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Dr.
Adam Fontecchio's graduate advisee, David Delaine, has
been awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research
Fellowship Program (GRFP)! Mr. Delaine was a NSF Bridges to the
Doctorate fellow in his first year of graduate study at Drexel
University and completed his undergraduate degree at Northeastern
University where he was a recipient of the Robert J. Bunche Scholarship.
Dr. Fontecchio's and Mr. Delaine's research will explore the fundamental
science and engineering of novel methods of power generation using
Stirling engine configurations and radiometric phenomena to develop
power-producing, micro-electromechanical systems.
Elaine
Garbarine, a first-year graduate student working at the time of
application with Dr.
Athina Petropulu and currently being advised by Dr.
Gail Rosen, received an NSF GRFP honorable mention.
Drs.
Adam Fontecchio, Gennady
Friedman and Yuri Gogotsi, along with three Ph.D. students,
have successfully developed a carbon nanotube-tipped probe with
the possibility of transferring fluids through the carbon nanotube
(CNT) into and out of the pipette, thereby bridging the gap between
existing microscale technologies and nanoscale interactions. According
to a recent paper published in Applied Physics Letters, (Appl.
Phys. Lett. 90, 103108 2007), this development will make it possible
to perform injections or probe the fluid not just inside a cell
but in specific regions inside the cell, maybe even specific organelles.
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