Aug. 23 2024 Yikang Xu successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Xu!
July. 30 2024 Zehui Han received 2nd prize in Young Scholars Poster Competition at the 5th International Conference on Bioinspired and Zwitterionic Materials conference in Ithaca, NY. Link
Jun. 24 2024 Yousr Dhaouadi successfully defended her PhD dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Dhaouadi!
Mar. 26 2024 Yikang Xu received 1st prize in Health and Well being Section at the ECS Research Day 2024. Link
Oct. 5 2023 Congrats to Eloise Parry-Nweye for receiving the Women in Chemical Engineering Travel Award for the AIChE 2023 conference in Orlando, FL.
Aug. 19 2023 Congrats to Eloise Parry-Nweye for winning a student travel award to attend the 2023 41st Aerosol Conference in Portland, Oregon.
Apr. 12 2023 Julia received the Research Achievement Award from College of Arts and Sciences.
Apr. 2 2023 Zeynep received the 2023 Earl H. Deove Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
Mar. 30 2023 Yikang Xu received 2nd prize in Health and Well being Section at the ECS Research Day 2023. Link
Mar, 23 2023 Yousr Dhaouadi for received the 3MT people’s choice award. Link
Mar, 15 2023 Sweta Roy received 2023 All University Doctoral prize.
Mar, 1 2023 Sweta Roy successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Roy!
Nov. 13, 2022 Congrats to Sweta Roy and Yousr Dhaouadi for receiving the Women in Chemical Engineering Travel Award for the AIChE 2022 conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
Jun. 10, 2022 Yikang Xu received the ASM Student and Postdoctoral Travel Award at the ASM Microbe Conference 2022. Link
Apr. 30, 2022 Sweta Roy received the SFB 2022 STAR Award Honorable Mention at the Society of Biomaterials National Conference 2022.
Mar. 25, 2022 Sweta Roy received Honorable Mention for the Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work. Link
Mar. 25, 2022 Yousr Dhaouadi received 1st prize in Health and Well being Section at the ECS Research Day 2021. Link
Feb. 18, 2022 Dr. Ren was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. News
Aug. 4, 2021 Tian Gao successfully defended his MS thesis.
Apr. 28, 2021 Yousr Dhaouadi received the 2021 Graduate School Summer Dissertation Fellowship.
Apr. 6, 2021 Sang Won Lee received the Graduate School All-University Doctoral Prize.
Mar. 12, 2021 Sweta Roy received 3rd prize in Health and Well being Section at the ECS Research Day 2021.
Dec. 29, 2020 Ren lab received a NIH R01 award to engineer infection-resisting catheters.
Aug. 14, 2020 Ren lab received a new NSF award to continue collaboration with FDA.
Jul. 29, 2020 Sang Won Lee successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Lee!
Apr. 29, 2020 Sang Won Lee won the 2020 Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Biomaterials Research from Syracuse Biomaterials Institute.
Apr. 23, 2020 Undergraduate student, Isabela Ramirez Velez received The Allen J. Barduhn Award. This award acknowledges academic excellence with a commitment to service the chemical engineering profession.
Apr. 3, 2020 Sweta Roy received the 2020 Graduate School Summer Dissertation Fellowship.
Mar. 6, 2020 Sweta Roy received 1st prize in Stevenson Biomaterials Poster Session Competition at the Stevenson Biomaterials Lecture Series.
Nov. 11, 2019 Sang Won Lee was one of six winners in the AIChE Division 15 poster competition at the 2019 AIChE Annual Conference.
Nov. 11, 2019 Sweta Roy won 2nd place in the Graduate Student Competition in Microbiointerface Research at the 2019 AIChE Annual Conference.
Aug. 9, 2019 Samantha Bruffy won 3rd place at the 2019 ECS REU Program poster competition.
Apr. 1, 2019 Graduate student, Sang Won Lee and Research Assistant Professor, Huan Gu both received the Travel Award from the 5th Stevens Conference on Bacteria-Material Interactions.
Apr. 1, 2019 Hao Wang received the Graduate School All-University Doctoral Prize.
Mar. 29, 2019 Sweta Roy received the ECS Overall College Prize at the ECS Research Day 2019. Link
Feb. 11, 2019 Ren lab received a new NIH R21 award to engineer materials with active topography for biofilm control. Read More
Jan. 10, 2019 Our biofilm research featured in the WCNY program Cycle of Health. Link
Dec. 12, 2018 Hao Wang successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Wang!
Sept. 14, 2018 Ren named director of the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute. Link
Aug. 24, 2018 Ren lab received a new NSF/FDA grant to visit FDA and collaborate on biofilm research.
Aug. 10, 2018 Katherine Ann Gardner won 2nd place at the 2018 ECS Leadership Scholar REU Pogram poster competition.
