News
2026
University of Maryland Research is Redefining Health Care
MATRIX Lab Workshop Focuses on Fielding Autonomous Systems
Sensor Advancement Breaks Barriers in Brain-Behavior Research
2025
Dr. Ghodssi featured on UMD's Partnerships with Local Small Business
MSAL Member Wins the 2025 AVS Best Research Award
Dr. Ghodssi Invited for Talk at 2025 AUKUS Forum in Sydney, Australia
MSAL Member Wins the 2025 George Harhalakis Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student Award
Dr. Ghodssi Featured on UMD Engineering & HII Partner Collaboration Programs
MSAL Student Featured on ECE News for Bridging Research Innovation and Education Advocacy
MSAL Alumni Received UMD ECE Distinguished Alumni Award
MSAL Member Receives 2025 David Bader Graduate Student Service Award
Dr. Ghodssi Recognized as DUP at UMD Annual Fall Faculty and Staff Convocation
Dr. Ghodssi Featured on Clark Seed Grant Awards Announcement
Dr. Ghodssi Awarded Distinguished University Professor Title
Dr. Ghodssi and MSAL Member featured in MATRIX News on Helping Interns Succeed
MSAL featured in MATRIX Lab New Video
Celebrating a Legend: Matt Scassero's Retirement Event
Adjustable Drug Release Marks New Milestone in Ingestible Capsule Research
Innovation and Collaboration: Congressional Leaders Visit Southern Maryland
An Advanced Space for Enhanced Education
Research Paper and Cover Art Now Feature Article in Journal
Dr. Ghodssi featured in the News on MATRIX Lab Industry Advisory Board
Sydney Overton receives Graduate School's Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award
Ingestible Capsule Advances May Lead to Earlier Detection of Diseases
MSAL Alumni Received PAESMEM Award from President Biden
2024
Autonomy Summit Explores Potential and Challenges of AI
Twelve University of Maryland Faculty Affiliate with MATRIX Lab
Celebrating Analytical Methods' highest-cited authors of 2023
MSAL Alumni Dr. Hanrahan listed among the Early Career Distinguished Alumni Society Class of 2024
Two Former Members of MSAL Earn Tenure
Dr. Ghodssi Welcomes New Associate Research Professor in the MATRIX Lab
Dr. Ghodssi Honored With Gaede-Langmuir Award
New Features on Ingestible Capsule Will Deliver Targeted Drugs to Better Treat IBD, Crohn's Disease
MSAL Research Shines at the Hilton Head Workshop 2024 at its 40th Anniversary
MSAL Published Two Papers on Gut-Microbiome-Brain-Axis (GMBA)
MSAL Student Recognized as ECE 2024 Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Fischell Institute Womxn's History Month Spotlight: Sydney Overton
Clark School Research Nominated for "Invention of the Year"
Ingestible Capsule Technology Research on Front Cover of Journal
Governor's Cabinet Meeting Features Peek into Southern Maryland Research and Collaboration
2023
MSAL Published New Paper on Ingestible Capsule Technology in Gut Health Monitoring
Straker and Stine Awarded Runner-Up for Best Poster at IEEE Conference
Dr. Ghodssi Creates New, Innovative UMD Course that Teaches In-Demand Skills
Dr. Ghodssi is the Co-PI for NSF 'ExLENT' Experiential Learning Project
Sydney Overton and JinJing Han Received ECE Awards
Katie Ruland Featured on the Fischell Institute Spotlight Story.
MSAL Research on Ingestible Pill Featured on Nano Magazine News
Sydney Overton and Katie Ruland were Recognized as ECE 2023 Outstanding Teaching Assistants.
