2025.09.05 Weekly literature study session

Dr. Tiantian Li, Cordelia Manlilang Luo, Jessica Qixuan Xiang, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Md Shafikul Islam, Jim Jaraczewski, Fatemeh Sadat Mahdavi, Dr. Libin Yang, Dr. Chao Sui, Dhanush Patil, Ian Doran, Dr. Xiao Sun, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Kenan Song, Martin Taylor Sobczak, and Zhengfu Huang.

2025.09.05 Education seminars from Dr. Tiantian Li regarding polymer chemistry and Dr. Qixuan Xiang of particle engineering.

2025summer completion of the I-Corps class with UGA/123Dtechs, Inc.

2025fall - FYO101, 1st year undergrads exposing to materials science and manufacturing engineering (Dr. Libin Yang and Dr. Qixuan Xiang tutoring)

2025fall - ENGR 8990, Polymer Science and Manufacturing Engineering

2025.08.25 August Group Meeting/Birthday party for Jim Jaraczewski and Zhengfu Huang!

New group photos and a welcome to all of our Ph. D.s and Postdocs back to the new semester of 2025 Fall - (left to right and front to back)

Dr. Tiantian Li, Cordelia Manlilang Luo, Jessica Qixuan Xiang, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, Md Shafikul Islam, Jim Jaraczewski, Fatemeh Sadat Mahdavi, Dr. Libin Yang, Dhanush Patil, Ian Doran, Dr. Xiao Sun, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Kenan Song, Martin Taylor Sobczak, and Zhengfu Huang (Dr. Chao Sui is on parental leave).

2025.08.01 Welcome the UGA undergrads (i.e., Katie Hwang, Edison Joy Huang), those participating in VIPR projects (i.e., Dedeepya Yarlagadda, Kimberly Castro Godinez, Ian Doran, Lohith Manthena, Robert Serrano, Trevor Frank, and Naman Kumar), those participating in CURO (i.e., Nathan Tad Newton, Angelina Stephan), and other interns to be back on campus for the 2025 fall semester -!

2025.07.28 Group Photo

Whose birthday is this? The PI did not get his piece of cake 😡

2025.07.10 Welcome to our new postdocs, Dr. Xiao Sun, from Northeastern University!

We have four postdocs, Dr. Qixuan Xiang, Dr. Libin Yang, Dr. Chao Sui, and Dr. Xiao Sun, waiting for our 5th postdoc from UConn (Dr. Tiantian Li) to join us in Aug. 2025!

2025.07.16 Summer Lab Tour for UGA Undergrads

Led by our Ph.D. students, such as the NSF GRFP awardee M. Taylor Sobczak, we have hosted 30+ undergrads from UGA, local schools, and other national colleges! 😆

2025.07.10 Labmate Training at Hyrel

Thanks to the collaboration between Song Lab and Hyrel and Arunachalam Ramanathan's year long contribution to the MEW platform, we got this 3D printer in our lab now -new nanomanufactuirng capabilities!

2025.07.30 Group Meeting

Our last group meeting in summer - congrats on the new journal articles in processing/under review/published from our Ph.D. students Dhanush Patil, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Varunkumar Thippanna, and postdocs Dr. Libin Yang, Dr. Chao Sui, as well as new publications in the coming fall from Dr. Xiao Sun, Dr. Qixuan Xiang, & all Ph.D. students of Arunachalam Ramanathan, Fatemeh Sadat Mahdavi, M. Taylor Sobczak, Zhengfu Huang. Also, huge welcome to our new Ph.D. students @Jim Jaraczewski, @Md Shafikul Islam, & @Cordelia Luo.

2025.06.30 Group Meeting

We have grown to a group of 12 Ph.D.s and 5 Postdoctoral Researchers. More postdoctoral fellows will be welcomed in the following year, 2025-2026.

2025.06.24 ASME/SME Annual Meetings: MSEC/NAMRC Conference at Clemson

Congrats to Varunkumar Thippanna on the best poster award!

