{"id":51,"date":"2013-09-30T15:11:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T22:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2020-02-14T00:16:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T00:16:29","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Mu Research Lab!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have been focusing on the design, synthesis, and functionalization of nanostructured porous materials for a variety of applications in the areas of energy, environments, and biomedical engineering!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group News and Announcements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Jan 2020<\/strong>,&nbsp;Welcome new undergraduate researchers:&nbsp;Matthew Kurecki, Justin Bonner.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Dec&nbsp;2019<\/strong>, Congratulate Dylan Beck, Cameron Schwabe, and Elmer Correa on winning ASU-FURI Undergraduate Research Award!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Oct 2019<\/strong>,&nbsp;Welcome our new students: Amogh Meshram (PhD), Elmer Correa (Undergraduate), Hasan Jafar (Master), Kunj Parmar (Master).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>July 2019<\/strong>, Dr. Mu received a research funding from&nbsp;ExxonMobil Corporation for developing new composite adsorbents!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>April&nbsp;2019<\/strong>, Congratulate John Nkuutu and Dillon Jayanthan on winning ASU-FURI Undergraduate Research Award!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>April\u00a02019<\/strong>, Big Congratulations to both Bohan and Sean for\u00a0winning ASU-SEMTE Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award! So proud of you guys!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Bohan-and-Sean.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3968\" height=\"2976\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Bohan-and-Sean.jpg\" alt=\"ASU-SEMTE Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award given to lab members.\" class=\"wp-image-425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Bohan-and-Sean.jpg 3968w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Bohan-and-Sean-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Bohan-and-Sean-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Bohan-and-Sean-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3968px) 100vw, 3968px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>April&nbsp;2019<\/strong>, Congratulations to Mr. Sean Mcintyre for successfully defending his&nbsp;Master thesis! Two first-authored publications, job is well done!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1786934469_good.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3968\" height=\"2976\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1786934469_good.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1786934469_good.jpg 3968w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1786934469_good-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1786934469_good-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1786934469_good-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3968px) 100vw, 3968px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Mar 2019<\/strong>, Congratulations to Dr.&nbsp;Bohan Shan for successfully defending his PhD and for starting his new career as a Senior Packaging Engineer at Intel!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1470484834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3968\" height=\"2976\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1470484834.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1470484834.jpg 3968w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1470484834-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1470484834-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/1470484834-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3968px) 100vw, 3968px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Feb 2019<\/strong>, Dr. Mu gave an invited talk to the NanoBio Lecture at ASU.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Jan 2019<\/strong>, Welcome our new Master students: Mohammad AlGhfeli, Ahmed Alteneiji.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Dec 2018<\/strong>, Congratulate&nbsp;Sean Mcintyre on being selected as a keynote speaker to give a speech on the&nbsp;FURI\/MORE Luncheon! (See nice pictures of us with Dean&nbsp;Dr. Kyle Squires and SEMTE Director Dr. Lenore Dai)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/IMG_20181116_123400_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"414\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/IMG_20181116_123400_1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/home-2\/rpt\/\" class=\"wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/IMG_20181116_123400_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/IMG_20181116_123400_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/IMG_20181116_123400_1-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/IMG_20181116_123823-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"415\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/IMG_20181116_123823.