Materials Science
for the 21st Century
Materials Science
for the 21st Century
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Materials Science
for the 21st Century
NanoEngineering is the use of Materials whose
physical size, being in the nanometer regime,
is the enabling feature. Materials Science for the 21st Century!
In the coming years, nanotechnology will impact nearly every
aspect of human life, in tangible, obvious ways.
Materials Science
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The Nanoworld
Materials Science
for the 21st Century
Research Vision for NanoEngineering Department
Materials Science and Engineering Underpinning
Materials Science
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KEY AREAS OF RESEARCH FOCUS
•  Avoid retaining particles in circulatory system: stealth mother
ships
•  Reducing other organ pollution: increase targeting specificity
and ability to go in and out of organs
•  Penetration of tumors for therapeutics and imaging: release
and self-assembly of ultra small payload on specific cues
•  Enabling longitudinal studies: novel nano-sensors
•  Ex vivo genetic analysis enabled by nano-platforms
Delivery via stealth porous
mother ships with multi-functional
payloads
•  smart nano sensors
•  tumor activated nano
•  platforms for therapeutics
and imaging
Materials Science
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Materials Science
for the 21st Century
Materials Science
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Who are the Potential Employers of NanoEngineers
http://www.nanotech-now.com/directory/
Materials Science
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Who are the Potential Employers of NanoEngineers
Materials Science
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Materials Science
•  ECE 15 Engineering Computation
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•  ECE 25 Introduction to Digital Design
•  NANO 1 The Scope of NanoEngineering (1 unit)
•  ECE 35 Introduction to Analog Design
•  NANO 101 Introduction to NanoEngineering
•  ECE 65 Components and Circuits Laboratory
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Materials Science
•  ECE 15 Engineering Computation
•  ECE 25 Introduction to Digital Design
•  ECE 35 Introduction to Analog Design
•  ECE 65 Components and Circuits Laboratory
•  BENG 100
Introduction to Bioengineering Design (S)
•  BENG 101
Foundations of Biomedical Imaging (F)
•  BENG 103B Bioengineering Mass Transfer (S)
•  BENG 109
Bioengineering Statics and Dynamics (W)
•  BENG 130
Molecular Physical Chemistry (W)
•  CENG 101A Introductory Fluid Mechanics (F)
•  NANO 102
Foundations in NanoEngineering A: Chemical Principles
•  NANO 103
Foundations in NanoEngineering B: Biochemical Principles
•  NANO 104
Foundations in NanoEngineering C: Physical Principles
•  NANO 110
Modeling of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 111
Characterization of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 112
Synthesis and Fabrication of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 120A NanoEngineering System Design I
•  NANO 120B NanoEngineering System Design II
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Materials Science
•  ECE 15 Engineering Computation
•  ECE 25 Introduction to Digital Design
•  ECE 35 Introduction to Analog Design
•  ECE 65 Components and Circuits Laboratory
•  CENG 100
Process Modeling and Computation in Chemical
Engineering (F)
•  CENG 101A Introductory Fluid Mechanics (F)
•  CENG 101B Heat Transfer (W)
•  CENG 101C Mass Transfer (S)
•  CENG 102
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (W)
•  CENG 113
Chemical Reaction Engineering (S)
•  NANO 102
Foundations in NanoEngineering A: Chemical Principles
•  NANO 103
Foundations in NanoEngineering B: Biochemical Principles
•  NANO 104
Foundations in NanoEngineering C: Physical Principles
•  NANO 110
Modeling of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 111
Characterization of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 112
Synthesis and Fabrication of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 120A NanoEngineering System Design I
•  NANO 120B NanoEngineering System Design II
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Materials Science
•  ECE 15 Engineering Computation
•  ECE 25 Introduction to Digital Design
•  ECE 35 Introduction to Analog Design
•  ECE 65 Components and Circuits Laboratory
•  ECE 103
Fundamentals of Devices and Materials (F,W)
•  ECE 134
Electronic Materials Science of Integrated Circuits (S)
•  ECE 135A Semiconductor Physics (F)
•  ECE 135B Electronic Devices (W)
•  ECE 136
Fundamentals of Semiconductor Device Fabrication (S)
•  ECE 139
Semiconductor Device Design and Modeling (S)
•  NANO 102
Foundations in NanoEngineering A: Chemical Principles
•  NANO 103
Foundations in NanoEngineering B: Biochemical Principles
•  NANO 104
Foundations in NanoEngineering C: Physical Principles
•  NANO 110
Modeling of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 111
Characterization of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 112
Synthesis and Fabrication of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 120A NanoEngineering System Design I
