Achievements
Events and accomplishments from the lab group
March 2025
MAR. 10, 2025
Erick Bandala​​
Erick presented his (Distance-Controlled Direct Ink Writing of Titanium Alloy with Enhanced Shape Diversity and Controllable Porosity) at the 2025 Nevada Space Grant and NASA EPSCoR Statewide Meeting held at UNR.
January 2025
JAN. 7, 2025
Erick Bandala
​​Kellen Mitchell
Lily Raymond
Erick's first paper, entitled "Distance-Controlled Direct Ink Writing of Titanium Alloy with Enhanced Shape Diversity and Controllable Porosity", was officially accepted by npj Advanced Manufacturing. Kellen and Lily are the co-first authors of this paper. Congratulations to Erick, Kellen, and Lily!
JAN. 24, 2025
​​Kellen Mitchell
Kellen's 6th first-author paper, entitled "Embedded Fused Filament Fabrication of Thermoplastics for Biomedical Applications", was officially accepted by Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. Aidan and Erick are the co-authors of this paper. Congratulations!
February 2025
Feb. 11, 2025
Weijian Hua
Weijian's 11th paper, entitled "High-Speed Embedded Ink Writing of Anatomic-Size OrganConstructs", was officially accepted by Advanced Science. Cheng, Kellen, Lily, Erick, and Ryan are co-authors of this paper. Congratulations!
December 2024
DEC. 13, 2024
Weijian Hua
Cheng Zhang
Weijian Hua and Cheng Zhang's co-first-author paper "Embedded 3D Printing of Engineered Lung Cancer Model for Assisting Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy" was officially accepted by Biofabrication. This is Weijian's 10th and Cheng's 6th first-author paper.
October 2024
OCT. 2, 2024
Weijian Hua
Cheng Zhang
Weijian Hua and Cheng Zhang's co-first-author paper "Advanced Materials Technologies" was officially accepted by Advanced Materials Technologies. This is Weijian's 9th and Cheng's 5th first-author paper.
OCT. 16, 2024
Ryan Coulter
Ryan Coulter passed his oral qualifying exam, congratulations PhD Candidate!
September 2024
SEP. 11, 2024
Weijian Hua
Cheng Zhang
Weijian's 8th first-author paper, entitled "High-Speed Embedded Ink Writing of Anatomic-Size Organ Constructs" was officially accepted by Advanced Science. Cheng is the co-first author of this paper and this Cheng's 4th first-author paper.
SEP. 18, 2024
Ryan Coulter
Ryan Coulter passed the written qualifying exams, congratulations!
August 2024
AUG. 9, 2024
Weijian Hua
Cheng Zhang
Weijian Hua and Cheng Zhang's co-first author paper "Filament Formation Mechanisms in Yield-Stress Fluid-Enabled Embedded Ink Writing" was was officially accepted by Additive Manufacturing. This is Weijian's 7th and Cheng's 3rd first-author paper.
June 2024
JUN. 19, 2024
Kellen Mitchell
Aidan Shackleford
Erick Bandala
Kellen Mitchell's paper "Embedded Fused Deposition Modeling of PCL Orbital Implants with Enhanced Performance" was awarded 3rd Best Paper Award in the 2024 ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference. Aidan Shackleford and Erick Bandala are 2nd and 3rd author.
April 2024
APR. 2, 2024
Lily Raymond
Lily Raymond received one of Outstanding Domestic Graduate Student Scholarships from the UNR Graduate Student Association!
APR. 4, 2024
Lily Raymond
Lily Raymond's poster "Hybrid Direct Ink Writing/Embedded Three-Dimensional Printing of Smart Hinge from Shape Memory Polymer" won 2nd place in the Mechanical Engineering Research and Graduate School Fair!
APR. 11, 2024
Liam Bond
Liam Bond was awarded the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program ( UROP) Academic Year scholarship!
February 2024
FEB. 3, 2024
Kellen Mitchell
Kellen Mitchell's paper "Particle-Polymer Interactions for 3D Printing Material Design" was reposted in X by Dr. Jennifer Lewis at Harvard University!
