Integration of a Novel Biomembrane into a Lung-on-a-Chip Microfluidic Test-Platform

The Lung-on-a-Chip team at Fort Lewis College developed a novel fabrication method to produce a viable porous silicon biomembrane that mimics the functionality of the human interstitial space that separates the alveolar cells and the capillary cells where the gas exchange occurs in the lungs.

Single Crystal Growth of Quantum Materials

PEAQS students have begun to grow and characterize more than half a dozen new crystals, including CaFe2 4, Ba-doped CaFe2 4, CuBiz 4, MgCr204, BaFeGaO4, PdGa, and PiGa.

Community Building at the PEAQS Student Retreat

PEAQS hosted its first student retreat March 25-26th at CU Boulder.

An Optical/Electrical System for Micro Droplet Screening

The undergraduate researchers at Fort Lewis College developed a microscope and an optical signal detector circuit to quantify single bacterium in microdroplets from environmental water samples.

PEAQS student pathways

"I never realized how much this experience would make me a perfect fit for this career."

An Optical/Electrical System for Micro Droplet Screening

The undergraduate researchers at Fort Lewis College developed an optical system to quantify single bacterium from environmental water samples. To improve signal detection in their system, they developed a neural network, a method in artificial intelligence.

PEAQS students in the community

PEAQS undergraduates have been busy getting out into their local communities to get K12 students interested in STEM.

Can magnetic quantum dots be catalysts too? Revisiting Co-doped ZnO nanoparticles for catalysis

Using a method developed by Gamelin Lab at UW in 2003 to study magnetic quantum dots, we synthesize Co-doped ZnO nanoparticles with varying Co atomic % inside ZnO nanoparticles.

Collaborative Research and Education in Energy Materials (CREEM)

NSF PREM-supported three PhD students graduates in Fall 2022 at NCAT (Fall 2022 NCAT Commencement file photo, December 9, 2022)

Collaborative Research and Education in Energy Materials (CREEM)

The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) can be used in magnetic refrigeration, which is emerging as one of the  most promising alternatives in the modern-day quest for sustainable, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly cooling technology.