2025.06.17 Summer Lab Tour for UGA Undergrads

Led by our Ph.D. students, such as the NSF GRFP awardee M. Taylor Sobczak, we have hosted 30+ undergrads from UGA, local schools, and other national colleges! 😆

2025.06.07. Kids having fun without parents.

2025.05. 25 Dr. Rayane Akoumeh <rayane.akoumeh@qu.edu.qa> from Qatar University (QU) stayed with us for the QU-UGA collaborations.

20230518-20, SEF- M3X conference at UGA, see the conference website:
https://sites.google.com/view/m3x-2025/home
We have the group support from Dr. Xiao Sun, Dr. Qixuan Xiang, Dr. Libin Yang, Dr. Chao Sun, and all Ph.D. students of Varunkumar Thippanna, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Dhanush Patil, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Fatemeh Sadat Mahdavi, Churan Yu, M. Taylor Sobczak, and Zhengfu Huang.

2025.04.25 Step 1: Bond over food. Step 2: Change the world. Collaboration is fueled by carbs and caffeine!

2025.04.08 Fully suited up for battle... against experiments, deadlines, and lab chaos. Collaboration level: expert!

2025.04.08 When you realize research is more than just pipettes and data!

2025.04.02 Serious science talk!

2025.04.08 Varunkumar Thippanna winning the RAPID+TCT SME Digital Manufacturing Challenge Award in the Graduate category - his success is backed by a strong track record of achievements, leadership, and vision.

2025.04.11 UGA undergrad from our lab Ian Doran attends the GT polymer workshop

2025.04.11 UGA undergrad Jacob Houston from our lab attends the GT polymer workshop

2025.04.11 UGA undergrad Advaith Prashanth Nair from our lab attends the GT polymer workshop

2025.04.11 UGA undergrad Joshua Were from our lab attends the GT polymer worshop

2025.04.01 UGA Top 100 Student Employee of the Year - Arunachalam Ramanathan, who made me believe opportunities favor prepared mind.

2025.03.26 ACS San Diego - M. Taylor Sobczk giving a poster in bioplotting for biomedical applications

2025.03.26 ACS San Diego - Arunachalam Ramanathan giving a presentation in composites as an invited talk

2025.03.26 ACS San Diego - M. Taylor Sobczk talk in glass 3D printing

2025.03.26 ACS San Diego - Arunachalam Ramanathan giving a presentation in 3D printing

2025.03.21 Group meeting

The SONG lab, where caffeine is the secret ingredient and innovation is the main course! From left to right, we’ve got the engineers who can solve equations in their sleep, the ones who’ll outsmart you with a spreadsheet, and the fearless leaders who definitely know how to run a successful 3D printer (but might need a coffee refill every 5 minutes). Some of us are proudly repping UGA’s finest, and others might be wondering if the chairs are more comfortable than the lab equipment—but one thing’s for sure: We all know how to collaborate and innovate, one molecule at a time!

2025.02.24 Happy birthdays to Taylor Sobczach and Churan Yu on our group meeting

You can just tell that the guy sitting on the chair is the future PI—probably already drafting grant proposals in his head while pretending to relax! 😆

2025.02.25 Karsten Smith, our alumnus from UGA ME, gave a seminar on MCHE 3290 regarding industrial manufacturing and a lot of QAs regarding internships/jobs in STEM

2025.02.20 Prof Yiping Zhao seminar on MCHE 3290 regarding nanomanufacturing (e.g., GLAD, nanomotors, stroke)

2025.02.06 Prof Yang Liu seminar on MCHE 3290 regarding biomanufacturing (e.g., single cell analysis, microfluidics)

2025.02.11 Prof Yuval Golan seminar on MCHE 3290 regarding nanomanufacturing (e.g., nanoparticle synthesis and assembly)

2025.1.31 Host of Prof Advincula from UTK/ORNL

Joined a lunch meeting where our chemistry and engineering students were geeking out over 3D printing and polymer chemistry with the brilliant Prof. Advincular from UTK/ORNL. It’s like science, but with snacks!

2025.1.27 Group Meeting

Dr. Chao Sui is back at it—defending his hypothesis like he is doing his Ph.D. thesis the 2nd time! This time, he's pitching his idea of using external fields on his inkjet 3D printing system to the group, and they’re throwing some seriously tough questions his way. You can practically see the sweat beads forming... but hey, it's all part of the process!

