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Magnetic, electronic, optical and structural properties of nanomaterialsNanoscience and nanotechnology have become commonplace in many emerging technologies, including magnetics, electronics, photonics, biomaterials, medicine, ultrafiltration, as well as energy collection and storage. The field provides huge potential to benefit diverse areas, such as drug development, water filtration and decontamination, information and communication technologies, and the production of new materials with superior optical, electrical, magnetic, and mechanical properties. Over the past 4 decades, techniques to achieve structures at the nanoscale have become increasingly more advanced and effective. However, the hope for further reduction in feature sizes, as well as the ease of fabrication beyond those provided by conventional fabrication techniques, has prompted the exploration of novel techniques and strategies. |
 PI: Andrew Baruth, Ph.D. Andrew Baruth, PhD | Creighton University (Featured Scholar) Associate Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences office: 402.280.2644 TeachingSpring 2022 PHY 202: General Physics II PHY 491/791: Physics Seminar ERG 582: Energy Innovation Project 2 Fall 2021 PHY 201: General Physics I PHY 621: Graduate Electricity and Magnetism ERG 581: Energy Innovation Project 1 Fall 2020 - Spring 2021 Sabbatical Spring 2019 ERG 361: Energy Internship ERG/PHY 591: Seminar in Engineering ERG 582: Energy Innovation Project 2 Fall 2018 ERG 213: 3-Dimensional Design ERG 251/595: Introduction to Material Science ERG 581: Energy Innovation Project 1 Spring 2018 PHY 201: General Physics for the Life Sciences ERG 520: Introduction to Solar Energy PHY 571: Condensed Matter Physics Fall 2017 PHY 202: General Physics for the Life Sciences II ERG 131: Installation and Maintenance of Photovoltaic Systems PHY 621: Graduate Electricity and Magnetism Spring 2017 PHY 202: General Physics for the Life Sciences II ERG 251: History and Material Science of the Modern World ERG 521: Introduction to Photovoltaic Materials Fall 2016 PHY 201: General Physics for the Life Sciences ERG 131: Installation and Maintenance of Photovoltaic Systems ERG 520: Introduction to Solar Energy Spring 2016
ERG 521: Introduction to Photovoltaic Materials Fall 2015 PHY 201: General Physics for the Life Sciences ERG 131: Installation and Maintenance of Photovoltaic Systems ERG 520: Introduction to Solar Energy RSP 101: Introduction to the Culture of Collegiate Life Spring 2014 PHY 491: Physics Seminar PHY 595: Introduction to Material Science ERG 521: Introduction to Photovoltaic Materials Fall 2014 PHY 201: General Physics for Life Sciences ERG 131: Installation and Maintenance of Photovoltaic Systems ERG 520: Introduction to Solar Energy Spring 2014 PHY 491: Physics Seminar ERG 251: History and Material Science of the Modern World ERG 521: Introduction to Photovoltaic Materials Fall 2013 PHY 591: Seminar in Engineering ERG 131: Installation and Maintenance of Photovoltaic Systems ERG 321: Introduction to Solar Energy RSP 101: An Introduction to the Culture of Collegiate Life Summer 2013 Convection and Passive Solar Energy Systems Spring 2013 PHY 211: General Physics I ERG 251: History and Material Science of the Modern World Fall 2012 PHY 212: General Physics II PHY 212 LM: General Physics: Honor's Lab PHY 591: Seminar in Engineering |
 5/8/22: Congratulations to longtime group member Max Markuson DiPrince for winning the Dr. Michael Cherney Award for Undergraduate Research and Congratulations on your graduation!!
 4/25/22: In a herculean effort, the Energy Innovation course (taught and led by Dr B) - including Max Markuson DiPrince, Alex Webert, Emma Goldsmith and Ashley Nelson - beat out 63 collegiate teams for FIRST PLACE Pitch Presentation and FIRST PLACE District Use Case in the DOE Solar District Cup Challenge!! https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/solar-district-cup
  4/22: Max Markuson DiPrince and Natalie Schwartzenberger present at the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting in Lincoln, NE. They gave their final presentations to describe their NASA Space Grant Awards. "Virtual Reality for Physics Education" and "Observing the Hydrothermal Degradation Synthesis of D-Glucose Derived Carbon Nanodots and their Fluorescent Properties"
2/22: Dr B presents "Putting a New Spin on Magnetic Topology," detailing his sabbatical work on magnetic skyrmions.
