Rivian’s Dr. Julia Zhu visits UCI

Rivian’s Dr. Julia Zhu visits UCI

Once a part of the BNML in 2013, Dr. Julia Zhu made an appearance at our weekly coffee hour and shared some of her past experiences with the group. Since graduating, she has enjoyed an extensive career working on batteries at Samsung and now finds herself back in...
Biomimicry Hits the Market!

Biomimicry Hits the Market!

Our lab has done much research on the mantis shrimp which has lead to our lab getting patents, which formed a start up company – Helicoid Industries, which then sub-licensed the patents to CCM, who are now making hockey sticks, including for teams in the NHL! From...
Dr. Paul Bardunias visits UCI

Dr. Paul Bardunias visits UCI

Last week, Dr. Paul Bardunias from Florida Atlantic University came to California for the first time since before the pandemic. Dr. Bardunias is a great collaborator and an even greater friend to Dr. Kisailus, having known and collaborated with him and the lab for the...
Halloween at UCI

Halloween at UCI

On Tuesday, the Biomimetics and Nanostructured Materials Lab celebrated Halloween during their weekly group meeting. Between pizza, candy, pumpkin carving and more, members of the lab had fun while also discussing science and their projects.
New Collaborations: Materials for New Space

New Collaborations: Materials for New Space

Organized by SCHOTT in Mainz, Germany, the Materials Panel for New Space brought together luminaries from the international space industry to share ideas on the future of materials for space. Dr. David Kisailus spoke to representatives from space agencies (NASA Jet...