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VINOD K. SARIN
M. SELIM ÜNLÜ
Professor, ME
Professor, ECE; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering
Materials science, surface modification, physical and chemical vapor deposition, consolidation of ceramics/composites, structure/property consolidations, transparent optical ceramics • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971
KEVIN SMITH
Professor, Physics and Chemistry Electronic structure of materials • PhD, Yale University, 1988
Photodetectors, nano-optics, highresolution and solid immersion lens microscopy, subsurface imaging of semiconductor devices and circuits, biophotonics: biosensor fabrication and biological imaging techniques • PhD, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign, 1992
JOYCE WONG
Associate Professor, BME Biomaterials, nanomaterials, biointerfaces for diagnostic imaging, therapeutics, tissue engineering
DIMITRIJE STAMENOVIC
Associate Professor, BME Cellular mechanics, rheology of soft tissues and cells, respiratory mechanics, mechanics of foam-like structure • PhD, University of Minnesota, 1983
ANNA K. SWAN
Associate Professor, ECE Development of nanoscale optical selfinterference microscopy, optical properties of carbon nanotubes
• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994
XIN ZHANG
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, ME Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), micro/nanofabrication technologies motivated by practical applications in micro and nanoscale engineering and emerging bionanotechnologies
• PhD, Boston University, 1993
• PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1998
OPHELIA K.C. TSUI
PETER A. ZINK
Associate Professor, Physics
Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer, ME
Synthetic and biological macromolecules • PhD, Princeton University, 1996
Solid Oxide Membrane (SOM) based processes for mixed waste magnesium/ magnesium oxide (Mg/MgO) recycling, Potentiometric sensor development for electrochemistry-based nuclear waste recycling, Development of novel low temperature cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). • PhD, Boston University, 2010
Boston University College of Engineering | Division of Materials Science & Engineering