Highlights

Spring 2024 Highlights

PREM article featured on the cover of JAP! Congratulations, Dr. Wistey!

March 29 - PREM Research Meeting - Thrust 1

Outreach: March 23 - PREM Day at Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos

March 22 - PREM Workshop: Entrepreneurship & Technology Commercialization by Dr. Shannon Weigum

March 8 - Women in Materials Science Event

March 1 - PREM MRSEC Seminar with Ben Stacy

March 1 - PREM MRSEC Seminar by Ben Stacy

Feb 23 - PREM MRSEC Seminar by Dr. Gabriel Cossio

Feb 20 - MRSEC Annual Meeting

Feb 16 - PREM Research Meeting - Thrust 1 & 2

Feb 9 - PREM Workshop: Figures & Data Presentation by Dr. Chris Wight

Jan 19 - PREM Associates Luncheon

2023 Newsletter

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Fall 2023 Highlights

Dr. Theodoropoulou's News Article

Congratulations to Dr. Nikoleta Theodoropoulou for headlining the San Marcos Daily Record for receiving a federal grant to fund research at Texas State!

Dr. Theodoropoulous News Article (PDF, 12.4MB)

Recent Publications

PREM CIMA collaborates with MRSEC partners at UT Austin

The paper on “Electrostatic moiré potential from twisted hexagonal boron nitride layers” from the collaborative work of Drs. Yoichi Miyahara and Xiaoqin (Elaine) Li is now available and published in Nat. Mater. on August 8 of 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01637-7.

PREM Outreach

Outreach at Sights and Sounds of Christmas

Outreach at Expanding Your Horizons Workshop

Outreach at Student Support Services

Outreach at Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos

PREM Meetings & Events

Dec 8 - PREM Social at Industry

Nov 10 - Resume/Personal Statement Workshop

October 27 - PREM-MRSEC Seminar with Jay Bender

Oct 20 - Applying to REU, Internships, and Scholarships Workshop

Oct 13 - Applying to Graduate School and Fellowships Workshop

Sep 29 - Planning Research for Publication and Presentations

Sep 15 - REU Poster Session

Sep 8 - PREM Open House

Summer 2023 Highlights

MRSEC REU

Congratulations on completing your 2023 Summer REU program at the University of Texas at Austin!

Ikel Hernandez-Casillas in Dr. Deji Akinwande Lab

August 9 - Kitchen Chemistry Workshop

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July 2023 - PREM Day at UT

July 2023 - PREM-MRSEC Summer Seminar Series

Dong Seob Kim - collaborating in Dr. Miyahara lab group

Thomas FitzSimons, collaborating with Betancourt group & Zachary Brotherton, collaborating with Irvin group

Year 2 Highlights

Conference

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Texas PREM Conference

April 2023: Southwest Research Institute Tour in San Antonio, TX

April 2023: PREM Workshop - How to Write a Research Paper by Dr. Chris Rhodes

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April 2023: PREM Social at Railyard

April 2023: PREM Research Meeting - Presentations

March-April 2023: Texas PREM Conference

March 2023: TXST STEM Conference

March 2023:2023 Great Texas River Cleanup

March 2023: MRSEC Annual Meeting

February 2023: PREM Research Open House

February 2023: PREM Elevator Pitch Workshop

February 2023: PREM Welcome Back Event

November 2021: Atkins High School Tours

Akins High School Biomedical Engineering Program Visit to Texas State University on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd, 2022.

TXST Laboratory Tours:

Weigum Lab (Ingram 5201)
Analysis Research Service Center (ARSC) in Supple 171
Nanofabrication Research Service Center (NRSC) in RFM 1246

Atkins

July 2022: Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the UT Austin Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials (CDCM) MRSEC

Iris Okoro, Jacob Guerrero, Josue Osoro and Mackenzie Otakport worked on projects related to the evaluation of novel materials for semiconductor photodetectors, synthesis of electroactive monomers, investigation of silicon junctions for improved solar panels, and development of injectable hydrogels. Mackenzie Otakpor won an outstanding presenter award! We're proud of all of you.

summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the UT Austin Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials (CDCM) MRSEC

July 2022: PREM Day at UT Austin

PREM Day at UT Austin included lab tours and a meet and greet with UT researchers!

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Year 1 Highlights

Highlight on Conductive Polymer-Based Electrochemical Aptasensors

Highlight on Tours of Campus Research Laboratories and Shared Research Facilities as Tools for Recruitment and Retention

PREM Career Panel for PREM Researchers and Associates, November 18, 2021

Our next large event will be a career panel with members of academia, small and large companies, and government laboratories who are here to answer all your questions about the various career paths for materials scientists. Please come ready with questions and feel free to invite others!

Friday, November 19, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, UAC 208

Fall 2021 PREM CIMA Newsletter

It is our pleasure to share with you the PREM newsletter summarizing the activities and achievements of our PREM Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly family during our very first semester. We are very proud of all the hard work that our community has done and look forward to continuing supporting your growth through stimulating educational and research opportunities.

PREM-2021-Newsletter.pdf

PREM Faculty Wins the Outstanding Mentor Award! November 2021

PREM Faculty member Dr. Jennifer Irvin, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been selected as the recipient of The 2021-2022 Graduate College Outstanding Mentor Award. This award recognizes a faculty member who has had extraordinary success in mentoring graduate students. Congratulations to Dr. Irvin for her excellent work!

PREM Student Wins Poster Award! November 1, 2021

Our very own undergraduate student Lillian Roe won the Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Presentation in Materials Chemistry award at the ACS Southwest Regional Meeting in Austin, TX, for her work on the development of strategies for functionalizing the surface of photothermal poly(ethylenedioxy thiophene) nanoparticles. Congratulations Lillian!

PREM Kick-Off Meeting, August 27, 2021

We kick-off the start of our NSF PREM CIMA program with a kick-off meeting at the San Marcos campus of Texas State University on Friday, August 27th, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. Please join us to learn more about the students, faculty, research, facilities and planned activities for the grant. Please RSVP at the following site: RSVP The final agenda will be shared with those that RSVP.

July 2021

Texas State University has received a six-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) grant of nearly $4 million to establish the Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly (CIMA).

National Science Foundation Press Release

Texas State University Press Release

2022 Annual Meeting

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