12/21: Dr B and former student (finally) publish their work on CAD/CAM polymer infiltrated ceramic network restoration, which prominently features AFM from the Baruth lab!
8/21: Grace Dirks presents on "Creating, Detecting, and Analyzing Magnetic Skyrmions" for the Nebraska Materials Research Science and Engineering Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Most impressive!!
3/21: Max Markuson DiPrince presents at the (virtual) APS March Meeting and is invited to speak at the Nebraska Academy of Sciences! Glucose-Derived Carbon Nanodots in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells to Increase External Quantum Efficiency
11/18/20: Dr. Baruth publishes in AJCU Connections on the Heartland Jesuit Physics Retreat
 6/20 - 6/21: Dr. Baruth gives several invited talks as part of his sabbatical, including a Virtual Solar Farm Tour for Conservation Nebraska, Putting a New Spin on Magnetic Topology, and Directed Self Assembly: A New Frontier for Nanolithography.
6/20 - 6/21: Dr. Baruth gives a variety of demo shows around the Omaha Metro, as Covid allows
 6/20 - 6/21: Dr. Baruth received the Dr. and Mrs. Haddix Research Incubator Sabbatical Fellowship and will be taking a sabbatical from Creighton to work at the University of Nebraska with Prof. Shireen Adenwalla on detecting and controlling spin textures with high frequency strain.
5/12/20: New manuscript with the dental materials collaboration in the European Journal of Oral Sciences. Influence of 38% silver diamine fluoride application on bond stability to enamel and dentin using universal adhesives in self‐etch mode. https://doi.org/10.1111/eos.12701
5/6/20: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many scheduled talks were canceled. This includes: Max Marcussen DiPrince, A. Baruth. Implementing Glucose-Derived Carbon Nanodots in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells to Improve Efficiency. Nebraska Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Lincoln, NE (2020). Invited. Max Marcussen DiPrince, A. Baruth. Implementing Glucose-Derived Carbon Nanodots in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells to Improve Efficiency. CURAS “3 Minutes to Win It” Competition (2020). https://youtu.be/vHv-t4xz7oU?list=PLUorRzvCSXPhqKRb5ZCA24U6CKTGsS1ie. Max Marcussen DiPrince, Harsh Uppala, Grace Dirks, Logan Smith, John Vosicky, A. Baruth. Glucose-Derived Carbon Nanodots in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells to Increase Efficiency. March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Denver, CO. (2020).
4/19/20: Energy Technology seniors take home 3rd place in the DOE District Solar Cup. Ball State University: District Use Case. Congratulations to Isaac Lamppa, Bridget Slavin, Nathan Adams, Logan Smith, Nick Dinaro, and Jimmy Connors. Advised by Andrew Baruth and Colin Thomas. https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/solar-district-cup
4/1/20: Dr. Baruth contributes a book chapter on Solvent Vapor Annealing in the text Self-Assembly of Polymers, edited by Volodkin and Vikulina. MDPI Micromachines.
12/8/19: New manuscript in the journal of Jesuit Higher Education.
Ignatian Pedagogy for Sustainability to Support Community-based Projects: Client-focused Sustainable Energy Solutions. https://epublications.regis.edu/jhe/vol8/iss2/10/ 12/3/19: Central High students Emily Engel, Noor Himdan and Keren Lopez present their work with Dr. Baruth on Copper Sulfide.
10/28/19: Colin Thomas '19 and Dr. Baruth present at the annual Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education meeting in Spokane, WA.
10/27/19: Dr. Baruth is interviewed for the Creightonian ("Energy competition saves metric tons") about the results of the residence hall energy reduction campaign.
