Welcome to the nanoengineering research group at Binghamton University
Improving the synchrotron temporal resolution with dynamic optics-on-a-chip.
Spider uses its web as an outsourced auditory sensor
Revealing the femtometer motion of nanomechanical resonators
Improving the synchrotron temporal resolution with dynamic optics-on-a-chip.
We are an interdisciplinary research group in nanoengineering with expertise in mechanical, electrical, optical, and acoustical measurements, nanofabrication and characterization, dynamic system design, and modeling. Through fundamental innovations in bio-inspired engineering, nanomechanics, nanomanufacturing, and system-level integration, we are developing new paradigms of nanodevices, multi-scale nanoengineered materials, and precision sensing, control, and imaging tools. Our research addresses societal challenges in health, energy, information, and security.
News
2024/08/13: Dr. Zhou, in collaboration with Dr. Changhong Ke, received a three-year NSF award to support their research on nano-opto-electro-mechanical systems (NOEMS).
2024/08/06: This summer, Wei and Xiangyu conducted their research at Argonne National Laboratory.
Special thanks to Dr. David Czaplewski at the Center for Nanoscale Materials for the fantastic mentoring on nanofabrication! We look forward to visiting again in Spring 2025.
2024/04/18: Dr. Zhou was named a 'Career Champion,' nominated by students for his impact on their personal and professional growth.
2024/02/08: The collaborative work titled "Tiny Spies: Mosquito Antennae as Sensitive Sensors for Eavesdropping on Frog Calls" was awarded the 2023 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize.
2023/11/30: BingUNews spotlights our latest patent that has now been commercialized by the Canadian venture firm TandemLaunch and its spin-off company Soundskrit: "Thinner than hair, stronger than steel — and able to hear? How spider silk research led to a new kind of microphone".
Soundskrit, a company founded on our 2017 invention "the bio-inspired flow microphone", has launched the industry's first high-performance, directional MEMS microphone. Be proud to be part of this!
2022: Our work "Outsourced hearing in an orb-weaving spider that uses its web as an auditory sensor" is featured by Scientific American, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cornell News, and Binghamton News, etc.