Dr. Manzo was selected for the ONR Summer Faculty Research Program; he will join the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC as a Senior Level Fellow this summer 2025.
Dr. Manzo was awarded funding support from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The name of the project is "Novel Imaging Strategies for Effective Pest Detection in Shipping Containers".
Dr. Manzo, in collaboration with Dr. Namuduri (EE), Dr. Manuj (Business), and Dr. Pravin (Business) was awarded $1.5M funding support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The name of the project is "SCC-IRG Track 2: Building a Smart and Connected Ecosystem for the First-Responder Community"
Dr. Manzo was awarded the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Summer Research Team Program. The name of the project is "Multispectral/Hyperspectral and Infrared Imaging for Cross-Border Pest Detection"
Dr. Manzo, in collaboration with Dr. Huang, has been awarded funding support by TxDOT. The name of the project is "Summer Transportation Institute Fiscal Year 2024 UNT Host Site”.
Great news! Dr. Manzo was appointed as Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy (2023 - 2026)
Big news. Prof. Manzo has been selected to receive the 2024 ASEE CIEC Best Session Award.
Big news from ASME! Our student section receives the Section Achievement Award for accomplishments made in 2022-23.
Dr. Manzo was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
Dr. Manzo was selected for the ONR Summer Faculty Research Program; he will join the Navy Research Laboratory in Washington DC this summer 2023.
Dr. Manzo, in collaboration with Dr. Huang, has been awarded funding support by TxDOT. The name of the project is "Summer Transportation Institute Fiscal Year 2023 UNT Host Site”.
Dr. Manzo has been appointed as the new ASME Student Chapter advisor at UNT.
Dr. Manzo, in collaboration with Dr. Bostanci, has been awarded funding support by TEES. The name of the project is "Introduction to Nuclear Power: Energy Conversion, Instrumentation, and Control”.
Dr. Manzo has been elected as a new senator at UNT Faculty Senate, from Fall 22.
Congratulations to Megha Bakaraju that has successfully defended her thesis titles "Fabrication and testing of asymmetric magnetic-polymer flexible sheet for biomedical actuated devices".
Dr. Manzo, in collaboration with Dr. Huang, has been awarded funding support by FHWA/TxDOT. The name of the project is "National Summer Transportation Institute Fiscal Year 2022 UNT Host Site”.
Congratulations to Aleandro Saez that has successfully defended his thesis titled "Aerodynamic Optimization of a 2D airfoil for Rotary-Wing Aircraft at Mars Atmospheric Conditions"
Professor Manzo, in collaboration with MEE faculty, Texas A&M University Commerce, and Tarleton State University has been awarded funding support by TEES. The name of the project is "Smart Health Monitoring Technique for Texas Pipeline System under Soil Movement and Natural Disasters”.
Professor Manzo, in collaboration with MEE faculty and AMMPI research fellow, has been awarded funding support by AMMPI. The name of the project is "Submerged Bobbin Tool (SBT) Tunneling Technology”.
Professor Manzo, in collaboration with MEE faculty, has been awarded funding support by ASHRAE. The name of the project is "Design and Development of Laboratory Equipment for an Emerging Data Center Thermal Management Technology: Single Phase Liquid Cooling”.
Professor Manzo, in collaboration with MTSE and CSCE faculty, has been awarded funding support by Hitachi America Ltd.. The name of the project is "Advanced Process Monitoring Solution for Weld Quality Control”.
Professor Manzo, in collaboration with two faculty (Dept. of Mech. Eng., Adv. and Data Progr.), has been awarded funding support by the Jim McNatt Institute for Logistics Research. The name of the project is "Embedded fiber optical sensing for autonomous vehicles”.
Professor Manzo, in collaboration with two ETEC faculty, has been awarded funding support by the Nuclear Power Institution TEES. The name of the project is "NPI-UNT Partnership on Research Experiences and Outreach Programs”.
Professor Manzo, in collaboration with an ETEC faculty, has been awarded a grant by TxDOT. The name of the project is "Develop Improved Methods for Eliminating Striping on Roadway Surfaces”.
Congratulations to Omar Cavazos that has successfully defended his thesis titled "MICROFLUIDIC-BASED FABRICATION OF PHOTONIC MICROLASERS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS"
Professor Manzo, in collaboration with Texas A&M Texarkana faculty, has been awarded a grant by TEES. The name of the project is "Remote gas detection system using fluorescent nanoparticles”.