10/4/19: Dr. Baruth receives the Spirit of St. Francis Award, which recognizes excellence in campus sustainability.
9/26/19: Dr. Baruth is interviewed for the Creightonian ("Residence halls compete to save energy") about the residence hall energy reduction campaign.
5/17/19: New manuscript with collaborations from former students Nick Fischer and Jon Dang between the Creighton College of Arts and Sciences, Creighton Dental, and Nihon University was published in the Journal of Microscopy Research and Techniques.
The role of spatial frequency analysis in correlating atomic force microscopy and optical profilometry with self-etch adhesive enamel bond fatigue durability. Nicholas G. Fischer, Jonathan Dang, Toshiki Takamizawa, Akimasa Tsujimoto, Wayne W. Barkmeier, Andrew G. Baruth. 5/8/19: New manuscript with collaborations from former students Jeffrey Wong, Nick Fischer, Shrestha Samuel and Emily Johnson between the Creighton College of Arts and Sciences, Creighton Dental, and Nihon University was published in the Journal of Operative Dentistry. 4/29/19: The Energy Innovation class is featured on Fox42 News for their assistance with OPPD's Community Solar Program!
2/11/19: New manuscript with collaborations from former student Nick Fischer, Creighton College of Arts and Sciences, Creighton Dental, and Nihon University is now available in the Journal of Operative Dentistry. 1/10/19: Dr. B teaches AP Chem at Omaha Central High about block polymers and the physics behind self-assembly. Go Eagles! 10/26/18: Manuscript is accepted for Journal of Operative Dentistry Enamel etching for universal adhesives: Examination of enamel etching protocols for optimization of bonding effectiveness. Jeffrey Wong, Akimasa Tsujimoto, Nicholas Fischer, Andrew Baruth, Wayne Barkmeier, Emily Johnson, Shrestha Samuel, Toshiki Takamizawa, Mark Latta, Masashi Miyazaki. 5/29/18: Manuscript is accepted for a Special Issue on Directed Assembly of Polymers in Micromachines. Development of a High-Precision Solvent Vapor Annealing Chamber for Polymer Thin Films. G. Nelson, C. Drapes, R. Gnabasik, M. Grant, J. Wong, A. Baruth. Summer 2018: John Sunderland receives an REU at the University of Minnesota's MRSEC! Son Nguyen is the recipient of a Ferlic Summer Research Scholarship to investigate optical techniques for determining the order-to-disorder transition in block polymers. 5/12/18: Congratulations to graduating seniors from the nanomaterials group: Jeffrey Wong, Gunnar Nelson and Jon Dang. Jeffrey will be pursuing a masters degree in Medical Physics from Creighton, Gunnar Nelson will be pursuing a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Minnesota, and Jon Dang will be attending the Creighton University Dental School for his DDS. 4/25/18: The ERG 520 course presents their solar feasibility studies to their clients: No More Empty Pots, St. Paul's Methodist Church and Creighton University's Office of Sustainability. Well done! 3/21/18: Dr. B, along with students Nicholas Fischer and Jeffrey Wong, present at the American Association of Dental Research National Conference in sunny Ft. Lauderdale. Nick presented his work on gingival fibroblast adhesion on CAD/CAM Zirconia surfaces and Jeff presented on the effect of enamel pre-etchants on surface morphology and bond strength.
2/5/18: Dr. B receives the 2018 "IGGY" Award. Affectionately named after Jesuit founder St. Ignatius, the IGGY Award is sponsored by the Creighton University Office of Retention and is awarded to outstanding freshman mentors, counselors, advocates and role models. 1/5/18: Manuscript is accepted for Journal of Operative Dentistry. Effect of Reduced Application Time of Universal Adhesives on Enamel Bond Fatigue Durability and Surface Morphology. Tsujimoto, Akimasa / Nagura, Yuko/ Fischer, Nicholas / Baruth, Andrew / Barkmeier, Wayne / Takamizawa, Toshiki / Latta, Mark / Miyazaki, Masashi. 7/4/17: Manuscript is accepted for Journal of Operative Dentistry. Effects of polishing bur application force and re-use on sintered zirconia surface topography. Nicholas Fischer, Akimasa Tsujimoto, Andrew Baruth. Journal of Operative Dentistry. 12/13/17: Son Nguyen '19 and Dr. B are featured in the "Wait... What?" section of the latest Creighton Magazine edition. 11/27/17: Manuscript featuring Nicholas Fischer '17 and Jeffrey Wong '18 is accepted for the special edition: Dental Implant Materials in the journal Materials. http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/12/1358
11/17/17: Dr. Baruth presents "Directed Self Assembly: A New Frontier for Nanolithography" for the University of Nebraska - Kearney's Chemistry Department Seminar Series.
