Group News
June
2009
Brett, Matt, and Maroof passed
their oral exam. They are now officially Ph.D.
candidates. Congratulations.
May 2009
The Kokkoli group's research is highlighted on the back cover of the
Institute of Technology's "Inventing Tomorrow" spring/summer '09
magazine.
This magazine goes out to alumni and friends of the Institute of
Technology each semester. It is a great honor to be featured on the
cover of such a high profile publication.
April 2009
During IT Week - Awards
and
Recognition Banquet, a special
event that recognizes outstanding Institute of Technology (IT) faculty
and
teaching assistants as well as student organizations and their
advisors, Efie was honored as the keynote speaker for this year's
banquet, and
with an
IT Professor Award in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Department. Congratulations.
February 2009
Alison's daughter Madeline is born. Congratulations.
January 2009
Efie has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER award.
Congratulations.
December 2008
Ashish won the "Advances in Cell Biology and Synthetic Biology" award
(sponsored by DCI-Biolafitte) for his poster presentation at the
LifeScience Alley Conference. Congratulations.
November 2008
Tim joins our
group. Welcome.
September 2008
Efie was invited to organize and chair a Drug Delivery Systems session
at the National
Academy of Engineering's (NAE) 14th
annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. Eighty-two
of the nation's brightest young engineers have
been selected to take part in this symposium. The 2˝-day
event brings together engineers ages 30 to 45 who are performing
exceptional
engineering research and technical work in a variety of
disciplines. The
participants -- from industry, academia, and government -- were
nominated by
fellow engineers or organizations and chosen from more than 230 applicants.
August 2008
Kamlesh's daughter, Ria is born. Congratulations.
July 2008
Döne it has been great having you in our group. Good luck.
April 2008
Todd's son, Viktor is born. Congratulations.
November 2007
Maroof, Matt, Nicole and Brett join our group. Welcome.
Efie receives the 3M
Nontenured Faculty award for the 3rd year. Congratulations.
September 2007
Efie was invited to attend the National Academy of Engineering's 2007
U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. This symposium brings together
eighty-three of the nation's brightest young engineers from industry,
academia, and government. Each participant was nominated by fellow
engineers or organizations and chosen from more than 260 applicants.
For more information read the
press release.
July 2007
When Efie and Ashish weren't presenting their research, "Integrin
alpha(5)beta(1)
targeted delivery to colon cancer cells" at the 2007 Gordon Conference
"Biomaterials: Biocompatibility/Tissue Engineering" they took the
chance to have some fun with the other conference attendees. They hiked
The Original Death March.
May 2007
Efie won a Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award for 2007.
Congratulations.
Emilie passed her oral exam. She's now officially a Ph.D.
candidate. Congratulations.
April 2007
Todd passed his oral exam. He's now officially a Ph.D.
candidate. Congratulations.
Kamlesh
arrives to the U.S. from Germany. Welcome to our group.
February 2007
Efie receives the 3M
Nontenured Faculty award for a second year. Congratulations.
January 2007
Jennifer defends her M.S. thesis
"Effect of Linker and Spacer on the Design of a Fibronectin-Mimetic
Peptide". Congratulations Jennifer! Good luck with your new job
in Accenture.
November 2006
Our invited review, "Self-assembly and applications of biomimetic and
bioactive peptide-amphiphiles" is published in Soft Matter and our work
appears on the cover of the journal. We thank Todd and Dan Bolintineau
for their valuable help with the cover image.
October 2006
Efie is awarded the Ray D. & Mary T. Johnson / Mayon Plastics Chair
in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.
Congratulations.
September 2006
Anastasia successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis
"Biomimetic Peptide-Amphiphiles for Functional
Biomaterials". This is the first Ph.D. from the Kokkoli group.
Congratulations Anastasia! Good luck with your new job at Pace
Anaytical, in the 3M Drug Delivery Systems Division.
July 2006
Chuan defends his M.S. thesis
"AFM
Study of Zeolite Growth". Congratulations Chuan and good luck!
May 2006
Matt garduates with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
Congratulations Matt and good luck.
April 2006
Chuan, Efie, coadvisor Prof. Tsapatsis, and colleagues from CEMS-UMN,
Department of Chemistry at UMN, and Department of Mathematics and
Statistics at UMASS, publish their work on "Mechanistic Principles of
Nanoparticle Evolution to Zeolite Crystals" in Nature Materials.
The work is highlighted on the NSF webpage. Congratulations.
March 2006
Eman receives the 2006 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Congratulations.
January 2006
Efie is a recipient of the University of Minnesota McKnight Land-Grant
Professorship. Congratulations.
November 2005
Efie receives the 3M
Nontenured Faculty award. Congratulations.
Alison, Emilie
and Todd join our group. Welcome.
October 2005
Anastasia wins the Institute of Technology Award at the Biomedical
Engineering Institute/Biotechnology Institute Graduate Student
Poster/Gadget Session. Congratulations.
September 2005
Eman receives the Frank Louk Scholarship and the Society of Women
Engineers National Chevron Scholarship. Congratulations.
Mark joins the
group. Welcome.
August 2005
Döne arrives to the U.S. from Europe. Welcome to our group.
June 2005
Eman receives the AIChE Donald F. Othmer Sophomore Academic Excellence
Award. Congratulations.