12/2024 – Filippo delivered an invited talk at Boron in the Americas (BORAM) conference!
12/2024 – Annual LASS Group Holiday Celebration! Topgolf was definitely challenging for some group members, but secret Santa lifted everyone’s spirit!
12/2024 – Second to last group meeting of the year! Congratulations to our undergraduates for showcasing the results of their research projects!
11/2024 – Congratulations to Filippo for his induction as a 2024 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Rising Star. The recognition was presented at the 2024 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition IMECE Conference (Portland, OR, November 2024)
11/2024 – Congratulations to Nicolas for being awarded the Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award by the American Vacuum Society!
10/2024 – Many thanks to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for supporting our collaborative work with Prof. Chih-Hao Chang’s group through a Early Stage Innovations (ESI) Grant!
10/2024 – Filippo delivers an invited talk as part of the Bruker TRibology Webinar Series
09/2024 – Filippo delivers an invited webinar for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Tribology Division
09/2024 – The group welcomes Alexandra Vaughn, Victoria Li, and Natalia Orejas, undergraduate students in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering , and Chemistry!
08/2024 – Many thanks to the American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) for supporting our work through a New Directions (ND) Grant!
08/2024 – Nicolas was selected as finalist of the American Vacuum Society (AVS) National Graduate Student Award as well as of the AVS Applied Surface Science Division Graduate Student Award. Good luck!
08/2024 – Filippo was appointed as holder of the Cockrell Family Fellowship #4
07/2024 – Our RET teachers, Ruben Ramirez and Lisette Perazzo, present their posters at the RET End of the Summer Poster Session. So exciting to see the work carried out over the summer!
07/2024 – Filippo delivers an invited industry-focused webinar for the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE)
07/2024 – Congratulations to Jimmy and Logan for being awarded the 1st and 2nd place in the Graduate Poster Category at the 2024 Tribology Gordon Research Conference!
07/2024 – The group had a fantastic time at the 2024 Tribology Gordon Research Conference! Well done to Jimmy, Nicolas, Hsu-Ming, Owen, and Logan, who presented posters.
07/2024 – Logan was awarded the Engineering Foundation Endowed Graduate Presidential Scholarship Fellowship from the Cockrell School of Engineering for 2024-2025. Congratulations!
07/2024 – Hsu-Ming was awarded the Alomran Family Scholars Graduate Fellowship from the Cockrell School of Engineering for 2024-2025. Congratulations!
07/2024 – Nicolas was awarded the Agnes T. and Charles F. Wiebusch Graduate Fellowship from the Cockrell School of Engineering for 2024-2025. Congratulations!
06/2024 – Many thanks to the UT Austin-Portugal program for supporting our work through a Exploratory Research Projects (ERPs) grant!
06/2024 – The group welcomes Preston Davis, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering!
06/2024 – The group welcomes Ruben Ramirez and Lisette Perazzo, two teachers taking part to the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program!
06/2024 – Logan starts his internship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Good luck!
05/2024 – Our collaboration with Prof. Page’s group is accepted for publication in Advanced Materials!
05/2024 – Our work on the effect of europium and gadolinium on the tribological response of amorphous carbon films is accepted in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
05/2024 – Nicolas delivered two oral presentations at the 78th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition! Well done!
06/2024 – Camille starts her internship at UT-Austin. Good luck!
05/2024 – Hsu-Ming starts his internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory
05/2024 – Camille’s work on the mechanocatalytic formation of carbon-rich films on Pt-Au alloys is accepted in Carbon!
03/2024 – The group celebrates Nicolas for his Goodenough Travel Award that will allow him to go to the 78th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
03/2024 – The group celebrates Camille for her 2nd place in the ME Graduate Recruitment Poster Competition (yes, the price was cash)!
02/2024 – Filippo was selected to be part of the 2024 Provost’s Teaching Fellows cohort!
02/2024 – Owen’s work on the accuracy of static contact angle measurements is accepted in Langmuir!
02/2024 – The group celebrates Jimmy for his prestigious University Graduate Continuing Fellowship. Keep an eye on his work on ionic liquids, good things are coming.
02/2024 – Filippo was promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure)!
02/2024 – The group welcomes Lorren Banker, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering!