11/5/17: The ERG 131 course finishes the second EnergiPlant! Now located near the Harper Center! Here's some press:
10/28/17: The Creighton University Energy Club presented “Solar Energy 101” at the Smart Energy Talks - http://www.omaha.com/events/smart-energy-talks/ 8/17/17: Dr. B hosts the annual Energy Technology Retreat. A yearly favorite, solar panel cleaning! 7/4/17: Manuscript is accepted for Journal of Operative Dentistry. Effects of polishing bur application force and re-use on sintered zirconia surface topography. Nicholas Fischer, Akimasa Tsujimoto, Andrew Baruth. Journal of Operative Dentistry. 6/30/17: Figure selected for Cover Art in this month's Journal of Adhesive Dentistry! June 2017: Dr. B visits the University of Sydney! 5/13/17: Nick Fischer receives "Spirit of Creighton" Award. The highest honor Creighton bestows upon any of its graduates. Well deserved Nick!! 5/13/17: Congratulations to present and past group members Meagan Grant, Nicholas Fischer, Rachel Pham and Jack Widmer as they receive their degrees! Best of luck! 5/11/17: Manuscript is accepted for Journal of Adhesive Dentistry.
4/23/17: Annual group dinner at Dr. Baruth's house and a fond farewell to seniors Meagan Grant, Nick Fischer and Jack Widmer. 4/21/17: Nick Fischer, Ben Marcussen, Gunnar Nelson, Meagan Grant and John Sunderland present at the 2017 Nebraska Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Good showing! 4/19/17: Nick Fischer and Jack Widmer present their research at Creighton University Honor's Day. Nick is presented with the Honor's Award for Research!! 4/2/17: Dr. Baruth presents at the invited symposium "Frontiers in Nanoscience" at the ACS Spring Meeting in San Francisco.  3/30/17: Nick Fischer (oral), Son Nguyen, John Sunderland, Isaac Lammpa, Jack Widmer, Meagan Grant and Gunnar Nelson present posters on their research at Creighton University Research Day. 3/22/17: Nick Fischer presents at the International Association of Dental Research meeting in San Francisco in the distinguished, invite-only Frechette Award Session in prosthedonics. Nick was runner-up. 3/15/17: Meagan Grant and Gunnar Nelson present their research at the APS March Meeting in New Orleans. 12/21/16: Hannah Okelberry represents the ERG 131 class in her description of creating the new EnergiPlant! https://ccas.creighton.edu/news/solar-structure-home-quad 12/21/16: Baruth lab alumna Erin Cheese '15 featured in the Creighton Magazine for her work at DoE's SunShot! 12/20/16: Students from ERG 131 are featured in OPPD's "The Wire" http://oppdthewire.com/creighton-oppd-students-solar-plant/
12/12/16: Nick Fischer's abstract was selected to give an oral presentation at this year's International Association of Dental Research annual meeting in San Francisco! 11/6/16: Students from ERG 131 complete the EnergiPlant, an integrated wind and solar-powered USB charging station that looks much like a sunflower. The plant resides on Creighton's campus between the Eppley and Hitchcock buildings. 11/1/16: Nick Fischer has been selected as a finalist for the International Association of Dental Research Frechette Award Competition. The two Frechette award winners will be decided on the scientific merit from their manuscript and their oral presentation of the research at the upcoming San Francisco meeting in March. Good luck Nick! 10/24/16: Dr. Baruth gives a seminar for the physics department at St. Benedictine in Atchison, KS on directed self-assembly of block polymers and their use in nanolithography. 