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Our research article \u201cInterferometric Deflection Analysis of Suspended 2D Polyaramid Thin Films” appears in Small Methods. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article \u201cMolecularly Thin Polyaramid Nanomechanical Resonators” appears in Nano Letters. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article \u201cA molecularly impermeable polymer from two-dimensional polyaramids\u201d appears in Nature. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article \u201cBlister test to measure the out-of-plane shear modulus of few-layer graphene\u201d appears in Nanoscale. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Amirreza Resaeepashand receives his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2024)<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fartash Yousefi receives a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2024)<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Metehan Calis receives a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2023)<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article \u201cAdhesion of 2D MoS2<\/sub> to Graphite and Metal Substrates Measured by a Blister Test\u201d appears in Nano Letters. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Bunch appears in part 2 and 3 of a documentary about the Schon scandal<\/a>. You can view the video here: Part 1<\/a>, Part 2<\/a>, and Part 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

David Lloyd is awarded the outstanding PhD dissertation award from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

David Lloyd receives a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2020)<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “<\/span>Voltage gated inter-cation selective ion channels from graphene nanopores<\/span>” appears in Nanoscale. See paper\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “Adhesion, Stiffness, and Instability in Atomically Thin MoS2<\/sub>” appears in Nano Letters.\u00a0See paper\u00a0<\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lauren Cantley receives a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering\u00a0(2017)<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Bunch is promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure.<\/p>\n

Lauren Cantley wins the PhD Societal Impact Award from Boston University.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Santiago Cartamil Bueno from TU Delft visits our lab. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article \u201cA review on mechanics and mechanical properties of 2D materials\u2014Graphene and beyond\u201d appears in Extreme Mechanics Letters.\u00a0See paper here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “Band Gap Engineering with Ultralarge Biaxial Strains in Suspended Monolayer MoS2<\/sub>” appears in Nano Letters.\u00a0See paper here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “Mathematical Analysis of Time-varying, Stochastic Gas Transport through Graphene Membranes” appears in ACS Nano.\u00a0See paper here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “Molecular valves for controlling gas phase transport made from discrete angstrom-sized pores in graphene” appears in\u00a0Nature Nanotechnology.\u00a0See paper here<\/a>.\u00a0See news here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Luda Wang receives a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering<\/span>\u00a0(2015).<\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Bunch is appointed to the Photonics Center\u00a0at Boston University (6\/2014).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Xinghui Liu\u00a0receives a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering\u00a0(2014).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Bunch is appointed to the Department of Physics at Boston University.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “Graphene Blisters with Switchable States Controlled by Pressure and Adhesion”\u00a0appears in Nano Letters. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “Large Arrays and Properties of 3-Terminal Graphene Nanoelectromechanical Switches” appears in Advanced Materials. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The lab will be moving to the Boston University Photonics Center<\/a> starting in Fall 2013. Scott Bunch accepted a position in the BU Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/a> and Division of Materials Science and Engineering<\/a>. The transition from CU Boulder will be complete by Spring 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steven Koenig receives a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering\u00a0(2013).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Bunch gives a seminar in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota. See the talk here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “Observation of Pull-in Instability in Graphene Membranes under Interfacial Forces”\u00a0appears in\u00a0Nano Letters. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Narasimha Boddeti and Xinghui Liu receive a Dean\u2019s Graduate Student Research Grant (2013).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “Mechanics of Adhered, Pressurized Graphene Blisters” appears in Journal of Applied Mechanics. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Bunch is selected as a Fellow of the Materials Science and Engineering Program at CU Boulder.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “Selective molecular sieving through porous graphene” appears in Nature Nanotechnology. See paper here<\/a>. See news here<\/a>\u00a0and interview here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article “Ultrathin Films by Atomic Layer Deposition on Graphene” appears in Nano Letters. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our review article “Adhesion mechanics of graphene membranes” appears in Solid State Communications – Special issue on graphene. See paper here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steven Koenig receives a CU-NIST Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowship (2012).<\/span><\/p>\n

Lauren Cantley receives an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2012).<\/span><\/p>\n

Our research article,\u00a0“Ultrastrong adhesion of graphene membranes” appears in Nature Nanotechnology. See paper here<\/a>. See news here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Bunch\u00a0receives a 2011\u00a0NSF CAREER award.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tony Xu graduates summa cum laude with honors. He will attend the PhD program in Applied and Engineering Physics at Harvard University.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Bunch\u00a0receives the Department of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Graduate Education Award (2009-2010).<\/span><\/p>\n

Scott Bunch receives the DARPA MTO Young Faculty Award (2008).
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