KSME Spring Conference Micro/Nano Di NPSL members attended the 2017 KSME Spring Conference and presented four posters.	Transducers Research Foundation Congratulations!!! A MS student, Yeowon Yoon, has been received the $500 student travel grant to attend the 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystem (Transducers 2017) from the Transducers Research Foundation (TRF).
The Society of Micro Nano Systems NPSL was featured on the last page of the SMNS news letter Apr., 2017.	NRF Funding We have received a new NRF funding.
NMC 2018 We are organizing the NMC2018 !!!	Invited talk at KMEMS 2017 Prof. Lee's invited talk @ The 19th Korean MEMS Conference.
Invited talk at Univ. of Calgary Prof. Lee gave a seminar @ University of Calgary.	Outstanding Student Paper Award Congrats!!! Seokbeom Kim, a Ph.D. candidate, was selected as one of 12 Outstanding Student Award Finalists in MEMS 2017.
Associate Editor Appointment Prof. Lee has been appointed as an editorial board member for IJPEM published by KSPE.	A new publication Our new paper was published in Analytical Chemistry.
Invited Lecture at NMC Prof. Lee gave an invited lecture at the NMC 2017 in Hawaii, April 2017.	KSME-SEMES Open Innovation Award We have received the 1st KSME-SEMES OPEN INNOVATION Award.
A new patent registered Our new patent "Temperature measurement using quantum dot integrated hydrogel cantilevers" was registered.	Academic Award from the SMNS Prof. Lee, PI of the NPSL received "THE SOCIETY OF MICRO NANO SYSTEMS Academic Award 2016".
A new patent registered Our new patent regarding "a vacuum clamp with fluidic feed-through for microfluidic devices" was registered.	YTN Science Our research was featured on the YTN Science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXw66rR6o6I
ISMP Conference Invited Talk The PI of NPSL, Prof. Lee was invited to ISMP 2016, The 15th International Symposium on Microelectronics and Packaging and gave a talk titled “Vacuum Packaged Microfluidic Resonators for High Precision Mass Sensing Applications”.	IEC 1906 Award NPSL PI, Prof. J. Lee received the IEC 1906 Award.
YONHAP NEWS Our research was featured on the YONHAP NEWS. http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2016/10/13/0200000000AKR20161013095300017.HTML?input=1195m	Science21 Magazine Cover Our research team (NPSL, Sogang University) was introduced in the magazine, Science 21.
Pulled microcapillary tube resonator Congrats Donghyuk and all coauthors !!! Our paper titled "Pulled microcapillary tube resonators with electrical readout for mass sensing applications" was just published in Scientific Reports.	Best Poster Award @ NANO KOREA 2016 Congrats !!! Seokbeom Kim (a Ph.D. student) received the best poster award (Silver medal, the 4th place out of 822 submission) in the NANO KOREA 2016.
YTN Science Our hydrogel AFM cantilevers are introduced online by YTN Science. https://youtu.be/wzpp-1MkhoU	M. Roukes's Talk at Sogang Univ. We invited Prof. Michael Roukes @ CalTech. Prof. Roukes gave a talk at 10:30 AM on June 1st in J107 at Sogang University and visited the NPSL.
A new publication A paper entitled "Multifunctional hydrogel nano-probes for atomic force microscopy" has been online published in Nature Communications on May 20th, 2016.	A Paper Award Congrats !!! One of NPSLers, Seokbeom Kim (a Ph.D. student) received the best paper award in the 70th KSME Conference.
The Best Poster Award Congrats !!! One of NPSLers, Seokbeom Kim (a Ph.D. student) received the best Poster presentation award in the 18th KMEMS Conference (KMEMS 2016).	HumanTech Award Our students received Gold and Silver Prizes from the 22nd Samsung HumanTech Award.
Most downloaded paper Our paper titled "Stretching and Twisting Sensing With Liquid-Metal Strain Gauges Printed on Silicone Elastomers" was selected as one of the 50 most downloaded IEEE Sensors Journal papers in the month of September 2015.	Invited Talk at NTU Prof. Lee was invited to NITHM Tissue Engineering Seminar Series.
Industrial Innovation Award Seokbeom Kim was awarded the "Industrial Innovation Award" from the 17th Korean MEMS Conference.	Dow Chemical Scholarship Seokbeom Kim (M.S. Course) received the scholarship from Dow Chemical (Dow Chemical Korea Scholarship).
JMST Best Paper Award Il Lee (M.S. 2014 Fall) was awarded the best paper (title : Highly uniform and controllable micropatterning of a hydrogel on microcantilevers) award published in Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology 2013.	Dow Chemical Scholarship Jungki Song (M.S. Course) received the scholarship from Dow Chemical (Dow Chemical Korea Scholarship).
Digital Times Our work has been introduced in Digital Times.