10/12/16: We were thrilled to have alum Erin Cheese, Sun Shot Fellow with the Department of Energy in Washington DC, back in Omaha to present "DOE's National Community Solar Partnership." The presentation was sponsored by the Creighton Energy Club, Nebraskans for Solar and Green Bellevue. Welcome home Erin! 9/30/16: Dr. Baruth hosts Stephanie Huettner and Julie Anderson, Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo, as part of a panel discussion, including Creighton faculty and students, to present on sustainability iniatives at the Zoo. 9/21/16: Dr. Baruth hosts Dr. Kneifel, Applied Economist from NIST Gaithersburg, to present a guest lecture "Measuring Sustainability in Buildings" as part of Creighton's annual Spirit of St. Francis celebration. 9/20/16: Dr. Baruth is named Teacher of the Week by the Theta Eta Chapter of the Delta Zeta Sorority. Thanks Ladies! 9/16/16: Dr. Baruth is invited to give a talk at the ACS Spring Meeting in San Fransisco for the session "Frontiers in Nanoscience" 9/1/16: Dr. Baruth is named President of the American Association of Physics Teachers - Nebraska Chapter. 8/15/16 - 8/19/16: Dr. Baruth heads up the annual Energy Technology Retreat at the Creighton Retreat Center in Griwsold, IA. 8/11/16: Summer research students participate in the Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, hosted by Dr. Baruth and CURAS. 8/1/16: Dr. Baruth is featured in the The Green Scene section of The Reader for their August Issue. The article can be found on page 49. Summer 2016: Teresa Kooima and Meagan Grant were invited to write sustainable energy curriculum for K-6 students for after school programming at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo! Their 3rd grade curriculum will be piloted in Spring 2017. Summer 2016: OPPD-funded Summer research internships for incoming students are announced. Welcome Isaac Lammpa, Joseph Gray and Talia Adamowicz! Summer 2016: Gunnar Nelson is invited to participate in a summer REU at the University of Minnesota's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Go get 'em! 6/6/16: Dr. Baruth presents a demo show for the grant "Building Bridges: Health Science Education in Native American Communities." This is part of the Science Education Partnership Award of the NIH. 6/2/16: Nick Fischer is the recipient of the Dr. John F. Sheehan Scholarship, awarded for his "excellence in research." 5/23/16: OPPD-funded Summer Interns in the Creighton Energy Technology program are announced: Meagan Grant, John Sunderland, Teresa Kooima, Will Jakubowski, Colin Thomas and Sierra Brown. 5/14/16: Congratulations to Graduating Seniors Ala'a Rayyan and Anton Yanchilin! Ala'a is considering Architectural Engineering programs and Anton will be moving to Boston. Best of luck! 5/12/16: Dr. Baruth received a CURAS faculty research grant to support Nick's work, Influence of Clinically Relevant CAD/CAM Zirconia Abutment Modification on Gingival Fibroblast Viability, Adhesion, and Normal Proliferation. 4/24/16: Annual Group Party, "A Vacation for the 'Buds'!"