01/2024 – The group welcomes Ruby Tunney, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering!
12/2023 – Filippo received the Best Advisor Award from the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Board!
12/2023 – The group welcomes Michal Machart, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering!
11/2023 – Filippo delivered an invited talk at the STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference!
11/2023 – The group had a fantastic time at the STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference! Well done to Jimmy, Logan, and Nicolas, who gave talks on their research projects.
10/2023 – The group welcomes Dr. John F. Curry, Senior Research Fellow (joint appointment with Sandia National Laboratories)!
09/2023 – The group welcomes Aisha Lizaola and Jackson D. Tanner, undergraduate students in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering!
08/2023 – Filippo organized a symposium in honor of Prof. em Nicholas D. Spencer at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2023 meeting in San Francisco.
07/2023 – Zixuan’s work on ionic liquid-mediated oxidative scanning probe lithography is accepted in Advanced Functional Materials!
07/2023 – Our work on aging of MoS2 is accepted in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces!
07/2023 – Filippo secured a Collaborative NSF Grant! Looking forward to working with Prof. Iglesias!
06/2023 – Many thanks to the Welch Foundation for supporting our work through a Research Grant!
06/2023 – Filippo delivered an invited talk at the SPMConnect symposium during the TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo
06/2023 – Logan was awarded the Alton R. and Doris A. Hagedorn Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Engineering for 2023-2024. Congratulations!
06/2023 – Camille was awarded the Warren A. and Alice L. Meyer Endowed Scholarship in Engineering from the Cockrell School of Engineering for 2023-2024. Congratulations!
05/2023 – Congratulations to Nicolas for receiving the Elmer E. Klaus Fellowship Award at the 2023 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) National Meeting and for his poster presentation!
05/2023 – Our work on the polymer-encapsulation of ionic liquids is accepted in the Journal of Molecular Liquids!
04/2023 – Robert successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. C!
03/2023 – Our work on the lubrication mechanisms of boron-containing ionic liquids is accepted in Tribology Letters!
02/2023 – Nicolas was awarded the Elmer E. Klaus Fellowship from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). Congratulations!
12/2022 – Our collaboration with Prof. Page’s group is accepted for publication in Advanced Materials!
12/2022 – Our collaboration with Prof. Banerjee’s group is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Electronic Materials!
11/2022 – Filippo receives the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Burt L. Newkirk Award!
10/2022 – Filippo delivers a keynote talk at the Society of Engineering Society Annual Technical Meeting at Texas A&M University
10/2022 – Nicolas and Logan present two posters at the Society of Engineering Society Annual Technical Meeting at Texas A&M University
10/2022 – Owen Johnson starts his PhD in the group. Welcome!
09/2022 – The installation of the new XPS at TMI is underway! A new era of XPS measurements starting soon!
09/2022 – The group receives a new quartz crystal microbalance! Looking forward to playing with the new toy!
09/2022 – Robert’s paper on the nature and propagation of errors in roughness parameters obtained from AFM measurements is accepted in JVSTA!
09/2022 – Our collaboration with Prof. Krick’s group (Florida State University) and Sandia National Laboratories is accepted for publication in Tribology Letters!
08/2022 – Our work on the effect of tribologically-induced changes in surface termination of silicon-containing diamond like carbon on the surface adsorption of biomolecules is accepted in Carbon!
07/2022 – Filippo presents the group’s work on ionic liquids at the Tribochemistry Satellite Forum and World Tribology Congress in France.
07/2022 – Nicolas was awarded the Alfred and Nellie King Graduate Fellowship from the Cockrell School of Engineering for 2022-2023. Congratulations!
07/2022 – Hsu-Ming was awarded the George J. Heuer, Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship from the Cockrell School of Engineering for 2022-2023. Congratulations!
06/2022 – Filippo delivered an invited talk at the Tribology Gordon Research Conference!
06/2022 – The group had a fantastic time at the Tribology Gordon Research Conference! Well done to Robert, Jimmy, Nicolas, Hsu-Ming, Kene, and Jennings, who presented posters.
06/2022 – Nicolas secured a Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research (GIAR). Congrats!
06/2022 – The group welcomes Emily Jones, a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate!
