2018

• Dr. Leu and ElectronInks win a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I grant through the US Department of Energy.
  
• Dr. Leu, UC Irvine, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and First Solar win a REMADE Institute grant.
• Congratulations to Sooraj Sharma who won the the Innovation Institute Award for Best Poster on Innnovation at Science 2018. 
  
• "Solar Energy Shines in the City," The Pitt News.
  
• Our Ready! Youtube submission to the American-Made Solar Prize is up!
  
• Dr. Leu was selected as one of The Incline's Who's Next in Technology.
  
• Congratulations to Sooraj for winning the Best Presentation Award at the Mascaro Undergraduate Research Program Symposium!   
  
• LAMP group lunch for the summer students.
  
• We presented LAMP's research at the Allegheny SolarFest 2018.
  
• Sooraj Sharma ran INVESTING NOW for one week.
  
• Congratulations to Max Lindsay for completing his BS in Mechanical Engineering.
  
• Congratulations to Bradley Pafchek for finishing his MS in Mechanical Engineering. 
  
• Imrul's research and our collaboration with NTU was featured on the Pittsburgh Quantum Institute website. 
  
• Congratulations to Danielle Kline, Max Lindsay, and Rafael Rodriguez, whose research was published in Ingenium.
• Congratulations to Rafael Rodriguez for winning the ASM Past Chairpersons Educational Assistance Scholarship (PCEAS) for juniors.
• Congratulations to Max Lindsay for winning the ASM Outstanding Senior Award.

2017

• Sajad's research was featured in "Microscopic Glass Structures Could Help Improve Solar Performance," Pittsburgh NPR Tech Report. 
  
• Sajad's work on nanograss glass was featured in EurekAlert!, R&D Magazine, Electronics 360, pvbuzz, pv magazine, Photonics Online, Electronics Online, and Solar Magazine.
  
• Dr. Leu joins the editorial board of the Journal of Photonics for Energy. 
  
• Congratulations to Rafael Rodriguez and Max Lindsay who won the Innovation Institute Award for Best Poster on Innovation at Science 2017.
  
• Dr. Leu's research was featured in the Swanson School of Engineering Annual Report.
  
• Congratulations to Anthony Galante for completing his BS in Industrial Engineering.  Anthony will be continuing to pursue his PhD at Pitt. 
  
• Congratulations to Thomas Werkmeister for completing his BS in Engineering Science and winning the outstanding undergraduate award.  Thomas will be pursuing a PhD at Harvard in Applied Physics.
• Rafael Rodriguez and Max Lindsay ran INVESTING NOW for two weeks.
  
• Congratulations to Sean McCarthy for completing his BS in Mechanical Engineering. Sean will be working at Mitsubishi Electric Power Products.   
• Congratulations to Mohamed Kashkoush for completing his BS in Industrial Engineering.  Mohamed will be pursuing a doctor of Pharmacy degree at Pitt.
• Congratulations to Danielle Kline for being selected a PPG fellow based on her summer research. 
• Congratulations to Anthony Galante, whose research was published in Ingenium. 

2016

• Dr. Leu is promoted to Associate Professor, with tenure.
  
• Dr. Leu wins the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (featured in Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Dateline Pittsburgh).
• Congratulations to Tongchuan for completing his PhD in Industrial Engineering.  Tongchuan will be working at Mattson Technology.
• Congratulations to Miriam for completing her BS in Engineering Science.  Miriam will be pursuing her PhD at MIT. 
  
• Rithika Reddy ran INVESTING NOW for two weeks.
  
• Dr. Leu was featured in Pittsburgh Magazine's "You Should Know" segment.
  
• Congratulations to Mohamed Kashkoush for being selected as a finalist for NDConnect 2016 at the University of Notre Dame.
• Dr. Leu wins the IISE UPS Minority Advancement Award (featured in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, People on the Move).
  
• Our group's research was featured in "Pitt's Tiny Technologies Could Make Big Impact in Solar Industry and Beyond," Pittsburgh's NPR News Station
• Congratulations to Baomin Wang for completing his PhD in Industrial Engineering.  Baomin will be a postdoctoral scholar at Penn State with Chris Giebink.
• Congratulations to Mohamed Kashkoush, whose research was published in Ingenium. 
  

2015

• Dr. Leu and Liquid X Printed Metals win an NSF Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I grant to study printed metal structures.
• Dr. Leu, Dr. Graham Hatfull, Dr. Robert Shanks, and Dr. Nils Loewen win a Center for Medical Innovation (CMI) grant to study antibacterial surfaces and coatings.
  