Best Poster Awards Congrats!!! All three posters submitted to NANO KOREA 2017 were selected as one of the 45 Best Posters.	KSME Spring Conference Micro/Nano Di NPSL members attended the 2017 KSME Spring Conference and presented four posters.
Transducers Research Foundation Congratulations!!! A MS student, Yeowon Yoon, has been received the $500 student travel grant to attend the 19th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystem (Transducers 2017) from the Transducers Research Foundation (TRF).	The Society of Micro Nano Systems NPSL was featured on the last page of the SMNS news letter Apr., 2017.
NRF Funding We have received a new NRF funding.	NMC 2018 We are organizing the NMC2018 !!!
Invited talk at KMEMS 2017 Prof. Lee's invited talk @ The 19th Korean MEMS Conference.	Invited talk at Univ. of Calgary Prof. Lee gave a seminar @ University of Calgary.
Outstanding Student Paper Award Congrats!!! Seokbeom Kim, a Ph.D. candidate, was selected as one of 12 Outstanding Student Award Finalists in MEMS 2017.	Associate Editor Appointment Prof. Lee has been appointed as an editorial board member for IJPEM published by KSPE.
A new publication Our new paper was published in Analytical Chemistry.	Invited Lecture at NMC Prof. Lee gave an invited lecture at the NMC 2017 in Hawaii, April 2017.
KSME-SEMES Open Innovation Award We have received the 1st KSME-SEMES OPEN INNOVATION Award.	A new patent registered Our new patent "Temperature measurement using quantum dot integrated hydrogel cantilevers" was registered.
Academic Award from the SMNS Prof. Lee, PI of the NPSL received "THE SOCIETY OF MICRO NANO SYSTEMS Academic Award 2016".	A new patent registered Our new patent regarding "a vacuum clamp with fluidic feed-through for microfluidic devices" was registered.
YTN Science Our research was featured on the YTN Science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXw66rR6o6I	ISMP Conference Invited Talk The PI of NPSL, Prof. Lee was invited to ISMP 2016, The 15th International Symposium on Microelectronics and Packaging and gave a talk titled “Vacuum Packaged Microfluidic Resonators for High Precision Mass Sensing Applications”.
IEC 1906 Award NPSL PI, Prof. J. Lee received the IEC 1906 Award.	YONHAP NEWS Our research was featured on the YONHAP NEWS. http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2016/10/13/0200000000AKR20161013095300017.HTML?input=1195m
Science21 Magazine Cover Our research team (NPSL, Sogang University) was introduced in the magazine, Science 21.	Pulled microcapillary tube resonator Congrats Donghyuk and all coauthors !!! Our paper titled "Pulled microcapillary tube resonators with electrical readout for mass sensing applications" was just published in Scientific Reports.
Best Poster Award @ NANO KOREA 2016 Congrats !!! Seokbeom Kim (a Ph.D. student) received the best poster award (Silver medal, the 4th place out of 822 submission) in the NANO KOREA 2016.	YTN Science Our hydrogel AFM cantilevers are introduced online by YTN Science. https://youtu.be/wzpp-1MkhoU
M. Roukes's Talk at Sogang Univ. We invited Prof. Michael Roukes @ CalTech. Prof. Roukes gave a talk at 10:30 AM on June 1st in J107 at Sogang University and visited the NPSL.	A new publication A paper entitled "Multifunctional hydrogel nano-probes for atomic force microscopy" has been online published in Nature Communications on May 20th, 2016.
A Paper Award Congrats !!! One of NPSLers, Seokbeom Kim (a Ph.D. student) received the best paper award in the 70th KSME Conference.	The Best Poster Award Congrats !!! One of NPSLers, Seokbeom Kim (a Ph.D. student) received the best Poster presentation award in the 18th KMEMS Conference (KMEMS 2016).
HumanTech Award Our students received Gold and Silver Prizes from the 22nd Samsung HumanTech Award.	Most downloaded paper Our paper titled "Stretching and Twisting Sensing With Liquid-Metal Strain Gauges Printed on Silicone Elastomers" was selected as one of the 50 most downloaded IEEE Sensors Journal papers in the month of September 2015.
Invited Talk at NTU Prof. Lee was invited to NITHM Tissue Engineering Seminar Series.	Industrial Innovation Award Seokbeom Kim was awarded the "Industrial Innovation Award" from the 17th Korean MEMS Conference.
Dow Chemical Scholarship Seokbeom Kim (M.S. Course) received the scholarship from Dow Chemical (Dow Chemical Korea Scholarship).	JMST Best Paper Award Il Lee (M.S. 2014 Fall) was awarded the best paper (title : Highly uniform and controllable micropatterning of a hydrogel on microcantilevers) award published in Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology 2013.
Dow Chemical Scholarship Jungki Song (M.S. Course) received the scholarship from Dow Chemical (Dow Chemical Korea Scholarship).	Digital Times Our work has been introduced in Digital Times.