News
2023
Aug Youhong's work on sustainable carbon-capture hydrogels (Nano Letters 2023) was featured by ASME; Phys.org; Nanowerk; Energy Theory as an innovative approach for carbon dioxide capture.
Jun Youhong was featured in an interview with Future Here for her work on sustainable gel film moisture harvester.
May Youhong was selected to the list of 2023 ACS PMSE Future Faculty Awardees! (PMSE blog)
Apr Youhong's work on sustainable gel film moisture harvester (Nature Communications 2022) was selected as Top 25 Chemistry and Materials Sciences Articles of 2022 by Nature Communications!
Feb Youhong's work on sustainable gel film moisture harvester (Nature Communications 2022) was featured by 2022 Texas Materials Institute Newsletter Cover and UT Austin Global Engagement 2020-2022!
2022
Nov Youhong was selected to the list of 2023 Forbes 30 under 30 - Science, North America (MIT Alumni; UT TMI News; Forbes Profile)
Oct Youhong was selected as one of the 2022 Stanford MechE Rising Stars!
Sep Youhong was selected as one of the 2022 MIT ChemE Rising Stars!
Sep Youhong's work on sustainable gel film moisture harvester (Nature Communications 2022) was featured in a podcast by Science Friday as "Pulling Water From Thin Air"! Also at NPR Podcasts.
Aug Youhong's work on sustainable gel film moisture harvester (Nature Communications 2022) was featured in AIChE CEP as Water-Harvesting Polymer Draws Moisture from Arid Air!
Jun Youhong was featured in an interview with MIT Technology Review China for her development of sustainable gel film moisture harvesters.
Jun Youhong's work on sustainable gel film moisture harvester (Nature Communications 2022) was featured as "The 5 Coolest Things on Earth" by GE; and "6 Innovative Atmospheric Water Generators" by ASME.
Jun Youhong introduced sustainable gel film moisture harvester (Nature Communications 2022) in an interview with KXAN News! See the detailed story and video here: Texas researchers farm water from thin air.
May Youhong's work on sustainable gel film moisture harvester (Nature Communications 2022) was featured by a number of media, including:
Nature Materials Community: Gels that grab water from dry air;
UT News: Low-Cost Gel Film Can Pluck Drinking Water From Desert Air;
The Daily Texan: UT-Austin researchers develop low-cost gel that absorbs water from desert air
World Economic Forum: Here's how water can be pulled out of thin air by using gel;
New Atlas: Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air;
Yahoo!: Incredible new gel film transforms air into drinking water;
Weather Channel: Gel Film Can Pluck Water from Desert Air (video introduction)
Futurity: Gel Grabs Drinking Water Right out of Dry Air;
Fast Company: Scientists found a low-cost way to make clean drinking water from air in the desert
Science Times: This Tiny New Gel Film Can Squeeze Out 13 Liters of Drinking Water from Thin Air Each Day;
Gizmodo: Super-Absorbent Gel Pulls Fresh Water Out of Thin Air;
News Today: Drinking water plucked from the desert air through low-cost gel wrap;
AZO Materials: Scientists Develop Low-Cost Gel Film to Pull Water from Desert Air;
Mar Youhong joined Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT as a Postdoctoral Associate, working with Prof. T. Alan Hatton.
Feb Youhong's work on atmospheric water harvesting perspectives (Advanced Materials 2022) was feature by Nanowerk as
Nanowerk: Materials design for atmospheric water harvesting.
Feb Youhong's collaborative work on polyzwitterionic hydrogel water harvester (Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022) was feature by Angewandte Chemie; Science Daily; Phys.Org; ChemEurope; EurekAlert!; Chemistry Views; Water World; NewAtlas; Azo CleanTech; Nanowerk; etc.
Jan Youhong's work on antibacterial hydrogel tablets (Advanced Materials 2021) was featured in Adv. Mater. Editorial ‘Opening the Doors to Advanced Materials in 2022'!
2021
Dec Youhong's work on antibacterial hydrogel tablets (Advanced Materials 2021) was selected as TOP 10 UT Research Highlights in 2021!
Nov Youhong's work on polymers for solar water purification (Journal of Polymer Science 2021) was featured in J. Polymer Sci. Breakthroughs.
Oct Youhong's work on antibacterial hydrogel tablets (Advanced Materials 2021) was featured by a number of media, including:
UT News: Hydrogel Tablet Can Purify a Liter of River Water in an Hour;
Daily Texan: UT researchers develop hydrogel tablet to purify water in under an hour;
The Economist: No filter: tablet purifies river water;
Axios: Water, water everywhere;
KXAN: UT discovery could help get clean water to millions around the world;
New Atlas: Purifying hydrogel tablet makes river water drinkable within an hour;
YouTube: New Hydrogel Tablet can Purify A Liter of RIVER WATER in Just One Hour!;
Tech Explorist: Newly created hydrogel tablet can rapidly purify contaminated water;
News18: Texas Scientists Create 'Hydrogel Tablet' That Can Turn River Water Into Drinkable Liquid;
AzoMaterials: New Hydrogel Tablet Quickly Purifies River Water;
Futurity: Hydrogel Tablet Makes Contaminated River Water Drinkable in 1 Hour;
United Business Journal: A Unique Hydrogel Tablet Makes River Water Potable!;
Wonderful Engineering: This New Purifying Hydrogel Tablet Can Be Used For Treating Water;
Sep Youhong received the prestigious Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad!
Jul Youhong successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation! Congratulations to Dr. Guo!
Mar Youhong won the MSE Graduate Student Poster Award.
2020
Dec Youhong received the prestigious MRS Graduate Student Award from Materials Research Society! (MRS website; UT TMI News)
Aug Youhong's work on hydrogels for energy-water nexus (Chemical Reviews 2020) was featured as a Cover Article!
May Youhong's work on solar evaporation materials (Nature Reviews Materials 2020) was featured as a Cover Article!
Mar Youhong's work on Surface engineering of hydrogels (Energy & Environmental Science 2020) was featured as a Cover Article!
Mar Youhong won the 2020 ME Graduate Student Poster Award.
2019
Jul Youhong's work on light-absorbing sponge-like hydrogel evaporators (ACS Nano 2019) was featured as a Cover Article!
Jun Youhong's collaborative work on hydrogel solar still (Science Advances 2019) was featured by Science News; Phys.org.
Feb Youhong won first place in Longhorn Student Poster Contest by UT Energy Institute! (UT TMI News)
2017
Aug Youhong received George J. Heuer, Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship from Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin.
Aug Youhong joined Yu research group at UT Austin as a graduate student.