2024.12.18 Group Meeting

Our group meetings are improving so much that even I’m surprised—it’s like I’m not even attending! I’m so proud of how amazing my colleagues have become, despite me being the living, breathing example of "what not to do!" 😄 Everyone will take a 2-week-long break before we return on campus!

2024.12.19 Group dinner of the Song Lab!

A great year of productivity during our ASU-UGA transition! 😄

2024.11.02 Host of Hand Technologies for C/C Discussions

We welcomed CEO Ernesto Borrego and CTO Dannis Smith from Hand Technologies visiting our group.

2024.11.09 Fall Break Group Hiking for Foilage Views from Tallulah Falls State Park to the German town of Helen, GA

Clockwise are Churan Yu, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Dhanush Patil, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Lindsay B. Chambers, Varunkumar Thippanna, M. Taylor Sobczak, Chao Sui and Kenan Song.

2024.10.11 Host of Prof Jorge Peixinho from Paris, France

We welcome Prof Jorge Pinxeno from Laboratoire PIMM (CNRS, Arts et Métiers, Cnam, Paris), our invited speaker, to a dinner with students after an excellent talk on forced assembly and rheology studies — courtesy of the professional photographer Kenan Song lol

2024.10.25 Host of Prof./Philosopher/Teaching Excellence Awardee Dhruv Bhate from ASU, US

We welcome our invited speaker Prof Dhruv Bhate from Arizona State University, to a dinner with students (clockwise: M. Taylor Sobczak, Chao Sui, Prof Bhate, Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, invisible Libin Yang with the coat on his seat, Lindsay B. Chambers, Churan Yu, Varunkumar Thippanna, Taylor G. Theobald, Dhanush Patil, and Kenan Song), one night before an excellent talk on biomimicking structures and the inspiration to manufacturing and general science.

2024.02.01 Group Meeting

Our PhD students Dhanush Patil and Varunkumar Thippanna during their transition stage from ASU to UGA while the rest of the group members Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, and M. Taylor Sobczack, as well as the undergrad Alaina Sacco, work at UGA.

2024.10.02 Group Meeting

Our Postdocs Dr. Chao Sui, and Dr. Libin Yang, together with our Ph.D. students Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Dhanush Patil, Varunkumar Thippanna, M. Taylor Sobczack, Lindsay B. Chambers, and Churan Yu are having a group meeting with Prof Yiping Zhao, Prof Tianming Liu and Prof Xianqiao Wang with some of their students to brainstorm for collaborations.

2024.11.05 Group Meeting

Led by our Ph.D. student Lindsay B. Chambers, our Postdocs Dr. Chao Sui, and Dr. Libin Yang, together with our Ph.D. students Arunachalam Ramanathan, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Dhanush Patil, Varunkumar Thippanna, M. Taylor Sobczack, Lindsay B. Chambers, and Churan Yu, as well as Taylor G. Theobald, are having the best group meeting I've had!

2024.10.07-10.09 our Ph.D. candidates Lindsay B. Chambers, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, and Churan Yu are attending the 2024 SE Polymer Forum at Oak Ridge National Lab! A good meeting with Prof Michael Bortner from VT!

2024.09.23 FYO Seminars for UGA Freshmen

The Song Lab Ph.D. student Dhanush Patil gave an excellent talk on 3D pirntable liquid metals and elastomer foams for varying applications.

2024.09.19 MENG3920 Seminar for Senior/Junior Undergrads

We invited Mr. Karsten Smith, an alumnus from UGA Mechanical Engineering, from Seoyon E-Hwa Manufacturing Savannah to give a talk on how manufacturing influence the automobile industry.

2024.04.19 IIPA Micro-symposium

We successfully organized the IIPA micro-symposium with the agenda posted here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Xl_wYbB7Txn7G0fpHZ4B0hTFsGNm6LrR5PrxGzLThY/edit

Our Ph.D. student Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli did an excellent job hosting the invited speakers and poster presentaters from the engineering & agriculture colleges.

2024.09.16 Outreach to Georgia preliminary School Students

Our Ph.D. students Lindsay B. Chambers and Varunkumar Thippanna demonstrated the identification/collection of microplastics via marine robotics, as well as the role of manufacturing in both recycling and soft robotics.

