New Faculty
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Pedro Cabrales, Assistant Professor Bioengineering |
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Gas transport physiology and bioengineering
design for development of next generation
blood substitutes; Bioengineering
microcirculation; The effect of blood
substitutes on oxygen transport to tissue. Ph.D., 2003, University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia Most recently: Assistant Professor and Research Scientist, La Jolla Bioengineering Institute |
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Gert Cauwenberghs, Professor Bioengineering |
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Analog and digital VLSI microsystems for
adaptive neural computation and sensory
information processing, from neuromorphic
systems engineering and kernel-based learning
machines to micropower implantable neural
interfaces, acoustic microarrays, adaptive optics
and biometric identification. Ph.D., 1994, California Institute of Technology Most recently: Professor, Biological Sciences, UC San Diego |
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Renkun Chen, Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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Fundamentals of heat transfer in
semiconductor nanostructures;
Phonon physics. Ph.D., 2008, UC Berkeley Most recently: Postdoctoral Research, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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Patrick Fox, Professor Structural Engineering |
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Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering.
His work includes flow through porous media,
consolidation, geosynthetics, geotechnical
earthquake engineering, foundation engineering,
retaining structures, and slope stability. Dr.
Fox is also the incoming Editor-in-Chief of
the ASCE Geotechnical Journal, and recently
won both the 2008 IGS Award (International
Geosynthetics Society) and the 2009 ASCE
Thomas Middlebrooks Award. Ph.D., 1992, University of Wisconsin-Madison Most recently: Professor, Ohio State University |
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Ying Shirley Meng, Assistant Professor NanoEngineering |
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Energy storage and conversion materials:
nano structured electrodes for advanced
rechargeable batteries, dye-sensitized solar
cells and thermoelectric conversion; charge
ordering, structure stability, processing/
structure/property - performance relation in
functional ceramics. Ph.D., 2005, National University of Singapore, Singapore-MIT Alliance Most recently: Assistant Professor, University of Florida |
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Donald Sirbuly, Assistant Professor NanoEngineering |
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Nanoscale sensors and energy-harvesting
nanotechnologies. His research includes
work in sub-wavelength waveguides and
nanophotonics, use of nanophotonics for
biological sensing and imaging, and synthesis
of optimized nanostructured nanowires. Ph.D., 2003, UC Santa Barbara Most recently: Graboske Fellow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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Andrea Tao, Assistant Professor NanoEngineering |
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Functional nanostructured materials, including
nanowires, nanophotonics, and biomimetic
materials. She works in nanophotonics and
optics at the nanoscale, in the synthesis and
assembly of platonic nanocrystals, and in
developing nanowires for sensing applications. Ph.D., 2007, UC Berkeley Most recently: Postdoc, MITUC President Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Barbara |
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Jie Xiang, Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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Nanostructured semiconductor materials,
spanning fundamental electronic transport,
nanoelectromechanical properties as
well as applications in high performance
nanoelectronics, energy conversion and
biosensing. Fabrication of ultrasmall
contact metallization for nanowires.
Nanoelectromechanical (NEMS) systems based
on semiconductor nanowires. Ph.D., 2007, Harvard University Most recently: Kevali Nanoscience Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology |
