{"id":18,"date":"2019-09-11T16:25:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T16:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obes.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:23:00","slug":"recent-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/obes.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"Recent News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jan. 2026:\u00a0<\/strong>Ms. Lee\u2019s work was selected as a finalist for the Outstanding Student Paper Competition<\/strong> at the 39th<\/sup> IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2026)<\/strong>, Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 25-29, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2026:<\/strong>\u00a0An undergraduate student, Ms. Kate Ellis, joined our group for her undergraduate research project (ME499).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2026: <\/strong>Ms. Lee\u2019s work on Tribo-charge induced wetting (TCW) was accepted for a poster presentation in the 39th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2026)<\/strong>, Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 25-29, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct. 2025:<\/strong> Ms. Lee\u2019s work on frequency-dependent dielectrowetting was accepted for an oral presentation in the 2025 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting (BMES 2025)<\/strong>, San Diego, California, USA, Oct. 8-12, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct. 2025: <\/strong>Ms. Yeonwoo Lee\u2019s work on Tribo-charge induced wetting (TCW) for electric-free wettability control was published in Advanced Science (IF: 14.1).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 2025:<\/strong> An undergraduate student, Mr. Noah Deneau, joined our group for his undergraduate research project (ME499).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 2025: <\/strong>Two students, Corbin Paull and Jake Hooper, joined our lab for the BS\/MS 4+1 Degree study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun. 2025:<\/strong> An undergraduate student, Mr. Tanner Moore, joined our group for his undergraduate research project (ME499).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2025:<\/strong> Three undergraduate students, Jakob Bradley, Jake Manzanares, and Yani Ochoa, joined our group for undergraduate research projects (ME499).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 2024: <\/strong>Mr. Jesus Vargas was awarded 2024 Fall SDSU Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun. 2024: <\/strong>Mr. Jesus Vargas joined our lab for the BS\/MS 4+1 Degree study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun. 2024: <\/strong>Mr. Elvis Coronado joined our lab for Summer Undergraduate Research Program supported by SDSU MESA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2024: <\/strong>A graduate student, Kiana Strub, joined our group for the master’s degree study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2024:<\/strong> An undergraduate student, Mr. Colin Ro, joined our group for his undergraduate research project (ME499). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2024:<\/strong> Mr. Islam\u2019s optimization study on optical dielectrophoretic (DEP) manipulation of an oil-immersed droplet was published in Micromachines (IF: 3.523).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct. 2023:<\/strong>  Dr. Park received the grant of $490,592 for the international collaborative work on high-sensitivity THz sensors for facility security and food safety, supported by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, South Korea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 2023:<\/strong> An undergraduate student, Ms. Jeanette Arratia, joined our group for her undergraduate research project (ME499). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 2023: <\/strong>Ms. Ya-Hsin Cheng successfully defended his MSME thesis, entitled “A liquid prism array for constant illumination via electrowetting\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 2023: <\/strong>Dr. Park had an invited talk in the 36th<\/sup> US-Korea Conference (UKC 2023<\/strong>) on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship, Dallas, TX, USA, Aug. 2 – 5, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun. 2023: <\/strong>Mr. Fermin Martinez-Contreras joined our group for Summer Undergraduate Research Program supported by SDSU MESA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May. 2023: <\/strong>Dr. Park had an invited talk in the 18th International Conference on Nano\/Micro Engineered and Molecular systems (IEEE NEMS 2023<\/strong>), Jeju, Korea, May 14 – 17, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr. 2023: <\/strong>Mr. Andrew Lin successfully defended his MSBioE thesis, entitled “Light-controlled droplet trapping, merging, and releasing in a PDMS-based microchannel device\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr. 2023: <\/strong>Ms. Yeonwoo Lee\u2019s work on a 3D spatial focal control system was published in Optics Express (IF: 3.833).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb. 2023:<\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong>A visiting scholar, Dr. Kwak, joined our lab for collaborative work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb. 2023:<\/strong> Mr. Janev\u2019s work on a smartphone integrated paper (SIP) system for rapid and on-site screening of urinary tract infections was published in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (IF: 9.221).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb. 2023: <\/strong>Mr. Cheng-Hsun Lee successfully defended his MSME thesis, entitled “3D spatial focal control by arrayed optofluidic prisms\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb. 2023:<\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong>A graduate student, Daniel Arzate, joined our group for the master’s degree study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2023: <\/strong>Mr. Lee\u2019s work on a 3D spatial focal control system was accepted for an oral presentation in the 36th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2023)<\/strong>, Munich, Germany, Jan. 15 \u2013 19, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct. 2022: <\/strong>Dr. Park had an invited talk about “a smartphone-based biosensor for water quality detection” in IEEE Sensors, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 2022: <\/strong>Mr. Athul Janev successfully defended his MSBioE thesis, entitled “A smartphone-integrated, paper microfluidic system for rapid and on-site diagnosis of urinary tract infections\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jul. 2022:<\/strong> A review paper on optoelectrowetting (OEW) technology was published in Lab on a Chip (IF: 7.517).