Apr. 6, 2018 Dr. Ren received the 2018 Chancellor’s citation for Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction. Link
Oct. 2, 2017 Dr. Huan Gu is appointed as Assistant Research Professor.
July 11, 2017 Ren lab received a new NSF award to study bacterial persistence in heterogeneous biofilms.
May 14, 2016 Dr. Ren is promoted to full professor.
Apr. 14, 2016 Two lab members received prestigious student awards including Ali Adem Bahar (Graduate School All-University Doctorial Prize) and Fangchao Song (Outstanding Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering). Congratulations to both of them!
Apr. 8, 2016 Fangchao Song successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Song!
Apr. 5, 2016 Huan Gu won the Nunan Research Day poster competition for the BMCE department. Congratulations, Dr. Gu!
Feb. 25, 2016 Ren lab received a NIH R21 award to study the effects of material stiffness on bacterial biofilm formation
Dec. 9, 2015 Ali Adem Bahar successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Bahar!
Apr. 1, 2015 Fangchao Song won a SU Outstanding TA Award. Congratulations!
Nov. 24, 2014 Shuyuan Ma accepted a job offer from Slipchip Corporation as a Research Associate. Congratulations!
Oct. 20, 2014 Dr. Huan Gu won a postdoc fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Congratulations!
May 20, 2014 Dr. Ren received LCS Faculty Excellence Award.
Apr. 10, 2014 Several lab members received prestigious student awards including Tagbo Herman Niepa (Graduate School All-University Doctorial Prize), Huan Gu (Outstanding Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering), Meagan E Garafalo (Graduate School Master of Science Prize) and Ginger Gunnip (Bioengineering Founders Award and Yueh-Ying Hu Memorial Award For Outstanding Woman Senior). Congratulations to all of them!
Apr. 04, 2014 Huan Gu successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Gu!
Mar. 21, 2014 Tagbo Herman Niepa successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Niepa!
Mar. 10, 2014 Our EFRI project is featured on Science Nation. Click here to read more.
Apr. 22, 2013 Jiachuan Pan successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Pan!
Apr. 09, 2013 Jiachuan Pan is selected as the Department Winner of Nunan Research Day Poster Competition.
Apr. 01, 2013 Srujana Govindarajulu receives an all university MS award.
Aug. 20, 2012 Jiachuan Pan and Huan Gu won a travel awards from the American Society for Microbiology to attend the Biofilm conference in Miami, FL in September, 2012.
Apr. 16, 2012 Geetika Choudhary won a travel award from the American Society for Microbiology to attend the annual meeting in San Francisco, CA in June, 2012.
Sep. 01, 2011 An interdisciplinary team led by Dr.Ren received an EFRI grant from NSF. Click here to read more.
May 14, 2011 Dr. Ren is awarded tenure.
May 13, 2011 Huan Gu and Herman Niepa receive travel awards to attend the Stevens Conference on Bacteria-Material Interactions this June.
Feb. 23, 2011 Jiachuan Pan won the best poster prize at the SBI poster competition.
Feb. 21, 2011 Dr. Dacheng Ren is invited to present at the 20th annual event of AIMBE in Washington, DC.
Jan. 18, 2011 Dr. Dacheng Ren receives NSF CAREER award. Click here to read more
Sept. 10, 2010 Dr. Ren is awarded College Technology Educator of the Year by the Technology Alliance of Central New York (TACNY). Click here to read more.
Apr. 13, 2010 Shuyu received All University Doctoral Prize. Congratulations!
Mar. 09, 2010 Congratulate Tagbo Herman Roland Niepa for winning a STEM fellowship for his PhD study.
Feb. 01, 2010 Shuyu Hou successfully defended his PhD dissertation. He is the first PhD graduated from our lab. Congratulations Dr.Hou!
Jul. 15, 2009 Dr. Ren received Early Career Translational Research Awards in Biomedical Engineering from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation.
Jul. 14, 2009 Robert Szkotak successfully defended his MS thesis. He also received the Outstanding Bioengineering Graduate Student award. Congratulations!
Jun. 15, 2009 Ren Lab receives EPA funding through the Syracuse Center of Excellence to develop green technology for indoor air quality control.
Feb. 17, 2009 Shuyu’s new paper about patterned biofilm formation has been highlighted by Chemical Biology. Click here to read the full story.
Aug. 8, 2008 Mi Zhang and Jiachuan Pan join the lab as new PhD students. Welcome!
Jun. 25, 2008 Shuyu Hou is awarded with a renewed fellowship from the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute. Congratulations!
Jun. 24, 2008 Ren Lab receives NSF funding to study bacteria-surface interactions.
May. 10, 2008 Commencement day. Sheron Mark and Adam Smith receive their MS degrees. Adam also receives the Outstanding Chemical Engineering Graduate Student award. Congratulations!
Dec. 5, 2007 Shuyu Hou is awarded with a fellowship from the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute. Congratulations!