News
- 04-10-2024, Congratulations to Adekunle Ojelabi for winning the Best Poster Award in 2024 UW MSE Symposium
- 04-10-2024, Welcome Ryan Olson joining our research group
- 03-22-2024, PI Chien is granted promotion to Professor rank (starting in Fall 2024).
- 09-16-2023, Congratulations to Lauren Kim for winning the Best Poster Award in 9th FRAMS (Front Range Advanced Magnetics Symposium)
- 08-20-2023, Welcome Adekunle Ojelabi joining our research group.
- 06-05-2023, Research project on converting coal into nuclear grade graphite is funded by SER, UW.
- 05-15-2023, Welcome Jarred Grant joining our research group.
- 04-03-2023, Congratulate to Bonnie Yinger, who is awarded the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- 03-23-2023, Congratulate to TeYu Chien, who is awarded the UW Mid-Career Graduate Faculty Mentor Award.
- 01-03-2023, Welcome Bonnie Yinger joining our research group.
- 01-03-2023, Welcome John Drain joining our research group.
- 08-20-2022, Congratulations to Lauren Kim and William (Buck) Scougale for winning the Best Poster Awards in 8th FRAMS.
- 08-15-2022, Research on topological qubit using topological superconductor and educational development for quantum information science and engineering is awarded by NSF, MPS.
- 07-20-2022, Microscopic understanding of the oxidation of multi-principal element alloys, also know as high entropy alloys, project is awarded by NSF, DMR program.
- 05-18-2022, Congratulations to William (Buck) Scougale for winning the Best Poster Award in 2022 UW MSE Symposium
- 04-15-2022, Congratulations to William (Buck) Scougale for being awarded with Wyoming NASA Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
- 10-04-2021, Congratulations to William (Buck) Scougale for being selected for Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award
- 09-26-2021, Welcome Lauren Kim joining our research group.
- 09-19-2021, Congratulations to William (Buck) Scougale for winning the Best Poster Award in 7th FRAMS (Front Range Advanced Magnetics Symposium)
- 04-09-2021, Congratulate to Dinesh Baral, who is awarded the Wyoming NASA EPSCoR MSE Graduate Research Fellowship.
- 03-11-2021, Congratulate to James Quenon, who is awarded the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- 01-01-2021, Welcome James K. Quenon joining our research group as an undergraduate researcher.
- 11-03-2020, Congratulate to TeYu Chien, who is awarded Thumbs Up Award from the College of Arts & Science Dean's Undergraduate Council, University of Wyoming.
- 10-09-2020, Congratulate to Dinesh Baral, who is awarded the A&S Dean's Graduate Scholars award
- 09-01-2020, Welcome William (Buck) Scougale re-joining our research group as a Ph. D student.
- 07-22-2020, Topological superconductivity research on 2M WS2 has been awarded by DOE, EPSCoR program.
- 06-09-2020, Welcome Nathan Magno joining our research group.
- 04-15-2020, Congratulate to Mitchell Nelson, who is awarded the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- 10-15-2019, Congratulate to Rabindra Dulal, who is awarded the A&S Dean's Graduate Scholars award.
- 09-12-2019, Welcome Tim Faltermeier joining our research group.
- 07-19-2019, Topological spin texture proposal is awarded by DOE, EPSCoR program.
- 05-31-2019, PI Chien is granted tenure and promotion to Associate Professor rank (starting on 7/1/2019).
- 04-23-2019, Welcome Mitchell Nelson joining our research group.
- 03-28-2019, We have been awarded Science Initiative's Faculty Innovation Seed Grant from the Office of Research and Economic Development.
- 03-25-2019, Congratulations to Buck Scougale, who is selected as College of Art & Science Outstanding Graduate 2019.
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- 12-07-2018, Congratulations to Rabindra Dulal, who is awarded the Paul Stock Travel Scholarship.
- 12-05-2018, Welcome Dillon Jensen joining our research group.
- 08-25-2018, Congratulations to Aaron Wang for winning the Best Poster Award in 4th FRAMS (Front Range Advanced Magnetics Symposium)
- 04-10-2018, Congratulations to Dinesh Baral, who has been approved to receive the Academic Affairs Energy GA award.
