General News
"Having a good discussion is like having riches." - African ProverbOctober 2024
- Our paper below is selected to be part of the Special issue: “WYSS ‐ Frontiers in Materials Science Special Issue” both in the news and in the publication page itself.
N’Konou, K.; Kim, S. Y.; and Doumon, N. Y. “Multicomponent Organic Blend Systems: A Review of Quaternary Organic Photovoltaics” Carbon Energy, 2024, doi.org/10.1002/cey2.579. - Whan was invited to present at the 2024 Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium at Rice University in Houston, Texas, where she recently gave an oral presentation
- Whan gave a poster presentation at MS & T technical meeting 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Dr. Doumon gave a talk at the Taylor’s lecture
- Emma and Julie completed their internship in the Doumon group.
September 2024
- Jash, Fatimah, Mac, and Brittlee joined the Doumon group as undergrad students.
August 2024
- Dr. Kester Ighodalo and Ethan Jansen visited the Doumon Lab
July 2024
- Justin Lin joined the Doumon Lab after his admissions offer to join Penn State’s MatSE.
June 2024
- Julie Tring & Pascale Emmanuella N’goran from CESI Graduate School of Engineering started their internships in the Doumon Group
- The review manuscript on quaternary organic solar cells co-authored by John and Dr. Doumon in Carbon Energy is finally online.
May 2024
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New publication alert: Manuscript by an NREL team and Dr. Doumon published in Cells Reports Physical Science
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Arezo has achieved her master’s degree in the Engineering Science and Mechanics department.
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New publication alert: A new manuscript authored by Ivy, Arezo, and Nutifafa has been published in the JMC C.
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Arezo has joined Dr. Kim’s group to pursue her PhD studies in an upcoming project funded by the DOE
April 2024
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John receives the MatSE departmental 3M Graduate Fellowship
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Amrita got the 2nd prize Award at the 2024 Spring MatSE Undergraduate Research Poster
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Dr. Doumon will give an invited at the 2024 Spring MRS Meeting in Seattle
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Dr. Doumon was among the 2024 awarded Penn State IEE Seed Grant led by Dr. Gong from the Behrend campus in collaboration with Dr. Zhao
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Dr. Doumon’s manuscript in collaboration with scientists from NREL is accepted in Cell Reports Physical Science
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Arezo will join Dr. Kim’s group for her PhD after completing her master’s on the go in May
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Arezo and Dr. Asuo submitted their new manuscript to JMC C
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Cyril passed his qualifying exam
March 2024
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Amrita showcase her undergraduate research work in our lab through the MatSE Undergraduate research Poster
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The Doumon Group participated in the 1st IPDR symposium at Howard University with presentations from Arezo, John, and Dr. Asuo
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John passed his qualifying exam
February 2024
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The review manuscript on quaternary organic solar cells co-author by John and Dr. Doumon is accepted in Carbon Energy
January 2024
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The Doumon Group was among the 2024 awarded Penn State MRI Seed Grant
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The Doumon Group is a year old at Penn State
December 2023
- Dr. Asuo has been recently appointed as a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Penn State
- A manuscript by Cyril has been published in Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aesr.202300258
November 2023
- Just Francois completed his internship with the Doumon Group, receiving an “A” grade from CSEI Graduate School of Engineering.
- A manuscript to which Dr. Asuo contributed is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c11351
October 2023
- Dr. Doumon interacted with students from North Carolina Central University during the EMS Open House for prospective students on October 20th
- Amrita was awarded the 2023-24 MatSE Undergraduate Research Fellow Scholarship
September 2023
- Amrita join the Doumon group as an undergraduate student
August 2023
- Dr. Nbelayim completed his visit at the Doumon Lab with an Indaba talk on “Nanoscale Interface Control for Advanced Materials in Electrochemical Devices”
- Just Francois from CESI Graduate School of Engineering started his internship in the Doumon Group
- A manuscript to which Arezoo contributed is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c06215
July 2023
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Mr. Laary Roy Shwenk Jr. from Penn State Erie (The Behrend College) visits the Doumon group.
June 2023
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Dr. Nbelayim’s visit to the Doumon group for 3 months form the University of Ghana, Legon begins
May 2023
- The first gloveboxes have arrived and moved to the lab
- Arezo from Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State joined the group
April 2023
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The first manuscript by Kim and Kumachang was accepted in Solar RRL
January 2023
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The Doumon Group began operation within the MaTSE department at Penn State University
September 2022
- Cyril Chu Fubin Kumachang accepted his admissions offer to join Penn State’s MatSE and the Doumon Lab in Spring 2023
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Korea University (KU) visit Penn State: the large delegation from KU & KIST is led by the president of KIST. It is part of the OSVPR and Penn State Global’s efforts to establish a research partnership with Korea and to formalize the joint innovation partnership.
August 2022
- Souk Yoon Kim accepted his admissions offer to join Penn State’s MatSE and the Doumon Lab in Spring 2023
June 2022
- Dr. Asuo has been appointed Assistant Research Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State University
May 2022
- Dr. Doumon has been appointed Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State University. His research lab. will be hosted on the 3rd floor in the Steidle Building, home to the Materials Science and Engineering department at Penn State.
April 2022
- The Alliance for Education, Science, Engineering, and Design with Africa (AESEDA) co-hires new faculties for the 2022-2023 academic year at Penn State. Read more by clicking here.