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 Congratulations to our group member, Fei Zhang, on successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation on June 13, 2025!
We celebrate her accomplishments and the impact of her research.

 

June 13, 2025

 

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 Congratulations to our group member, Na Ha, on successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation on June 13, 2025!
We’re proud of her hard work, dedication, and contributions to the team.

 

June 13, 2025

 

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 URFIU Award Ceremony on 06/05/25 – Congratulations to Michael Keyack and Filippo Latte Blonval!

 

June 5, 2025

 

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🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Daniela Radu’s NASA CRES2DO student trainees: Fillipo Blonval, Roberto Nolasco, James Henry, Samuel Oyon, Michael Keyack, and Daniel Munoz on their graduation! 

 

April 25, 2025

 

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Congratulations to Samuel Oyon and James Henry on their graduation! 🎓  

April 24, 2025

These graduate students have been working under the mentorship of Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai as part of the NRT-QISE Crystal Growth program.

Wishing them all the best as they move forward into the next exciting chapter of their careers!

 

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 Celebrating Impact: Faculty Excellence  

 

April 17, 2025

 

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 Recruiting now for 2025 NSF NRT Cohorts

NSF NRT FIU PI Cheng-Yu Lai

 

April, 2025

 

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 NASA High Volume Cohort Meeting

Team members: PI. Dr.Cheng-Yu Lai, Co-PI Dr.Daniela Radu and Ms. Eduimar Hinestroza,

 

March 26, 2025

 

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 NASA High Volume Undergraduate Research Symposium

Team members from left to right: PC Ms. Eduimar Hinestroza, Michael Keyack, PI. Dr.Cheng-Yu Lai, John Valencia and Filippo Latte

 

October 22, 2024

 

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2024 NSF NRT PI Meeting in DC

NSF NRT FIU PI Cheng-Yu Lai

 

October 21-23, 2024

 

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Nasa PI Meeting

 

 

 

November 14, 2023

 

Congratulations to Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai, who has been awarded ~$800 K from DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program

 

 

 

May, 2023

 

Congratulations to Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai, who has been awarded $750 K to NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project High-Volume Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Award (MUREP High-Volume)

MUREP High-Volume seeks to address the need for high-volume manufacturing and supply chain ecosystem in aerospace and future needs of manufacturing  by introducing new and diverse ecosystem networks

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March 16, 2022

 

Melissa Venedicto, CRE2DO undergraduate Researcher has bn selected as a finalist of the outstanding award

March 8, 2022

Congratulations to Melissa Venedicto, who has been selected as a finalist for the 2022 FIU Outstanding Life Award

 

Melissa Venedicto, CRE2DO undergraduate Researcher obtained  Undergraduate Research Poster Competition Award from Biomedical Engineering Department and Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department

Fall 2021

“Undergraduate Student under the mentorship of Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai, her poster tile is  “Facilitated Release of Doxorubicin from Biodegradable Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles”

 

Congratulations to Inzamam on his Graduation!

26 April 2021

“Mohammed Inzamam Haqqani, CRE2DO Graduate Researcher under the mentorship of Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai, Graduated with a MS degree in Engineering Management.”

 

Melissa Venedicto, CRE2DO undergraduate Researcher obtained McNair Award

22 April, 2021

“CRE2DO undergraduate student under the mentorship of Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai obtained Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program award.”

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Congratulations to Prado-Rivera, R; Chang, C-Y; Liu, M; Lai, C-Y; Radu, D for their paper published on Sulvanites: The Promise at the Nanoscale

23 March, 2021

Prado-Rivera, R; Chang, C-Y; Liu, M; Lai, C-Y; Radu, D. Sulvanites: The Promise at the Nanoscale, 2021. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11030823

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Florida International University News and Media Relation interviewed a NASA MIRO CRE2DO undergraduate student researcher to share her experience under the program
 January 06, 2021

“Melissa Venedicto, under the guidance of Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, work on a project focused on nanomaterials.”

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Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai (Thrust #1 Lead) received a new grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
November 12, 2020

“Sustainable Lignin-Based pH-Responsive Material for Seed Coating Applications.” The project responds to USDA programmatic priorities within the Bioprocessing and Bioengineering Program, A: advancing utilization of waste and by-products generated in agricultural and/or food systems and engineering new products and processes that make use of materials from agricultural origin

 

Nasa Principal Investigators Meeting

November 14, 2023

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Congratulations to Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai, who has been awarded ~$800 K from DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program

May, 2023

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Congratulations to Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai, who has been awarded $750 K to NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project High-Volume Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Award (MUREP High-Volume)

MUREP High-Volume seeks to address the need for high-volume manufacturing and supply chain ecosystem in aerospace and future needs of manufacturing  by introducing new and diverse ecosystem networks

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March 16, 2022

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Melisssa Venedicto, CRE2DO undergraduate researcher has been selected as a finalist of the outstanding award

March 8, 2022

Congratulations to Melissa Venedicto, who has been selected as a finalist for the 2022 FIU Outstanding Life Award

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Melissa Venedicto, CRE2DO undergraduate Researcher obtained  Undergraduate Research Poster Competition Award from Biomedical Engineering Department and Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department

Fall 2021

“Undergraduate Student under the mentorship of Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai, her poster tile is  “Facilitated Release of Doxorubicin from Biodegradable Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles”

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Congratulations to Inzamam on his Graduation!

26 April 2021

“Mohammed Inzamam Haqqani, CRE2DO Graduate Researcher under the mentorship of Dr. Cheng-Yu Lai, Graduated with a MS degree in Engineering Management.”