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2023. 12.14 - A collaborative work between center members has been highlighted. We have developed a stretchable paper that can be used for various wearable applications.

2023. 10. 6 - Center researchers among top 2% in the world - 2 center members have been honored for their work by a Stanford University study that looks at the impact of scientsist wordwide. (Yu Chen and Seokheun Choi)

2023. 4. 11 - The center's wearable biobattery has been featured in Nature Outlook.

2022. 12. 8 - The center's capsule biobattery has been featured in many news media outlets. Check this video clip!

2022. 10. 11 - The center's smart bandage has been featured in many news media outlets.

2022. 10. 10 - The center's disposable electronics has been highlighted.

2021. 1. 11 - The center's new antibiotic susceptibility testing technique has been featured on Diagnostics World.

2020. 7. 1 - Prof. Choi received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.

2020. 5. 20 - Prof. Koh and Choi received NSF Grant.  

2019. 12. 16 - Prof. Choi has been appointed as Director of CREATES.

2019. 12. 3 - Prof. Zhong has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

2019. 6. 13 - Prof. Towfighian received NSF Grant.

 

2019. 5. 3 - Prof. Choi and Koh received NSF Grant.  

2018. 9. 21 - Our work on "Paper Biobatteries" has been highlighted in THE CONVERSATION.

2018. 6. 29 - Our work on "Green Biobatteries" was highlighted in BU news.

2017. 2. 6 - Congratulations to Prof. Sadik for being selected to the 2017-2018 group of Jefferson Science Fellows.

2016. 11. 18 - The CREATES held "Science-to-Technology (S2T) Day at the Symposium Hall of the ITC. The them for this was "Papertronics." The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Diane Okamuro, program director from the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Integrative Organismal System, NSF. S2T also showcased  32 poster presentations by students and postdoctoral fellows. Three awards were given to the best posters.

1st place: Yang Gao (Dr. Choi's group)- "An origami-inspired multicell biobattery stack"

2nd place: Francis Osonga (Dr. Sadik's group)- "Photochemical synthesis and biological applications of anisotropic gold nanoparticles"

3rd place: Yizhong Liu (Dr. Doiron's group)- "The impact of gold nanoparticle exposure on endothelial cells"

 

2016. 7. 14 - Prof. Towfighian (PI) and Prof. Miles received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant ($359,958), titled "A new approach to capacitive sensing : Repulsive Sensors".

2016. 7. 1 - CREATES received a grant ($867,536) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a paper-based biosensor for productivity enhancement of smallholder agriculture in collaboration with Prof. Asemota in Jamaica.

 

2016. 3. 8 - Prof. Sadik and Prof. Choi has been appointed Director and Assistant Director of CREATES.

 

2016. 3. 8 - CREATES began !