Division of Materials Science and Engineering

Boston University College of Engineering Division of Materials Science and Engineering

Annual Report2008-2009

Boston University College of EngineeringDivision of Materials Science and Engineering

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Boston UniversityDivision of Materials Science and EngineeringAnnual Report 2008 – 2009

© 2009, Boston University

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Photography: Boston University Photo Services

Content: Elizabeth Flagg, MSE staff, and MSE faculty

Front Cover: PhD student Soobhankar Pati assembles a waste-to-fuel device in the High-Temperature Chemical and Electrochemical Processing of Materials Laboratory.

Back Cover: Professor Moustakas oversees LED production in the Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Laboratory

This report provides a description of the instructional and research activities of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University during the 2008 – 2009 academic year. Instructional activities are reported from the Fall 2008 through Summer 2009 semesters while scholarly activities and budget information are reported from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.

Boston University’s policies provide for equal opportunity and affirmative action in employment and admission to all programs of the University.

For more information or to download this report as a PDF, please visit our website at www.bu.edu/mse.

Table of Contents

1 Message from the Division Head

1 Highlights 2 Faculty at a Glance

2 Faculty Honors and Awards

5 Graduate Students at a Glance

5 Graduate Student Awards

7 Faculty and Staff 7 Participating Faculty

10 Affiliated Faculty

13 Staff

13 Committees

15 Graduate Programs 15 Recruitment

16 Enrollment

16 Teaching Fellows and Research Assistants 2008-2009

16 Degrees Awarded

17 Course and Program Development

19 Research 20 External Research Funding

30 Faculty Publications and Lectures

44 Research Laboratories

49 Colloquium Series

50 Advisory Board

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Boston University College of Engineering | Division of Materials Science and Engineering | Highlights | 1

Message from the Division Head

Boston University has many interdisciplinary research activities in materials science and engineering, spanning multiple departments and colleges and attracting significant research funding from federal sources, state governments, and industries. The new Division of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) graduate program was created in Fall 2008 by leveraging our existing resources in the College of Engineering (COE), College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), in terms of both classroom teaching and research.

Highlights

The MSE graduate program was designed to remove barriers, real or imagined, between departments throughout the University, and strengthen complimentary materials expertise between different degree programs and create a truly interdisciplinary graduate program. The educational and research mission of the Division is aligned with our four institutional thrust areas in Materials, namely: Biomaterials, Materials for Energy and the Environment, Electronic and Photonic Materials, and Nanomaterials.

MSE participating and affiliated faculty cross colleges and departments. All participating faculty members either teach an MSE course, or serve as a research advisor for a MSE student, or serve on a committee working on MSE affairs. All affiliated faculty members have materials-related educational and research interests and are welcome to participate in Division meetings and seminars. Currently, the Division has 26 participating faculty and 34 affiliated faculty. The faculty associated with the Division is engaged in high impact research to address grand challenges in: healthcare and biology, energy and environment, information technologies, and security (defense and homeland). The MSE program is intended to

enhance the ability of the BU materials community to collaborate and pursue materials research on a grander scale.The field of materials science is in the midst of a metamorphosis. Having long relied on materials found in nature or modifications of those materials, materials science is now working toward the goal of designing new materials from basic principles and elements to fulfill particular application needs. The strong link between emerging research in Materials Science and products in the marketplace means ample job opportunities and a positive future job outlook. Applications for new materials and modifications of existing materials are expected to keep the demand for trained, graduate-level materials scientists and engineers growing. Doctoral and M.S. graduates of our Materials Science and Engineering program can choose from several different career paths, including working in national labs and large organizations developing the next generation of products and processes, launching start-up companies, or taking up positions in academia to train the next generation of scientists and engineers.

Uday B. Pal

Division Head

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Faculty at a GlanceNumbers reported are for participating faculty only except where noted.

* Teach, supervise students, and/or serve on MSE committees. ** Have a professional association with MSE.

Faculty Honors and AwardsHATICE ALTUG received a New Investigator Award from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.

TOM BIFANO received the Bepi Colombo Prize for career-long research in micro-deformable mirrors for astronomical telescopes. The prize is named for Giuseppe “ Bepi” Colombo, an Italian scientist best known for his research on the planet Mercury. The Bepi Prize is awarded every two years to a single researcher for outstanding achievements in research and technology transfer.

SRIKANTH GOPALAN received a Massachusetts Technology Investigation Award from the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC). The investigation awards, which support proof of concept development to bridge the gap between invention and private sector investment, are conferred to Massachusetts researchers who have developed new technologies that aim to develop into commercially-viable products.