4/24/16: Nick Fischer was awarded BEST ORAL PRESENTATION in the Clinical Sciences Category at Creighton University Research Day. This was based on his talk "Comparing Self-Etch Adhesives with Atomic Force Microscopy and Optical Profilometry." NICE!! 4/22/16: Nick Fischer was awarded the "Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Biomedical Sciences Award" from the Nebraska Medical Center, based on his presentation and abstract for the Nebraska Academy of Sciences annual meeting. Incredible!! 4/22/16: Chloe Drapes, Nick Fischer, Meagan Grant and Gunnar Nelson presented at this year's annual meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences. 4/12/16: Nick Fischer (oral and poster), Chloe Drapes, Meagan Grant and Gunnar Nelson present posters on their research at Creighton University Research Day. 3/19/16: Nick Fischer presented the poster "Comparing Self-Etch Adhesives with Atomic Force Microscopy and Optical Profilometry" at the American Association of Dental Research Annual Meeting in Los Angeles! https://aadr2016.zerista.com/poster/member/55712 3/18/16: Anton Yanchilin presented his poster "The Energy of Climate Change Activism" at Loyola University Chicago’s third annual Climate Change Conference 3/16/16: Dr. Baruth presented on "Effects of ultra-fast solvent evaporation in solvent vapor annealed cylinder-forming block polymer thin films" at the APS March Meeting in Baltimore 3/16/16: Chloe Drapes and Gunnar Nelson presented their posters "The role of ultra-fast solvent evaporation on the directed self-assembly of block polymer thin films" and "Towards ultra-fast solvent evaporation, the development of a computer controlled solvent vapor annealing chamber" at the APS March Meeting in Baltimore! 3/12/16: Nick Fischer receives the 2016 Honors Program Summer Research Scholarship based on his research proposal entitled "Influence of Clinically Relevant CAD/CAM Zirconia Abutment Modification on Gingival Fibroblast Viability, Adhesion, and Normal Proliferation." WOW! 2/22/16: The project "lmpact 1.7 Million: Zoo Produces Solar Electricity for the Public to Experience" was selected for funding by the Nebraska Environment Trust. The project includes the installation of 40kW of solar electricity at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Creighton Energy Technology students will aid in developing solar electricity curriculum and public information guides to accompany the new installation. 1/13/16: The nanomaterials group welcomes new group members Christopher Landis (Quantum Efficiency), John Sunderland (Sulfide Thin Films) and Ben Marcussen (Sulfide Thin Films). Welcome! 12/18/15: First-year students Sierra Brown, Mafer Correa and Teresa Kooima, under the guidance of Dr. Baruth and senior Energy Technology Students, designed a solar powered mobile hospital unit for Afua, Nigeria in consulation with Dr. Ekpenyong. The plans are scheduled for implementation on site over the holiday break. 12/15/15: Dr. Baruth won the Sarpy County Board’s support for an effort to study the costs and obstacles associated with building a utility scale solar farm on an old Sarpy County Landfill along Cedar Island Road in Bellevue. The project was recently featured in the Bellevue Leader. 12/9/15: Students from ERG 520: Introduction to Solar Energy present their final feasibility studies for a solar array to the new director and campus coordinator of the MICAH house. 11/19/15: Dr. Baruth gives a crash course in solar energy to Omaha Central's Engineering Group. The short course ended with a hands on look at Creighton's 85 kW solar array. 11/4/15: Dr. Baruth and solar students featured in Omaha World Herald. 10/14/15: OPPD agrees to renew sponsorship of the Energy Technology Program and undergraduate research in the nanomaterials lab at Creighton. 10/9/15: Dr. Baruth visits Doane College in Crete, NE to discuss careers in physics and academia. 9/22/15: Gunnar Nelson presents his poster "Time Dependence of Self-Assembly in Block Polymer Thin Films" for the 2015 Dr. Randolph M. and Teresa Kolars Ferlic Research Scholar Symposium. 9/21/15: Anton Yanchilin accepts a Marketing Internship with *sparkCleanEnergy 9/14/15: Dr. Baruth is selected to be a featured alumni for the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience: 8/18/15: Dr. Baruth publishes in Journal of Applied Physics on "Isothermal tuning of magnetic coercivity in NiFe/NiO/[Co/Pt] heterostructures with orthogonal easy axes" 8/17/15 - 8/21/15: Dr. Baruth heads up the annual Energy Technology Retreat at Carol Joy Holling Center. 7/22/15: Congratulations to Gunnar Nelson for receiving a NASA Space Grant Fellowship! 7/13/15: Dr. Baruth, along with Michael Watras, Colin Thomas, Sierra Brown, Keelan Okazaki and Meagan Grant, hosted a Boy Scouts of America merit badge clinic for the Energy and Engineering merit badges. 25 youth attended. 7/6/15: The Nanomaterials Group welcomes incoming first year students Michael Watras, Colin Thomas and Sierra Brown. Welcome! 5/16/15: Congratulations to Graduating Seniors Erin Cheese and Ryan Gnabasik! You will be missed! Ryan is pursuing a Ph.D. in Material Science at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and Erin was just accepted as a Junior Fellow with the U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot Fellowship Program in Washington, D.C.
