Author Archives: Ed

Multi-dimensional electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques at the edge! Prof Emilie Ringe and her group collaborated with Cambridge University, University of Pittsburgh, and the Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons to study platinum nanoparticles (diameter = 3-6nm) grown on gold … Continue reading →

Anjli Kumar, Dayne Swearer, and Eduardo Villarreal participated at The Smaller-Curl Institute (SCI) Annual Transdisciplinary Symposium by giving research presentations. The Symposium provided graduate students with an opportunity to fine-tune their presentations in preparation for professional meetings. The emphasis is … Continue reading →

The Electron Microscopy Center (EMC) user meeting will be held this Friday, 12-1:30, at the Farnsworth pavilion of the student center! It is open to all TEM and SEM users across campus. The meeting will be a great opportunity to learn … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Anjli and Dayne, who passed their qualifier in the department of chemistry! Dayne successfully presented his research proposal involving catalysis using aluminum decorated nanoparticles, in which he showed his promising results using aluminum nanoparticles decorated with platinum. Anjli, on the other … Continue reading →

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is a place full of fun, tradition, and well… The Ringe Group! (or at least last Tuesday). Dr. Ming Tang’s graduate students accompanied the group, and everyone had lots of laughs and delicious food. Go … Continue reading →

Dr Emilie Ringe has recently made a collaboration with Beijing University’s professor Zhengjun Zhang to study the plasmon modes and near-field enhancements of gold nanorod arrays. The results have been published in the Scientific Reports journal with the title “Tunable … Continue reading →

The Ringe group will be participating in the Texas Society for Microscopy annual meeting by giving oral presentations. The Texas Society for Microscopy is an organization dedicated to further the use, understanding, and knowledge of all aspects of microscopy and … Continue reading →

The Ringe group plans on recruiting one or two motivated PhD students in the departments of materials science and nanoengineering, chemistry, and applied physics. The area of research is focused but not limited to electron microscopy, optical microscopy, and catalysis.

While Tim Paul was in town to run the Houston marathon, he stopped by the Ringe group to try some blind outreach science modules. Emilie Ringe met Mr Paul in a marathon, where she was his guide. Mr Paul gave the Ringe group … Continue reading →

MSNE 580 class started this month, the microscopy class that Rice University needed! It is a 3 credit hour class taught by Emilie Ringe, and an additional laboratory will also be available this semester. The course focuses on theories, applications, and … Continue reading →