People

Postdoc Researchers

Dr. Jinwoo Lee
	Affiliation: Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea Email jinu0226@gmail.com
Dr. Pranav Soman
	Affiliation: Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego Education: Ph.D. in Bioengineering, The Pennsylvania State University Email: pranavsom@gmail.com
Dr. Xin (Paul) Qu
	Affiliation: Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego Previous Affiliation: Ph.D. Chemical Engineering. Texas A&M University, College Station Email: quxinwly@gmail.com

Graduate Students

Wande Zhang
	Affiliation: Ph. D. Candidate BioEngineering, UC San Diego Education: M.S. Biomedical Engineering at University of Texas, Austin Email: wazhang@ucsd.edu
John Warner
	Affiliation: Ph. D. Candidate NanoEngineering, UC San Diego Education: BS in Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley Email: johnjwarner@gmail.com
Kolin C. Hribar
	Affiliation: Ph. D. Candidate NanoEngineering, UC San Diego Education: B.S. and M.S. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania Email: kolin.hribar@gmail.com
Peter Chung
	Affiliation: Ph. D. Candidate NanoEngineering, UC San Diego Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University Email: peterchung@ucsd.edu
Justin Liu
	Affiliation: Ph. D. Candidate Materials Sciences and Engineering, UC San Diego Education: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University Email: justinliu888@gmail.com

Undergraduate Students

Samuel Huang
	Affiliation: Studying Bioengineering:Biotechnolgy, University of California, San Diego Email: sah006@ucsd.edu
Keith Yu
	Affiliation: Studying General Biology, University of California, San Diego Email: kwyu@ucsd.edu
Kyle Meggs
	Affiliation: Studying NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego Email: kylemeggs@gmail.com

High School Intern

Tia Zhao
	Affiliation: High School Intern at University of California, San Diego

Student Awards and Honors:

Carlos Aguilar
· HENAAC Graduate Student Leadership Award
· Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2007-2008
· George H. Mitchell Award for Excellence in Graduate Research: 2007
· Nomination for George H. Mitchell Award for Excellence in Graduate Research: 2005
· University of Texas · College of Engineering Graduate Fellowship: 2004, 2005
· Hispanic Engineering National Awards Annual Conference (HENAAC) Scholar: 2004, 2005, 2006
· Hispanic Scholarship Fund / General Motors Foundation Scholar: 2004, 2005, 2006
· General Electric Engineering Research Fellowship: 2002

David Fozdar
· Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2008-2009
· UT-Austin College of Engineering Thrust 2000 Endowed Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2007
· National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2005

Leo Han
· Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2006-2007
· Three patents were awarded to Leo for his work in catheter probe for cardiovascular imaging, 2002-present

Shifeng Li
· Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2003-2004
· Outstanding Research Assistant in the Mechanical Engineering Dept., UT-Austin, 2003
· Shifeng's paper, "Disposable Polydimethylsiloxane/Silicon Hybrid Chips for Protein Detection" was among the hottest articles in the journal, Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Yi Lu
· Outstanding Thesis Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
· Yi's paper, "Micro and Nano-fabrication of Biodegradable Polymers for Drug Delivery" was among the hottest articles in the journal, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Dongbing Shao
· Advanced Manufacturing Center Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2005
· Dongbing's work on Surface Plasmons Assisted Nanolithography was featured in the magazine, "Photonics Spectra", 2005
· Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2005-2006
· Outstanding Research Assistant in the Mechanical Engineering Dept., UT-Austin, 2005

Shaomin Wu
· Ralph Nelson Endowment Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2008-2009
· Professional Development Fellowship for a Best Poster in Nano Night in 2008

Alumni:

Ph.D. Graduates:
Jamil Wakil (Ph.D. 2010), Research Engineer at IBM
Wei Wang (Ph.D. 2010; MS 2008), Senior Technical Manager at TianWei Solution (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Shaomin Wu (Ph.D. 2010), Research Engineer at Spansion, Inc
Li-Hsin Han (Ph.D. 2009), Postdoc Fellow at Stanford University
David Fozdar (Phd. 2009, MS 2005), Research Staff at UT-Austin
Carlos Aguilar (Ph.D. 2008, MS 2005), Reserach Scientist at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Arvind Battula (Ph.D. 2007), Research Engineer at Schlumberger
Yi Lu (Ph.D. 2006; MS 2003), Research Scientist at 3M
Dongbing Shao (Ph. D. 2006), Research Engineer at IBM
Senthil Theppakuttai (Ph.D. 2006; MS 2001), R & D Manager at SV Probe, Inc.
Shifeng Li (Ph.D. 2004; MS 2001), Research Scientist at Life Technologies, Inc

MS Graduates:
Matthew Hense (MS 2006), Engineer at Technip
Hongdae Moon (MS 2006)
Hyun-wook Kang (MS 2004), Professor at Pukyong National University, South Korea
Wei Zheng (MS 2001), Sr. Electrical Engineer at Boston Scientific
Vijay Kancharla (MS 2001), Engineer at IPG Photonics, Inc.

BS Graduates:
Max Danell (BS 2010), graduate student at Harvard University
Lucy Lu (BS 2011)
Marc Gonzalez (BS 2010)
Brandon Beberwyck (BS 2009), graduate student at UC Berkeley
Hai Nguyen (BS 2009)
Antonio Osorio (BS 2009), graduate student at University of Michigan
Nicholas Mitchell (BS 2008)
Jennifer Tobias (BS 2007)
Chris Javadi (BS 2007)
Darren Cooper (BS 2007)
Chris Kuryak (BS 2006), graduate student at MIT
Gerry Suhali (BS 2006), Engineer at Exxon Mobil
Priyanshu Gupta (BS 2005), graduate student at Stanford University
Aaron Hulse (BS 2004), graduate student at UT-Austin
Clarissa Lui (BS 2003), graduate student at Connell University
Shaz Viljee (BS 2003), graduate student at UT-Austin
Eddie Degracia (BS 2003)

Visiting Scholars:
Aping Zhang (2011), Professor at Zhejiang University (China)
Gang Yu (2007), Professor at the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science (China)
Hyuk-Hong Kwon (2006-2008), Professor at Daejin University (South Korea)