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2024

  • October
    • Prof. Chandrahalim delivers three oral presentations at the IEEE Sensors Conference.
  • August
    • Lt Samuel Campbell successfully passes his M.S. defense. Congratulations on this achievement!
    • Prof. Chandrahalim presents his group research on optical and electromechanical microsystems at the AFRL's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate.
  • July
    • Prof. Chandrahalim receives top inventor recognition from the Department of the Air Force Technology Transfer & Transition Program. He is selected as one of the top three inventors, reflecting his exceptional innovation and contributions to technological advancements within the Air Force.
    • Prof. Chandrahalim delivers presentations at the Air Force Sustainment Center Units at Tinker Air Force Base and the 134th Air Refueling Wing at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base.
  • June
    • Prof. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) and Session Chair in the Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (Hilton Head) 2024 Workshop.
  • February
    • Prof. Chandrahalim receives the Air Education & Training Command’s 75th Arthur S. Flemming Award, Applied Science & Engineering Category.

2023

  • December
    • Capt Ori Kenig joins our lab to pursue an MS degree.
  • June
    • Lt Col David Lynes gives a presentation at the 66th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN) 2023.
    • Dr. Chandrahalim gives a presentation on integrated microsystems at the AFWERX-USAFA-AFIT kick-off meeting, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB.
    • Mr. Ethan Doerstling from Cedarville University joins our lab (co-advised with Dr. Juan Manfredi (AFIT/ENP)) to pursue an MS degree.
  • 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’s Outstanding Airman of the Year, Civilian Supervisory Category IV for 2022.
  • 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 4th Quarter Team Award.

2022

  • 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.
  • July
    • Our work, titled “A microturbine flow sensor created on an optical fiber tip Using a multiphoton nanomachining process,” is recognized as one of the top 20 best contributed papers at the OPTICA Optical Sensors & Sensing Congress.
    • 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 65th 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 65th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN) 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.
  • September
    • Dr. Chandrahalim serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for the 47th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE).
  • 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 64th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN).
  • 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.

2020

  • 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!