• Now you can take a Google StreetView-like Virtual Tour of the LAMP lab, right across the hallway from Pitt NFCF, in the sub-basement of Benedum Hall.
  
• Congratulations to Mohamed Kashkoush for being selected a PPG fellow based on his summer research.
  
• Congratulations to Thomas Werkmeister who was selected as a finalist for NDConnect 2015 at the University of Notre Dame.
• Mohamed Kashkoush, Thomas Werkmeister, and Sean McCarthy ran INVESTING NOW for two weeks.
  
• Congratulations to Donald Voland for completing his BS in Engineering Science.  Donnie will be pursuing a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh with Dr. Minhee Yun.
• Congratulations to Erica Stevens for completing her BS in Materials Science.  Erica will be pursuing a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh with Dr. Markus Chmielus. 
  
• Congratulations to Dalton Hale for finishing his BS in Industrial Engineering.
  
• Congratulations to Rodney Kizito for finishing his BS in Industrial Engineering. Rodney will be pursuing his PhD at the University of Arkansas.
  

2014

• Our Nano Letters paper, "Uniform and Ordered Copper Nanomeshes by Microscphere Lithography for Transparent Electrodes" was one of the Journal's top 20 most-accessed papers in March, 2014.
  
• Congratulations to Miriam Rathbun for winning the Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP) Scholarship & Fellowship for the second year in a row.
• Brendon O'Brien, Dalton Hale, Donnie Voland, and Lincoln Walton ran INVESTING NOW for four weeks.
  
• Congratulations to Brendan O'Brien for finishing his BS in Industrial Engineering.
  
• Congratulations to Cheng Du for completing his Masters in Industrial Engineering.  Cheng will be working at Schlumberger. 
  
• Congratulations to Arpit Ajmanji for completing his Masters in Industrial Engineering.  Arpit will be working at JPMorgan Chase.

2013

• Dr. Leu wins a Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation Grant to study water purification through holes in metal.
• Dr. Leu's research was featured in Industrial Engineer Magazine, "With Solar Cells, Thin Could Be In."
  
• Dr. Leu and Dr. Kevin Chen win an NSF Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) to study improved solar cells through photonic crystals. 
  
• Congratulations to Miriam Rathbun for winning the Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP) Scholarship & Fellowship.
  
• Erica Stevens, Miriam Rathbun, and Brendan O'Brien ran INVESTING NOW for four weeks.
  
• Congratulations to Peter Brendel for completing his BS in Industrial Engineering.  Peter will be pursuing his Masters Degree in the Pitt Industrial Engineering program. 
  
• Congratulations to Ibrahim Chebib for completing his BS in Electrical Engineering.  Ibrahim will be working at GE Energy.
• Congratulations to Jesse Randall for completing his BS in Engineering Physics. 
  
• Congratulations to Nithin Krishna for completing his Masters in Industrial Engineering.

2012

• Dr. Leu's teaching was featured in the Swanson School of Engineering Annual Report.
• Dr. Leu, Dr. Jung-kun Lee, Dr. Guangyong Li, and Dr. Sam Spiegel win an NSF Nanotechnology for Undergraduate Education (NUE) grant to introduce undergraduates to nanotechnology and solar cells. 
  
• Dr. Leu wins an NSF grant to study nanosphere coatings for thin film solar cells.  
• Congratulations to Peter Brendel and Ibrahim Chebib, who won the Best Presentation Award at the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation Undergraduate Research Symposium.
• Peter Brendel and Ibrahim Chebib ran INVESTING NOW for three weeks.
  
• Congratulations to Ryan Hays for completing his BS in Industrial Engineering.  Ryan will be working at PNC.  
• Dr. Leu and Dr. Mary Besterfield-Sacre win an Academic Council of Instructional Excellence  Innovation in Education Award.
  
• Dr. Leu wins an Oak Ridge Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award.
• Dr. Leu runs the Pitt Engineering Career Access Program (PECAP).
  

2011

• Dr. Leu wins a Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation Grant on "Extremely Affordable Solar Cells to Address Energy Poverty."
• Emmanuel Taylor and Dr. Leu ran INVESTING NOW for five weeks.
• Dr. Leu and Dr. Albert To ran a Pitt Engineering Career Access Program (PECAP).
• Congratulations to Rebecca (Terry) Graupman for completing her BS in Industrial Engineering.  Rebecca is now working at LMI.