NUTS Research Team
We are recruiting 2-3 post-doc research associates and/or Ph.D students annually! In particular, we are interested in recruiting post-doc research
associates or Ph.D students in Fundamentals of Transport
Phenomena in Micro/Nano-structures, Mechanical Reliability and Chemical
Stability of Nanostructures for Emerging Energy Applications, and Thermal and
Energy System Applications of Micro/Nano-structures
.
(Welcome Party in Ronggui’s House, August 2006)
(Lunch in
(Thanksgiving Party
in Ronggui’s House, 2007)
(Prof. Dresselhaus’ Visit in April 2008)
Director:
Dr. Ronggui Yang (Ph.D 02/2006 MIT, MS 2001 UCLA, MS 1999 Tsinghua
Univ., BS 1996 Xi’an Jiaotong University)
Core Members
Post-Doc Research Associates:
Dr. Dae Up Ahn (January 2008 -?, Ph.D 12/2007, Polymer Science and Engineering,
Research Area: Polymer Template Based
Nanofabrication (Co-Polymer, Colloidal Particles)
Dr.
Wei Wang (August 2008 - ?, Ph.D
07/2008 Condensed Matter Physics & B.Sc. 07/2003 Physics,
Research Area: Porous Anodic Alumina
Templates, Heterostructured Nanowires for Energy
Applications.
Dr.
Jun Zhou (May 2009 - ?, Ph.D
01/2009 Condensed Matter Physics & B.Sc. 07/2004 Physics ,
Research Area: Modeling and Simulation
of Electron and Thermal Transport for Emerging Energy Applications
Dr.
Mark Siemens (Summer 2009 - ?, Ph.D
07/2009, JILA/Physics,
Research Area: Ultrafast High
Resolution Photo-Thermal Imaging, Pump and Probe Experiments.
Professional Research Associates:
Dr. Liew
Li-Anne (Professional Research Associate, January 2009 - , 50% appointment with
CU and 50% appointment with NIST, Ph.D 2002 in MEMS
at CU-Boulder)
Research Area: Micro/Nano-
Fabrication, System Integration
Graduate Students:
Ph.D Students
Mr.
Jen-Hau Cheng (September 2006 - ?,
co-advised with
Prof. Y.C. Lee, MS. in Mechanical Engineering
2003,
Research Area: Thermoelectrics, Nanowire
Light Emitting Diode (LED) and Thermal Management
Mr. Yadong Zhang (September 2006 - ?, co-advised with Prof. Y.C.
Lee, MS. 2004/ BS. 2001 in Material
Science and Engineering,
Research Area: Atomic Layer Deposited
Coating Enabled Hermetic
Packaging – Micro/Nanofabrication and Characterization
Mr. Xiaobo Li (September 2007 - ?, MS. 2007, Institute of Engineering
Thermophysics, Chinese
Academy of Science, BS 2004, Thermal Science and Energy Engineering,
University of Science and Technology of China)
Research Area: Molecular Dynamics Simulation and
Nonequilibrium Green’s Function Theory
Mr. Suraj Joottu Thiagarajan (June 2008 -
?, co-advised
with
Dr. Sreekant Narumanchi and
Dr. Kenneth Kelly, MS. 2007, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, BS
2005, PSG College of Technology, India)
Research
Area: Thermoelectrics and Phase Change Heat Transfer
Mr. Jun Liu (September 2008 - ?, BS 2008 Thermal Engineering,
Research Area:
Nanostructured Thermal Interface Materials, Pump-and-Probe Experiments
Mr. Dave Makhija
(September 2008 - ?, co-advised with Prof. Kurt Maute in Aerospace Engineering Sciences,September, BS 2008
Mechanical Engineering, BS 2008 Physics, Kettering University)
Research
Area: Reactive Micro/Nano- Flow and Heat Transfer,
Master Students
Visiting
Scholars
Dr. Jinho Han (February 2009 - February
2011, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University, Ph.D
1996 University of Wisconsin – Madison)
Research Area: Micro-/Nano- Technologies for Thermal and
Energy Systems
Mr. Jie Zhu (February 2009-June 2010, Ph.D
student 2004-, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics,
Chinese Academy of Science, BS 2004, Thermal Science and Energy Engineering,
University of Science and Technology of China).
Research Area: Pump-and-Probe
Experiments
Affiliated
Members
Dr. Chen Li (Ph.D 08/2006,
Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute).
September 2007 - ??: Research Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at
CU-Boulder
September 2006-September
2007: Post-doc sponsored by Prof. G.P. Bud Peterson
Research
Area: Thermal Management, Phase Change Heat Transfer
Dr. Bo Shi (Post-Doc, March 2008 - ??,
Ph.D 2006, Mechanical Engineering,
Research
Area: Phase-Change Heat Transfer, Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Dr. Pilhwa
Lee (Post-Doc, May 2008-?, Ph.D,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Science,
Research Area: Numerical
Simulations and Optimization of Nanoscale Heat Transfer Problems
Mr. Mark Siemens, Ph.D
student in JILA/Physics at CU-Boulder, advisors: Henry Kapteyn
and Margaret Murnane, Topic: EUV probe for
phonon transport and structure
characterization
Research
Area: Pump and Probe Experiments
Ms. Qing Li, Ph.D student in
JILA/Physics at CU-Boulder, advisors: Henry Kapteyn
and Margaret Murnane, Topic: EUV probe for
phonon transport and structure
characterization
Research
Area: Pump and Probe Experiments
NUTS Alumni
Post-Doc Research Associates
Dr. Xiaochun Wang (09/2007 – 10/2008 , Ph.D 07/2007,
Condensed Matter Physics,
Research Area: First Principle Simulations
Dr. Weixue (Tim) Tian (01/2006-10/2007. Ph.D 12/2005, Mechanical Engineering,
Research
Area:
Dr. Bin Li (11/2006-12/2007. Ph.D 08/2006, Physics,
Research
Area: Pump and Probe Experiments
Visiting
Scholars
Ms. Liang-Chun Liu
(September 2007 – August 2008, Visiting Ph.D student
from
Research Area:
Mr. Saburo Tanaka
(August 2008 – September 2008, Visiting Ph.D student
from Kyushu Institute of Technology).
Research Area: 3-Omega
Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Nanostructured Thin films
Graduate Students
Mr.
Suresh Ramanan (September 2006 – August 2008, BE 2006
in Mechanical Engineering, Visveswaraiah
Technological
Research Area:
Mr. Li’an Tian (08/2006-05/2007,
Currently a Ph.D student in Bioengineering at
CU-Boulder.)
Research Area: Thermomechanics
of Carbon Nanotubes
Mr.
Scott Johnson (Research Assistant & UROP 05/2006-05/2007, BS/MS. 2007 in
Mechanical Engineering, CU-Boulder)
Research Area: Micro Heat Pipe
Mr.
Charles Oclassen (NSF EUV ERC REU 05/2006-08/2006,
BS/MS. 2007 in Mechanical Engineering, CU-Boulder)
Research Area: Thermal Probes for Nanofluids