Additional Information on
Participants:
A list of faculty currently
active in the Nano SE PhD program given below:
Dr.
S. Phil. Ahrenkiel, Professor of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder; High resolution TEM microscopy and diffraction methods, energy and nano materials, MOCVD crytal growth, lattice mismatched epilayers for photovoltaics. Group website
Dr. Robert B. Anderson, Assistant Professor of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering; Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Optical properties of materials, nanophotonics, lattice light sheet microscopy, live cell imaging.
Dr. Hao Fong, Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Akron; Nano-scaled polymer, ceramic and carbon/graphite fibers and their applications. Group website
Dr. Haiping Hong, Research Scientist IV; Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Carbon nanotube based composites, nanofluids, nanogrease.
Dr. Steve Smith, Professor and Director of Nano Science and Engineering; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Energy and time-resolved nanoscale optical spectroscopy, electronic and photonic properties of nanomaterials, nanophotonics and plasmonics, multiphoton microscopy, correlated fluorescence and atomic force microscopy. Group website
Dr. David Salem, Professor of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering; Chemical and Biological Engineering, Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Director of Composites and Polymer Engineering (CAPE) Laboratory; Ph.D. University of Manchester; Polymer processing and nanocomposites. CAPE web site
Dr. Congzhou Wang, Assistant Professor of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University; Nano-biomechanics, Metal-Organic Frameworks and applications (MOFs).
Dr. Scott Wood, Assisstant Professor of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering; Ph.D., Clemson University; Nanomechanics and mechanobiology, mechanotransduction in chondrocytes and osteoarthritis.
Zhengtao Zhu, Associate Professor of Chemistry; Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton; Nano imprinting and lithography, organic-inorganic nanocomposite electronic materials. Group web site