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/home-2\/rpt-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/IMG_20181116_123823-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/IMG_20181116_123823-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/IMG_20181116_123823-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Dec&nbsp;2018<\/strong>, Congratulate&nbsp;Andra Yung on the ASU-MORE scholarship!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Nov 2018<\/strong>, Congratulate Zack Lindsey, Dylan Beck, Arjun Gupta, and Jarod Vance on the ASU-FURI scholarship!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Oct 2018<\/strong>, Dr. Mu and Bohan&nbsp;Shan representing Mu Research Lab gave multiple presentations at the 2018 Fall Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Sep&nbsp;2018<\/strong>, Dr. Mu was awarded&nbsp;a NSF funding!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Sep 2018<\/strong>, Welcome to our new high school student from BASIS Chandler: Clara Wang.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Aug 2018<\/strong>, Welcome to our new PhD student: Joseph Winarta.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Aug 2018<\/strong>,&nbsp;Congratulate&nbsp;Sean Mcintyre on the ASU-MORE scholarship!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Aug&nbsp;2018<\/strong>, Dr. Bin Mu gave a poster presentation titled &#8220;Scalable Synthesis of Highly Crystalline vdW MOF Nanosheets with Large Aspect-ratio&#8221; at the 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Membranes: Materials &amp; Processes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>June 2018<\/strong>,&nbsp;Congratulate&nbsp;Sean Mcintyre on publishing his first-authored research article on <em>Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.<\/em>&nbsp;[<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.iecr.8b00981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read<\/a><\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>May 2018<\/strong>, Welcome to our new Master students: Andra Yung, Min Su Park.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>April 2018<\/strong>, Congratulate Peyman Sirous&nbsp;for successfully defending his&nbsp;Master thesis.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Mitch\" class=\"wp-image-343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>April 2018<\/strong>, Congratulations to Dr. Mitch Armstrong for winning ASU-SEMTE Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>April 2018<\/strong>,&nbsp;Congratulate&nbsp;Zack Lindsey on the ASU-FURI scholarship!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch-defense.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch-defense-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"Mitch defense\" class=\"wp-image-344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch-defense-1024x790.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch-defense-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch-defense-624x481.jpg 624w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Mitch-defense.jpg 1563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Mar 2018<\/strong>,&nbsp;Big congratulations to Dr. Mitch Armstrong for successfully defending his PhD and for starting his new career as Process Development Engineer at Intel! He is also the first PhD student graduated from Mu Research Lab.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Nov 2017<\/strong>,&nbsp;Bohan and Mitch representing Mu Research Lab gave&nbsp;two presentations at the 2017 Fall&nbsp;Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Oct 2017<\/strong>, Kori\u2019s first-authored research article has been published in&nbsp;<em>Journal of Membrane Science<\/em>, which is also the first leading-authored research article from master students in Mu Research Lab.&nbsp;[<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0376738816321706\">read<\/a><\/span>]&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Sep 2017<\/strong>, Welcome to our new group member: Yang Chen, visiting PhD student from Taiyuan University of Technology, China.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Aug 2017<\/strong>, Congratulations to Bohan for successfully defending his Ph.D. proposal!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Aug 2017<\/strong>, Dr. Mu was awarded&nbsp;a NSF EAGER funding!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Aug 2017<\/strong>,&nbsp;Congratulate&nbsp;Hunter Haynie on the ASU-FURI scholarship!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Chris-and-Emily.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Chris-and-Emily-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Chris and Emily\" class=\"wp-image-352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Chris-and-Emily-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Chris-and-Emily-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Chris-and-Emily-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Chris-and-Emily.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>April 2017<\/strong>, Congratulations to Christopher Balzer for winning SEMTE Outstanding Honors Thesis Award and to Emily Close for winning SEMTE Outstanding Undergraduate Award!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Mar 2017<\/strong>, Congratulations to Mitch for successfully defending his Ph.D. proposal!