News
08/12/26: Our DARPA proposal has been selected for funding by the Biological Technologies Office. We really appreciate DARPA’s support, and and we look forward to the partnership!
08/04/26: Thomas Lu and Yamin Mansur's co-lead paper on the data-driven design of condensers for capturing non-volatile components of exhaled breath has been formally accepted by Advanced Materials Technologies. This work was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Emily Johnson with support from the 2024 BIPH Technology Development Fund. Congratulations to Thomas, Yamin, and all the contributing authors!
07/29/26: ITL attended the 2026 ASME SHTC in Bellevue, Washington! We shared our latest progress in the phase-change physics of biofluids (Amio), data-driven condenser design (Thomas), and miniaturized gas samplers (Yamin). It was a great occasion to exchange ideas with members of the heat transfer community and reconnect with familiar faces. Amio and Yamin also received two SHTC Travel Awards from the NSF CBET Thermal Transport Program, and we are very grateful for NSF’s support!
05/26/26: ITL recieved the inaugural BIPH Technology Bridge Fund Award! The support is invaluable for us to incentivize resubmission of several grant proposals for precision health, and we are grateful for the continous support from BIPH!
05/26/26: ITL received the NDNF grant from NDnano! This grant will support a research project initiated by Amio, Yamin, and Thomas on designing nanofabricated surfaces for healthcare applications.
05/26/26: Yamin Mansur's first lead-authored paper on the design of palm-sized airborne biomarker sampler (MAPLE) is accepted at Cell Reports Physical Science. Congratulations to Yamin and all the contributing authors!
04/11/26: Dr. Ma received the inaugural BIPH Early Career Investigator Award in recognition of ITL's research scope and efforts. We really appreciate the recognition and support from BIPH. With the support, we are ready to carry out more research projects that align with BIPH's mission that connects technology and public health.
03/11/26: Congratulations to Ethan Abbott, our high school ITL member from Marian High School, for his summer project with us on cancer diagnosis selected as one of the projects to represent the Northern Indiana region at the prestigious Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair. Ethan won the Award for Best Project in Analytical Chemistry and Measurement Science, and also the Best Abstract Award! Great job, Ethan!
03/10/26: Ph.D. positions for our 2025 iSURE fellows: Chenghan Meng accepted our offer to return as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2026, Jiangyuan Wan will join the University of Texas at Austin as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2026, and Linzhinan Luo will join Virginia Tech as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2026. Congratulations!
02/25/26: Amio presented his research on human exhaled breath in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition finals to a campus-wide audience. In his second year as a Ph.D. student, he is one of only three finalists representing the College of Engineering. We are proud of Amio's work and leadership. Great job, Amio!
01/21/26: Yamin and Amio passed their Ph.D. qualifying exam. Congrats!
07/31/25: ITL summer research highlight #2: Ethan Abbott joined ITL as a junior at Marian High School and as part of the Research Cures Cancer Corps (RC3) program offered by the Harper Cancer Research Institute. He worked with Yamin Mansur and Amio Ritwik on many research projects related to developing a portable airborne gas sensor for non-invasive cancer diagnosis, including 3D printing, participation in human experiments, fluorescence microscopy, airborne molecule measurement, and more. Good job, Ethan, Yamin, and Amio!
07/23/25: ITL summer research highlight #1: Vanessa Utama joined Dr. Kaiyu Fu’s lab and ITL as an NDnano summer research fellow, and she used her expertise in electrical engineering to develop a multiplexed sensor for airborne biomarkers. Vanessa was directly mentored by Yamin Mansur in ITL and Vito Liu in the Fu lab. Good job, Vanessa, Vito, and Yamin!
05/27/25: ITL group members visited Beacon Children's Hospital and conducted a field sampling session. Thank you very much, Dr. Robert White, for hosting us, spending time on insightful discussions, giving us a tour of the NICU, and allowing us to carry out initial testing aimed at improving the health of newborns. More to come!
05/21/25: ABLE is offically published (Link)! Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the work, and special thanks to Karla Cruise for promoting our work through the research news feature: Airborne disease detection made easier with new, low-cost device.
05/09/25: We have moved into our new lab space in A71 Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering, marking an exciting end to the Spring 2025 semester. Looking forward to the new science and technologies we will create here with the ITL team!
03/27/25: ITL's first paper "Airborne Biomarker Localization Engine for Open Air Point-of-Care Detection" is accepted in principle at Nature Chemical Engineering. Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the work, and ITL will continue working on this non-invasive biosensing technology. More to come!
12/17/24: New members: Four undergraduate researchers, Brigid Faulk (Chemical Engineering), Toby Shimabukuro (Mechanical Engineering), Tomas Londoño Lacouture (Chemical Engineering) and Aidan Francfort (Mechanical Engineering) will be joining ITL in 01/2025. Welcome!
11/30/24: Phase I renovation of our temporary lab space at A51 Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering is complete. Many thanks to everyone who helped with this process!
10/01/24: New members: Three Ph.D. students, Sai Prashanth Peri (M.S. @ASU), Yamin Mansur (B.S. @BUET), and Amio Pronoy Das Ritwik (B.S. @BUET) will be joining ITL in 01/2025. Welcome!
08/01/24: Dr. Jingcheng Ma has officially joined the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) as an Assistant Professor. Looking forward to all the exciting research we will be conducting here at the University of Notre Dame!
