article, “On-demand Micro-power Generation from an Origami-inspired Paper Battery Stack,” was accepted by Batteries (MDPI).

2018. 2. 27 - Dr. Choi was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

2018. 2. 22 - Dr. Choi is invited to give talks at ACS Boston Symposium (Paper as a platform for analytical sensing; Aug. 19–23).

2018. 2. 21 - Three papers were accepted for presentation at Hilton Head 2018 Workshop.

2018. 1. 15 - Dr. Choi is invited to give talks at 2018 MRS Spring (Apr. 2–6 in Arizona).

2018. 1. 15 - Dr. Choi is invited to give talks at IEEE NANOMED 2018 (Dec. 2–5 in Hawaii).

2018. 1. 8 - Check out the Fibre2Fashion interview with Dr. Choi.

2018. 1. 5 - Our textile-based biobatteries were featured in Materials Today.