- 03-20-2018, The PI, TeYu Chien, is awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Extraordinary Merit in Research Award at University of Wyoming.
- 11-17-2017, We have been awarded Energy GA Assistantship 2018-2019 from Office of Academic Affairs, University of Wyoming.
- 11-03-2017, Congratulate to Aaron Wang, who is awarded the A&S Dean's Graduate Scholars award.
- 09-28-2017, Welcome Dinesh Baral joining our research group.
- 08-30-2017, Welcome William "Buck" Scougale re-joining our research group after transfering from Northwest College to University of Wyoming to finish his bachelor degree.
- 08-18-2017, EuO proposal is awarded by NSF, Division of Materials Research (DMR) program.
- 07-25-2017, Organic solar cell proposal is awarded by NSF, Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) program.
- 04-25-2017, Welcome Christoffer Masi joining our research group.
- 04-10-2017, Group member, Joann Hilman, is awarded the 2017 Wyoming NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- 03-13-2017, Former group member, Caitlin Huang, participated Wyoming State Science Fair and won the second place in the senior division in the category of Chemistry/Energy: Chemical.
- 03-10-2017, Group member, Justus Kornkven, is selected as an Art & Science Outstanding Graduate.
- 08-22-2016, Welcome Rabindra Dulal joining our research group.
- 08-09-2016, Welcome Teneil A. Schumacher joining our research group.
- 07-26-2016, Grant proposal "graphene production from Wyoming coal" to School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, is awarded.
- 06-28-2016, Welcome Caitlin Huang joining our research group.
- 06-15-2016, Group member, Aaron Wang, is awarded the School of Energy Resources Competitive GA Fellowship
- 05-24-2016, Welcome Mrudhula Baskaran joining our research group.
- 05-24-2016, Welcome William "Buck" Scougale joining our research group.
- 04-19-2016, Group member, Andrew Yost, is awarded the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium Graduate Research Fellowship.
- 03-28-2016, Group member, Joann Hilman, is awarded the 2016 Wyoming NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- 02-19-2016, Group member, Joann Hilman, has her undergraduate research proposal granted by the Center for Photoconversion and Catalysis, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming.
- 01-17-2016, Group member, Joann Hilman, is awarded the 2nd place of poster competition in "Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics" held at Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD.
- 09-28-2015, Group member, Justus Kornkven, is awarded the Wyoming EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- 05-27-2015, Welcome Benjamin Blake Northrup joining our research group.
- 05-26-2015, Welcome Justus Kornkven joining our research group.
- 05-05-2015, Group member, Andrew J. Yost, has successfully renewed his NSF Energy and Environmental Nanotechnology GK-12 Fellowship.
- 04-06-2015, Group member, Joann Hilman, is awarded(renewed) the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- 11-06-2014, Group member, Ravi Neupane, is awarded the School of Energy Resources Competitive GA Fellowship
- 09-08-2014, Welcome Shitao(Aaron) Wang joining our research group.
- 09-06-2014, The LTSTM has been installed, tested, and fully functioning.
- 07-11-2014, The Low-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope (LTSTM) from Omicron Nanotechnology (now Oxford Instruments) has been delivered.
- 04-22-2014, Welcome Samuel Nissim joining our research group.
- 04-02-2014, Group member, Joann Hilman, is awarded the 2014 Wyoming NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
- 04-02-2014, Welcome Joann Hilman joining our research group.
- 03-27-2014, Group member, Andrew J. Yost, has successfully renewed his NSF Energy and Environmental Nanotechnology GK-12 Fellowship.
- 03-13-2014, Group member, Ravi Neupane, has successfully renewed his Energy GA Fellowship.
- 01-02-2014, Group member, Ravi Neupane, is awarded the Energy GA Fellowship.
- 01-02-2014, Welcome Ravi Neupane joining our research group.
- 11-29-2013, Agree to perform the Journal Editor position for Flexible Electronics, which is published by Versita
- 11-18-2013, Move the website from Google site to web space in Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming.
- 08-20-2013, Officially start the job as Assistant Professor in Department of Physics and Astronomy in Univerisity of Wyoming.
- 06-06-2013, Grant proposal "quantum-dot sensitized solar cells" to DOE ESPCoR is awarded.
