Ph.D., 2005, University of Illinois
Research Interests: Collective cell motion, mechanical instabilities in tissue cell assemblies, bacterial biofilm physics, soft matter physics, biomolecular self-assembly, and tribology of soft matter interfaces
Ph.D., 2014, University of Connecticut
Research Interests: Physical assurance, hardware security, failure analysis, reverse engineering, computational imaging
Ph.D., 1999, University of Florida
Interests: materials characterization and analysis; analytical instrumentation, particularly electron microscopy and microanalysis
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2020
Research Interests: Polymeric Materials, Semiconductors and Energy Storage Materials.
Ph.D., 2000, University of Florida
Research Interests: Semiconductor and dielectric growth and characterization, graphene, solid-state sensors, focused ion beam processing, molecular beam epitaxy of materials, wide bandgap semiconductor materials, materials characterization, gate dielectrics, high-power/high-temperature device fabrication and testing
Ph.D., 1996, Utsunomiya University, Japan
Research Interests: magnetic field-assisted finishing, surface functionalization and characterization, ultra-precision surface finishing of optics, surface and edge finishing of capillary tubes, catheter shafts and stents, medical device development (such as polymeric heart valve prostheses and biopsy needles)
Ph.D., 2002, Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Interests: design and fabrication of microphysiological systems; manufacture of substance-encapsulated polymeric microgels/microspheres/microcapsules; 3D printing of biological and engineering structures from difficult-to-print materials using ink jetting, extrusion and laser-induced forward transfer
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Our group focuses on designing advanced polymer materials for clean energy, clean water, and environmental sustainability. We combine modular polymer synthesis with experimental tools that probe both molecular-scale and macroscopic transport in polymers with the goal of informing predictive design of the next generation of materials for membrane-driven separations.
A few areas of interest to our group are:
Predicting gas separation membrane performance in realistic environments
Polymer membranes offer a competitive option for energy-efficient carbon capture and hydrocarbon purification; however, many promising materials developed in the lab fail to perform as well in the field. …
Ph.D., 2003, Arizona State University
Research Interests: Neural engineering, device-tissue interfaces and neurostimulation
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
Research Interests: Biomedical applications of magnetic nanoparticles; fundamental fluid physics of suspensions of magnetic nanoparticles; magnetic nanoparticle synthesis and functionalization; suspension hydrodynamics and rheology.
Ph.D., 2008, University of Florida
Interests: transmission electron microscopy of complex oxides and semiconductors, electrochemical studies of elemental semiconductors for Li-ion battery applications; joined the Research Service Centers in August of 2012 as service/teaching faculty, where he primarily oversees the transmission electron microscopes and dual-beam scanning electron microscope/focused ion beams
Ph.D., 1995, University of Illinois
Research Interests: biomaterials for neural tissue regeneration and neural interfacing
Ph.D., 2005, Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Mechanics of Materials, Dislocations, Grain Boundaries, Diffraction, Modeling and Simulation, High Performance Computing
Ph.D., 1991, University of California San Diego
Research Interests: multiaxial deformation behavior and microstructural characterization of advanced structural ceramics, ultrahard materials, biomaterials, gels, transparent materials, ultra-high temperature materials, nuclear materials, metallic glasses, 3D woven composites, structural foams, nanostructured materials, plastically graded materials (case hardened steels), and refractory metals, processing-structure-property relationships in ultrahard ceramics, transitional metal diborides, and enhanced accident-tolerant high thermal conductivity nuclear ceramic fuels
Ph.D., 1999, North Carolina State University
Research Interests: Phenolic compound biochemistry, lignin formation in plants, nanomaterials for the delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids, sweet sorghum for the biofuel industry
Ph.D., 1991, University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana
Interests: advanced material science, manufacturing process development, and high-temperature materials testing & characterization