5/15/15: Recipient of the Dean's Award for Outstanding Senior... Erin Cheese! 5/14/15: Dr. Baruth presents on the "States of Matter: How Solid is a Solid?" to the Jesuit Academy.
Summer '15: Ala'a Rayyan will be working at Iowa State University in the Microscale Sensing Actuation and Imaging Center (MoSAIC) in the College of Engineering. Summer '15: Anton Yanchilin will be working at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the NASA/APL Internship Program.
4/27/15: The nanomaterials group welcomes Meagan Grant, Jeffrey Wong and Keelan Okasaki to the group. Meagan and Jeffery will be working on block polymer thin films, starting this summer. Keelan will be studying surface structures of dental materials, also starting this summer. Welcome! 4/25/15: Ryan Gnabasik is awarded the Sam Cipolla award for excellence in physics research. Well deserved! 4/25/15: Erin Cheese is awarded for her service and scholarship in the Energy Technology program. Yay! 4/17/15: Ryan Gnabasik, Erin Cheese, Anton Yanchilin and Gunnar Nelson present at the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting in Lincoln, NE. 4/15/15: Nick Fischer and Anton Yanchilin present their research at Creighton University Honors Day! 4/14/15: Ala'a Rayyan, Karen Sass and Anton Yanchilin receive the award for Best Poster in the Basic Sciences category at Creighton University Research Day. Way to go! 4/14/15: Ala'a Rayyan, Karen Sass, Nick Fischer, Anton Yanchilin, Chloe Drapes, Gunnar Nelson, and Ryan Gnabasik present posters at Creighton University Research Day. 4/10/15: Group members Erin Cheese, Ryan Gnabasik and Gunnar Nelson discuss research in the nanomaterials lab with the Creighton University Energy Technology Program Industry Advisory Council. 3/23/15: Group members Erin Cheese, Ryan Gnabasik and Anton Yanchilin participate in a panel discussion on the Creighton University Energy Technology Program. 3/6/15: Gunnar Nelson is a 2015 recipient of the Ferlic Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship. Way to go Gunnar! 3/4/15: Dr. Baruth presents on "Isothermal tuning of magnetic coercivity in NiFe/NiO/[Co/Pt] heterostructures with orthogonal easy axes" at the APS March Meeting in San Antonio http://meeting.aps.org/Meeting/MAR15/Session/Q30.8 3/3/15: Ryan Gnabasik is a finalist for "Best Poster Award" at the APS March Meeting in San Antonio 3/3/15: Ryan Gnabasik, Gunnar Nelson and Chloe Drapes present their poster "Investigation of solvent annealing time dependence on morphology formation in polystyrene-block-polylactide thin films" at the APS March Meeting in San Antonio 1/20/15: Dr. Baruth publishes in ACS Nano on "Size-Tuned ZnO Nanocrucible Arrays for Magnetic Nanodot Synthesis via Atomic Layer Deposition-Assisted Block Polymer Lithography." http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn505731n 1/14/15: Ala'a Rayyan, Karen Sass and Chloe Drapes join the Nanomaterials Research Group. Welcome! 12/19/14: Dr. Baruth is the 2014 recipient of the Nebraska EPSCoR FIRST Award for "Directed Self-Assembly of Block Polymer Thin Films Via Solvent Vapor Annealing." 12/4/14: Dr. Baruth is recognized by the Theta Eta Chapter of the Delta Zeta Sorority as this week's outstanding teacher. 11/16/14: Erin Cheese presented a poster on “Thin Film Photovoltaics Response to Heat on Various Substrates” and received 3rd place in the student section of the sustainability division at the 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChe) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Under the guidance of her REU supervisor, Dr. Ruth Douglas Miller of Kansas State University, she installed 14 Copper-Indium-Gallium-Sulfide (CIGS) thin film solar panels on a flat white roof and compared their performance for hot and cool days with traditional silicon panels. She also worked to set-up a remote monitoring system using Arduino. The system automatically reports data to sustain.ece.ksu.edu. Incredible! 11/13/14: Dr. Baruth attended the AAPT New Physics Faculty Workshop. 