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Balzer-in-the-lab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Balzer-in-the-lab.jpg\" alt=\"Balzer in the lab\" class=\"wp-image-353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Balzer-in-the-lab.jpg 640w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Balzer-in-the-lab-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/Balzer-in-the-lab-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Jan&nbsp;2017<\/strong>, Big congrats to Christopher Balzer on 2017 Churchill Scholarship, which is also ASU\u2019s first Churchill Scholarship!!! [<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mylocalnews.us\/asu\/asus-first-churchill-scholarship-awarded-chemical-engineer\/\">read<\/a><\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Dec 2016<\/strong>,&nbsp;Christopher Balzer&#8217;s first-authored research paper has been published in&nbsp;<em>Materials Letters<\/em>, which is also the first leading-authored research article from undergraduate students in Mu Research Lab.&nbsp;[<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0167577X16319954\">read<\/a><\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Nov 2016<\/strong>, Congratulate Sarfaraz Shamji, Sean Mcintyre, and Emily Close on the ASU-FURI scholarship!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Nov 2016<\/strong>,&nbsp;Mitch representing Mu Research Lab gave multiple presentations at the 2016 Fall&nbsp;Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Sep 2016<\/strong>, Bohan representing Mu Research Lab gave a presentation titled &#8220;Synthesis and characterization of a photoluminescent Zr-based metal-organic framework with controllable UV-induced structural variation and ultrahigh hydrostability&#8221; at the 2016 International Conference on Chemical Engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Aug 2016<\/strong>, Congratulate Sean McIntyre on being named as a 2016&nbsp;ASU\/NASA Space Grant&nbsp;Scholar.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Aug&nbsp;2016<\/strong>, Dr. Bin Mu gave a presentation titled &#8220;Electrospun MOF-Nanofiber Composites for Mixed Matrix Membranes&#8221; at the 2016 Gordon Research Conference on Membranes: Materials &amp; Processes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>April 2016<\/strong>,&nbsp;Congratulate Mitch on receiving the 2016 SEMTE Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>April 2016<\/strong>, Big congrats to&nbsp;Christopher Balzer&nbsp;on being named as a&nbsp;2016 Goldwater Scholar!!! [<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/goldwater.scholarsapply.org\/sch-2016.php\">read<\/a><\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Mar 2016<\/strong>, Mitch representing Mu Research Lab gave two presentations titled &#8220;Electrospun Nanocomposite Membranes for Separation&#8221; and &#8220;New MOF-Nanofiber Nanocomposites for Moisture Swing Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide&#8221;&nbsp;at the 2016 Spring Meeting of the&nbsp;Materials Research Society (MRS).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Feb 2016<\/strong>, Dr. Bin Mu gave an invited talk at&nbsp;the&nbsp;Nanoscale Science Seminar of ASU on&nbsp;Nanostructured Porous Materials and Engineered Composites.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Dec 2015<\/strong>, Congrats&nbsp;to Bohan&nbsp;and Mitch&nbsp;for passing their qualifying exam!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Nov 2015<\/strong>, Mitch&#8217;s research, which is also the first research article from Mu Research Lab,&nbsp;has been published in&nbsp;<em>Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.<\/em>&nbsp;[<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.iecr.5b03334?journalCode=iecred\">read<\/a><\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Nov 2015<\/strong>, Congratulate Edward Reyes, Emily Close, Joshua Stevens, Ky Nguyen, and&nbsp;Portia Letham on the ASU-FURI scholarship!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>April 2015<\/strong>, Welcome to our new undergraduate researchers:&nbsp;Edward Reyes, Joshua Stevens, Ky Nguyen, and Portia Letham.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>April 2015<\/strong>, Congrats to Christopher Balzer on the ASU-FURI&nbsp;scholarship!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Feb 2015<\/strong>, Welcome to our new undergraduate researchers:&nbsp;Emily Close.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Jan 2015<\/strong>, Welcome to our new PhD student: Jiuhao Yu.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Sep&nbsp;2014<\/strong>, Welcome to our first undergraduate researcher:&nbsp;Christopher Balzer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Aug&nbsp;2014<\/strong>, Welcome to our&nbsp;first PhD students: Bohan Shan and Mitchell Armstrong.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Nov 2013<\/strong>, Welcome to our new Master student: Bohan Shan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Sep 2013<\/strong>, Welcome to our first Master student: Jiuhao Yu.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-2\">We have been focusing on the design, synthesis, and functionalization of nanostructured porous materials for a variety of applications in the areas of energy, environments, and biomedical engineering! Group News and Announcements Jan 2020,&nbsp;Welcome new undergraduate researchers:&nbsp;Matthew Kurecki, Justin Bonner. 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