CATHERINE KLAPPERICH received the Most Innovative Research Poster Award at the CIMIT Innovation Congress.

FACULTY 2008-2009

PARTICIPATING FACULTY * 27

New Grant Funding $5,168,340

Continuing/Supplemental Grant Funding

$11,026,073

Book Chapters 11

Journal Articles 125

Conference Proceedings 37

Invited Lectures 59

Patents Issued 3

AFFILIATED FACULTY ** 33


ELISE MORGAN was the winner of the BU College of Engineering Early Career Research Excellence Award. The annual Excellence in Research Award celebrates the significant, recent and high-impact research accomplishments of tenure-track faculty less than 10 years removed from their PhD. In addition, Elise Morgan received the Vernon T. Tolo Basic Science Paper Award: H Bian, J Ayaay, A Garces, EF Morgan, SR Gilbert, HK Kim, “Epiphyseal cartilage plays an important role in revascularization of the femoral head following ischemic osteonecrosis,” at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.

TODD MURRAY was elected as a winner of the International Photo-acoustic and Photothermal Association, IPPA Junior Prize 2009. This prize is awarded for exceptional promise for future leadership in the field, based on their early contributions to the field of Photoacoustic and Photothermal Science and Technology.

UDAY B. PAL received a Massachusetts Technology Investigation Award from the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC). The investigation awards, which support proof of concept development to bridge the gap between invention and private sector investment, are conferred to Massachusetts researchers who have developed new technologies that aim to develop into commercially-viable products. He was also the recipient of 2008 TMS Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division Education Resource Award.

SELIM ÜNLÜ received the TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific Foundation) Special Award.

JOYCE WONG received the 2008 Individual Biomedical Research Award from The Hartwell Foundation. The award, given for exceptional work in applied biomedical research to advance children’s health, includes $100,000 of funding per year for three years. Since 2006, The Hartwell Foundation of Memphis, Tenn., has annually selected 12 researchers from 12 institutions in the US to receive these awards.

XIN ZHANG was named an inaugural Distinguished Faculty Fellow. The Distinguished Faculty Fellows Award is given to tenured College of Engineering faculty who are on a clear trajectory toward exemplary leadership careers in all dimensions of science and engineering. It is a five-year appointment.

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Dean’s Catalyst Award WinnersThe awards, established by Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen in 2007, encourages the development of novel research that could lead to new advances in various fields of engineering. All College of Engineering full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty may apply for Dean’s Catalyst Awards. Applications are reviewed by a faculty committee and are evaluated on innovation and their potential for receiving additional external funding in the future for their efforts.

2009 Winners

Robin Cleveland and ELISE MORGAN will focus on the effects of shock wave therapy (SWT) on non-union bone fractures, a condition where bone’s natural repair process stops. While past research has been conducted using SWT in the treatment of soft tissue pain, recent in vitro and in vivo studies have shown evidence for the potential of SWT to treat non-union fractures. The researchers’ goal is to understand the physical means that may respond to SWT in bone fractures.

TED MOUSTAKAS along with ROBERTO PAIELLA will develop an intermediate-band solar cell concept to attempt to increase efficiency of the cells by more than 30 percent. Using indium gallium nitride, the researchers will attempt to maximize absorption of electrons below allowable limits, or below-bandgap, within a confined space. Moustakas and Paiella further propose to use patterned silver nano-particles located on the device’s surface to demonstrate that the direct light can lead to a greatly enhanced absorption path.

VINOD SARIN and SRIKANTH GOPALAN will research different methods of storing hydrogen. While recent research has suggested metal-diboride nanotubes as successful storage devices, the pair’s approach will be to develop a TiB2 nano-

whiskers hydrogen storage system, which will help break down the barrier of the commercialization of fuels cells for transportation applications.

XIN ZHANG and Stephan Anderson, a radiologist at the School of Medicine, propose to develop a new MRI contrast agent that would advance the study of biological systems. The researchers hope to achieve concurrent imaging of multiple targets or the tracking of multiple cells. The agent would allow for a system similar to optical imaging, facilitating an in-depth look at larger biological systems, such as humans, and more complex deep tissue structures.

2008 Winners

HATICE ALTUG, working with SHYAMSUNDER ERRAMILLI, will study new methods to examine the interactions between proteins in a cell. Methods that use fluorescent labels or tags can interfere with the normal function of the proteins. Altug and Erramilli will investigate a technique that uses photonic crystal nanostructures to detect proteins, even in very low concentrations.