2024.04.10 Yuxiang Zhu's Ph.D. Defense

Congrats on Dharneedar Ravichandran's Ph.D. defense and he is the 5th doctoral student among many to follow in the AMAML pipeline! Left to right are Prof Brent Vernon, Yuxiang Zhu, Prof. Cindy X. Li, and Prof Shenghan Guo! Prof Dhruv Bhate and Kenan Song were on Zoom.

2024.04.09 Dharneedar Ravichandran's Ph.D. Defense

Congrats on Dharneedar Ravichandran's Ph.D. defense and he is the 4th doctoral student among many to follow in the AMAML pipeline! Left to Right of the thesis committee members of Prof. Matthew Green, Prof. Kailong Jin, Dr. DR, Kenan Song, Prof. Dhruv Bhate, and Prof. Eric Q. Nian!

2023.10.27 BSRA University Resarche Poster Session

Kenan Song joined Savannah River National Laboratory researchers and staff for a student poster session, a panel discussion with SRNL researchers, and laboratory tours.

2023.10.06 Manufacturing Day at UGA

The MANUFACTURING DAY Open House has featured technology demonstrations that showcase an advanced manufacturing assembly line using additive manufacturing, data analytics and dashboarding, advanced sensor technology, AI object detection, AR/VR, and robotics. This event will spotlight Advanced Manufacturing at UGA.

2023.08.03 Faculty and Student offices @UGA

We are ready to host the transfer and new Ph.D. students at STEM-II, Driftmier engineering center, and other engineering college buildings!

2023.08.02 Song Lab @UGA

Grand Opening of the ~2500ft2 Song Lab!

2023.08.01 Lab Organization

Folks: Effective lab organization plays a crucial role in enhancing students' working efficiency and productivity. A well-organized lab provides students a structured and conducive environment that fosters focus, collaboration, and creativity. By implementing clear protocols and standard operating procedures, students can streamline their workflow and reduce the time spent on unnecessary tasks. Proper equipment and resource management ensures that students have easy access to the tools they need, minimizing delays and maximizing productivity. Maintaining a clean and organized workspace also promotes a sense of order and clarity, allowing students to work more efficiently and effectively. Regular communication and coordination among lab members foster a supportive and collaborative atmosphere, encouraging knowledge sharing, problem-solving, and mutual learning. Overall, a well-organized lab empowers students to optimize their working processes, improving efficiency and quality in their research endeavors.

2023.07.21- 7th Monthly Group Meeting in 2023 concludes the summer

Left to right/clockwise are Zhahong Xiu (Ph.D.), Allan Sun Allen Sun (B.S. for NSF REU program), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), hams Hanse (master student for DHS project in summer 2023), Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Kenan Song, Arunachalam Ramanathan (Ph.D.), Barath Sundaravadivelan (MS in ME), Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli (Ph.D.), Xiangfan Chen, Tushar Vishwanath (MS in Mechanical Engineering), Abhishek Saji Kumar (Master student for SURI project in summer 2023), Varunkumar Thippanna (Ph.D.), and Sayli Jambhulkar (past Ph.D. student).

2023.07.15 - Reflecting the past 5 years

As I glance at the whiteboard in my office, which has remained untouched since our move out of the renovating Tech Center, I am reminded of the ambitious plans I envisioned as a junior faculty member in 2017. It is both humbling and inspiring to reflect upon the remarkable progress and achievements our team has accomplished since then. Our journey thus far has been transformative and full of unexpected turns, underscoring the dynamic nature of our work and the exciting possibilities that lie ahead!

2023.07.07 - group review of Nate Fonseca's SMALL paper at midnight while he is having fun in Kyoto, Japan for the IRES experience

Behind me are Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), and Barath Sundaravadivelan (current MS in ME for a master thesis in summer 2023) working at midnight to meet the deadline

2023.07.10 - Congrats to Barath's master defense

Left to right of Barath's friends are Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), Arunachalam Ramanathan (Ph.D.), Barath Sundaravadivelan (current MS in ME for a master thesis in summer 2023), Varunkumar Thippanna (Ph.D.), Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli (Ph.D.), Abhishek Saji Kumar (master student for SURI project in summer 2023), and a few students joining zoom (i.e., Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.)).

