2024

Jan 8, 2025

Meet Rakesh Basu

Hi there! My name is Rakesh Basu, and I am a 1st year PhD student in the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) department at NC State University. My advisor is…

Dec 11, 2024

Happy Holidays From the AIF Team

As the year winds down and the holidays near,We reflect on the milestones we’ve reached this year.From experiments run to ideas that ignited,Together we’ve thrived, engaged, and united. But hold…

Nov 20, 2024

Honoring Innovation and Impact: Congratulations to Our AIF Best Paper Award Winners!

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the AIF Best Paper Award, honoring groundbreaking research that highlights the capabilities of AIF and enables us to fulfill our mission of reaching…

Nov 13, 2024

AIF User Spotlight

Avery is a 3rd year graduate student in the Chemistry department at Duke University, in Prof. Ivan Moreno-Hernandez’s group. They’re deeply motivated by climate change and the desire to know…

Oct 22, 2024

An Interview With AIF’s New Associate Director, Raymond Unocic

We are thrilled to welcome our new Associate Director, Dr. Ray Unocic, to the AIF team! Ray joined NC State this fall as an associate professor in MSE. His research…

Oct 21, 2024

AIF User Spotlight

Huimin Qiao is currently a postdoctoral research scholar in Nina Balke’s Group within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State University. Her primary research focuses on nanoscale…

Oct 9, 2024

Meet Lauren Dunlap: AIF’s New Student Worker

We’re excited to welcome Lauren Dunlap to our team as a new student worker! Lauren is a fourth-year student at NC State, double majoring in Materials Science and Engineering and…

Oct 1, 2024

Celebrating Excellence: Toby Tung Wins the Outstanding NNCI Staff Member Award!

We are thrilled to announce that one of our lab managers, Toby Tung, has been honored with the prestigious Outstanding NNCI Staff Member Award! This award recognizes the exceptional efforts of NNCI site staff members who go above and beyond to provide outstanding service and support to our network users.

Jun 24, 2024

RTNN Honored with 2024 Opal Mann Green Engagement and Scholarship Award

As you may know, AIF is part of the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN), a partnership between the nanotechnology core facilities at NC State, Duke, and UNC. The RTNN is one…