News

2023

• April
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim receives the IEEE Dayton Section Photonics Society Award.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim receives the Air University Civilian Category IV Supervisory of the Year 2022 Award.
  

• March
  
• Lt Col David Lynes receives a doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering. Congratulations!
  
• Our work: "Influence of a tailored oxide interface on the quality factor of microelectromechanical resonators" is featured on the front cover of Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 10 (9), 2023.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim receives the AFIT Civilian Category IV Supervisory of the Year 2022 Award.
  

• February
  
• Lt Col David Lynes successfully defends his doctoral dissertation. Congratulations!
  
• Our work: "Influence of a tailored oxide interface on the quality factor of microelectromechanical resonators" is published in Advanced Materials Interfaces.
  

• January
  
• The Electrical Engineering Laboratory Technicians and Faculty Researchers Team: Dr. Chandrahalim, Mr. Adam Fritzche, Ms. Angela Hayden, Mr. Michael Hill, Dr. Julie Jackson, and Maj. Matthew Vincie won the AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management 2022 4^th Quarter Team Award.
  

2022

• December
  
• Our work: "Two-photon machining of sensors on fiber tips" is selected as one of the top 30 breakthrough stories in optics in 2022 by Optics & Photonics News.
  
• Our work: "Three-dimensional Fabry–Pérot cavities sculpted on fiber tips using a multiphoton polymerization process" is published in Handbook of Scholarly Publications from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), CRC Press.
  
• Our work: "On-chip silicon photonic controllable 2 x 2 four-mode waveguide switch" is published in Handbook of Scholarly Publications from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), CRC Press.
  
• Our work on multiphoton sculpting of optical resonant and non-resonant microsensors is reported in the Research Outreach Magazine: Manufacturing on the nanoscale: Optomechanical sensors with multiphoton polymerization.
  

• November
  
• Our work on fiber sensors with complex moving parts is reported in the Nanoscribe News: 3D-printed fiber sensors with complex moving parts.
  
• Lt Samuel Campbell joins our lab to pursue an MS degree.
  

• October
  
• Our work on two-photon nanomachining of mechanically assisted optical cavity sensors is reported in the Research Outreach Magazine : Two-photon polymerization for advanced sensor manufacturing.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim receives the 2022 Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) Professional Achievement Award.
  

• September
  
• Lt Col David Lynes and Dr. Chandrahalim give presentations at the International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE)/Eurosensors.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) and Session Chair for the Optics & Photonics Session in the International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE)/Eurosensors.
  

• August
  
• Our work: "A statistical method to optimize the chemical etching process of zinc oxide thin films" is published in Royal Society Open Science.
  

• July
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim gives two presentations at the Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress.
  
• Our work: "Two-photon nanomachining of a micromechanically enhanced optical cavity sensor on an optical fiber tip" is featured on the inside front cover of Adv. Photonics Res., 3 (7), 2022.
  

• June
  
• Our work on liquid crystal optoacoustic sensors is reported in the TechLink News: Air Force scientists develop liquid crystal optoacoustic sensors, non-contact testing applications.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim and Capt Michael Dela Cruz are granted the U.S. Patent No. US11,366,054B2 [June 21, 2022].
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim gives a presentation at the AFOSR 2022 Organic Materials Chemistry Program Review.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) and Session Chair for the High-Figure of Merit Resonators Session in the Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (Hilton Head) 2022 Workshop.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim gives a presentation at the 65^th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN) 2022.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) and Session Chair for the Imaging and Characterization Session in the 65^th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN) 2022.
  

• May
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim receives the AFIT Chancellor's 2021 Innovation Excellence Award.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim and Lt Jeremiah Williams are granted the U.S. Patent No. US11,326,970B2 [May 10, 2022].
  
• Our work: "Multiphoton nanosculpting of optical resonant and non-resonant microsensors on fiber tips" is featured on the supplementary cover of ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 14 (17), 2022.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim and Lt Jeremiah Williams are granted the U.S. Patent No. US11,320,596B2 [May 03, 2022].
  

• April
  
• Maj David Lynes wins the AFIT/ENG Winter 2022 Quarter Student Award. Congratulations!
  
• Our work: "Multiphoton nanosculpting of optical resonant and non-resonant microsensors on fiber tips" is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
  
• Our work: "Two-photon nanomachining of a micromechanically enhanced optical cavity sensor on an optical fiber tip" is published in Advanced Photonics Research (Wiley-VCH GmbH.).
  

• March
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim and Lt Jeremiah Williams are granted the U.S. Patent No. US11,287,575B2 [March 29, 2022].
  

2021

• December
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim and Capt Jonathan Smith are granted the U.S. Patent No. US11,204,468B2 [December 21, 2021].
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim and Lt Samuel DeWhitt give a presentation at the Advanced Sensor Components Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
  

• November
  
• Our work on the fiber tip microscopic anemometer is reported in the TechLink News: US Air Force builds microscopic anemometer, just 75 microns.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim gives a presentation at the AFOSR 2021 Physics of Sensing Program Review.
  

• October
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) and Track Chair for the Optical Sensors Track in the IEEE Sensors 2021 Conference.
  
• Our work on the application of quantum dot technology for simplifying vehicle and structural surface inspections is reported in the Fall edition of the Professional Military Logistics Journal: Novel quantum dot technology shows promise in simplifying vehicle and structural surface inspections.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim is appointed as an Associate Editor for the Royal Society Open Science.
  
• Maj David Lynes advances to candidacy. Congratulations!
  
• Our work on a method of making passive microscopic Fabry–Pérot Interferometer (FPI) sensor is reported in the TechLink News: Method of making temperature-immune self-referencing Fabry–Pérot cavity sensors.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim and Capt Jonathan Smith are granted the U.S. Patent No. US11,156,782B2 [October 26, 2021].
  

