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![Congratulations to Tianyu Guan and Sana Zaki won the 'Best Presentation Award' in PRN Conference](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_ff0e20f041c2411cb3ae27ad611fafe4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c233c8_ff0e20f041c2411cb3ae27ad611fafe4~mv2.webp)
May 15, 2022
Congratulations to Tianyu Guan and Sana Zaki won the 'Best Presentation Award' in PRN Conference
Tianyu Guan and Sana Zaki won the BEST PRESENTATION AWARD in the 8th International PRN Conference on 10 May 2022. Tianyu’s presentation...
![Congratulations to Tianyu Guan's paper published in Surface and Coatings Technology](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_d5cc7ad19f2748a4b392302475f08d4b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c233c8_d5cc7ad19f2748a4b392302475f08d4b~mv2.webp)
Mar 21, 2022
Congratulations to Tianyu Guan's paper published in Surface and Coatings Technology
Tianyu Guan, Honggang Zhang, Fengzhou Fang and Nan Zhang, "Synthesis of two-dimensional WS2/nickel nanocomposites via electroforming for...
![Congratulations to our group's Postdoc Hengji Cong's paper published in Biomicrofluidics](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_76eb0cff6e0f40b79a5aeeda5700c4b4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c233c8_76eb0cff6e0f40b79a5aeeda5700c4b4~mv2.webp)
Mar 21, 2022
Congratulations to our group's Postdoc Hengji Cong's paper published in Biomicrofluidics
Hengji Cong and Nan Zhang, "Perspectives in translating microfluidic devices from laboratory prototyping into scale-up production",...
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![Congratulations to our group's Master Sineenat Yuket successful graduation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_12cfa194016a4fc0b0a1a983a6d914b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_12cfa194016a4fc0b0a1a983a6d914b5~mv2.webp)
Dec 13, 2021
Congratulations to our group's Master Sineenat Yuket successful graduation
We are delighted to announce that on Monday, 6th December 2021, Sindy successfully got her Master's degree. Sindy's research direction is...
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Dec 10, 2021
Group lunch of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing(Poly-chip)
Xinhui, Mingzhi, Akshaya, Masih, and Isabela are Ph.D. freshmen in 2021. In order to welcome them, our team organized the "Group lunch"...
![Congratulations to Honggang Zhang for winning the 'Best Paper Award (First Place)'](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_54929a1b4e3b48b5b3ac0e1f6296ae77~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c233c8_54929a1b4e3b48b5b3ac0e1f6296ae77~mv2.webp)
Sep 29, 2021
Congratulations to Honggang Zhang for winning the 'Best Paper Award (First Place)'
Many congratulations to Honggang for winning the 'Best Paper Award (First Place)' for his paper titled 'Precision Electroforming of...
![Congratulations to Honggang for his paper again published in International Journal of Machine Tools](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_b9035f931ff34309bd252c1ccb0de557~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c233c8_b9035f931ff34309bd252c1ccb0de557~mv2.webp)
Sep 28, 2021
Congratulations to Honggang for his paper again published in International Journal of Machine Tools
This paper, for the first time, developed a novel strategy for the fabrication of high-hardness and self-lubricating 2D...
![Congratulations to Honggang Zhang successfully defended his PhD dissertation](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_2836f10153234a8d9af14981b5bd905e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/c233c8_2836f10153234a8d9af14981b5bd905e~mv2.webp)
Sep 9, 2021
Congratulations to Honggang Zhang successfully defended his PhD dissertation
We are delighted to announce that on Monday, 30th August 2021, Honggang Zhang as the first PhD student in our team, successfully defended...
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![Fifteen UCD research projects receive funding in €7.9m IRC Enterprise investment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_44d194ab1fcb4aff93bcbdf34fa42c53~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_44d194ab1fcb4aff93bcbdf34fa42c53~mv2.webp)
Sep 2, 2021
Fifteen UCD research projects receive funding in €7.9m IRC Enterprise investment
Fifteen research projects at University College Dublin have been awarded funding under the Irish Resear Irish Research Council’s...
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![New Manuscript Accepted: International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_10e5e261c96940d3999dfa12693cb60a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_10e5e261c96940d3999dfa12693cb60a~mv2.webp)
Apr 11, 2021
New Manuscript Accepted: International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
"Investigation of mass transfer inside micro structures and its effect on replication accuracy in precision micro electroforming" by...
