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[ 2022 ]

• Weng's group received a new OCAST funded project to develop an infrared technology based toxic sour gas sensor. (11-01-2021)

• Congratulations to Jeremy Bates for receiving the GCOE Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award for his infrared sensor study in Weng Group  (12-12-2022)

• Weng's group together with three Physics faculty (Madalina Furis, Ian Sellers, and Joe Tischler) received a new $1.5M grant from the NSF Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) program with Yamagata and Osaka Universities in Japan to study the exciton phenomenon in soft materials for clean energy. (12-06-2022)

• Congratulations to Tahere on receiving the GCOE Dissertation Excellence Reward for her doctoral work in photonic grating sensors. (10-12-2022)

• Congratulations to Tahere Hemati for her new publication in Physical Review Applied: "High-Q Surface Light Emission from Active Parity-Time-Symmetric Gratings". (LINK) (04-12-2022)

[ 2021 ]

• Weng's group received a new OCAST funded project to develop an infrared technology based toxic sour gas sensor. (11-01-2021)

• Congratuations to Kiernan for his first first-author journal paper on the topic of topological photonic sensing published on Physics Review Research in July. (07-19-2021)

• The "X-GEM" project led by Dr. Weng was awarded for the OU Big Idea Challenge, an initiative launched by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships to support the development of transdisciplinary research projects with significant potential for future extramural funding and that address global grand challenges.(Link)  (03-01-2021)

[ 2020 ]

• Dr. Weng was invited to present a webinar talk "Development of a rapid and label-free method for capture and detection of airborne respiratory viruses using a robust microfluidic photonic platform" National University of Saint Augustine in Arequipa, Peru.  (07-10-2020)

• Dr. Weng was invited to present a talk "Micro/nano engineering for the development of photonic chemical sensors" in the 3rd North Texas Photonic Workshop and Showcase hosted in Arlington, Texas.  (02-20-2020)

• Dr. Weng was invited to present a talk "Towards the low-cost, on-chip gas sensing devices: chemical synthesis of lead-chalcogenide photonic materials" in 2020 SPIE Photonics West Conference hosted in San Francisco.  (02-05-2020)

[ 2019 ]

• Tahere Hemati have been selected to received the William H. Barkow Scholarship for Electrical and Computer Engineering students for the 2019-202 academic year to recognize her outstanding academic achievements. (09-12-2019)

• Congratuations to Tahere for her new publication in Journal of Applied Physics: "Theoretical design of coupled high contrast grating (CHCG) waveguides to enhance CO2 light-absorption for gas sensing applications". (LINK) (04-18-2019)

[ 2018 ]

• Congratuations to Tahere for her first book chapter on the topic to review "the mid-infrared photonic crystals technologies for gas sensing applications", the article is published in Nov. 5th by Intech Publisher DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.80042. (11-18-2018)

• Congratuations to Tahere for her first research paper in the group, the article is accepted for publication in Journal of Applied Physics in July 20: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5040373. (08-06-2018)

• Dr. Weng is invited as a featured speaker to present a talk in the OKC Innovation District Sensor Symposium in June 11th. (06-06-2018)

• Congratulations to Tahere Hemati, she has successfully received the OU Alumni Graduate Fellowship Award for her PhD program in our group. (03-30-2018)

• Dr. Weng is invited to present a seminar talk titled "Micro/Nanophotonic Engineering for Mid-Infrared Sensor and Laser Applications" in OU's Chemistry and Bio-Chemistry Department. (03-09-2018)

• The patent application "Photovoltaic Lead-Salt Semiconductor Detectors", in which Dr. Weng is as one of the inventors, is successfully granted by the United States with the U.S. patent No. 9887309 B2. (02-08-2018)

• From Jan. 2018, Dr. Binbin Weng begins his nanophotonics research career as a tenure-track faculty in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at OU. (01-01-2018)
  

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