• September
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for the 47^th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE).
  

• August
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim receives the Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) Faculty Excellence Award.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim gives an invited talk at the IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference (RAPID) 2021 Conference.
  

• July
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim is named an Optica Senior Member.
  
• Our work on using colloidal quantum dots for the next generation of optical deformation sensors is reported in The Military Engineer: Simplifying surface inspections with quantum dot technology.
  
• Mr. Cody Brown from Washington State University joins our lab as a Research Associate.
  

• June
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for the IEEE Transducers 2021 Conference.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim gives a presentation at the AFOSR 2021 Organic Materials Chemistry Program Review.
  

• May
  
• Capt Karanvir Singh successfully defends his MS thesis. Congratulations!
  
• Capt Kyle Bodily successfully defends his MS thesis. Congratulations!
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for the 64^th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN).
  

• March
  
• Our work on a passive microscopic Fabry–Pérot Interferometer (FPI) sensor on an optical fiber tip is reported in the TechLink News: Passive microscopic Fabry–Pérot interferometer sensor.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim and Capt Jonathan Smith are granted the U.S. Patent No. US10,942,313B2 [March 09, 2021].
  

• February
  
• Lt Israel Dunk successfully defends his MS thesis. Congratulations!
  
• Dr. Franck Assogba-Onanga and Dr. Chandrahalim receive the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Research Fellowship.
  

• January
  
• Lt Jeremiah Williams gives an oral presentation at the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Conference.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim receives the AFIT Graduate School of Engineering and Management Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Professors Award.
  
• Our collaborative work with Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology and University of Michigan on silicon photonic controllable four-mode waveguide switch is published in Scientific Reports.
  

2020

• December
  
• Our journal article: Three-dimensional Fabry–Pérot cavities sculpted on fiber tips using a multiphoton polymerization process is selected as one of the '2020 Highlight' articles by IOP Science.
  

• November
  
• Our work on quantum dots paint for airframe inspection is reported in IEEE Spectrum: Quantum dot paint could make airframe inspection quick and easy.
  
• Lt Col Edward Hurd advances to candidacy. Congratulations!
  

• October
  
• Our work: "Three-dimensional Fabry–Pérot cavities sculpted on fiber tips using a multiphoton polymerization process" is published in Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.
  
• Lt Jeremiah Williams gives two oral presentations at the IEEE Sensors Conference.
  
• Lt Israel Dunk gives a poster presentation at the IEEE Sensors Conference.
  
• Lt Michael Sherburne gives a poster presentation at the IEEE Sensors Conference.
  
• Our work on a quantum material-based diagnostic paint to sense problems before structural failure is reported in Nanotechnology Now: A quantum material-based diagnostic paint to sense problems before structural failure.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) and Track Chair for the Optical Sensors Track in the IEEE Sensors 2020 Conference.
  

• September
  
• Our work: "Comprehensive optical strain sensing through the use of colloidal quantum dots" is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
  
• Lt Samuel DeWhitt joins our lab to pursue an MS degree.
  

• August
  
• Lt Michael Sherburne and AFIT team is selected as one of the top-two finalists in the Air Force Materiel Command’s 2020 MAJCOM Spark Tank competition. Congratulations!
  

• July
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim gives a presentation at the AFOSR 2020 Physics of Sensing Program Review.
  
• Mr. Justin Brown from Washington State University joins our lab as a Research Associate.
  

• May
  
• Capt Jonathan Smith gives an oral presentation at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO).
  
• Capt Michael Dela Cruz gives an oral presentation at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO).
  

• March
  
• Dr. Franck Assogba-Onanga from IUPUI joins our lab as an NRC Postdoctoral Fellow.
  

• February
  
• Dr. Franck Assogba-Onanga and Dr. Chandrahalim receive the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Research Fellowship.
  
• Lt Jeremiah Williams successfully defends his MS thesis. Congratulations!
  
• Lt Michael Sherburne successfully defends his MS thesis. Congratulations!
  

2019

• September
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim gives an invited talk at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim gives an invited talk at the Department of Physics, Indiana University- Purdue University (IUPUI), Indianapolis, Indiana.
  
• Maj David Lynes joins our lab to pursue a doctoral degree.
  
• Maj Jonathon Campbell joins our lab to pursue a doctoral degree.
  
• Lt Karanvir Singh joins our lab to pursue an MS degree.
  
• Lt Kyle Bodily joins our lab to pursue an MS degree.
  
• Lt Israel Dunk joins our lab to pursue an MS degree.
  

• July
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as the General Chair for Foundation of Nonlinear Optics 2019 (FoNLO’19) Conference.
  

• June
  
• Capt Jonathan Smith gives an oral presentation at the IEEE Transducers 2019 – EUROSENSORS XXXIII Conference.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for the IEEE Transducers 2019 – EUROSENSORS XXXIII Conference.
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Session Chair for the 2019 AFOSR Program Review in Organic Material Chemistry.
  

• May
  
• Ms. Christina Scott from the University of Dayton joins our lab as a Research Associate.
  

• April
  
• Capt Dela Cruz’s work on liquid crystalline optoacoustic sensors is selected as one of the IEEE NEMS 2019 Best Student Paper Finalists. Congratulations!
  
• Dr. Chandrahalim gives two presentations at the IEEE NEMS 2019 Conference.
  

• February
  
• Capt Jonathan Smith successfully defends his MS thesis. Congratulations!
  
• Capt Michael Dela Cruz successfully defends his MS thesis. Congratulations!
  

• January
  
• Our collaborative work with Jinan University and Kyushu University on quantum dots microcavity lasers in a molecularly engineered annular groove is published in Optics Letters.