•  NANO 120B NanoEngineering System Design II
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Materials Science
•  ECE 15 Engineering Computation
•  ECE 25 Introduction to Digital Design
•  ECE 35 Introduction to Analog Design
•  ECE 65 Components and Circuits Laboratory
•  NANO 108
Materials Science and Engineering
•  MAE 130A
Mechanics I: Statics (W)
•  MAE 131A
Fundamentals of Solid Mechanics I (S)
•  MAE 130B
Mechanics II: Dynamics (S)
•  MAE 105
Introduction to Mathematical Physics (F)
•  CENG 101A Introductory Fluid Mechanics (F)
•  NANO 102
Foundations in NanoEngineering A: Chemical Principles
•  NANO 103
Foundations in NanoEngineering B: Biochemical Principles
•  NANO 104
Foundations in NanoEngineering C: Physical Principles
•  NANO 110
Modeling of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 111
Characterization of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 112
Synthesis and Fabrication of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 120A NanoEngineering System Design I
•  NANO 120B NanoEngineering System Design II
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Materials Science
•  ECE 15 Engineering Computation
•  ECE 25 Introduction to Digital Design
•  ECE 35 Introduction to Analog Design
•  ECE 65 Components and Circuits Laboratory
•  NANO 108 Materials Science and Engineering (F)
•  NANO 148 Thermodynamics of Materials
•  NANO 150 Mechanics of Nanomaterials
•  NANO 158 Phase Transformations and Kinetics
•  NANO 161 Materials Selection in Engineering Design
•  NANO 168 Electrical, Dielectric, and Magnetic Properties of
Engineering Materials
•  NANO 102
Foundations in NanoEngineering A: Chemical Principles
•  NANO 103
Foundations in NanoEngineering B: Biochemical Principles
•  NANO 104
Foundations in NanoEngineering C: Physical Principles
•  NANO 110
Modeling of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 111
Characterization of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 112
Synthesis and Fabrication of NanoEngineering Systems
•  NANO 120A NanoEngineering System Design I
•  NANO 120B NanoEngineering System Design II
Materials Science
for the 21st Century
[1] CENG students will have taken MAE 9, while NE students will have taken ECE 15 - both are C programming
courses. ECE has agreed to accept MAE 9 as a pre-req for ECE 65.
[2] CENG students will have taken Chem 6BL (3 units) in an overloaded, 19-unit Spring of Freshman year, whereas NE
students take Chem 6BL in a 15-unit Fall of Sophomore year. This switching of Chem 6BL from an overloaded
quarter to a normally 4-unit spot leaves an open space, which can be filled by a technical elective.
[3] CENG students can take BILD 1 in Fall of sophomore year of the NE curriculum in place of PHYS 2B - CENG
students will have taken PHYS 2B in freshman year.
[4] CENG students will have taken CENG 1 (1 unit) so need to take NANO 1 (1 unit) - they will need to take NANO 1 in
Winter concurrently with NANO 101
Materials Science
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NanoEngineering Graduate Degree Program
Materials Science
for the 21st Century
NanoEngineering Graduate Degree Program
Materials Science
for the 21st Century
NanoEngineering Graduate Degree Program
Materials Science
for the 21st Century
NanoEngineering Graduate Degree Program
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Materials Science
Gaurav Arya
Assistant Professor
Assistant Research Scientist, NYU, 2005-2007
Postdoc, Chemical Eng., Princeton University, 2003-05
Ph.D., Chemical Eng., University of Notre Dame, 2003
B. Tech., Chemical Eng., IIT Bombay, 1998
Research Interests
Statistical mechanics, biophysics, molecular modeling
and simulation, nanoscale transport, polymer physics
Selected Publications (4 out of 22)
D. Meluzzi, D. E. Smith & G. Arya, “Biophysics of knotting”, Annual Review of Biophysics, in press (2010)
A. Maitra & G. Arya, “Model for extracting intrinsic rates and activation energies from force measurements
on single molecules using arbitrarily stiff devices”, Physical Review Letters, in press (2010)
S. Grigoryev, G. Arya, S. Correll, C. Woodcock & T. Schlick, “Evidence for heteromorphic chromatin fibers
from analysis of nucleosome interactions”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 106,
13317 (2009)
G. Arya, “Energetic and entropic forces governing the attraction between polyelectrolyte grafted colloids”
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113, 15760 (2009)
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Materials Science
Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy
Chromatin Structure and Dynamics
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Our group is developing mesoscale models of
We are currently developing theoretical models chromatin to understand its folding/unfolding
for accurate analyses of single-molecule force dynamics. We are also studying the molecular
spectroscopy data, for extracting intrinsic free mechanisms of histone modifications regulate
energy barriers and rates
chromatin and genes
Catalytic RNAs for Gene Therapy
Nanomaterials by Self-Assembly
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al. Chem.
