Congratulations to Jared and Austen on getting admissions to several top engineering programs. Jared will be attending Georgia Tech, and Austen will be going to Stanford. Best wishes!

Sharan successfully defended his MS research on “Enhancing the Optical Properties of Multilayered Materials.” Sharan will be joining GlobalFoundaries in Malta, NY. Congratulations!

Dr. Joong-Hee Min has successfully defended his Doctoral Thesis. Joong-Hee will be joining Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA. Congratulations!

Allan was selected to received the prestigious Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad by the China Scholarship Council. Congratulations!

Hiro’s paper on “Three-Dimensional Colloidal Interference Lithography” has been published by the journal Nanotechnology. This work was conducted as a part of Hiro’s undergraduate research. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Chih-Hao Chang on being named a member of the 2016-17 class of University Faculty Scholars! Established by Chancellor Woodson, University Faculty Scholars carry their title for a five-year period.

Zhiting’s paper on “Wicking Enhancement in Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Nanostructures” has been accepted by the journal Langmuir. Congratulations!

Jared has received the “Best Invited Poster” award for his REU research on “Design and Fabrication of an In-Plane Nanostructured Solar Concentrator! The best poster competition was selected among more than 100 posters. Congratulations Jared!

Chang Group attends the 60^th Int. Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication in Pittsburgh, PA.  Allan gave an oral presentation on low-index nanostructured materials. Allan, Abhijeet, Joong Hee, and Hiro also gave poster presentations, while Jared presented an invited poster.

Dr. Abhijeet Bagal and Dr. Allan Zhang have successfully defended their Doctoral Thesis. After joining our group within a week of each other, they finished the long journey together. They are the first and second PhDs from our group. Congratulation! Dr. Bagal will join Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA, and Dr. Zhang will join University of Maryland as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

Joong-Hee’s paper on “Fabrication and Design of Metal Nano-Accordion Structures Using Atomic Layer Deposition and Interference Lithography” has been published by the journal Nanoscale. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Dr Chang on being selected for the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation!

Joong-Hee’s paper on “Designing unit cell in three-dimensional periodic nanostructures using colloidal lithography” has been published by the journal Optics Express. Congratulations!

Allan’s paper on “Ordered Three-Dimensional Thin-Shell Nanolattice Materials with Near-Unity Refractive Indices” has been published by the journal Advanced Functional Materials. Congratulations!

Read about the story “Dielectric Film Has Refractive Index Close to Air for Photonics Applications,” NC State News Office. Also reported in Triangle Business Journal, Le Scienze (Italy), Materials Today, Optics & Photonics News (OSA), Photonics.com, Phys Org, R&D Magazine, Science Daily, Nanotechnology Now, AZO Materials, Nanowerk, Chem Europe, etc.

Abhijeet’s paper has been featured as the inside front cover of Materials Horizons. Congratulations!