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2025

April 30

Konstantina was inducted into the NSF ART Integrated Student Ambassador Network (ARTISAN) program. As part of the NSF ART (Accelerating Research Translation) initiative in collaboration with the Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) directorate, the ARTISAN program connects students with translational research opportunities, promotes innovation, and fosters entrepreneurial thinking.

Congrats!

April 24

Congratulations to Konstantina who has been awarded Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) 2025 Provost Summer Research Fellowship! She will be working with Guangliang on the project "Microfluidic Techniques to Produce PLGA Nanoparticles for Glass Transition Temperature Analysis."

April 23

Joy and Konstantina presented their projects at the 2025 Dana Knox Student Research Showcase!

April 12

Konstantina presented her project "Controlled Production of PLGA Nanoparticles Utilizing Microfluidic Techniques for Glass Transition Temperature Analysis" at William Paterson University's 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium!

Dr. McEnnis was featured in NJIT's 2024 Research Magazine!

Check it out here: https://research.njit.edu/sites/research/files/Research%20Magazine%202024.pdf

March 6

Nicole and Konstantina presented their 2024 URI Seed Grant Progress Reports at the CTR Innovation Day!

Check it out here: https://research.njit.edu/ctr/events

https://youtu.be/n4N0eWgsWck

2024

November

Dr. McEnnis is featured in an article on NJIT's website!

Click to read it here: https://news.njit.edu/njit-researcher-uses-nanoparticles-develop-cancer-therapies

November

Nicole has been awarded a Phase-2 Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) Student Seed Grant for her proposal "Desupersaturation/crystallization kinetics of ternary amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA)." Congratulations!

November

Konstantina has been awarded a Phase-1 Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) Student Seed Grant for her proposal "Controlled Production of PLGA Nanoparticles Utilizing Microfluidic Techniques." Congratulations!

March

Dr. McEnnis received the 2023 Early Career Award from the Metavivor Foundation for her proposal “Mesenchymal stem cells as platinum nanoparticle delivery systems for metastatic breast cancer treatment.” Congratulations!

More information here: https://www.metavivor.org/blog/metavivor-announces-2023-mbc-research-awards/

Image Credit: https://www.metavivor.org/blog/metavivor-announces-2023-mbc-research-awards/

2023

September

Guangliang participated in the Colgate-Palmolive Experiential Learning Opportunity (ELO) Program, where he collaborated with industry professionals on interdisciplinary research projects at the company's Global Technology Center. This program provided hands-on experience in applying scientific principles to real-world challenges, enhancing his expertise in packaging quality control while gaining insight into industry practices and innovation!

Image credit: https://www.linkedin.com/company/colgate-palmolive

Summer

Guangliang's paper on "Influence of surfactant on glass transition temperature of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles" was published!

Check it out here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2023/sm/d3sm00082f

Congratulations!

The paper investigates the influence of surfactants on the glass transition temperature (Tg) of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles, a key factor in drug release behavior. The study compares the effects of polymeric surfactant polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and ionic surfactant DMAB on Tg under dry and wet conditions. The findings highlight the importance of surfactant selection in designing PLGA-based drug delivery systems.

2022 & Older

Congratulations on a successful defense, Dr. López Ruiz!

Guangliang's review paper on 'Glass transition temperature of PLGA particles and its effect on drug delivery applications' has just been published in Polymers.

Check it out here: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14050993

Congratulations!

Aida's research paper 'Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) encapsulated platinum nanoparticles for cancer treatment' has just been published in Materials Advances.

Check it out here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA01155C

Congratulations!

Aida's review paper on 'Single and Multiple Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Particles for Controlled Drug Delivery' has just been published in the journal Pharmaceutics.

Check it out here: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14020421

Congratulations to everyone involved!

Aida won first place at NJIT's GSA Research Showcase on Dec. 1st, 2021! She is featured in an article on NJIT's website: https://news.njit.edu/breast-cancer-chemotherapy-method-wins-gsa-research-showcase

Congratulations!

Ashish has been awarded a Phase-2 Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) Student Seed Grant for his proposal "Platinum Nanoparticles’ Mechanism of Action in Triple Negative Breast Cancer." Congratulations!

Congratulations to Ashish who has been awarded Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) 2021 Provost Summer Research Fellowship! He will be working with Aida on the project "Study of Targeted Platinum Nanoparticles as Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer."

Aida has received the 2021 Women in Chemical Engineering (WIC) Travel Award! The award covers her registration and travel to the AIChE conference in Boston, MA in November. Congratulations!

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