9/12/14: Dr. Baruth presents "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Nanotechnology and Superparamagnetism: Potential Relevance in Neuroscience Research" to the Creighton University Neuroscience Journal Club. 8/28/14: Ryan Gnabasik and Anton Yanchilin received a NASA Nebraska EPSCoR Space Grant Fellowship. Congrats gentlemen! 8/12/14: Dr. Baruth, along with the Energy Technology Program, received ongoing grant funding from the Omaha Public Power District to advance research in photovoltaic materials. This substantial investment will ensure state-of-the-art research and teaching in the sustainable energy space will never have pause over the next DECADE at Creighton!! Summer 14: Erin Cheese accepts an REU with Kansas State, working in Electrical Engineering on flexible CIGS solar panels. Nice work Erin! Summer 14: Ryan Gnabasik accepts an REU with UC-Davis, working in Physics on superfluid Helium. Way to go Ryan! Summer 14: Anton Yanchilin participated in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) HS-STEM Summer Internship program and spent 18 days of his 10-week internship sailing the Arctic Ocean on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Healy! 7/16/14: Dr. Baruth publishes in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces on "Optimization of Long-Range Order in Solvent Vapor Annealed Poly(styrene)-block-poly(lactide) Thin Films for Nanolithography." http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am503199d 7/14/14: Gunnar Nelson joins the Nanomaterials lab, working on block polymer thin films. Welcome Gunnar! 6/20/14: Caroline Ladley joins the Nanomaterials lab for the summer as she visits from Cornell. Welcome Caroline! 5/10/14: Katherine Osterman, Jason Rogers and Briana Baca graduate! Katherine is off to work with Kiewitt in their sustainability office, Jason is off to officers training in the Air Force, and Briana is working with Bluestem Energy Solutions. Best of luck! 4/22/14: Nick Fischer and Rachel Pham join the nanomaterials research team to work on dental materials 4/11/14: Erin Cheese, Ryan Gnabasik and Dr. Baruth presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences. 3/26/14: Ryan Gnabasik is a 2014 recipient of the Ferlic Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship. Way to go Ryan! 3/6/14: Dr. Baruth presented at the APS March Meeting in Denver, CO on "Optimization of long-range order in solvent-annealed polystyrene-b-polylactide block polymer thin films for nanolithography." 3/6/14: Ryan Gnabasik gave an oral presentation at the APS March Meeting in Denver, CO on "Design, construction, and testing a purpose-built climate-controlled solvent vapor annealing chamber for guided self-assembly of block polymer thin films." http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR14/Session/S19.3 3/1/14: Erin Cheese was elected to the Board of Directors for Nebraskans for Solar, a non-profit solar energy advocacy group. 2/19/14: Dr. Baruth receives the 2014 Haddix Presidential Award for "The Material Science of Dental Restoration Materials." 1/31/14: Dr. Baruth receives a Public Information and Outreach Award from the Nebraska Environmental Trust and the Nebraska Academy of Sciences to run a high school summer camp on passive solar energy. 7/1/13: Dr. Baruth receives a grant from the Creighton University Graduate School for "Solvent-induced ordering of self-assembled block copolymer thin films" 5/6/13: Dr. Baruth and his Material Science course are featured on the cover of the Omaha World Herald! 2/25/13: Dr. Baruth publishes in ACS Nano on "Crossover From Nanoscopic Intergranular Hopping to Conventional Charge Transport in Pyrite Thin Films" 7/3/12: Dr. Baruth publishes in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces on "Nanoscale Rings from Silicon-Containing Triblock Terpolymers" http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am300603x 7/1/12: Dr. Baruth joins the physics faculty at Creighton University. 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