Micro/Nano Engineering
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Micromechanical tools for precise control and measurement of mechanical stimuli and cellular responses and to direct cellular behaviors (Jianping Fu)
MEMS system integrating polymer actuators, microoptics and microfluidics for lab-on-chip applications (Nikos Chronis)
New materials behavior model: from quantum mechanics to continuum mechanics (Vikram Gavini)
Self-assembled nanopillars in polymer film under electric field (Wei Lu)
Nano-photonic MEMS device for lab-on-a-chip ultra-sensitive, high-speed optical spectroscopy (Katsuo Kurabayashi)
Organic LED integrated with scanning probe cantilever for near-field optical microscopy used in biological imaging (Kevin Pipe)
The micro/nano engineering research group works on a wide spectrum of technological and scientific problems related to small-scale materials, devices, biological systems. The major research areas of the group include manufacturing, self-assembly, quantum mechanics simulation, and applications of nanomaterials; development of novel microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for microfluidics, data storage, micro-optics, bio-sensory, medical diagnosis, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and energy harvesting; and fundamental studies of the single molecular level mechanics of DNA and protein molecules.
BioMEMS, Optical MEMS, Polymer MEMS | |
Micro/nanofluidics and BioMEMS/NEMS, ultra-sensitive single molecule biosensors; micro/nanosystems for engineering synthetic ex vivo stem cell microenvironments | |
Materials modeling using electronic structure (quantum-mechanically informed) theories | |
MEMS, wireless sensors, micro-machining | |
Nanophotonics, plasmonics, nanofabrication, resonator sensors | |
Nanostructured materials, micro/nano manufacturing | |
MEMS, thermal device engineering, biophotonics | |
Nanofabrication, Nanostructured Materials, and Nanoscale Devices | |
Cellular engineering, bionanotechnology, and microfluidics | |
Nanomechanics, advanced materials, nanostructure evolution | |
Bionanotechnology, cellular and molecular biomechanics | |
MEMS, micro-robotics, optimal and robust control | |
Thermoelectric devices, scanning probe microscopy, optoelectronics | |
Nanoscale charge and energy transport, thermoelectric devices | |
Atomic scale simulation of materials | |
Multiscale simulations of nanoparticles |