Congratulations to Omar Cavazos that has been accepted for an intern position with an Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing Air Force Research Laboratory contractor. He will join Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX for 10 weeks.
Omar Cavazos presented a paper named "Neurotransducers Based Voltage Sensitive Dye-Doped Microlasers" at the OSA Biophotonics Congress: optics in the Life Sciences.
Professor Manzo, in collaboration with ETEC faculty, has been awarded a grant by ASHRAE. The name of the project is "Design and Development of Laboratory Equipment for an Emerging Data Center Thermal Management Technology: Two-Phase Immersion Cooling”.
Professor Manzo has been awarded with the Engineering Technology Mini-Grant sponsored by ASEE. The name of the project is "Design, manufacture and testing of optical sensing systems-based spectroscopy for engineering technology curricula".
The PMDF Lab welcomes Mr. Bryce Bonanno, senior student in MEET. He will complete a bachelor degree in Engineering Technology in 2019. He will be working on experimental fluid mechanics.
The paper named "A NOVEL MICROLASER BASED PLASMONIC-POLYMER HYBRID RESONATOR FOR MULTIPLEXED BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS" has been accepted for publication in the ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy.
The PMDF Lab welcomes Mr. Arnav Lyer, TAMS student. He will be working on optical sensors' development.
The PMDF Lab welcomes Mr. Michael Silva, senior student in MEEN. He will complete a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering in Dec 2018. He will be working a semester on experimental fluid mechanics.
The PMDF Lab welcomes Mr. Omar Cavazos, master student in ETEC and research assistant. He completed a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 2018. He will be working on optical neurotransducers fabrication.
Welcome to the world to my son Matteo M Manzo. He and the mom are happy and healthy!
Mr. Ibrahim Olokodana, a PhD student in Computer Science, joined the Photonics Micro-Devices Fabrication Lab as research assistant performing experimental work and working toward his dissertation under prof. Manzo's supervision.
Prof. Manzo, as Leading PI, submitted a collaborative proposal to DARPA for the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program. The parties involved in the project were: John Hopkins University, Baylor College of Medicine, Southern Methodist University, and two companies.
Dr. Manzo has been invited to present his research ideas at the DARPA center, located in Arlington VA, about the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program.
Prof. Manzo has been awarded by the UNT Office of Research and Development Research for the project named "Microlasers Based Dye Doped Polymeric Resonators for Brain Activity Monitoring".
Prof. Manzo is the new topic organizer named "Biocompatible Materials for Sensing and Actuation", which is sponsored by ASME Nano materials for Biology and Medicine, Materials Division, for ASME IMECE 2018.
Prof. Manzo is a new topic organizer at the track "Biomedical and Biotechnology" for ASME IMECE 2018. The topic is called "Biomedical Devices" and its goal is to gather experts from engineering and medical fields to present their new devices for biomedical applications.
In addition, Dr. Manzo will be in charge of the "Biomedical Graduate students competition" for ASME IMECE 2018. Students, both master and PhD, are encouraged to submit their papers to the track "Biomedical and Biotechnology"; the best works will be rewarded.
Ryan Schwend, undergraduate student at the Photonics Micro-Devices Fabrication Lab (Prof. Manzo’s Lab), presented a poster named “Ultra-Low Threshold Photonics Microlasers” at the “Showcase of Undergraduate Research in Engineering”, held at UNT. The college of engineering industrial advisory board was attending the even. The poster is based on a work submitted to SPIE conference 2018.
Dr. Manzo co-chaired the session together with Dr. Anne Schimitz (Gannon University, PA) "Biomedical Transducers for Imaging and Wearable Devices" at the ASME IMECE 2017, which was held in Florida (USA). He also presented his paper named "A Wireless Intraocular Pressure Sensor". During his talk, more than 20 people were attending the presentation.
Omar Cavazos, undergraduate student at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Manzo's former institution), presented to the Honor College committee members the research "Intraocular Pressure Sensor" conducted under the guidance of Professor Manzo. The presentation was based on a poster previously presented at the 9th Annual Javelinas Research Symposium (Texas A&M University-Kingsville).
Dr. Manzo presented at the seminar orginized by the MEE department at UNT: "Dye Doped Microlasers as Sensors", where he summarized his work and introduced his new research based on a pending NSF proposal.
Dr. Manzo presented his research and moderated the conference held in Las Vegas (USA): The 5th International Conference and Exhibition on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
"The Organizing Committee would like to thank the moderator Maurizio Manzo, University of North Texas, USA, for his contribution and support which resulted in smooth functioning of the conference."
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