News

• Dr. Budhathoki-Uprety gave an invited presentation at the Nanomaterials in Medicine and Biology session at SERMACS 2024. Thank you organizers for your kind invitation!
• Alexander Boltinhouse and Samantha Moutsatsos joined our group this fall. Welcome Xander and Samantha to our team!
• Budhathoki Research Group and the Henry Oliver Tenadooah Ware Research Group at MAE Department, NCSU received funding support from the Institute for Connected Sensor-Systems! Project title, “Developing High-Throughput 3D Printed Precision Macro-Sensors Using Engineered Nanosensors”, Congrats Team!
• Budhathoki Research Group and the Vazquez-Guardado Research Group received funding support. Project title, “Implantable Multiplexed Optical Biosensor for In-vivo Detection of Biomarkers”, ASSIST Core Project! Congrats Team!
• Congratulations Hannah and co-authors for a new publication: Recent advances on applications of single-walled carbon nanotubes as cutting-edge optical nanosensors for biosensing technologies. Hannah M. Dewey, Ashley Lamb and Januka Budhathoki-Uprety. Nanoscale, 2024, Advance Article; https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NR01892C!
• Congratulations Nigar for passing your PhD Final exam! Nigar’s dissertation title is “Design and Fabrication of Optical pH Sensors Utilizing Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Towards Applications in Biomedical Field”.
• Great job, Cullen and Sumayah – presenting your REU research at TECS REU program and the 2024 NCSU Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium!
• Congratulations Hannah for passing your PhD Final exam! Hannah’s dissertation title is “Development of Near-infrared Fluorescent Nanosensors using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Personal Health and Environmental Monitoring”.
• Congratulations Hannah, Nasif and co-authors for a new publication: Development of Optical Nanosensors for Detection of Potassium Ions and Assessment of Their Biocompatibility with Corneal Epithelial Cells. Hannah M. Dewey, Nasif Mahmood, Sofia Mariapaz Abello, Nigar Sultana, Jaron Jones, Jessica M. Gluck, Januka Budhathoki-Uprety. ACS Omega 2024, 9, 25, 27338–27348, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c01867!
• Congratulations Hannah for winning a Third Place Poster Award from the ECS Nanocarbons Division’s 2024 Spring Meeting in San Francisco!
• Welcome Sumayah and Cullen – REU students to our lab!
• Congratulations Ashley for your graduation! Way to go!!! Congratulations for being featured on our college website! Ashley Lamb ‘24 Begins her Career in Medicine at the Wilson College of Textiles.
• Dr. Budhathoki-Uprety won the NC State Outstanding Teacher Award, Congratulations! Wilson College of Textiles Faculty Member Receives 2024 Outstanding Teacher Award. 2023-24 University Teaching Awards Announced
• Congratulations Nigar, Hannah, and Ariel for a new publication Understanding the Molecular Assemblies of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Tailoring their Photoluminescence for the Next-Generation Optical Nanosensors, Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 9, 4034–4053; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00232!
• Congratulations Meghan for passing your PhD Final exam! Meghan’s dissertation title is “Synthesis and Applications of Polymeric Materials to Reduce Environmental Burden from Textile Dyes Exhaust and Finishes”.
• Nigar was featured for NCSU Graduate Student Profile, Congratulations!
• Congratulations Hannah and co-authors for a new publication Carbon Nanotubes for Optical Detection of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Complex Media, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 17, 15530–15539; https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c02219!
• Congratulations Meghan for the 2024 AATCC Foundation Student Research Support Grant!
• Congratulations Hannah for winning CMI 2024 Ideation Award (Co-PI, Student Award, Comparative Medicine Institute, NCSU)!
• Great job, Destiny and Joshua – presenting your REU research at 2023 NCSU Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium!
• Welcome Destiny and Joshua – REU students to our lab!
• Congratulations Nigar for winning a Second Place Poster Award from the ECS Nanocarbons Division’s 2023 Spring Meeting in Boston!
• Our work on Nanosensor Development has been highlighted on the Wilson College News!
• Congratulations Sofia for winning Spring 2023 NC State Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium Presentation Award!
• Sofia, Joey, and Ariel presented their research at the Spring 2023 NC State Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium. Good job team!
• Congratulations Meghan for passing PhD Prelim Exam!
• Hannah, Meghan and Nigar presented their research at the Annual Textiles Research Open House, Good job!
• Nigar presented her research at the NCSU’s Annual Graduate Research Symposium 2023, Good job!
• Hannah, Meghan and Nigar presented their research at the ACS 2023 Spring National Meeting.
• Congratulations Mike Keating for winning The Dean’s Award, Fall 2022! This is the most prestigious undergraduate award of the December graduation for the Wilson College of Textiles.
• Congratulations Nigar and Hannah for a new publication Optical detection of pH changes in artificial sweat using near-infrared fluorescent nanomaterials, Sens. Diagn., 2022, Advance Article, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SD00110A!
• Our work on Polymer-mediated Dye Removal from Contaminated Water has been highlighted on the NC State News!
• Congratulations Meghan, Graham and Mike for a new publication,  Polycarbodiimide for Textile Dye Removal from Contaminated Water, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2022, 4, 8, 6192–6201, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c00959 !
• Congratulations Meghan for winning the First Place (Poster Presentation) in the Wilson College of Textiles Research Open House (2022)!
• Congratulations Hannah for winning the Second Place (Oral Presentation) in the Wilson College of Textiles Research Open House (2022)!
• Congratulations Hannah for winning the Second Place in the NCSU’s 15th Annual Graduate Research Symposium (2022), Mathematical and Physical Sciences category!
• Congratulations Nigar for passing PhD Prelim Exam!
• Congratulations Hannah for passing PhD Prelim Exam!
• Congratulations Hannah, Jaron and Mike for a new publication Increased Use of Disinfectants During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Potential Impacts on Health and Safety, ACS Chemical Health & Safety ACS Chem. Health Saf. 2022, 29, 1, 27–38, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chas.1c00026 !
• Budhathoki Research Group received FRPD 2022 funding! Congrats Team!
• “Efficient Removal of Textile Dyes from Wastewater”.
• Congratulations Meghan and Luis! You guys are on the college news.
• Congratulations Hannah and Shelby! You guys are on the college news.
• Budhathoki Research Group received a Grant from Cotton Inc! Congrats Team!
• “Synthesis of a hydrophobic cotton finish using cottonseed oil“.
• Budhathoki Research Group and the Gluck Lab received ROSF 2020 seed funding! Congrats Team!
• “Sensor-Integrated Polymeric Scaffolds for Ocular Tissue Engineering”.
• Budhathoki Research Group received FRPD 2019 funding! Congrats Team!
• “Optical Nanosensor Development for the Detection and Monitoring of Diseases”