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SHyNE Resource holds 5th Annual Meeting
On January 20, 2021, members of SHyNE’s advisory committee, steering committee, facility managers, and staff came together along with Director Vinayak Dravid, for SHyNE’s 5th Annual Meeting. It was delightful to meet virtually, and celebrate the goals and...
OHM Smart Sponge makes a Big Splash!
SHyNE Director Vinayak Dravid and team have developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. With the ability to absorb thirty times it's weight in oil, this has the potential to be a game-changer for environmental remediation! Even more...
SHyNE Facilities Tour for IIN Symposium Attendees
Each year SHyNE partners with the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) to offer a tour of SHyNE facilities and instrumentation following the IIN's annual Symposium open to all symposium participants.This year's tour took place on November 15th. The 1.5...
SHyNE holds their 4th Annual Meeting
SHyNE held their 4th Annual Meeting this week on November 12, 2019 on Northwestern's Evanston campus. The meeting kicked-off with coffee and a warm welcome by SHyNE Director, Professor Vinayak P. Dravid. To lead off the presentations, Peter J. Duda, Technical Director...
Tirzah Abbott awarded as outstanding NNCI staff member
Congratulations to Tirzah Abbott and Peter Duda for winning this year's "Outstanding NNCI Staff Member Award"! Tirzah, NUANCE and SHyNE's own SEM imaging specialist, has been selected to receive one of the two 2019 NNCI Staff Awards in the category of "Outstanding...
SHyNE hosts visiting undergraduates via REU program
SHyNE is excited to once again host a group of undergraduates as part of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center’s Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates program! Thirty faculty members from seven different departments are involved in the...
NU-KAIST Joint Workshop
On Wednesday, May 15, 2019, The Department of Materials Science & Engineering presented a NU-KAIST Joint Workshop. This was a collaborative workshop designed to build sustainable relationships between Northwestern University and KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of...
SHyNE director hosts visitors from Regis Technologies
Two guests from Regis Technologies, a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Morton Grove, visited NUANCE on Thursday. The visitors were hosted by SHyNE director Dr. Ben Myers. They visited all of NUANCE’s facilities, plus a few counterparts including QBIC,...
TFMI Tour NUANCE Facilities
On May 8th, seventeen participants from the Transformational Food Manufacturing Workshop toured the NUANCE Center facilities. The workshop was organized through Northwestern’s Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation (NIMSI) and hosted by Professor Tim Wei...
iNANO Spring 2019 “QUANTUM” Workshop
The iNANO “QUANTUM” Spring Workshop was held at the University of Chicago’s Eckhardt Research Center on May 2. The event drew more than 80 participants from across the region. The program was a collaboration between Northwestern’s SHyNE Resource Center, University of...