MAXIM FRANK-KAMENETSKII plans to develop a laboratory test that can detect DNA associated with certain blood cancers. Some of these cancers are closely linked to viruses. Inventing an accurate way to detect the viral DNA may form the basis of a kit to rapidly detect viral infections such as Epstein-Barr or T-cell leukemia virus-1 in human patients. Frank-Kamenetskii will work with Associate Professor Adam Lerner (MED) on the project.

TODD MURRAY and Professor Ronald Roy will research a new imaging technique to allow doctors to see deeper into human tissues. Their approach, photoacoustic cavitation, combines nanoparticles, ultrasound pulses and laser illumination to create bubbles in a localized area of tissue. This might be used to kill a very specific area of cells, for ultrasound therapy or for imaging the tissue.


Graduate Students at a Glance

* Some data not yet available for 2009/2010.** Eight existing PhD students from other Departments joined the Division; ten new students matriculated.

Graduate Student AwardsThe Mann Redmayne Award is given to a non-corporate member, under 35 years of age, who is the author of the best paper published in the Transactions of the Institute. Awarded to Marko Suput (MFG), UDAY B. PAL, Rachel DeLucas (MFG), SOOBHANKAR PATI (MSE PHD CANDIDATE), Guosheng Ye (MFG), and Adam C. Powell IV, for their paper “ Solid oxide membrane technology for environmentally sound production of titanium,” Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, Vol 117, No 2, pp118-122, June 2008.

LAUREN PLAVISCH was awarded an NSF GK12 Fellowship through the College of Arts and Sciences starting in June 2009.

STUDENTS 2008-2009 FALL 2009

MS

MS Applications 6 24

MS Matriculated 2 4

Masters Students 2 4

MS Degrees 1 *

PhD

PhD Applications 19 55

PhD Matriculated 18** 6

PhD GRE Q Scores 758-773 740-797

PhD Students 18 19

PhD Degrees 1 *

SUPPORT

Dean’s Fellows 3 2

Graduate Teaching Fellows

3 3

Research Assistants

12 13

Other Fellowship N/A 1

Below: Associate Professor Gopalan (front left), Professor Pal (front right), graduate students (from left): Peter Zink andWenhua Huang, and post-doctoral research associates (from left) Guosheng Ye, and Kyung Joong Yoon.

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Participating Faculty

Participating Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) faculty are expected to advise and mentor MSE graduate students, help teach courses in the program, or serve on an MSE committee.

Faculty and Staff

LUCA DAL NEGROAssistant Professor, ECEOptical amplification phenomena and laser physics; optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures; photonic crystals, anderson light localization and aperiodic dielectrics; nanophotonics and plasmonics• PhD, University of Trento, 2003

LINDA DOERRERAssistant Professor, ChemistryMagnetic materials and metals• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, 1996

KAMIL EKINCIAssociate Professor, MENanomechanics, Nanofluidics, Nanophotonics, Applications of MEMS and NEMS• PhD, Brown University, 1999

MICHAEL GEVELBERAssociate Professor, MEElectrospinning of nanofibers, Plasma spray, Ebeam deposition, Crystal growth, CVD• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, 1988

HATICE ALTUGAssistant Professor, ECENano-photonic devices and sensors; photonic switches for communication and bio-sensing applications• PhD, Stanford University, 2006

SOUMENDRA N. BASUProfessor, ME; Co-Associate Division Head, MSEThin films for energy, photonic, electronic, and superconducting applications: thermal barrier and environmental barrier coatings for gas turbine and fuel cell applications, environmental degredation of materials at elevated temperatures, structure and stability of interfaces, and characterization of structure and phase transformations in materials using electron microscopy techniques.• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, 1989

ENRICO BELLOTTIAssociate Professor, ECEComputational electronics; semiconductor materials and device simulations; power electronics; parallel computing• PhD, Georgia Institute of

Technology, 1999

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RUSSELL GIORDANOAssociate Professor, GSDMFabrication of multiple phase interpenetrating ceramic composites• DMD, CAGS, DMSc, Harvard School of

Dental Medicine, 1991

BENNETT GOLDBERGProfessor, Physics and Director, Center for Nanoscience and NanobiotechnologyRoom- and low-temperature, near-field microscopy of semiconductors and biological systems; magneto-optics and magneto-transport of two- and one-dimensional electron fields• PhD, Brown University, 1987

