

Nanorobotics, Energy harvesting and Sensing (NES) Lab
Research Interests
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Sensors
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Robotics
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Dynamics, Controls
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Energy Harvesting
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Magnetic-plasmonic Nanoparticles
News
Learning about our new research on brain-targeted nanomedicine.
Congratulations to Dr. Ya Wang for receiving the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)!
Learning our new review article on Combating Brain Diseases Using Targeted Drug Delivery.
Congratulations to Mr. Muhammad Emad-Udin for passing the Doctoral Final Dissertation in Dec 2023!
Congratulations to Mr. Tianhao Yan for passing the Doctoral Final Dissertation in May 2023!
Congratulations to Dr. Ya Wang for receiving the 2022 Engineering Genesis Award!
Welcome, new Ph.D student Mr. Xin Zhao (2022 - date)!
Congratulations to Mr. Zhangjie Chen for passing the Doctoral Final Dissertation in December 2021!
Welcome, new Ph.D student Mr. Ibrahim Almuteb!
Welcome, new Ph.D student Mr. Nguyen Nguyen!
Welcome, new Ph.D student Mr. Hanwen Hu (2021-date)!
Congratulations to Mr. Libo Wu for passing the Doctoral Final Dissertation in May 2021!
Congratulations to Dr. Ya Wang and her collaborators for receiving the 2020 NSF Growing Convergence Research (GCR) grant for a total of $2.6 M, entitled "GCR: Programmable Nanorobots Integration with Magnetically-Driven Neuron and Brain Tissue Regeneration"!
Congratulations to Dr. Ya Wang, Dr. Allison R. Ficht, and Dr. Tatyana I. Igumenova for receiving the 2020 T3: Texas A&M Triads for Transformation Award, entitled "Brain-on-A-chip: SPIO-Au MOFs Decorated 3D Scaffolds for Brain Tissue Regeneration"!
Congratulations to Dr. Ya Wang for receiving the 2019 Engineering Genesis Award!
Congratulations to Ms. Muzhaozi Yuan for passing the Doctoral Final Dissertation in August 2019!
Congratulations to Ms. Jingfan Chen for passing her 2019 Ph.D Qualifier Exam!
Welcome, new Ph.D student Mr. Muhammad Emad-Ud-Din (2018-date)!
Welcome, new Ph.D. student Mr. Tianhao Yan (2018 - date)!
Congratulations on our high schooler, Mr. Sebastian Marin, for being accepted by many prestigious universities such as Stanford University, VIPER at UPenn, and MET at UC Berkeley!
On September 1, 2018, our lab has moved from Stony Brook University to Texas A&M University!
PI Ya Wang has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her project, Understanding Dynamics of Ultra-small Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Brain for Neuron Regeneration Therapies:
PI Ya Wang Receives $1 Million DOE's ARPA-E Funding to Develop a Synchronized Low-Energy Electronically-Chopped Passive-InfraRed (PIR) Sensor for Occupancy Detection (SLEEPIR)
Congratulations Zhangjie Chen for passing his 2017 Qualifier Exam!
Congratulations Grace Hu for being selected as a 2017 National Regeneron STS Scholar and Siemens Competition Semifinalist! She has been accepted by many prestigious universities such as Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Caltech and UC Berkeley Engineering!
Congratulations Ms. Muzhaozi Yuan for passing her 2016 Ph.D Qualifier Exam!
Congratulations Adarsh Karnati for being selected as a semi-finalist of 2016 The INTEL Science Talent Search. He has been accepted by many prestigious universities, including UC Berkeley EECS and Brown University EECS!
Congratulations Brooke Ferber for being accepted by many prestigious universities, including Brown University (Program in Liberal Medical Education - Combined 8 year AB/MD program), Cornell University (Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar), Duke University, Northwestern University, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania and Washington University in St Louis
Welcome new Ph.D student Chengjie Zhang (M.S. University of Florida, B.S. Shanghai Jiaotong University)
PI Ya Wang Receives $2 Million DOE Grant to Create a New Super Energy-Saving Air Conditioning Vent:
SBU (Y. Wang, Co-PI) receives a $2.5 million U.S. DOE Grant to condense water vapor from power plants:
Congressman Lee Zeldin Congratulates Dr. Ya Wang on Receipt of $2 Million Federal Research Grant!
In support of National Women in Engineering day (NWED) on 23rd June, a number of women working in engineering, including Prof. Ya Wang, as well as some SAGE journal editors and board members, have been speaking about the importance of encouraging more girls and women to consider engineering as a potential career!
Congratulations Mr. Wei Deng for passing his Ph.D Qualifier Exam!
Congratulations Emma Dong for being a semi-finalist of The INTEL Science Talent Search!
Congratulations Emma Dong for being accepted by the University of Pennsylvania Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology!

Associate Professor
Leland T. Jordan Career Development Professorship
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Texas A&M University
MEOB 227
College Station, TX 77843-3123
Phone: 979-458-8123
Email: ya.wang@tamu.edu