January 2024
JAN. 2, 2024
Kellen Mitchell
Kellen Mitchell's 3rd first-author paper (Particle-Polymer Interactions for 3D Printing Material Design) was officially accepted in Chemical Physics Reviews. Weijian and Erick are the co-authors of this paper. Congratulations to Kellen, Weijian, and Erick!
JAN. 10, 2024
Cheng Zhang
Cheng's 2nd first-author paper, entitled "Multi-Scale Embedded Printing of Engineered Human Tissue and Organ Equivalents", was officially accepted in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Weijian is the co first-author of this paper and all the other graduates are involved as the co-authors. Congratulations to Cheng and everybody!
JAN. 28, 2024
Kellen Mitchell
Kellen's paper, entitled "Embedded Fused Deposition Modeling of PCL Orbital Implants With Enhanced Performance," was officially accepted by ASME's Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, which is the top conference in the manufacturing field.
This paper was selected as one of the twelve papers competing for the Best Paper Award. Hopefully, we have a good luck this year to make it! Aidan and Erick are the co-authors of this paper. Congratulations to Kellen, Aidan, and Erick!
September 2023
SEPT. 8, 2023
Lily Raymond
Lily Raymond's 3rd first-author paper (Coaxial Nozzle-Assisted Embedded 3D Printing of Single-Layered Channels Within a Yield-Stress Matrix Bath) was accepted by the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, congratulations! Weijian Hua, Naima Valentin, Ryan Coulter, Erick Bandala, Kaitlin Leong, and Jada Okaikoi are the co-authors of this paper.
August 2023
AUG. 8, 2023
Cheng Zhang
Cheng Zhang's 1st first-author paper (Sacrificial Scaffold-Assisted Direct Ink Writing of Engineered Aortic Valve Prostheses) was accepted by Biofabrication, congratulations! Weijian Hua and Kellen Mitchell are the co-authors of this paper.
June 2023
JUN. 21, 2023
Lily Raymond
Lily Raymond's 2nd first-author paper (Hybrid 3D Printing of Functional Smart Hinges) was accepted by Machines, congratulations! Erick Bandala, Weijian Hua, Kellen Mitchell, and Kaitlin Leong are the co-authors of this paper.
March 2023
MAR. 6, 2023
Weijian Hua
Weijian Hua's 5th first-author paper (3D Printing-Based Full-Scale Human Brain for Diverse Applications) was accepted in Brain-X, congratulations! Cheng Zang, Kellen Mitchell, and Lily Raymond are the co-authors of this paper.
MAR. 8, 2023
Lily Raymond
Lily Raymond's 1st first-author paper (Hybrid Direct Ink Writing/Embedded Three-Dimensional Printing of Smart Hinge from Shape Memory Polymer) will be published in Manufacturing Letters, congratulations! Weijian Hua, Naima Valentin, Kellen Mitchell, Erick Bandala, Cheng Zhang, and Ryan Coulter are the co-authors of this paper.
February 2023
FEB. 15, 2023
Lily Raymond
Lily Raymond passed the written qualifying exams, congratulations!
December 2022
DEC. 1, 2022
Kellen Mitchell
Kellen Mitchell's 3rd first-author paper (Material Extrusion of Helical Shape Memory Polymer Artificial Muscles for Human Space Exploration Apparatus) was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology, congratulations!
DEC. 5, 2022
Naima Valentin
Naima Valentin passed her thesis defense, congratulations!
DEC. 10, 2022
Naima Valentin
Naima Valentin graduated with her Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering, thank you for your contributions and congratulations Naima!
November 2022
NOV. 1, 2022
Kellen Mitchell
Kellen Mitchell's 2nd first-author paper (3D Printing of Conical Centrifuge System for Mineral Particle Separation) was accepted in Separation and Purification Technology, congratulations!
NOV. 11, 2022
Kellen Mitchell
Kellen Mitchell passed the oral qualifying exam, congratulations!
