“Shaping the Future - Rising Stars, NYS Talent & Technology”
Date: Monday, March 23rd, 2026
Time: 9:00AM - 5:00PM (E.T.)
Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY
On Monday, March 23rd, Syracuse University and the NY SMART I-Corridor hosted the New York State Nanotechnology Network (NNN) Symposium to highlight New York State’s robust student talent pipeline and create opportunities for universities and companies to exchange ideas, share cutting-edge research, and explore workforce needs across the state.
The 2026 symposium - New York State Talent & Technology: Shaping the Future - featured a dynamic morning program with talks from students, government leaders, and industry experts, followed by an interactive afternoon Poster Session and Career Fair.
Eight students presented talks and sixty-two presented posters.
Please join us in congratulating our student award winners!
Best Student Talks
J.T. Paustian
Syracuse University
"Hypothesizing stress-dependent quasiparticle loss in Nb
superconducting resonators due to excess sub-gap states"
Jeelka Solanki
University at Albany
"Image processing demonstration using in-memory computing
on fully CMOS-integrated 64x64 1T1R RRAM Arrays"
Best Student Posters
Shane Avenius
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
"Volumetric 3D Patterning with Super-Resolved Interference Lithography"
Debaditya Bhattacharya
Cornell University
"High-current ultrawide-bandgap AlGaN pn & pin diodes enabled
by beveled mesas and dielectric assisted liftoff"
Dias Tulegenov
Cornell University
"Metasurface Enabled Epi-illumination Microscopy"
NNN SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS
Keynote Speakers
