Applied physicist, working on nanophotonics and next-generation energy technologies; @UMNCSE, PhD in physics from @MIT.

Joined November 2011
Thanks for the highlight @UMNews!
A historic moment! ✨ Yesterday, a mechanical engineering team from the University of Minnesota successfully sent the new Minnesota State Flag on its first-ever flight to space. #umnproud〽️ @UMNME
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New state flag of Minnesota on its first-ever flight to space! 🌌 Our team from UMN Mechanical Engineering (@UMNME) and UMN Aerospace Engineering (@UMNAEM) launched the flag together with a research payload earlier today from Montgomery, MN. #UMNproud @UMNCSE @UMNews
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Our recent paper is in TOP 25 most-read Physics articles in Nature Communications for 2022. Exciting! 🥳Congrats to Matt, Sam, and Yujie for their hard work! #NCOMTop25 #physics doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-3…
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Thanks for highlighting our research @TechBriefsMag!
"#Contactlessmanipulation is a hot #area of #research in #optics and #electromagnetism, but this research proposes another method for #contactlessactuation that offers advantages that other #methods may not have." Learn more: ow.ly/iKOJ50MSTQu
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Thanks for highlighting our work @MEngineeringMag! 📽️ youtu.be/61y6CBfyoqI
Ognjen Ilic, an ME at @UMNCSE: “Waves carry energy, they carry momentum and they can use that to move things. We started doing some research on how that can be done with light. Then we saw that a lot of similar physics apply to sound as well.” buff.ly/3H2pBny
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Take a look at this video of some CSE highlights from 2022. So much great work — and lots of ME-driven research to change the world! #UMNProud
What a year! As 2022 draws to a close, we thought we'd share some highlights from this past trip around the sun. We present to you—CSE Wrapped 2022. #UMNProud
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Congrats to Matt, Sam, and Yujie! 🏆 Thanks to @AFOSR and @umn_mnri for supporting this work. #metamaterials #Robotics
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Did you know: if you place tiny patterns on the surface of an object, you can use ultrasound to steer and guide it from a distance and without physical contact? Read more in our paper just published in Nature Communications @NatureComms! #metamaterials nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Video of the concept in action:
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Thank you to @AFOSR and @umn_mnri for supporting this work!
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It was wonderful to hear about near-zero-index photonics from @NaderEngheta at the @UMNME Departmental seminar. Thank you, Nader! #photonics
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Congrats to Assistant Prof. Ognjen Ilic on his @AFResearchLab Young Investigator award! His research aims to use light to manipulate ultra-lightweight objects at long distances, which could eliminate the need for spacecrafts to carry fuel onboard. #UMNProud @UMNresearch @UMNME
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Honored to be awarded the AFOSR YIP - thanks @AFOSR! Excited for the work ahead.
Congratulations to this year's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award recipients!🎉afresearchlab.com/news/afosr… @AFResearchLab #BasicResearch #AFOSRBoldResearch #AFOSRYIP #EarlyCareer #Grants #Science #Engineering
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Our new paper is out! journals.aps.org/prapplied/a…… @PhysRevApplied. Optomechanical manipulation of metasurfaces solved analytically in 3D. Credit to Avinash and Daniel! #nano #photonics
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Our work on structures for all-day fresh water harvesting out in @NatureComms! Credit to Ye Shi, Harry Atwater, @JuliaRGreer. #sustainability #solar ☀️🌫️-->🥤 nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Check out our special symposium "Mid-IR and Thermal Photonics I: Thermal Radiation Control and Energy" co-organized w/ @ilicog and M. Francoeur at #CLEO2021. Talks from the @LipsonGroup, @KatsGroup, J-J. Greffet, J. Caldwell and others! TODAY at 9am PDT cleoconference.org/home/sche…
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Very thankful to @3M for the support! Thank you @J_Ting1 for moderating an exciting session of talks.
Congrats to the 2020 @3M Non-Tenure Faculty Award recipients! It's a pleasure to moderate the polymer talks. This morning our technical community will hear from: Ognjen Ilic @ilicog, @UMNME Chris Evans @captainpolymer, @IllinoisMatSE Ximin He, @UCLAengineering #lifewith3M (1/4)
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MRS Bulletin article examines how advances in #nanophotonics & #nanofabrication are enabling ultrathin & lightweight structures with unparalleled ability to shape light–matter interactions over a broad #ElectromagneticSpectrum. #MaterialsScience @ilicog qoo.ly/38hsyw
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