Biol. 1996,
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Our group is using a combination of
bioinformatics and molecular modeling tools to
efficiently design trans-splicing ribozymes for
gene therapy applications
We are also interested designing novel
nanomaterials based on the self-assembly of
functionalized colloidal particles and carbon
nanotubes
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Materials Science
Dr. Jennifer Cha
Materials Science
for the 21st Century
DNA Nanotechnology: Top-Down with Bottom-Up Nanoengineering
Predictable Assembly
Bio-mediated synthesis of
Metal Nanostructures
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Materials Science
Dr. Sadik Esener
•  Professor of Nano Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and
Materials Sciences at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
•  Holds a Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering from
UCSD (1987).
•  Director and PI of the NanoTumor Cancer Nanotechnology Center of
Excellence funded by the National Cancer Institute.
•  Previously Director of the Center for Heterogeneously Integrated Photonics
Systems (CHIPS), a multi-university DARPA funded opto-center for
biophotonics and nanophotonics. Also served as the director of several
university-industry consortia co-funded by DARPA.
•  Under his direction, his research group at UCSD has made many pioneering contributions to the fields of photonics, optical
interconnects, light modulation, optical data storage, bio-optoelectronics as applied to gene chips, cell sorting and manipulation
and heterogeneous integration of photonics, electronics and biological components.
•  He has published more than 350 journal and conferences articles, and more than 250 presentations in international scientific
meetings, 75 of which were invited and he holds 15 issued patents, He has authored many book chapters, edited several
proceedings, and chaired and organized over fifteen scientific international conferences.
•  Esener is a co-founder and served on the board of directors and scientific advisory boards of several companies including
Nanogen Inc. (NGEN) that relates to his work on electrically addressed gene chips, Call/Recall Inc. that relates to his work on
multilayer optical disk storage, Optical Micro Machines and Ziva Inc. that relate to his work on all optical switching and free
space optics, and Genoptix (NGEN) that relates to his more recent work in biophotonics. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of
America and a Member of the Regents of the Sabanci University in Turkey.
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Materials Science
Cancer Nanotechnology
Photonics
Photon counting cameras & nanophotonics
-  Monitoring and Early detection
-  Contrast agents for Imaging of tumors
-  pro-drugs and delivery vehicles
activated by:
•  X-rays, Ultrasound, IR radiation
•  enzymatic reactions
- Selective targeting of tumors
CMOS Single Photon
Avalanche Detector
Drug Delivery
Exploit chemical and physical approaches to deliver drugs at the
desired time to externally defined spatial locations in the body to
avoid side effects
Ultrasound activated delivery vehicle
Solid Immersion lens array
for hi-res microscopy
Sensors
Develop unique sensor materials and devices for chemical and
biological detection including for monitoring cancer
Nanophotonics + Microfluidics
Single molecule photonic
crystal sensor
Cancer recurrence monitoring
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Materials Science
Eric Fullerton
Magnetic thin films and nanostructures
B.S.
Ph.D.
Physics, Harvey Mudd College, 1984
Physics, UC San Diego, 1991
Employment
Argonne National Lab
IBM Research
Hitachi GST
UCSD
1991-1997
1997-2003
2003-2006
2009-present
> 200 publications, h-factor = 38
40 US Patents on magnetic nanotechnologies
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Materials Science
Transition metal nanowires
We are using CVD to grow single crystal nanowires of
transition metals and their oxides for magnetic and catalytic
applications.
Synchrotron x-ray techniques
Use resonant synchrotron x-ray techniques including magnetic
dichroism, resonant scattering, coherent scattering and
microscopy to characterize nanoscale materials and devices.
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Spintronic devices
Spintronic devices exploit the spin of the electron to provide
new functionality in devices. We focus our research on spininjection as a means to control the local magnetization direction
in nanoscale magnetic devices.
Bit patterned magnetic media
Bit patterned recording media is the leading candidate for the
continued growth of the areal density in magnetic hard disk
drives. We have a combined theoretical and experimental
study of high-density patterned arrays.