2023.06.17-21 MSEC conference at Rutgers

Congrats to Dharneedar Ravichandran for winning FIRST PLACE at the ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2023) Doctoral Symposium! Super impressive!

2023.06.27- 6th Monthly Group Meeting in 2023

Left to right/Back to front are Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli (Ph.D.), Sumi Ramachandran (M.S. in Materials Science), Abhishek Saji Kumar (Master student for SURI project in summer 2023), Arunachalam Ramanathan (Ph.D.), Varunkumar Thippanna (Ph.D.), Barath Sundaravadivelan (current MS in ME for a master thesis in summer 2023), Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Allen Sun (B.S. for NSF REU program), and Shams Hanse (master student for DHS project in summer 2023).

2023.04.27 - 5th Monthly Group Meeting in 2023

Summer begins - Table clockwise sitting are Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.), Shams Hanse (master student for DHS project in summer 2023), Abhishek Saji Kumar (Master student for SURI project in summer 2023), Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli (Ph.D.), Arunachalam Ramanathan (Ph.D.), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Prof AM Kannan, Prof Kenan Song, Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Barath Sundaravadivelan (current MS in ME for a master thesis in summer 2023), and Varunkumar Thippanna (Ph.D.)

2023.03.31 - 4th Monthly Group Meeting in 2023

Summer is around the corner - research is in full swing, Sun Devils! We welcome Anna Dmochowska from ENSAM, Paris, France for the international exchange experience in summer 2023! Table clockwise sitting are Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.), Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Barath Sundaravadivelan (current MS in ME for a master thesis in summer 2023), Abhishek Saji Kumar (Master student for SURI project in summer 2023), Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), Arunachalam Ramanathan (Ph.D.), Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli (Ph.D.), Anna Dmochowska (Ph.D.), andYuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.)

2022.03.25-29 - ACS2023

Congrats to Dharneedar Ravichandran on his 2023 Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research award from 2023 ACS (Indianapolis, IN)!

2023.03.05-10 APS @Las Vegas

Some of the 1st year Ph.D. students Arunachalam Ramanathan (Ph.D.), Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.), and Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli (Ph.D.) attend the DSOFT and DPOLY sessions with senior students Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.) & Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.) in Las Vegas. We had fun!

2023.03.28 - Sayli Jambhulkar's Ph.D. Defense

Congrats on Sayli Jambhulkar's Ph.D. defense, and she is the 3rd doctoral student and one of the most productive scholars among many to follow in the AMAML pipeline! From left to right are Arunachalam Ramanathan (Ph.D.), Abhishek Saji Kumar (master student for SURI project in summer 2023), Barath Sundaravadivelan (current MS in ME for a master thesis in summer 2023), Prof Kenan Song, Prof AM Kannan, Dr. Sayli Jambhulkar, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli (Ph.D.), Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.), Prof Bruno Azeredo, Baw Mohammad, Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), and Mofe Fagade (master student doing thesis 2022-2023)

2023.02.24 - 3rd Monthly Group Meeting in 2023

A lot of journal publications are to come thanks to the great work of the best Ph.D. candidates! Table clockwise are Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.), Mofe Fagade (master student doing thesis 2022-2023), Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), Abhishek Saji Kumar (master student for SURI project in summer 2023), Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.), ri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli (Ph.D.), Arunachalam Ramanathan (Ph.D.), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), and Barath Sundaravadivelan (current MS in ME for a master thesis in summer 2023)

2022.12.23 - AMAML group meal

Clockwise from Prof Bruno Azeredo, Kenan Song, Abhishek Saji Kumar, Varunkumar Thippanna (Ph.D.), Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.), Arunachalam Ramanathan (Ph.D.), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.), and Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.)

2022.11.13 - Prof Guillaume MIQUELARD GARNIER and Prof Mohammad Hassan at AMAML

Prof Guillaume MIQUELARD GARNIER and Prof Mohammad Hassan visiting our lab during the AIChE conference

2022.10.19 - AMAML DF meter installation

Our lab has the advanced diffusivity meter from TA instruments thanks to the support from AFOSR DURIP program

2022.10.19 - ASU MSN Opening Day

Yuxiang Zhu giving a poster presentation about the ASU-Mayo claborations for 3D printable tissue scaffolds

2022.08 - Summer Intern

BASIS MESA high school student Shayzan Siddiqi working as an intern during 2022 Summer.

