Center News
First Annual NSF Site Visit
We had the first NSF site visit on May 20-21. It was an exciting event when everyone in COMPASS put the best foot forward.
Farewell to Prof. Bridget Mutuma
We recently said farewell to Prof. Bridget Mutuma who returned to Kenya after the NASEM - sponsored fell. It was extremely successful for everyone. Eranda, Stephanie and Nick had stared collaborative projects with her.
Chemical Engineering Highlights Program
The University of Michigan Chemical Engineering Program has published an article highlight the inaugural fellows for the Veterans Innovation Fellowship. Learn More
Veteran Innovation Fellow in European optics program: Summer 2024
Jebril Thaxton, a member of the 2024 VetIF cadre, attends a summer program in applied optics research in Paris. His work in the program has included machine vision and laser pulse shaping research. Picture: Jebril with Prof. Martin Thuo in Paris, Summer 2024
Junior scientists social event!
Junior scientists having a Bowling session after the NSF site visit!
NSF COMPASS site visit student poster awards
Congratulations on receiving the best poster award during the NSF site visit! 5 poster awards out of 33 presenters are given to Alain Kadar (University of Michigan) Anastasia Visheratina (University of Michigan) Dhanush Udayashankara Jamadgni (North Carolina State...
Dickson attended the annual meeting of the VIP Consortium
Dickson attended the annual meeting of the VIP Consortium (https://vip.gatech.edu/vip-vertically-integrated-projects-program). Strathmore University just signed an MoU to join the consortium this year, so he had the pleasure of representing his university in this...
The inaugural Class on Complex Particles and Particle Systems is finished! (by Riley Garlauskas)
After taking the Complex Particle Class (CHE 496/696 ME595 Particles and Particles Systems) last semester, Riley Garlauskas, one of the students who took the class, expressed his excitement of using VR with complex particles! Below is his full story. Having witnessed...
Northeastern network science professor Albert-László Barabási elected to National Academy of Sciences
Albert-László Barabási, Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science and a distinguished university professor, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations! Please check out this link for the full news!
Chung-Man defended his dissertation with co-supervision of Prof. Xiaoming Mao!
Chung-Man (Advisor: Prof. Nicholas A. Kotov) has successfully defended his dissertation with co-supervision of Prof. Xiaoming Mao! Congratulations!
1st COMPASS-Seagate Industry Grand Challenge
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...
Nothing is everything: How hidden emptiness can define the usefulness of filtration materials
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...