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NFTL Attends 2019 HEMS Meeting

Five members of the NTFL attended the 2019 Harsh Environment Mass Spectrometry (HEMS) Workshop in September 2019 in Myrtle Beach, SC. The group presented on research related to the coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer (CAMMS) and connected with...

NTFL Attends 2019 ASMS Conference

The mass spectrometry research team including: Dr. Jason Amsden, Tanouir Aloui, Kat Horvath, and Raul Vyas attended the 67th annual conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics in Atlanta, GA. Kat Horvath presented on her work on "Designing a...

Alumni Jimmy Thostensen Awarded Outstanding Dissertation Award

Recent graduate from the NTFL lab, James (Jimmy) Thostensen, PhD, is one of two winners this year for the Pratt Engineering School’s 2019 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Awards.  Jimmy received the award for his...

Mariana Vasquez Completes Qualifying Exam

Congratulations to Mariana Vasquez, who successfully completed her qualifying exam on, "Field-driven Odor Mitigation in Sanitation Facilities." Congratulations to Mariana on this milestone as she moves one step closer to completing her Ph.D.!

NTFL takes home prizes at Carolina Science Symposium

On Friday, November 9th graduate students Kat Horvath and Raul Vyas presented posters the annual Carolina Science Symposium for the second year in a row. Kat presented research on "Designing a Cycloidal Mass Analyzer to Detect Perfluorocarbon Tracers for...

Miniature Mass Spectrometer Demonstration for Visitor from Nucletron Technologies

Last week, the NTFL had the pleasure of hosting visitor Robert Tittl from the German company Nucletron Technologies for a tour of the lab and a demonstration of the miniature mass spectrometer. Mr. Tittl is a technology sales managing director for...

Kat Horvath Completes Qualifying Exam

Congratulations to Kat Horvath, who successfully completed her qualifying exam on, “Designing a Cycloidal Mass Analyzer to Detect Perfluorocarbon Tracer Molecules for Environmental Applications.” Congratulations to Kat as she moves one step closer to...

Mariana Vasquez Wins Second Place for Presentation at ECE Retreat

At the annual Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Retreat, Ph.D. Student Mariana Vasquez presented a talk entitled “Malodor molecules mitigation in sanitation facilities.” This presentation won her second place amongst graduate student who...

NTFL Attends ACS Meeting

Research Professor, Jason Amsden, attended the annual meeting for the American Chemical Society in Boston, MA. On Thursday August 23, he gave a presentation titled "Prototype coded aperture miniature mass spectrometer using a cycloidal sector mass...

Joint Paper accepted by Chemistry of Materials

PhD candidate Yihao Zhou, in collaboration with the Glass group and the Mitzi group has written a paper to be published by Chemistry of Materials. The title of the paper, “our paper ‘ Solution-Processed Earth-Abundant Cu2BaSn(S,Se)4 Solar Absorber Using...

Prof. Glass Gives Seminar at Microsoft

During Prof. Glass’s sabbatical in Seattle, Jim Holbery (Microsoft Applied Sciences Group, Advanced Materials & Mechanics Team Lead) invited him to give a seminar at Microsoft. (Thanks to ECE’s Joey Andrews for the introduction to Jim. Joey is on an...

CAMMS-ES Team Begins Field Testing

This week, the CAMMS-ES team began field testing at Duke Forest’s Blackwood Site. The team is conducting controlled gas release experiments aimed at understanding the movement and dispersion of carbon dioxide gas. This first phase of experiments will...

Raul Vyas Completes Preliminary Exam

Congratulations to Raul Vyas, who successfully completed his preliminary exam, “A Study of Operational Characteristics of a Miniature Mass Spectrometer for Environmental Sensing.” Congratulations to Raul as he moves one step closer to completing his PhD!

Prof. Jeff Glass on Sabbatical in Seattle

Jeff Glass started his sabbatical earlier this month in Seattle which will run until November.  His goals are to (i) assess commercialization models for sanitation solutions in developing regions in consultation with Gates Foundation staff, (ii) develop...

Congratulations to Dr. James Thostenson!

Congratulations to Jimmy Thostenson, who successfully defended his dissertation, “Electrochemical Disinfection of Liquid Human Waste Using Potentiodynamic Methods and Controlled Electrode Surface Chemistry.” Hard work and practice paid off well for Dr....