2023 Lab News

2023 News

2023. 12. 21 - The NY State Senator, Lea Webb, toured our lab, where she engaged in an insightful exploration and discussion about our ongoing projects and research endeavors.

New York State Senator Lea Webb touring the lab

2023. 12. 14 - Congratulations to Zahra for receiving a Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research for 2024!

Zahra

2023. 12. 12 - Our research article on "Janus Paper-based Wound Dressings" has been accepted by Advanced Engineered Materials (IF 4.1).

Graphic for Janus paper-based wound dressings

2023. 11. 1 - Five papers have been accepted for oral and poster presentations at the IEEE MEMS 2024. Every member of our group will be actively engaged in this upcoming prestigious conference, showcasing their groundbreaking research. Our university, along with various funding agencies (NSF and ONR), has kindly agreed to cover the costs of registration, travel, and accommodations. Additionally, Dr. Choi plays a pivotal role in the conference, serving on the Technical Program Committee. He will also contribute expertise as the session chair for Session XIII, which focuses on Environmental and Biotechnology Innovations. Yang's biosensor work has been selected as a finalist for the Best Poster Award Competition.

No.TitlePresenters
1Gastrobot for sustainable on-water propulsionAnwar and Yang
2Endospore based glucose biosensorYang and Anwar
3Paper-based moist-electric generatorYang
4Integrated papertronicsZahra and Anwar
5Microalgae-enabled artificial plants (Oral)Maryam

2023. 10. 19 - Our research article on "Engineered Living Electrode" has been accepted by Advanced Engineered Materials (IF 4.1).

Graphic for engineered living electrode research

2023. 9. 20 - Our research article on "Transient Biobatteries for Disposable and Green Papertronics" has been accepted by Advanced Sustainable Systems (IF 7.1).

Graphic for transient biobatteries research

2023. 8. 23 - Our research article on "Biobatteries in Dual In-Line Package for Chip-On-Board Circuits" has been accepted by Advanced Materials Technologies (IF 6.8).

Graphic for dual in-line package biobatteries

2023. 8. 08 - Dr. Choi, as sole PI, has received a $400k grant from NSF for research on integrated papertronics.

Binghamton University news coverage of the NSF papertronics grant

2023. 8. 07 - Our research article on "Buoyant Biosolar Cell Array" has been accepted by Journal of Power Sources (IF 9.2).

Graphic abstract for buoyant biosolar cell array research

2023. 7. 30 - Prof. Choi has been invited as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member of MEMS 2024 and PowerMEMS 2023.

2023. 7. 20 - Prof. Choi has been invited to give a talk on "Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Transient Papertronics" at The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2024 (March 3-7, 2024) in Orlando, Florida, USA (Session: Printed Electronics and Additive Manufacturing).

TMS 2024 conference graphic

2023. 7. 12 - Dr. Choi gave an invited talk at IEEE FLEPS 2023 in Boston, USA (Focused Session 7).

Dr. Choi at IEEE FLEPS 2023

2023. 6. 29 - Our paper-based wearable biobattery has been featured in Nature Outlook.

Nature Outlook coverage featuring the wearable biobattery

2023. 6. 28 - Congratulations to Zahra for passing her prospectus exam!

Zahra

2023. 5. 31 - Anwar Elhadad and Yang "Lexi" Gao attended the State of the University Campus Showcase in Albany, representing Binghamton University and our BML group. Our biobatteries, papertronic devices, microfluidic sensors, and related projects were demonstrated at the meeting.

State of the University Campus Showcase display featuring the lab's work

2023. 5. 10 - Our research article on "All-electrical Antibiotic Susceptibility and Resistance Profiling" has been accepted by Analyst (IF 5.227).

Graphic for antibiotic susceptibility and resistance profiling research

2023. 5. 4 - Our research article on Janus Paper has been accepted by Advanced Materials Technologies (IF 8.856).

Graphic for Janus Paper research

2023. 4. 27 - Anwar, Zahra, and Maryam made presentations at the 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) Competition 2023.

3MT Competition 2023 presentation photo

2023. 4. 11 - Our up-to-date biobattery has been featured in many news media outlets (Phys.org, News Break, Science Times, etc.).

News coverage of the tiny biobattery with a 100-year shelf life

2023. 4. 11 - Dr. Choi gave an invited talk at the 2023 MRS Spring meeting in San Francisco, USA (SB04 - Flexible Bioelectronics for in situ analysis).

Dr. Choi at the 2023 MRS Spring meeting

2023. 3. 28 - Congratulations to Anwar for passing his prospectus exam!

Anwar Elhadad

2023. 3. 22 - Anwar Elhadad has received a Graduate Student Excellence Award for Excellence in Research for 2023.

Anwar Elhadad receiving a graduate student excellence award

2023. 3. 17 - Congratulations to Yang "Lexi" Gao for passing her comprehensive exam. She has now advanced to the status of Ph.D. candidate.

Yang Lexi Gao

2023. 3. 1 - Our research article on moisture-enabled biobatteries has been accepted by Small (IF 15.153).

Table of contents image for moisture-enabled biobatteries

2023. 2. 4 - Our review article on biobatteries has been accepted by Batteries (IF 5.938). Title: "Biofuel cells and biobatteries: Misconceptions, Opportunities, and Challenges."

Graphical abstract for the Batteries review article

2023. 2. 3 - Congratulations to Maryam for passing her comprehensive exam. She has now advanced to the status of Ph.D. candidate.

Maryam

2023. 1. 19 - Anwar Elhadad has received the 2023 Climate Corps Summer Fellowship from Environmental Defense Fund.

Anwar Elhadad

2023. 1. 9 - The university created a quick video about our ingestible batteries. Check this out!!

Thumbnail for the ingestible batteries video

2023. 1. 5 - Our papertronic device has been featured in The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

ASME feature on the papertronic device