SRIKANTH GOPALANAssociate Professor, MEFuel cells, Chemical thermodynamics, Kinetics and transport phenomena to model the behavior of electrochemical systems• PhD, University of Utah, 1997

MARK GRINSTAFFProfessor, Chemistry, BMEPolymers, biomaterials, nanomaterials, wound repair, tissue engineering• PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign, 1992

CATHERINE M. KLAPPERICHAssistant Professor, ME/BMENanomechanics of hydrated biomaterials implants, Tissue engineering scaffold materials, Drug delivery, Bio-micro electromechanical systems (BioMEMs)• PhD, University of California,

Berkeley, 2000

XI LINAssistant Professor, MEMaterials theory, Predictive simulation of materials electronic, optical, magnetic, and mechanical properties• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, 2003

KARL LUDWIGProfessor, PhysicsSurfaces, real time x-ray studies during thin film processing, phase transitions• PhD, Stanford University, 1986

AMIT MELLERAssociate Professor, BMENonpore force spectroscopy of RNA folding kinetics, DNA switches and transcription initiation kinetics, RNA helicases activity, mapping transcription factors interaction with DNA, ultra-fast DNA sequencing, novel optical methods for single molecule detection.• PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science

(Israel), 1998

PRITIRAJ MOHANTYAssociate Professor, PhysicsNanoscale materials, mechanical properties• PhD, University of Maryland, 1998

ELISE MORGANAssociate Professor, MEMechanical behavior of biological materials, Mechanical stimulation of tissue differentiation, Micromechanics of multiscale media, Damage mechanics• PhD, University of California,

Berkeley, 2002

THEODORE MOUSTAKASProfessor, ECE; Co-Associate Division Head, MSEGrowth by MBE, HVPE and MOCVD of Nitride Semiconductors; Optical devices (LEDs, LDs, Optical modulators, Detectors) from deep UV to THz• PhD, Columbia University, 1974


TODD MURRAYAssistant Professor, MELaser ultrasonics, Nanoscale materials characterization, Acoustic wave propagation, Optical sensors and NDE, Photorefractive materials and devices, Optoacoustic imaging• PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1998

UDAY B. PALProfessor, ME; Division Head, MSEFuel cells, Chemical thermodynamics, Kinetics and transport phenomena to model the behavior of electrochemical systems• PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1984

ROBERTO PAIELLAAssistant Professor, ECEOptical technologies for information processing; photonic devices based on semiconductor quantum structures, including group-III nitride quantum wells; nanoscale photonic devices and circuits; ultrafast optics• PhD, California Institute of

Technology, 1998

VINOD K. SARINProfessor, MEMaterials 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 SMITHProfessor, PhysicsElectronic structure of materials• PhD, Yale University, 1988

ANNA K. SWANAssociate Professor, ECEDevelopment of nanoscale optical self-interference microscopy; optical properties of carbon nanotubes• PhD, Boston University, 1993

M. SELIM ÜNLÜProfessor, ECE; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of EngineeringPhotodetectors; nano-optics: high-resolution and solid immersion lens microscopy, subsurface imaging of semiconductor devices and circuits, biophotonics: biosensor fabrication and biological imaging techniques• PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-

Champaign, 1992

JOYCE WONGAssociate Professor, BMEBiomaterials, nanomaterials, tailoring cell-material interfaces for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications; direct, quantitative measurement of biological interactions• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, 1994

XIN ZHANGAssociate Professor and Associate Chair, MEMicroelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS), Micro/nanofabrication technologies motivated by practical applications in micro and nanoscale engineering and emerging bionanotechnologies• PhD, Hong Kong University of Science

and Technology, 1998


Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) faculty are scientifically associated with the MSE program and serve as advisors and thesis committee members.

FRANCO CERRINAProfessor and Chair, ECESemiconductor devices and fabrication modeling, nanolithography, nanofabrication, optics, optical systems, X-rays, synchrotrons, DNA synthesis, system and synthetic biology• PhD, University of Rome, 1974

CLAUDIO CHAMONProfessor, PhysicsStrongly correlated quantum matter and out-of-equilibrium dynamics of classlical and quantum systems• PhD Physics, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, 1996

LAISHENG CHOUProfessor, GSDMMolecular biocompatibility of implant materials• DMD, Shanghai No.2 Medical

University, 1977• PhD, University of British

Columbia, 1997

JAMES COLLINSProfessor, BMESynthetic biology; systems biology; noise-enhanced sensorimotor function• DPhil, University of Oxford