MSAL Celebrates Maryland Day in its 25th Year Anniversary with Visitors Invited to the Lab
Jinjing Han Awarded the 2022-2023 ECE Distinguished Dissertation Award
MSAL’s Work on Serotonin Characterization and Detection Results in Two Journal Covers
Research led by Dr. Ghodssi has been awarded the Grand Challenges Grants Program
Joshua Levy Honored With Clark Doctoral Fellows Mid-Career Award
2022
Justin Stine is the recipient of 2022 ECE Distinguished Dissertation Award
2021
Ashley Chapin wins the George Harhalakis Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student Award
MSAL Visiting Assistant Professor wins Fischell Fellowship
MSAL Alumnus, Nima Ghalichechian, Joins Georgia Institute of Technology Faculty
Xiaobo Tan is working on a smart sensing panel to investigate the sea lamprey’s instinct to suck
The “Microelectronics at Maryland” website showcases Clark School researchers' work and capabilities
Ashley Chapin has received the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
2020
Hilton Head 2020 Workshop accepted papers are quickly peer-reviewed and published in a special issue
Remembering Lynn Preston, Longtime friend and ERC architect from the ISR and UMD passes away
Ashley Chapin is recognized with the 2019-20 Fischell Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering
Ryan Huiszoon completes his Ph.D. in August 2020
Ashley Chapin presented an excellent informative talk on the gut-brain-axis at MAMNA
Hyun Jung and his team took third place overall in MoNuSAC 2020
AIM-HI funds MSAL research on chronic pain
2019
"Smart Marbles" are featured at December AMBIC Conference
MSAL presents in BBI 3rd Annual Seed Grant Symposium
Ashley Chapin wins poster session at Bioscience Day
Hyun Jung takes first place in PAIP2019
MSAL's New Interdisciplinary Research is featured in IEEE Spectrum and UMD Diamondback
Dr. Reza Ghodssi is selected for the Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award
NSF grant funds research on the gut-microbiome-brain axis system (GMBA)
George Banis completes his Ph.D. in August 2019
Justin Stine completes his MS in August 2019
Dr. Reza Ghodssi gives distinguished lecture at EPFL
Justin Stine advances in Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
Nima Ghalichechian receives NSF CAREER Award
2018
Former MSAL postdoc Ekaterina Pomerantseva receives NSF CAREER Award
Biofilm treatment device receives TEDCO MII funding; paper published in IEEE TBME
NSF grant for Ghodssi, Bentley furthers research of flexible devices to combat biofilms
MSAL Research Team Bridging the Gap Between Biology and Microelectronics
'Smart Marbles' developed in MSAL hold promise for better outcomes from bioreactors
MSAL Among BBI FY18 Seed Grant Winners
Book edited by MSAL director Reza Ghodssi among most downloaded eBooks
Biofilm Project Among UMD 2017 Invention of the Year Winners
Flexible Biofilm Device Featured in UM Division of Research News Article
Flexible Biofilm Device Nominated for UM Invention of the Year
Thomas Winkler wins Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
Maryland TMV Research Named 'Highlight of 2017' by the journal Nanotechnology
2017
Ryan Huiszoon wins competition and award on Bioscience Day
New microsystems detect, treat bacterial biofilms that cause post-operative infections
Ghalichechian's work on “hovering antenna” is featured by Ohio State University
Gerasopoulos had his work featured in an ISR news story, Oct 2017
Banis Wins Student Poster Design Competition at the 2017 Global Grand Challenges Summit
Ghalichechian Promoted to Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Ghodssi, Bentley Receive NSF EAGER Grant
Chu receives Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award for 2016-2017
Reza Ghodssi honored as "Person of Impact" by University of Wisconsin
BBI partners with Arena Stage to include panel discussion on March 13, 2017
McCarthy promoted to associate professor at Drexel University
Banis wins the Second Runner-Up Student Presentation Award
Zang, Gerasopoulos and Chu featured on nanotechweb.org
Reza Ghodssi and James Culver featured in an ISR article
Winkler completes his Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering in February 2017
Stine Receives ECE Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award for 2016-2017
2016
Pomerantseva, Ben-Yoav receive awards from IAAM
Thomas Winkler, George Banis, and Ryan Huiszoon receive awards at AVS 63rd International Symposium
Pradeep Rajasekaran Welcomed as New ISR Postdoc
Denice Denton Emerging Leaders Workshop
Winkler won the first place in the 2016 Dean's Doctoral Research Award Competition
Ghodssi and Rubloff to speak at TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo 2016
Hyun Jung Wins Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award
Winkler awarded an Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
Subramanian, Winkler selected to attend work Denice Denton Emerging Leaders Workshop
Subramanian awarded an International Conference Student Support Award
Banis was awarded Best Poster Runner-Up
Zang completed his Ph.D. in May 2016
Hyun Jung completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in July 2016
Sowmya Subramanian completed her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in June 2016
Banis, Huiszoon win first and second place at the NanoDay
2015
Winkler, Subramanian win second and third place respectively in UMD Grad School competition
Ben-Yoav accepts Assistant Professorship at Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Ghodssi elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Ghodssi, Waits, Beyaz co-inventors of U.S. Patent
Ghodssi elected a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society
Chocron awarded Best Poster Runner-Up at the 2015 BMES/FDA Frontiers in Medical Devices Conference
