2023
- 12/20/2023: Dr. Yong presented at DFD 2024 in Washington DC.
- 11/08/2023: Javier joined SaIL as an undergraduate researcher.
- 08/30/2023: Welcome three new members Eric, Priscilla, and Justin joining SaIL!
- 08/12/2023-08/15/2023: Dr. Yong gave an invited talk at ACS Fall 2023 in San Francisco.
- 03/06/2023-03/10/2023: Emad, Nasir, and Dr. Yong presented at APS March meeting 2023 in Las Vegas.
- 02/20/2023: Emad presented a poster on membrane interaction with PQS analogs at BPS 2023.
- 02/17/2023: SaIL welcomes two new members Gottlieb and Ryan as undergraduate researchers.
- 02/10/2023: Our paper on DPD simulations of nanoplastic-membrane interaction appeared in JPCB and was featured as the supplementary cover.
2022
- 12/29/2022: Emad's paper on differential stress in collaboration with Prof. Vanegas and Prof. Schertzer was published in JCTC.
- 11/15/2022: Jon's paper on spraying composite nanowires in collaboration with Prof. Singer's group was published in Nanoscale.
- 10/02/2022-10/03/2022: Didarul and Dr. Yong gave talks at ACS NERM 2022.
- 09/15/2022: Shan and Yong groups published a perspective article on thin film stratification in JAP.
- 08/30/2022: SaIL welcomes new PhD student Reza Goharimehr.
- 08/10/2022: Dr. Yong gave an invited talk at CFSM seminar series.
- 03/15/2022: Shensheng and Emad's paper was published in JCIS.
- 01/24/2022: Welcome Hasan to SaIL as a new MS student.
2021
- 11/12/2021: Congratulations to the publication of Emad's paper in Sci. Rep.
- 08/31/2021: Didarul Redwan joined SaIL as a PhD student. Welcome!
- 08/10/2021: Nasir Amiri joined SaIL as a PhD student. Welcome!
- 07/31/2021: Jon's paper was featured as the front cover in Nanoscale Adv.
- 07/07/2021: SaIL received a three-year grant from NSF to study nanoplastic-cell interaction.
- 06/28/2021: Our review article with Prof. Jiang's group on biobased nanocomposites was published in Nanoscale Adv.
- 05/12/2021: Hussein's paper was published in Phys. Fluids and chosen as an Editor's Pick. Congratulations!
- 05/10/2021: Congratulations to the publication of Jon's work in collaboration with Prof. Jiang's group in Nanoscale Adv.
2020
- 12/03/2020: Congratulations to Dr. Shensheng Chen for defending his dissertation!
- 09/22/2020: Shensheng's summer project on microgel interactions was published in J. Colloid Interface Sci. Congratulations!
- 08/25/2020: The Janus particle stratification paper was featured in ScienceDaily, EurekaAlert, Phys.org, PaintSquare, and New Altlas.
- 08/07/2020: The collaboration between Yong and Singer groups on electrospray deposition of nanowires was published in Mater. Horiz.
- 08/03/2020: Our paper in collaboration with Prof. Jiang's group was featured as the front cover in Mater. Horiz..
- 06/11/2020: Congratulations to Shensheng's new paper published in Nanoscale.
- 05/19/2020: SaIL received a three-year grant from NIH/NIGMS with Prof. Jeff Schertzer in Biological Sciences to study outer membrane vesicle biogenesis.
- 05/12/2020: Dr. Yong received the 2019-2020 Watson School Recognition Award for Early-Stage Distinguished Research. Thanks all past and current members for your contributions.
- 01/31/2020: Mithila has joined SAIL as an undergraduate researcher to work on curvature remodeling in bacterial outer membranes.
- 01/11/2020: Ao's paper has been selected as the representative 'Computational Biology' article for "The year in JBC:2019" collection.
2019
- 12/27/2019: We received a grant from NSF with Prof. Chiarot and Prof. Huang to study the printing of structured colloidal monolayers.
- 11/14/2019: Congratulations to Hussein for completing his dissertation defense!
- 11/07/2019: Congratulations to Shensheng's publication in Langmuir on Janus particle embedded bi-component hydrogels.
- 10/23/2019: Dr. Yong gave a colloquium at the Department of Physics at UVM.
- 10/10/2019: Dr. Yong visited the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UB.
- 09/03/2019: A big congratulations to Dr. Ao Li for successfully defending her dissertation! Best wishes to her new journey with MathWorks.
- 08/19/2019: SaIL welcomes new PhD student Emad Pirhadi.
- 06/05/2019: Tyler joined SaIL for a summer undergraduate research project.
- 05/23/2019-05/24/2019: Shensheng and Dr. Yong attended FACM 2019 & NCS11 at NJIT.
- 05/08/2019: Shiyi has completed his defense and will start at Northwestern as a postdoc. Congratulations to Dr. Qin!
- 04/11/2019: Dr. Yong visited Dr. Shan Jiang's group at Iowa State and gave an invited seminar in the Department of Materials and Science Engineering.
- 04/03/2019-04/04/2019: Dr. Yong visited RIT and gave an invited seminar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
- 03/13/2019: Congratulations to Dr. Mingfei Zhao for successfully defending her thesis! We wish her all the best and success in her new adventure at the University of Chicago.
- 03/04/2019-03/07/2019: Members of SaIL presented at 2019 APS March Meeting.
- 02/28/2019: Congratulations to Shiyi's new paper in Soft Matter being selected as the front cover story, the first cover from SaIL!!
- 02/25/2019: Ao's work has been featured in BingUNews, ScienceDaily, EurekaAlert, and Phys.org.
- 02/11/2019: Shiyi's paper in collaboration with Prof. Yuan's group was accepted by Angew. Chemie., congratulations!