2022.08 - SURI Poster

Nathan Fonseca has participated in ASU FURI and SURI programs before receiving the NSF GFRP award (2022-2024).

2022.05.27 - Farewell to Karla Garcia

Karla spent 3 months at ASU as part of her Ph.D. studies as required with international exchanging experience, cuídate @ University of Sonora (Mexico). From left-right clockwise are Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), Weiheng Xu (Ph.D.), Varunkumar Thippanna (Ph.D.), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.), Mohammad Baw (Ph.D.), Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Karla Garcia (Ph.D.), and Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.)

2022.08.02 - Group monthly meeting

Table clockwise sitting are Shayzan Siddiqi (high school intern), Arunachalam Ramanathan (current MS in MSE), Varun Kumar (Ph.D.), Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Max Goldstein (undergraduate intern), Mofetoluwa Fagade (current MS in MAE), Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.), Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.), Mohammad Baw (Ph.D.), Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli (Ph.D.), Barath Sundaravadivelan (current MS in ME), Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.) & Kenan Song (AP in Manufacturing)

2022.07.06 Varun's visit to the public works at the City of Phoenix!

As part of the NSF EFRI team, Varun visted the public works at the city of Phoenix to learn and tour the solid waste processing facilities and techniques!

2022.07.22 Welcome our MSN Director Prof Binil Starly

Huge welcome to our new director of the new school, MSN at ASU. Enjoy the summer heat, folks!

2022.05.08 - ASU Undergrad Intern Max Goldstein

Max Goldstein from the Barrett School at ASU is interested in understanding how manufacturing innovation and composite engineering help aerospace and general defense applications.

2022.05.08 - High School Intern AJeeb Alam

Lab intern Ajeeb F Alam (BASIS Chandler) doing projects on polymer solution rheology studies, following his old brother, Areeb, working in our lab in 2021 and now a student at UPenn.

2022.05.03 - Yuxiang Zhu' W&P funding ceremony

Celebrating 20 Years of Women and Philanthropy and the project starting with Mayo Clinic collaborations!

2022.06.17 - Weiheng Xu's Ph.D. Defense

Congrats on Weiheng Xu's Ph.D. defense and he is the 1st doctoral student among many to follow in the AMAML pipeline! Left to Right of Keann Song, Weiheng Xu, Xiangfan Chen, and Bruno Azeredo.

2023.04.15 - Nate Fonseca's FURI project is highlighted on ASU website

Congrats to Nate Fonseca' FURI project on 3D printable polymer materials for sustainability and energy applications! Nate will continue his Ph.D. studies at AMAML!

2022.04.14 - Sayli's FWA nomination

Huge congrats to Sayli Jambhulkar for being nominated and the semi-finalist of the FWA Distinguished Graduate Student!

2022.03.20 - ACS2022 in San Diego

Kenan Song group and Bruno Azeredo team, together with Prof Jay Park, are having fun at a Sushi restaurant! Clock-wise students are Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.), Mohammad Baw (Ph.D.), Karla Garcia (Ph.D. from U Mexico), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Bruno Azeredo (AP at ASU), Kenan Song (AP at ASU), Jay Park (AP at UMass, Lowell), Weiheng Xu (Ph.D.), and Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.)

2022.03.20-24 - ACS2022

Congrats to Sayli Jambhulkar on his 2022 Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research award from 2022 ACS (San Diego, CA)!

2022.02.26 - Visit from Prof Yuval Golan (Prof at BGU)

Prof Yuval Golan visit to the AMAML and presentation reports regarding textile engineering, 3D printing, hybrid manufacturing, tissue engineering, and collaborations opportunities in semiconductor nanomanufacturing with students back to front, left to right of Varunkumar Thippanna (Ph.D.), Nathan Fonseca (Ph.D.), Yoval Golan (Prof. from BGU), Kenan Song (AP from ASU), Dhanush Patil (Ph.D.), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.) & Weiheng Xu (Ph.D.)