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun. 2022: <\/strong>Mr. Janev\u2019s work on smartphone-based detection of urinary tract infections (UTIs) was accepted for a poster presentation in the 26th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Science (MicroTAS 2022)<\/strong>, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 23 \u2013 27, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr. 2022:<\/strong> A current JDP student, Yeonwoo Lee, was awarded the 2022-2023 University Graduate Fellowship (UGF)<\/strong> from SDSU. Congratulations!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar. 2022:<\/strong> Mr. Sen, a new JDP student, was awarded the 2022-2023 Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship (PGRF)<\/strong> from SDSU. Congratulations!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar. 2022:<\/strong><\/strong> A visiting scholar, Dr. Koo, joined our lab for collaborative work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb. 2022:<\/strong> Mr. Thio\u2019s work on Lab-on-a-Smartphone (LOS) for in-situ water quality detection was published in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical<\/strong> (IF: 9.221).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2022:<\/strong>  Mr. Thio\u2019s work on plasmonic-enhanced optical DEP manipulation was published in Micromachines (IF: 3.523). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 2022:<\/strong> An undergraduate student, Mr. Luke Adame, joined our group for his undergraduate research project (ME499). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct. 2021: <\/strong>Mr. Thio\u2019s work on smartphone-based water quality detection was presented in the 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Science (MicroTAS 2021)<\/strong>, Palm Spring, CA, USA, Oct. 10 \u2013 14, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sept<\/strong><\/strong>. 2021:<\/strong> A visiting scholar, Dr. Lee, joined our lab for collaborative work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 2021: <\/strong>Two PhD students, Yeonwoo Lee and Joy Islam, joined our group for their doctoral degree study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2021: <\/strong>Mr. Thio\u2019s work on plasmonic-enhanced FEOET was presented in the 21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2021)<\/strong>, Online, June 20 – 25, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2021:<\/strong> An undergraduate student, Mr. Ala Zeidan, joined our group for his undergraduate research project (ME499). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2021: <\/strong>Mr. Sterlen Barnes successfully completed the Plan B Project for his MSME program. Best of luck on his future career!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr. 2021: <\/strong>Dr. Park served as a Guest Editor for the Special Issue of “Advances in Electrowetting Devices,” Micromachines, MDPI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr. 2021: <\/strong>A graduate student, Athul Janev, joined our group for the master’s degree study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar. 2021:<\/strong>  Dr. Lee\u2019s work on AC electrowetting of an ion gel dielectric was published in Micromachines (IF: 3.523).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb. 2021:<\/strong>  Dr. Park was awarded an NSF CAREER grant<\/strong> of $500,000 for the work on optofluidic solar indoor lighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2021: <\/strong>Two graduate students, Chaztyn Pangelina and Sterlen Chase Barnes, joined our group for the master’s degree study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 2020: <\/strong>Two graduate students, Cheng-Hsun Lee and Ya-Hsin Cheng, joined our group for the master’s degree study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2020: <\/strong>Dr. Park served as a Guest Editor for the Special Issue of “Micro\/Optofluidic devices for Bio and Energy Applications,” Micromachines, MDPI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2020: <\/strong>A graduate student, Andrew Lin, newly joined our group for his master’s degree study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 2020: <\/strong>Mr. Thio\u2019s work on plasmonic-enhanced OEW was published in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (IF: 9.221). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec. 2019:<\/strong>  Mr. Thio\u2019s work on highly-concentrated solar spectrum splitting technology was published in Energies (IF: 3.252). <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct. 2019:<\/strong> An undergraduate student, Mr. Cameron Curet, joined our group for his undergraduate research project (ME499). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 2019:<\/strong> A team of 5 undergraduates joined our group for their Capstone Design Project (ME490). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2019: <\/strong>Mr. Thio\u2019s work on optofluidic solar indoor lighting was presented in 2019 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (IEEE OMN 2019)<\/strong>, Daejeon, Korea, July 28 – Aug. 01, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jan. 2026:\u00a0Ms. Lee\u2019s work was selected as a finalist for the Outstanding Student Paper Competition at the 39th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2026), Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 25-29, 2026 Jan. 2026:\u00a0An undergraduate student, Ms. Kate Ellis, joined our group for her undergraduate research project (ME499). Jan. 2026: Ms. Lee\u2019s work on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obes.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obes.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obes.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obes.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obes.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/obes.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":646,"href":"https:\/\/obes.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obes.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}