Materials Science
for the 21st Century
Professor Michael J. Heller
Professor Michael J. Heller joined the faculty at University of California, San Diego in
July 2001. He has a joint appointment between the Department’s of NanoEngineering
and Bioengineering. Dr. Heller was with Nanogen as CTO before joining UCSD.
His experience (academic and industrial) includes many areas of biotechnology and
biomedical instrumentation, with particular expertise in DNA synthesis, DNA molecular
diagnostics and optoelectronic based detection technologies. Dr. Heller has been the cofounder of four high-tech companies: Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), Nanogen,
Nanotronics and most recently Biological Dynamics.
Dr. Heller has been an invited speaker to a large number of scientific conferences and meetings. He has
over 45 issued US patents related to microelectronic chips, microarrays and integrated devices for DNA
hybridization, miniaturized sample to answer diagnostic devices, biosensors, genomics, proteomics,
nanotechnology and nano-fabrication, nano-based DNA optical storage and for fluorescent energy transfer
in DNA nanostructures.
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Panel member for the NAS (NAE) Review of National Nanotechnology Initiative 2001-2002
Panel member of NAS (NAE) – Engineer for the 2020 - 2001/2002
The White House (OSTP) National Nanotechnology Initiative 1999/2000
Involved in a number of NSF Nanotechnology Workshops
Materials Science
DEP Based Seamless Sample to Answer Diagnostics for
Cancer Biomarkers
DEP Seamless Sample to Answer - Isolation of cfc-DNA/RNA in
CLL Cancer Patient Blood
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Point-Of-Care Diagnostics: Eliminating Sample Preparation
in the Detection of Disease Related Protease Activity
in Whole Blood
CMOS Microarray Electric Field Directed Self-Assembly of
Bio-Derivatized Nanoparticle Structures
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Materials Science
Richard K. Herz
UC Berkeley, PhD, Chemical Engineering
GM Research Labs, Catalysis & Emission Control
UC San Diego, Chemical Engineering Program
Research Interests
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Catalysis and surface chemistry
Dynamics of diffusion and reaction in porous materials
Renewable energy – biomass conversion to power & fuel
Interactive software simulations to engage students in active
learning - www.SimzLab.com
Materials Science
for the 21st Century
Rich Herz
We study space-time patterns of
reaction and diffusion in porous
materials using experiments and
numerical simulations.
We are working with groups at UCSD, UC Berkeley,
UC Davis and a biofuel company to design processes
for conversion of biomass to "green" power and fuels.
We work on process simulation, design and
optimization.
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Materials Science
Dr. Shirley Meng
She received her Ph.D. in Advanced Materials for Micro- & NanoSystems from Singapore-MIT Alliance c/o National University of
Singapore in 2005, followed by a two-year postdoctoral fellowship
in Materials Science & Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology with Prof. Ceder’s group.
Dr. Meng was an assistant professor at the University of Florida
prior to her appointment at UCSD.
She joined the Department of NanoEngineering at UC San Diego
as Assistant Professor in Oct. 2009.
Dr. Meng’s research interests include rational design of nanostructured materials for
energy applications, both in energy conversion and energy storage, nanostructured
electrodes for advanced battery technologies and thermoelectrics.
Her research is strongly fundamental in nature, examining charge ordering and
structural stability as the basis for structure-property relationships in advanced
nanostructured materials.
She has published over 25 peer-reviewed papers.
Materials Science
Materials Design for Advanced Energy Storage
Systems for Transportation
Focus on synthesizing new multi-transition metal oxides with higher energy density,
faster rate capability and better safety, as well as explore the exact ion transport
mechanism and structural stability during the cycling of the battery.
Thermoelectric Materials - Convert Heat to Electricity
Determination of the stable structures and charge/magnetic ordering is one of the most
fundamental steps in obtaining optimum thermoelectric properties of ceramics. We
fabricate high quality oxide films by pulsed laser deposition and characterize their
figure-of-merit for thermoelectric applications.
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Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Sources
Employ a combination of theoretical and experimental approaches to develop
groundbreaking energy storage schemes using new battery chemistry, as well as
new nano-structured electrodes fabricated by innovative cost-effective synthetic
methods to enable higher energy density and power density.
Structure-Property-Processing Relations of
Nano-scale Materials
Work to understand how the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of these
tubes/wires differ from the bulk with ab initio study, we can eliminate much
guesswork and effectively prescreen candidate nano-scale materials for energy
applications, applying modern synchrotron X-ray and analytical TEM to explore
the structure - property relation in nanomaterials.
