

Chung-Man (Advisor: Prof. Nicholas A. Kotov) has successfully defended his dissertation with co-supervision of Prof. Xiaoming Mao! Congratulations!
Chung-Man (Advisor: Prof. Nicholas A. Kotov) has successfully defended his dissertation with co-supervision of Prof. Xiaoming Mao! Congratulations!
1st Place Winners: Dr Duke Oeba, Namumbya Mercy Diana, Lucy Mahulu, and Dereje Gelanu
2nd Place Winners: Daisy Kiptoo and Francis Walugembe
We recently hosted a COMPASS-Seagate Industry Grand Challenge for students, professors, and researchers from African universities and research centers. We had a week of skill-building webinars and posted a Continue Reading »
Prof. Qian Chen, right, and chemistry graduate student Falon Kalutantirige worked with multiple technologies, including Transmission and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy at the Materials Research Laboratory’s Supercon facility to image nanovoids within filter membranes in three dimensions. The team has titled the nanovoid advancement “Beyond Nothingness,” where they applied a mathematical concept called graph theory Continue Reading »
Prof. Albert Liu visited North Carolina State University and gave an amazing talk about “Colloidal Electronic Matter.”
“I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity of visiting the North Carolina State University thanks to the network COMPASS has built. The MSE department at NCSU is truly phenomenal and their Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics (CAMAL) is Continue Reading »
Prof. Qian Chen has received the Royal Society of Chemistry Soft Matter Lectureship Award! Congratulations!
An initiative led by COMPASS provides high school students from underrepresented backgrounds a pathway to learn more about the art and science of coding.
Check out the winners of the (MC)2 annual image contest! Beautiful images!
On December 1, 2023, COMPASS invited the full team including all students to a kick-off meeting at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
We were able to start our day off with brief congratulatory comments by Paul Lane, NSF Program Manager. Nick Kotov, COMPASS Director, presented the COMPASS vision followed by a day of Continue Reading »
Professor Eranda Nikolla, University of Michigan, Chemical Engineering, received the inaugural Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos Award for Creativity in Catalysis from Tufts University. This is a newly established award in honor of Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos‘ legacy in catalysis science, and Eranda was chosen as its very first recipient. The award was presented to Eranda by Greg
NSF COMPASS Deputy Director, Professor Martin Thuo from North Carolina State University, held discussions with the CEO of the National Research Fund in Kenya, Professor Dickson Andala, on developing a funding strategy for our partners in Kenya.