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Apr 11, 2021
UCD teams shortlisted for SFI's €4m Future Innovator Prize challenge
Eco-labs is focused on the challenge of making sustainable lab consumables. The members of the team are Dr Nan Zhang, UCD School of...
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Oct 1, 2020
PhD Student Publication List
Congratualtions to PhD student in Nan Zhang's research group, Honggang Zhang, who has published 6 high quality journal papers between...
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![Eight UCD projects awarded €1.5m to help respond to COVID-19 pandemic](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_9132364ad1f946a6a172869b0fb029e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_9132364ad1f946a6a172869b0fb029e2~mv2.webp)
Oct 1, 2020
Eight UCD projects awarded €1.5m to help respond to COVID-19 pandemic
Professor Michael Gilchrist and Dr Nan Zhang, UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Dr Jaythoon Hassan, UCD National Virus...
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![Congratulations to Sreeram Chandralal for UCD Presidents Awards 2020](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_f2ef612805f640289ea70ecf83fa9fa5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_f2ef612805f640289ea70ecf83fa9fa5~mv2.webp)
Mar 30, 2020
Congratulations to Sreeram Chandralal for UCD Presidents Awards 2020
The UCD President’s Awards aim is to give recognition to the efforts of students in areas of University life other than the academic,...
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![MiNAN Technoloties Attends UCD VentureLaunch Event](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_adddcef233504cbdb2bd7e292cc99da9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_adddcef233504cbdb2bd7e292cc99da9~mv2.webp)
Nov 27, 2019
MiNAN Technoloties Attends UCD VentureLaunch Event
27 November 2019, MiNAN Technologies attends UCD VentureLaunch Event at the UCD O’Brien Centre for Science. Professor Michael Gilchrist...
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![Seven Emerging Start-Ups Set to Pitch at Final of UCD's 2019 Accelerator Programme](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_0612c0b4b0c74641bdee692e02ddd46e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_0612c0b4b0c74641bdee692e02ddd46e~mv2.webp)
Nov 12, 2019
Seven Emerging Start-Ups Set to Pitch at Final of UCD's 2019 Accelerator Programme
MiNAN Technologies is among seven emerging University College Dublin (UCD) start-ups are set to pitch their business plans at the final...
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![Group Gathering in Dublin City](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_0de8a55dc2fc4e879cbe162541b725a5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_0de8a55dc2fc4e879cbe162541b725a5~mv2.webp)
Oct 18, 2019
Group Gathering in Dublin City
Weiwei and Lin Lin have finished their work in our group, and we have a group gathering in Dublin city centre. It was a great pleasure to...
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![3D Printing of Meetallic Microstructured Mould Published in Micromachines](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_1daf965e3eee4c1e900dd56154a9495d~mv2_d_2781_2349_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_1daf965e3eee4c1e900dd56154a9495d~mv2_d_2781_2349_s_2.webp)
Sep 16, 2019
3D Printing of Meetallic Microstructured Mould Published in Micromachines
Congratualtions to Dr. Nan Zhang for his latest publication in Micromachines (Volume 10, Issue 9, 2019). This is the 5th journal...
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![Nan Zhang attends Conference on Stents: Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing (ICS3M2019)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_97f1e2fe15c6416fbc8310a4c4acbaab~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_97f1e2fe15c6416fbc8310a4c4acbaab~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.webp)
Jul 15, 2019
Nan Zhang attends Conference on Stents: Materials, Mechanics and Manufacturing (ICS3M2019)
Nan Zhang is attending ICS3M2019 in London, 15-17, July, 2019. The International Conference on Stents is organised by Technical Committee...
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![Our new lab is up and running.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c233c8_e073180bb2de4a9abae6f346dd0d245f~mv2_d_4256_2832_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_292,h_219,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/c233c8_e073180bb2de4a9abae6f346dd0d245f~mv2_d_4256_2832_s_4_2.webp)
Jul 12, 2019
Our new lab is up and running.
After few month's construction, our group's new laboratory is ready to use. The lab is located in the ground floor in the Mechanical and...
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I moved to Dublin Ireland in 2009 to start my PhD study in UCD, since when Ireland has become my second home. I would like to share some photos taken by me. Ireland is a very beautiful country, and hope we can have opportunity to meet here in some future stage.
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