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Nano-structured materials (or simply "nanomaterials") are of great practical and theoretical interest due to their high surface-to-volume ratios and quantum size effects. In the ChEMS Department, nanomaterial research is applied to regenerative medicine (human embryonic stem cell proliferation and differentiation); sustainable energy (enhancing device performance of solar cells and optimizing catalysts); information technology (converting electronic and optical signals to increase bandwidth and speed); and, high throughput methods for nano-scale device manufacturing.
Featured Student
Yen Kong, Fifth-year Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Albert Yee
"The aim of my research is to control the differentiation of stem cells into specific cell lineages. I am interested in how the interaction between nanostructured surfaces and stem cells can influence the decision of stem cells to commit to a specific cell lineage. A related interest is to determine whether the nano-environment and stiffness cues work synergistically to control stem cell differentiation or whether they are mutually exclusive."
James Earthman, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering
Advisor: Albert Yee
"The aim of my research is to control the differentiation of stem cells into specific cell lineages. I am interested in how the interaction between nanostructured surfaces and stem cells can influence the decision of stem cells to commit to a specific cell lineage. A related interest is to determine whether the nano-environment and stiffness cues work synergistically to control stem cell differentiation or whether they are mutually exclusive."
Faculty
James Earthman, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Biomaterials, dental and orthopaedic implants, green materials, nanocrystalline alloys, and deformation and damage processes
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Email: earthman @ uci . edu
Young Jik Kwon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering
Farghalli Mohamed, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Regina Ragan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Albert Yee, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemistry
Young Jik Kwon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Gene therapy, drug delivery, cancer-targeted therapeutics, nanobiotechnology, tissue engineering
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Email: kwonyj @ uci . edu
G.P. Li, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: High-speed semiconductor technology, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology, opto-electronic devices, and the design, fabrication and testing of integrated circuits
Email: gpli @ uci . edu
John Lowengrub, Ph.D., Professor, Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
G.P. Li, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: High-speed semiconductor technology, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology, opto-electronic devices, and the design, fabrication and testing of integrated circuits
Email: gpli @ uci . edu
John Lowengrub, Ph.D., Professor, Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Microstructured materials, such as emulsions and polymer blends, crystals, thin films and metallic alloys, blood and biological tissues
Email: jlowengr @ uci . edu
Farghalli Mohamed, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Mechanical behavior of engineering materials such as metals, composites, and ceramics; the correlation between behavior and microstructure; creep and superplasticity; and the mechanisms responsible for strengthening and fracture
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Email: famohame @ uci . edu
Ali Mohraz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Hung Nguyen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Self-assembly of biological and biomimetic nanoscale materials based on amino acids and on nucleic acids
Email: hdn @ uci . edu
Ali Mohraz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Understand and exploit colloidal interactions, chemistry, assembly, and response to external fields to design microstructured materials with enhanced functionality for composites, biomimetic applications, alternative energy, and environmental remediation
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Email: mohraz @ uci . eduResearch Presentation Slides
Hung Nguyen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Self-assembly of biological and biomimetic nanoscale materials based on amino acids and on nucleic acids
Email: hdn @ uci . edu
Regina Ragan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Exploration and development of novel material systems for nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices
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Email: rragan @ uci . edu
Peter Rentzepis, Ph.D., Presidential Chair and Professor, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Frank Shi, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Peter Rentzepis, Ph.D., Presidential Chair and Professor, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Picosecond time-resolved x-ray diffraction and EXFAS to determine the structures of ultrashortlived intermediates in chemical and biological reactions in liquids; subpicosecond kinetics to probe non-linear phenomena of molecules used for 3D optical storage and electronic switching
Email: pmrentze @ uci . edu
Kenneth Shea, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Kenneth Shea, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Developing new methods and strategies for synthesizing carbon-carbon bonds
Email: kjshea @ uci . edu
Frank Shi, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Optoelectronic Devices and Materials, Optoelectronic device packaging materials, optoelectronic medical devices and packaging, white LED technologies, high power LED packaging
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Email: fgshi @ uci . edu
Lizhi Sun, Ph.D., Vice Chair and Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Lorenzo Valdevit, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Ph.D., The Henry Samueli Endowed Chair and Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Lizhi Sun, Ph.D., Vice Chair and Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Micro/nano-mechanics of heterogeneous composite materials, with applications for civil, mechanical, aerospace, electronic, and biomedical engineering
Email: lsun @ uci . edu
Lorenzo Valdevit, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Mechanics of materials and structures
Email: valdevit @ uci . edu
H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Ph.D., The Henry Samueli Endowed Chair and Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: DNA sequencing techniques, nanotechnology
Email: hkwick @ uci . edu
Albert Yee, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemistry
Research Interests: Materials science aspects of polymers and soft materials, particularly on how they are used to impact nanotechnology
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Email: afyee @ uci . eduResearch Presentation Slides