(England), 1990

MICHAEL EL-BATANOUNYProfessor, PhysicsMagnetism at surfaces• PhD, University of California, Davis

RAMA BANSILProfessor, PhysicsSynthetic and biological macromolecules• PhD, University of Rochester, 1975

PAUL BARBONEAssociate Professor, METheoretical & computational (bio) mechanics and (bio) acoustics * Medical (ultrasound) imaging• PhD, Stanford University, 1991

THOMAS G. BIFANOProfessor, ME; Director, Photonics CenterDeformable mirrors, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Adaptive Optics, Biophotonic Microscopy, Astronomical Telescope Instrumentation, Laser Wafefront Control• PhD, North Carolina State

University, 1988

JOHN CARADONNAAssociate Professor, ChemistryMechanism of action of non-heme iron metalloproteins with a focus on the chemistry of metalloenzyme active sites involved in biological oxidation reactions• PhD, Columbia University, 1985

ANTONIO CASTRO-NETOProfessor, PhysicsGraphene, strongly correlated systems, disordered magnetic systems• PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign, 1994


SHYAMSUNDER ERRAMILLIProfessor, PhysicsBiological materials• PhD, University of Illinois, 1986

EVAN EVANSProfessor, BMENano-microscale biomechanics; ultrasensitive force probes and extreme resolution optical techniques; material properties of soft biological materials, e.g. biomembranes• PhD, University of California, San Diego,

1970

MAXIM FRANK-KAMENETSKIIProfessor, BMEDNA, pNA DNA structures; DNA topology; DNA functioning, PNA (peptide nucleic acid)• PhD, Moscow Physical-Technical

Institute, 1971

GUILFORD JONESProfessor, ChemistryPhotochemistry and photophysical properties of dyes, dye probes, and chromophore conjugates of polymers and proteins. Design of photosynthetic models (photoactive peptides) that are capable of charge transport• PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1970

WILLIAM KLEINProfessor, PhysicsStatistical physics of materials• PhD, Temple University, 1972

MALAY MAZUMDERResearch Professor, ECEParticle technology, material engineering, electrostatic engineering• PhD, University of Arkansas, 1971

J. GREGORY MCDANIELAssociate Professor and Associate Chair, MEStructural acoustics, Automotive brake squeal, Biological vibrations, Ocean wave energy• PhD, The Georgia Institute of

Technology, 1992

THEODORE MORSEProfessor, ECEPhotonic material processing; optical fiber fabrication, lasers, and sensors; high power double clad fiber lasers• PhD, Northwestern University, 1961

DAN NATHANSONProfessor, GSDMBiomaterials with emphasis is on esthetic restorative materials•DMD, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 1972

RICHARD POBERResearch Associate Professor, GSDMCeramics engineering, interpenetrating phase materials, mechanics of materials, materials design, process design, equipment design• ScD, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, 1971

ANATOLI POLKOVNIKOVAssistant Professor, PhysicsStrongly correlated systems, physics of cold atoms and spin systems, superconductivity• PhD, Yale University, 2003

CLAUDIO REBBIProfessor and Chair, PhysicsComputational methods applied to the study of quantum chromodynamics (QCD, the theory of interacting quarks and gluons)• PhD, Università degli Studi di Torino

(Italy)


SIDNEY REDNERProfessor, PhysicsNon-equilibrium statistical physics of materials• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, 1977

BJORN REINHARDAssistant Professor, ChemistryPhotophysical properties of nanoparticles and the applications of these nanoparticles to biological sensors and devices• Dr. rer. nat., Technical University

Kaiserslautern, 2003

ANDERS SANDVIKAssociate Professor, PhysicsComputational research on interacting quantum many-body systems• PhD, University of California, Santa

Barbara, 1993

DIMITRIJE STAMENOVICAssociate Professor, BMECellular mechanics, rheology of soft tissues and cell, respiratory mechanics, mechanics of foam-like structure• PhD, University of Minnesota, 1983

H. EUGENE STANLEYProfessor, PhysicsStatistical physics of materials• PhD, Harvard University, 1967

JOHN STRAUBProfessor and Chair, ChemistryTheoretical and computational chemistry and biophysics• PhD, Harvard University, 1967

BELA SUKIProfessor, BMEBiomechanics of tissues and extracellular matrix, the ensemble behavior of complex biological systems; nonlinearities in biological systems• PhD, Jozsef Attila University

(Hungary), 1987

JOE TIENAssistant Professor, BMEBiological materials, microvascular tissue engineering; microvascular physiology; hydrogels• PhD, Harvard University, 1999