Chu won the Best poster award at UMD's 2015 Graduate Research Interaction Day
Winkler won the Best Student Poster Award at the 2015 Mid-atlantic Micro/Nano Alliance Symposium
Ghodssi, Meyer awarded U.S. Patent 8,952,192
Article by Hanrahan, Waits, Ghodssi highlight of 2014 Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
Winkler selected for the Graduate School's Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award for 2015
Ghodssi and team awarded U.S. Patent 8,986,814 on March 24, 2015
Chu, Jung win Best Poster Presentation award at NEES Spring Accomplishment meeting 2015
Winkler selected as one of the poster winners at the Bioscience Day 2015
2014
Ghodssi selected as a 2014-2015 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
Subramanian, Chu win Best Student Poster Award at 2014 Mid-atlantic Micro/Nano Alliance Symposium
Sheryl Chocron completed her M.S. degree in Bioengineering in December 2014
Meyer completed her Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering in January 2014
Winkler selected to participate in the Clark School's Future Faculty Program
Subramanian wins second place at Biosicence Day 2014
Ghodssi elected a Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Ghodssi and team featured in Frontiers in Energy Research
Subramanian awarded Graduate All-S.T.A.R. Fellowship
Kim recognized for 2013-14 Honorable Mention
Kim completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in April 2014
2013
Hanrahan completed his Ph.D. degree in February 2013
Ghodssi, Winkler advisors to MERIT-BIEN award for the Runner-up Project recipient
Nathan Siwak completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in July 2013
Research by Ghodssi and team is the cover article of the June 2013 issue of JMM
Fan recognized with ECE Distinguished Dissertation fellows for 2012-13 Honorable Mention
Pomerantseva accepted a faculty position at Drexel University
Fan completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in December 2013
Kim selected as a 2013 KSEA Graduate Scholarship recipient
Kim awarded Best Poster Presentation in 5th Annual Bioscience and Engineering Symposium
Subramanian was selected to participate in the Clark School's Future Faculty Program
Ghodssi was an invited speaker at the IEEE Sensors 2013
Articles by Rubloff and Ghodssi featured in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A
Sowmya Subramanian was awarded the 2013 ECE Graduate Student Service
Chocron selected as recipient of the Maryland Alumni Student Association Graduate Scholarship
2012
NSF shot footage of the researchers, students and laboratories on campus in December
Hanrahan represented the SEDD at the annual ARL Summer Student Symposium
Costa of George Washington University wins the MERIT-BIEN award for the Best Overall Project
Mosteller received the Brian Mar Best Student Paper Award
ISR administers an NSF Workshop on Micro, Nano, Biosystems in Arlington, Virginia, March 30, 2012
Mosteller, Austin, Ghodssi, Yang paper is featured in the December 2012 issue of INCOSE Insight
Gerasopoulos completes his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in February 2012
Meyer won the Best Poster Award at 2012 Bioscience Research & Technology Review Day
ISR hosted a delegation from Iraq on February 20, 2012
Young Wook Kim's journal paper featured in Advances in Engineering
Mosteller completed his M.S. degree in System Engineering in October 2012
2011
Dykstra recognized for 2010-11 Honorable Mention
Kim completed his M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in February 2011
Beyaz completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in October 2011
Ghodssi and others figure prominently in a Chemical & Engineering news story
Dykstra completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in July 2011
ISR and researchers from the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy cement their partnership
Gerasopoulos wins first place in the 2011 Dean's Ph.D. Dissertation Award Competition
MEMS Materials and Processes Handbook is an exhaustive design reference for researchers
Gerasopoulos wins the 2011 MSE Graduate Research Award
2010
The MERIT-BIEN award for Best Written Report went to Aaron Cheng
Ghodssi and the Fear the Turtle team won the HH2010 MicroFeud at Transducers
The inside front cover of Lab on a Chip features the work of The Maryland BioChip Collaborative Team
Khbeis completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in May 2010
Beyaz awarded second place in the 2010 Dean's Doctoral Student Research Award Competition
Ghodssi participated in the 2010 European Union-U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Beyaz named ECE Ph.D Distinguised Dissertation Fellow
Gerosopoulos selected by the Future Faculty Program for 2010 class
Gerasopoulos was a featured speaker in the Micro/Nano Seminar Series at MIT March 3, 2010
Article in Highlights in Chemical Technology features work done by William Bentley
UMD team to build a new generation of small, powerful and highly efficient batteries and fuel cells
Dykstra won the first place for the Bioengineering Category in Bioscience Day 2010
Siwak presented with an Advancing Science in America scholar award at an ARCS ceremony
Gerasopoulos, won the Best Poster award at the 2010 Mid-Atlantic Micro/Nano Alliance Symposium
Virus-enhanced battery project featured in the Diamondback
Baron recognized for his work as an IEEE member in a recent article in the IEEE Institute
ISR hosted a site visit by the National Science Foundation from Nov. 17 -18, 2010
2009
Attendees of PowerMEMS 2009 visit Clark School Labs
Ghodssi appointed director of the Institute for Systems Research, effective October 1, 2009
Ghodssi promoted to the rank of Professor effective July 1, 2009.