- 03-07-2013, Group member, Andrew J. Yost, is awarded the NSF Energy and Environmental Nanotechnology GK-12 Fellowship.
- 02-04-2013, Energy Graduate Assistants Fellowship Awarded.
- 01-23-2013, Welcome Andrew Yost joining our research group.
- 12-18-2012, Accept an offer of Assistant Professor position in Department of Physics and Astronomy in University of Wyoming.
- 09-15-2011, Start working in Mark Hersam's group in Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University.
- 06-29-2011, Get a postdoc position offer in Mark Hersam's research group in Northwestern University
- 05-19-2011, Start to construct this website, which is devoted to keep a record of my research activities.
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Highlights in the Media
- UW's Tian Receives NSF Grant to Study, Bolster Quantum Information Science and Engineering (UW News)
- The research results regarding the conversion of raw coal into nano-graphite using metal-assisted microwave treatment were mentioned in a Germany TV show: May 5th 2022 episode of Wer weiß denn sowas?
- UW's Scougale One of 65 Graduate Students Nationwide Selected to DOE's SCGSR Program (UW News)
- ENGINEERS APPLY PHYSICS-INFORMED MACHINE LEARNING TO SOLAR CELL PRODUCTION (Texas Advanced Computing Center)
- Cover art of PCCP Vol. 23, No. 5, Feb. 7th 2021 page 3179-3680.
- UW Researchers Resolve Controversy Over Energy Gap of a Van der Waals Material (University of Wyoming News; Phys.org)
- Researchers turn coal powder into graphite in microwave oven (NSF News)
- Researchers Use Microwave Oven to Convert Coal to Graphite (Chemical Engineering Progress)
- University of Wyoming researchers using a household appliance to study coal (Wyoming News)
- Single stage process for converting coal into graphite (Materials Today)
- Microwaving Metal Turns Coal Into Valuable Graphite (Wyoming Public Radio and audio)
- UW research team microwaves coal powder, turns it into nano-graphite (Gillette News Record)
- UW Researchers Turn Coal Powder into Graphite in Microwave Oven (University of Wyoming News; Wyoming Tribune Eagle; Posibl.; News Break; fooshya)
- Researchers turn coal powder into graphite in microwave oven (EurekAlert; Heartland; The Engineer; Science Daily; Interesting Engineering; Unfold Times; ABC7.com; Carbon World)
- Molecular Additives Enhance Mechanical Properties of Organic Solar Cell Material (Lehigh News; ScienceDaily, EurekAlert, Clinical Lab Manager, List-Solar, Power & Beyond, Phys.org, Solar Daily)
- Two UW Faculty Members Receive DOE Grants to Research Alloys, Quantum Computer Materials. (University of Wyoming News)
- UW Research Group Advances Microscopic Understanding of Electric Field Treatment (University of Wyoming News)
- UW Scientists Receive DOE Grant for Memory Storage Research (University of Wyoming News)
- UW Professors Discover Way to Make Solar Cells More Efficient (University of Wyoming News; Casper Star Tribune; Laramie Live; and KOWB)
- One Small Change Makes Solar Cells More Efficient (Departmenf of Energy; NewsWise; R&D World; Phys.Org; and Electronic Component News)
- Electric fields can alter the fracture toughness of nanomaterials (Materials Today)
- Mechanical properties of nanomaterials are altered due to electric field, researchers find (University of Wyoming News; Phys.org)
- Material Surfaces Are Not Just Two-Dimensional, UW Researcher Discovers (University of Wyoming News; Phys.org)
- UW Professor Achieves Breakthrough in Understanding Superconductivity Properties (University of Wyoming News)
- Study Catalogues Electronic Evolution Between LCMO, YBCO (Superconductor Week, Vol. 27, No. 17, Oct. 26th, 2013)
- Visualizing Short-Range Charge Transfer at Interfaces (Nanowerk, and Phys.Org)
- Scientists combine X-rays and microscopes for precise experiments (Phys.Org)
- Probing a complex oxide interface directly (Phys.Org)
- STM nanopatterning on pristine Nb-doped SrTiO3 surfaces (Phys.Org)
- Cover art of ANL LDRD FY2009 annual report.
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