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Materials Science
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Materials Science
PROFESSOR JAN B. TALBOT
Education:
PhD, University of Minnesota, Chemical Engineering
BS & MS, Penn. State University, Chemical Engineering
Experience:
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, 1996 - present
Associate Professor, 1990 - 1996
Assistant Professor, 1986 - 1990
Development Engineer, Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge
National Lab, TN, 1975-1981.
President, The Electrochemical Society, 2001-2002; Editor, The Electrochemical Society's Interface,
1994-1998; Fellow (2004)
Chair, (new) Gordon Research Conference on Electrodeposition, New London, NH, Aug. 1996
Member, World Technology Evaluation Center Former Soviet Union Display Technology Panel, 1993-1994
Member, Department of Energy Advanced Fuel-Cell Commercialization Working Group, 1993-1994
Public Director, Board of the Society of Certified Safety Professionals, 1992-1998
Registered Professional Engineer in Tennessee, 1979-present
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Materials Science
Professor Talbot's research areas include electrodeposition of nanocomposite films,
electrophoretic deposition of particles, and study of the colloidal behavior of particles used in
chemical mechanical polishing (CMP). Current research projects include synthesis of solid
state lighting materials, study of agglomeration of colloidal particles in CMP slurries, and
electrocodeposition of nanometer-sized particles .
Solid state lighting materials
CMP Slurry agglomeration
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points out some cracking around the diode in
the otherwise uniform coating.
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Materials Science
Andrea R. Tao
Assistant Professor, July 2009-present,
Department of NanoEngineering, UC San Diego.
Training:
A.B., Chemistry and Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2002.
Ph.D., Chemistry, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2007.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, UC Santa Barbara.
Professional Highlights:
• 1 out of 10 U.S. researchers invited to the US-China Workshop for Early Career
Chemical Researchers on New Materials
• International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry, 2008 Prize for Young Chemists
• University of California Office of the President Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007-2009
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, 2002-2005
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Materials Science
Nanoscale Interfaces & Assembly
Hybrid Nanocomposites
We are exploring self-assembly processes inside
polymer matrices for hierarchical, tunable nanoparticle
structures.
Bio-Inspired Synthesis & Assembly
Rational Nanostructure Synthesis
Using surface-limited
reactions, we are
synthesizing
nanoparticles using wet
chemistry with atomic
control.
Plasmonic Biosensing
Chitosan
We are utilizing biopolymers and natural materials as
scaffolds for nanocrystal growth.
We observe changes in the optical properties of gold
nanorods to quantify molecular binding (proteins,
ligands) at the metal surface.
Materials Science
Dr. Kenneth S. Vecchio
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Founding Chair of the Department of NanoEngineering, UCSD
Professor Vecchio completed his undergraduate education in 1983 at
Carnegie-Mellon University in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials
Science and his Master of Science degree in Metallurgy and Materials
Science at Lehigh University in 1985. He received his Ph.D. in Materials
Science and Engineering from Lehigh University in 1988.
Prof. Vecchio started at UCSD in the Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Sciences Dept. (1988), later to become the Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Dept. For 10 years served as the Director of the Electron
Optics and Microanalysis Facility in JSOE.
Fellow of ASM International and Recipient of the 2000 Marcus Grossman
Young Author Award from ASM.
Prof. Vecchio’s research focuses on structure-property relations in advanced materials with
emphasis on applications in dynamic loading events for both civilian and defense-related fields. Of
particular interest is the processing of near-net-shape laminate materials with graded or varying
structures within the laminate thickness, computational design of bulk metallic glasses,
nanomaterials characterization, carbon nanotube synthesis, nanoparticulate reinforced polymers
and composites, and polymer deformation modeling.
He has published over 115 peer-reviewed papers, several book chapters, and 50+ conference
proceedings. He holds 6 US patents, and another 6+ UCSD technology disclosures. Founder of
the Company, Scoperta, Inc., a materials discovery company based in San Diego, and another of
his patented technologies is licensed by Solidica Corp. in Ann Arbor, MI.
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Materials Science
Metallic-Intermetallic Laminate (MIL) Composites
We focus on synthesizing microstructure controlled materials
architectures to enable multi-functional composites designed to fill
openings in multi-dimensional material property space.