Ghodssi is the organizing committee chair for PowerMEMS 2009 held December 1-4
Ghodssi is featured in a cover story in the April 2009 issue of Mechanical Engineering
Beyaz was selected to participate in the Future Faculty Program 2009
Fan completed his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in February 2009
2008
Waits completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in May 2008
Dykstra completed his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in October 2008
In situ probing of a nanocantilever with a micromanipulator, developed by MSAL
Ghodssi has been named as an associate editor for the Journal of Biomedical Microdevices
Mustafa Ilker Beyaz completed his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in August 2008
Dykstra selected as an 'Honorable Mention' for the 2008 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Gerasopoulos completed his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in August 2008
Koev received the ECE Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship for 2008
Mosher completed his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in September 2008
McGee completed his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in February 2008
Chuang has received an Intel Achievement Award in 2008
Ghodssi named an associate editor for the IEEE/ASME JMEMS
Ghodssi, Rubloff are two of the inventors named on U.S. Patent 7,375,40
Koev received the ISR 2008 George Harhalakis Outstanding Systems Engineering Graduate Student Award
2007
A recent paper published by MSAL in JMM recognized by IOP for being downloaded 500 times so far
Ghalichechian awarded the best student speaker for the Fall 2006 semester on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Morgan's research was featured in the January 2007 issue of NASA Tech Briefs/Photonic Tech Briefs
UMD press release on September 18, 2007 generated over 60 media hits
Modafe completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in September 2007
Ghalichechian completed his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in July 2007
Koev receives 2007 American Vacuum Society's Graduate Research Award
Siwak completed his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in October 2007
2006
Sheng Li completed his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in February 2006
Koev completed his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in October 2006
Morgan completed his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in August 2006
Chitosan is key component in a nanoscale sensor system developed by researchers in MSAL
Ghalichechian is one of the recipients of the 2006 American Vacuum Society's Graduate Research Award
MSAL activities were featured at the university's first Nanoday on May 12, 2006
The Institute of Physics selected one of MSAL's publications for inclusion in JMM 2006 highlights
A paper recently published by MSAL has been selected as a featured article in JMM
Compound Semiconductor magazine features MSAL's work
2005
The PBS Nightly Business Report featured work from MSAL on Nov 23rd, 2005
Pruessner finished his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in August 2005
A 2005 Washington Post article praises UMD leadership in nanotechnology and features MSAL work
Chuang finished his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in May 2005
Pruessner won the best student paper award at the 17th IPRM Conference in Glasgow, Scotland in 2005
Modafe, Ghalichechian are recipients of the 2004 MEMS and NEMS Technical Group Graduate Award
Reza Ghodssi was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in March 2005
Brian Morgan has been awarded a 2005-2006 ARCS Scholarship
2004
Powers was a winner in the poster competition at the Maryland Bioscience Research Review Day 2004
Morgan awarded a 2004-2005 ARCS Scholarship
2003
Pruessner received his ARCS Scholarship in a ceremony at the U.S. Supreme Court in November 2003
Ghodssi is the recipient of the ISR Outstanding Faculty Award for 2003
The new Engineering College Clean Room has opened in October 2003
Morgan receives 'Honorable Mention' for the 2003 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Pruessner was awarded ARCS Fellowship for the 2003-2004 academic year
2002
Berhane's project was awarded honorable mention at the MERIT Fair held in August 2002
Bruk Berhane is a McNair scholar (Summer 2002)
Modafe selected to receive American Vacuum Society's Graduate Research Award for 2002
Modafe won best poster award at the Spring 2002 MEMS Alliance Workshop
Yinyin Zhao was awarded a grant by the Cosmos Club Foundation in 2002
Ghodssi has won a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
Mike Waits has been granted the GAANN Fellowship in 2002
Cynthia Wu won the best poster award at the poster session of the Fall 2002 MEMS Alliance Workshop
2001
Ghodssi was awarded The 2001 George Corcoran Award
Project by Berhane, Kelly, Tsen was adjudged the best among 24 MERIT projects in August 2001