06/2022 – The group welcomes Mariam Nouri and Kara Hendry, two teachers taking part to the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program!
05/2022 – Our collaboration with Prof. Williams’ group is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics!
04/2022 – The group welcomes Alaina Tibbs, a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate!
03/2022 – Our collaboration with Prof. Brennecke’s group is accepted in Langmuir!
02/2022 – Our collaborative work with Prof. Akinwande’s group is accepted for publication in ACS Nano!
02/2022 – Zixuan joins Infineum! Best of luck, Zixuan!
01/2022 – Zixuan successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Li!
01/2022 – Kenechukwu Moneke starts his PhD in the group. Welcome!
12/2021 – Robert’s paper on the Monte-Carlo analysis of bias and variance in Hurst exponents obtained from AFM images is accepted in Applied Surface Science.
12/2021 – Zixuan’s work on the in situ study of pressure-induced phase transitions in ionic liquids is accepted in RSC Advances!
11/2021 – Jimmy’s review paper on encapsulated ionic liquids is accepted in RSC Advances!
11/2021 – Jennings and Britney were awarded two Undergraduate Research Fellowships! Congratulations!
10-11/2021 – Beamtimes! Hsu-Ming, Zixuan, and Filippo work remotely at ALS and NSLS-II. Exciting days of XAFS measurements!
09/2021 – The group welcomes Britney Fang, a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate!
09/2021 – Zixuan’s work on tuning the surface reactivity and tribological properties of ionic liquids is accepted in Applied Surface Science!
09/2021 – Our collaboration with Prof. Vaibhav Bahadur’s group is featured in Phys.org, ME News, and TMI.
08/2021 – The group welcomes Logan Kirsch, a new graduate student co-supervised with Prof. G. Rodin (Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics)
08/2021 – Our collaborative work with Prof. Vaibhav Bahadur’s group is accepted for publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
07/2021 – Filippo becomes a Member of the Early Career Editorial Board of Tribology Letters!
07/2021 – Filippo secured a NSF/MRI grant to update the XPS facility in TMI! Looking forward to playing with a new, state-of-the-art XPS system!
06/2021 – The group welcomes Jennings Ye, a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate!
06/2021 – The ThetaFlex Plus tensiometer is installed!
05/2021 – Zixuan’s review paper on recent advances in nanotribology of ionic liquids is accepted in Experimental Mechanics!
03/2021 – Filippo was awarded the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) 2021 Early Career Award!
02/2021 – Filippo got the NSF Career Award! Many thanks to NSF for supporting our research, educational, and outreach program!
02/2021 – Zixuan passed his preliminary exam! Well done, Zixuan!
12/2020 – Filippo was awarded the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Engineering Teaching by an Assistant Professor! Such an honor!
11/2020 – Our paper on the quantification of the carbon bonding state is accepted in Carbon!
09/2020 – Nicolas Molina Vergara and Hsu-Ming Lien start their PhD in the group. Welcome!
08/2020 – Filippo received the teaching award from the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering!
07/2020 – Zixuan’s first paper is officially online
03/2020 – Robert was awarded a NSF graduate fellowship! Way to go!
01/2020 – The group welcomes Jieming Yan as a new PhD student in MSE!
11/2019 – Zixuan was awarded second place in the Graduate Poster Category at the STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference (TFC) in Chicago for his poster! Well done, Zixuan!
06/2019 – Many thanks to the Welch Foundation for supporting our work!
02/2019 – Filippo was appointed as an Associate Editor for Tribology Transactions!
09/2018 – Robert Chrostowski and Erynn Naccarelli start their PhD in our group. Welcome!
08/2018 – Filippo was selected by The University of Texas at Austin College of Engineering to attend the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI) hosted by the American Society for Engineering Education in Philadelphia
05/2018 – Filippo was awarded the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award 2018!
03/2018 – Our Asylum Origin+ AFM is installed and fully operational!
02/2018 – Our Bruker TriboLab is up and running! Time for tribological experiments!
01/2018 – We welcome Zixuan Li, our first PhD student! Looking forward to the developments of your PhD work, Zixuan!
01/2018 – The Mangolini Research Groups officially starts at UT-Austin!