Synthesis Optimization of Carbon Nanotube Growth
Computational Design of Bulk Metallic Glasses
Employ a combination of theoretical and experimental
approaches to develop low-cost bulk metallic glass alloys and
their composites.
Computational modeling of multi-element
composition space to design nanoscale atomic clusters as basis
of novel BMGs.
Structure-Property-Processing Relations of Nitinol
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Materials Science
Prof. Joe Wang
Honors and Awards
•  1994 Heyrovsky Medal in Electrochemistry (Czech Republic)
•  1999 ACS National Award in Analytical Instrumentation
•  1989 Westhafer Award (NMSU Top Researcher)
•  1989-present, Chief Editor and Founder – Electroanalysis (Wiley-VCH)
•  2001 ‘Citation Laureate’ Award-ISI Institute- Most Cited Scientist in
Engineering in the World (1991-2001)
•  2000-2003 Mannase Chair and Regents Professor (NMSU)
•  2003 Honorary Professor (National University-Argentina)
•  2005 Electrochemistry Communications (Elsevier) Citation Award
•  2006 ACS National Award in Electrochemistry
•  2007 Honorary Member, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
•  2007 Honorary Doctorate Causa, Complutense University, Madrid
Education:
B.Sc., M.Sc, and D.Sc.-Chemistry, Technion, I.I.T.,
Israel, 1978.
Professional Appointments
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1980-88
Assistant/Associate Professor - New
Mexico State University
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1988-01 Regents Professor and Mannase Chair Full
Professor - New Mexico State University
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2004-2008 Full Professor and Center Director,
BioDesign Institute – Arizona State University
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2008-present Full Professor, UCSD
•  2007 Nanyang Professor - Nanyang Technol. University, Singapore.
Publications, Presentations and Citations:
•  2007
ASU Faculty Achievement Award for Cutting-Edge Research
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•  2007
NSF Creativity Award
•  2009
AIMBE Fellow
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Author of 780 papers, 10 books and 30 book chapters,
12 patents and 250 invited lectures in International
meetings.
H Index: 84
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Web Page: http://ne.ucsd.edu/faculty/jwang.html
Materials Science
Nanomotors and Nanomachines
for the 21st Century
Nanomaterial-based Biosensors
Activity aimed at designing powerful synthetic nanomachines,
capable of performing complex tasks. New nanomotor
designs and propulsion mechanisms are being investigated.
The unique properties of nanoscale materials offer excellent
prospects for designing powerful biosensing devices. We are
exploring nanoparticle-based signal amplification and coding
strategies for next-generation biosensors.
Nanobiotechnology and Nanobioelectronics
Novel Nanowires and Nanowire Barcodes
This effort examines design of novel smart and adaptive hybrid
systems integrating nanomaterials and biomolecules and the
potential application of such hybrids as nanoactuators, biofuel
cells, nanocarriers or nanosensors.
Template-assisted electrochemical synthesis is being used for
preparing novel nanowires with broad range of chemical
compositions, including a metallic, semiconductor and polymeric
nanowires. Nanowire barcodes are being developed for a variety
of tracking/tagging applications.
for the 21st Century
Materials Science
Dr. Liangfang Zhang
He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of
Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) in 2006 under the supervision
of Prof. Steve Granick.
He was a postdoctoral associate in the laboratory of Prof. Robert
Langer at MIT during 2006-2008.
He joined the Department of NanoEngineering at UC San Diego as
Assistant Professor in July 2008.
Dr. Zhang’s research interests focus on the design, synthesis, characterization and evaluation of
nanostructured biomaterials for healthcare and other medical applications, particularly drug delivery
to improve or enable treatments of human diseases.
He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers and holds 12 patents.
He received the 2009 Victor K. LaMer Award from the American Chemical Society, and was a
recipient of a 2009 Hellman Faculty Fellow Award.
for the 21st Century
Materials Science
Nanomaterials Synthesis and Characterization
Design and synthesize unique lipid- and polymer-based
nanostructures with multiple functionalities.
Cancer Nanotechnology
Combinatorial Drug Delivery
Exploit chemical and physical approaches to load two or more
types of distinct drugs onto a single nanoparticle vehicle for
combinatorial therapy.
Nanotech Drugs to Treat Infectious Diseases
Tumor Core
Develop targeted drug delivery systems that preferentially
go to tumors for cancer diagnosis, imaging and therapy.
Combine nanotechnology and novel antimicrobial agents to
develop new, effective and safe medications to treat skin
infections with specific interests in acne vulgaris and staph
infections.