2022.02.25 - ASU-Mayo Clinic collaboration symposium

Visit from Mayo Clinic Dr. Jeff Cornella (Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mayo Clinic), Dr. Johnny Yi (Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology), Dr. Jessica Lancaster (Assistant Professor of Immunology), Dr. Yourka Tchoukalova (Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology), Dr. Michael McPhail, Dr. Shannon Medovich, Dr. Dina Gadalla (Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology & of Regenerative Medicine), with ASU teams of Kenan Song, Shenghan Guo, and Xiangfan Chen

2022.02.24 - Women and Philanthropy Grant Presentations

The WP Foundation Finalist presentation highlighting the academia-industry-clinical collaborations with Mayo Clinic and MECHnano

2021.10.25 - Group photo

The group Farewell to our excellent MORE student Mounika Kakarla, who is starting a new career at Intel clock-wise students are Mohammad Barath (Ph.D.), Weiheng Xu (Ph.D.), Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Mounika Kakarla (M.S.), and Kenan Song (AP from ASU)

https://furi.engineering.asu.edu/participant/kakarla-mounika-chowdary/

2021.02.05 -Mounika Kakarla MORE project highlight on ASU website

Congrats to Mounika for doing an excellent job on her projects to recycle waste plastics via filament extrusion for 3D printable infrastructure purpose!

2021.020.5 Thanks to Mounika Kakarla for making us this wonderful virtual lab tour for high school interns, undergraduates, masters and fresh Ph.D.s - you can see all future leaders in our field!

2021.06 - Clubes de Ciencia AZ

A one-week long online lecturing and lab demonstration of 3D printing techniques for middle and high school students

2021.01 - High School Intern Areeb Alam

Lab intern Areeb F Alam (BASIS Chandler) doing projects on textile engineering and its application in wearable sensors, topic "Fabrication and Characterization of Hollow PVA Fibers for Biomedical Applications", 1st Place of AZ Science Fair awards & NSTI Scholar

2020.02.29 - ASU TPS Opendoor

Left to right: Weiheng Xu (Ph.D.), Yuxiang Zhu (Ph.D.), Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.), and Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.)

2019.07 - EVHCC Summer Labs

Lab training of composites manufacturing on middle-high school students from East Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (EVHCC) (e.g., 7 females, 6 Hispanic)

2019.06 - AVID Summer Lectures

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) middle-high school students taking classroom lectures of advanced manufacturing

2019.06 - AVID Summer Labs

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) middle-high school students taking lab sessions of advanced manufacturing (e.g., 2 African Americans, 14 females)

2019.06 - BASIS Chandler

BASIS Chandler high school students visiting lab for internships and scientific projects (e.g., 2 Hispanic, 3 females)

2019.05.20 - Farewell to the Masters

Left to right: Avadhoot Kuchibhatla (M.S.), Aditya Shah (M.S.), Weiheng Xu (Ph.D.), Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Rahul Franklin (M.S.), Kenan Song, Namrata Kanth (M.S.), and Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.),

2019.05.17 - CNAM lab (Paris, France) visit

Kenan Song hosted by Guillaume Miquelard

2019.05.03 - Lab session for MFG 598

Newly developed course MFG 598 lab session (e.g., by average 3-5 females, 2-5 Hispanic, 1-3 African Americans among 20-30 enrollments)

2019.04 - Invited lecture for Class 218

We invited the entrepreneur CEO and ASU Alumnus Justin Hillsten for a seminar on the undergraduate class 218.

2019.04.30 - Summer begins

Left to right: Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Amm Hasib (Ph.D.), Kenan Song, Weiheng Xu (Ph.D.), Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.), and Natalie Turner (B.S.)

2019.02.16 - what a surprise!

Thank you Weiheng Xu (Ph.D.), Dharneedar Ravichandran (Ph.D.), Rahul Franklin (M.S.), Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.), Avadhoot Kuchibhatla (M.S.), Namrata Kanth (M.S.), and Rushik Tank (M.S.) for the surprise party!

2019.02.02 - ASU Opendoor

Left to right: Kenan Song, Sayli Jambhulkar (Ph.D.), Rushik Tank (M.S.), Rahul Franklin (M.S.), and Aditya Shah (M.S.)

2019.02.01 Lab delivery

Our Advanced Materials Advanced Manufacturing Lab is opening after almost 2 years' efforts of lab space assignment, design, and construction!

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