- 01/30/2019: Joe, Rebecca, Jon, Adrian, and Pranshu joined SaIL for the spring semester undergraduate research program.
- 01/25/2019: Shensheng and Shiyi's paper in collaboration with Prof. Jiang's group was published in J. Colloid Interface Sci.!
- 01/25/2019: Congratulations to Mingfei and Wilson for their paper in J. Colloid Interface Sci.!
- 01/23/2019: Ao received travel awards from both BPS and APS DBIO. Congratualtions!
2018
- 12/19/2018: Ao's paper published in J. Biol. Chem. Congratulations!
- 09/08/2018: Ao's paper published in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. Congratulations!
- 09/07/2018: Shensheng's paper published in J. Chem. Phys. Congratulations!
- 08/20/2018: Shiyi presented at ACS Boston Meeting 2018 and Dr. Yong gave an invited talk.
- 08/16/2018: Aref and Mingfei's work has been featured in ScienceDaily, EurekaAlert, and Phys.org.
- 07/09/2018: Hussein's paper published in Phys. Rev. E. Congratulations!
- 06/28/2018: Dr. Yong gave a talk at DSFD 2018 in Worcester, MA.
- 06/27/2018: New paper on Janus particle drying published in Soft Matter.
- 06/04/2018-06/09/2018: Mingfei and Dr. Yong presented at 18th USNC/TAM in Chicago.
- 06/01/2018: Aref and Mingfei's paper published in Langmuir. A nice collaborative work between microfluidic experiment and simulation.
- 05/11/2018: Congratulations to Chunheng and Andrew on finishing their degrees and good luck to their PhD study.
- 04/20/2018: Shiyi and Andrew's paper published in Langmuir. Great job.
- 03/28/2018: Mingfei's paper published in Phys. Rev. Fluids. Congratulations!
- 03/05/2018-03/09/2018: Shensheng, Shiyi, and Dr. Yong presented at APS March Meeting 2018 in LA.
- 02/17/2018-02/21/2018: Ao presented at BPS 62nd Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
- 01/12/2018: Congratulations to Shensheng on passing the comprehensive exam.
2017
- 12/14/2017: SaIL's research received support for computational allocation from the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
- 11/19/2017-11/21/2017: Mingfei, Hussein, and Dr. Yong presented at APS DFD 2017 in Denver.
- 09/08/2017: Andy joined SaIL.
- 08/11/2017: Congratulations to Shiyi on passing the comprehensive exam.
- 08/08/2017: Congratulations to Ao on passing the comprehensive exam.
- 07/27/2017: Amin joined SaIL.
- 07/17/2017-07/20/2017: Dr. Yong presented at USNCCM14 in Montreal.
- 07/04/2017: Tanjil joined SaIL.
- 06/07/2017: Shiyi's paper published in Soft Matter, congratulations.
- 06/05/2017: Giomar, Andrew, and Lawrence joined SaIL as summer researchers.
- 05/26/2017: Mingfei's paper published in Langmuir, congratulations.
- 03/13/2017-03/17-2017: Shiyi and Dr. Yong presented at APS March Meeting 2017 in New Orlean.
- 01/17/2017: Chunheng, Wilson, and Dilmurod joined the group.
2016
- 12/09/2016: New journal paper published in Polymers.
- 11/20/2016-11/22/2016: Mingfei and Dr. Yong presented at APS DFD 2016 in Portland.
- 08/22/2016: Congratulations to Hussein on passing the comprehensive exam.
- 08/18/2016: Congratulations to Mingfei on passing the comprehensive exam.
- 08/08/2016: Shensheng joined the group.
- 06/20/2016: Congratulations to Mingfei, Ao, and Shiyi on passing the Ph.D. qualifying exam.
- 06/07/2016: Dr. Yong received the Doctoral New Investigator grant from ACS PRF.
- 05/24/2016: Jiamin joined the group as an undergraduate researcher.
- 05/05/2016: Congratulations to Peijun on successfully defending his master's thesis.
- 05/02/2016: Congratulations to Ao on successfully defending her master's thesis.
- 04/12/2016: New journal paper published in Extreme Mechanics Letters.
- 02/14/2016: Hussein joined the group.
- 01/01/2016: New NIH grant on outer membrane vesicle biogenesis (Co-PI), 2016-2018.
2015
- 11/22/2015-11/24/2015: Dr. Yong, Ao, and Mingfei presented at APS DFD 2015 in Boston.
- 10/06/2015: New journal paper published in Langmuir.
- 09/14/2015: Congratulations to Mingfei for receiving a travel grant from APS DFD 2015.
- 09/10/2015: New journal paper published in Soft Matter.
- 08/18/2015: Shiyi Joined the group.
- 07/26/2015: New NSF grant on hybrid printing (PI), 2015-2018.
- 06/18/2015: New journal paper published in Langmuir.
- 06/08/2015: Peijun joined the group.
- 06/02/2015: Jefferson joined the group as a visiting student.
- 05/18/2015: Ao joined the group.
- 02/03/2015: Dr. Yong presented a talk at APS March Meeting 2015 in San Antonio, TX.
- 02/03/2015: New journal paper published in Macromolecules.
- 02/03/2015: Sumiao joined the group as an undergraduate researcher.
- 01/28/2015: New journal paper published in Polymer.
- 01/19/2015: Mingfei joined the group.
- 01/19/2015: Juan joined the group as an undergraduate researcher.
2014
- 11/23/2014-11/25/2014: Dr. Yong presented a talk at the 67th Annual Meeting of APS DFD in San Francisco, CA.
- 09/12/2014: Dr. Yong was invited to chair "Microscale Flows: Interfaces and Wetting" session at the 67th Annual Meeting of APS DFD in San Francisco, CA.