October 2022
OCT. 5, 2022
Weijian Hua
Weijian Hua passed the oral qualifying exam, congratulations!
OCT. 19, 2022
Naima Valentin
Naima Valentin's first-author paper (Direct Ink Writing of Porous Acetabular Cups from Titanium Alloy) was accepted in Bio-Design and Manufacturing, congratulations!
September 2022
SEPT. 8, 2022
Kellen Mitchell
Kellen Mitchell's artificial muscle 3D printhead/nozzle schematic was chosen as the next cover imagine for Machines, congratulations!
August 2022
AUG. 8, 2022
Weijian Hua
Weijian Hua’s 3rd first-author paper (3D Printing in Stimuli-Responsive Yield-Stress Fluid with Interactive Dual Microstructure) was published in Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering: Additive Manufacturing Frontiers, congratulations!
AUG. 12, 2022
Weijian Hua
Weijian Hua’s 4th first-author paper (Embedded 3D Printing of PDMS-based Microfluidic Chips for Biomedical Applications) was published in Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering: Additive Manufacturing Frontiers, congratulations!
July 2022
JUL. 3, 2022
Weijian Hua
Weijian Hua’s 2nd first-author paper (3D Printing of Biodegradable Polymer Vascular Stents: A Review) was published in Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering: Additive Manufacturing Frontiers, congratulations!
June 2022
JUN. 7, 2022
Ryan Coulter
Lily Raymond
Ryan Coulter and Lily Raymond were featured in a Nevada Today article featuring the NSF GRFP winners, congratulations
May 2022
MAY. 6, 2022
Kellen Mitchell
Kellen Mitchell won third prize in the UNR Mechanical Engineering Department Poster Competition, congratulations!
MAY. 12, 2022
Lily Raymond
Lily Raymond graduated with a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering, congratulations
MAY. 31, 2022
Kellen Mitchell
Kellen Mitchell won first prize in the 2022 NV NASA Programs Virtual Poster Competition, congratulations!
April 2022
APR. 3, 2022
Ryan Coulter
Lily Raymond
Both Ryan Coulter and Lily Raymond received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP), congratulations!
APR. 2022
Erick Bandala
Erick Bandala won 1st place in the 2022 Madani-Gordaninejad Speech Contest, in which he presented why 3D printed organs is the future solution for the organ shortage. Congratulations!
APR. 26, 2022
Lily Raymond
Lily Raymond successfully passed her Master’s Thesis Defense, congratulations!
December 2021
DEC. 8, 2021
Dr. Jin
Dr. Jin, Prof. He, and Dr. Gao’s book on 3D bioprinting has been published by Wiley. Weijian Hua, Lily Raymond, and Matthew Warner helped prepare several chapters, congratulations!
September 2021
SEP 13, 2021
Weijian Hua
Weijian Hua’s 1st first-author paper (Fluid Bath-Assisted 3D Printing for Biomedical Applications: From Pre-to Postprinting Stages) was published in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, congratulations!
August 2021
AUG. 5, 2021
Erick Bandala
Erick Bandala presented his “3D Printing of Graphene Oxide-Based Supercapacitor for Solar Energy Storage” poster at UNR, congratulations!
AUG. 25, 2021
Lily Raymond
​Lily Raymond received the Nevada NASA Space Grant Fellowship Award, congratulations!
April 2021
APR. 14, 2021
Lily Raymond
Lily Raymond received the Mechanical Engineering Department Service Award due to her excellent service and academic performance, congratulations!
APR. 15, 2021
Lily Raymond
Lily Raymond received the NSF-Sponsored Student Support Award to attend the Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC) 2021 conference, congratulations!
APR. 27, 2021
Kellen Mitchell
Kellen Mitchell received the NSF-Sponsored Student Support Award to attend the Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC) 2021 conference, congratulations!
APR. 27, 2021
Erick Bandala
Erick Bandala received the NASA EPSCoR scholarship, congratulations!