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

 

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(Welcome Party in Ronggui’s House, August 2006)

 

(Lunch in Boulder, Spring 2007)

 

(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, University of Akron)

          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, University of Science and Technology of China)

          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 , University of Science and Technology of China)

          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, University of Colorado at Boulder; BS. 2003, Colorado School of Mines)

          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, National Taiwan University)

          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, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China)

          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, Huangzhong University of Science and Technology, China)

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, University of California at Los Angeles – UCLA, advisor: Chen Li).

          Research Area: Phase-Change Heat Transfer, Molecular Dynamics Simulation

 

          Dr. Pilhwa Lee (Post-Doc, May 2008-?, Ph.D, Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University, advisors: Kurt Maute and Ronggui Yang)

                   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, Xiamen University)

          Research Area: First Principle Simulations

 

Dr. Weixue (Tim) Tian (01/2006-10/2007. Ph.D 12/2005, Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, MS. 2000 / BS. 1997, Shanghai Jiaotong University.)

          Research Area: Monte Carlo Simulation of Phonon Transport

 

Dr. Bin Li (11/2006-12/2007. Ph.D 08/2006, Physics, University of Pittsburgh, BS. 1999 Physics, Peking University)

          Research Area: Pump and Probe Experiments

 

Visiting Scholars

Ms. Liang-Chun Liu (September 2007 – August 2008, Visiting Ph.D student from Taiwan University)

                   Research Area: Monte Carlo Simulation of Phonon Transport and Nanoscale Thermal Characterization

         

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 University, India)

          Research Area: Monte Carlo Simulation, Mesoscale Heat Exchanger.

 

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