OPHELIA K.C. TSUIAssociate Professor, PhysicsSynthetic and biological macromolecules• PhD, Princeton University, 1996

KATHERINE YANHANG ZHANGClare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, MEMechanical behavior of soft biological tissue, Cardiovascular mechanics, Multi-scale modeling of biological composites, Micro- and nanomechanics of thin film devices• PhD, University of Colorado at

Boulder, 2003

LAWRENCE ZIEGLERProfessor, ChemistryUltrafast femtosecond laser measurements in a variety of materials, femtosecond carrier relaxation dynamics and optical properties of wide range of materials which include liquids, supercritical fluids, photodissociative molecules, biologically important species and wide band gap semiconductors• PhD, Cornell University 1978


StaffRUTH MASONDivision Director

ELIZABETH FLAGGGraduate Programs Manager

CommitteesSteering Committee

U. Pal T. MoustakasS. BasuK. LudwigM. GrinstaffR. GiordanoA. MellerR. Mason*

Course Scheduling

S. BasuU. Pal T. MoustakasR. Mason*

Graduate Applications Review Committee

S. BasuA. SwanT. MoustakasL. DoerrerR. GiordanoK. LudwigE. Flagg*

Undergraduate COE MSE Minor

S. GopalanV. SarinR. PaiellaC. Klapperich

PhD Exam Committee

S. Basu T. MoustakasU. Pal

Materials Colloquium

T. MoustakasR. Mason*E. Flagg*

Retreat/Socials

V. SarinU. Pal T. MoustakasS. BasuR. Mason*

*ex-officio

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Graduate Programs

Recruitment

In July 2008, the new graduate-level Division of Materials Science and Engineering enrolled eight MSE PhD students from the former Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Physics. In Fall 2008, ten new PhD students matriculated; three were awarded Dean’s Fellowships (DFs), three were awarded Graduate Teaching Fellowships (GTFs), four were awarded Research Assistantships (RAs).

The Division reviewed 25 applications for Fall 2008: 17 post-MS PhD, 2 post-BS PhD, and 6 MS. Applications tripled for the Fall 2009 admissions review, totaling 79 applications: 53 post-MS PhD, 2 post-BS PhD, and 24 MS.

One MS student transferred to MSE from the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Spring 2009. We also recruited six new funded PhD students for the Fall 2009 semester: two Dean’s Fellows, three GTFs, and one RA. Four new MS students were recruited for Fall 2009.

NEW MATRICULANTS 2008-2009

Male Female Full-Time Part-Time GTF RA Fellow Other Aid

MS International 1 1 1

PhD Domestic 3 1 4 2 2

PhD International 7 1 8 1 4 3

Total: 11 2 13 0 3 6 3 1

FALL 2008 MEAN GRE SCORES

Verbal % Quantitative % An. Writing %

Ph.D. Domestic 590 78 758 83 5 36

Ph.D. International 463 48 773 88 100 35

SPRING 2009 MEAN GRE SCORE

Verbal % Quantitative % An. Writing %

MS International 360 20 760 85 4 32

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EnrollmentIn the first year of the MSE graduate program, we enrolled 18 PhD students and two MS students. In Fall 2009 we have 23 enrolled PhD students and 4 MS students. In the next five years we expect the program to grow to around 50 PhD students and 20 MS students.

Teaching Fellows and Research Assistants 2008-2009

Degrees Awarded

MS Degree AwardedOne MS degree was awarded in the first year of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering.

PhD Degree AwardedOne PhD degree was awarded in the first year of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering.

AID STUDENTS FUNDEDDean’s Fellow 3

Graduate Teaching Fellow 3

Research Assistant 12

TOTAL 18

STUDENT ADVISOR

Petros Sakkas Uday B. PalPost-graduation: PhD candidate, National Technical University of Athens

STUDENT ADVISOR DISSERTATION TITLEHaibing Wang Srikanth Gopalan Composite, Thin Film, Supported — MIEC Membranes for Hydrogen

Generation and Separation

Post-graduation: Postdoctoral Associate, Arizona State University

Professor Zhang and graduate student Shusen “Forest” Huang inspect arrays of tiny infrared sensors.

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Course and Program DevelopmentThe program is designed to leverage and engage, with respect to both classroom teaching and research instruction, all existing departments within the College of Engineering (COE), as well as the departments of Physics and Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and ongoing programs in the Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) related to restorative sciences and biomaterials.

Our post-BS PhD and MS programs provide students the opportunity to specialize in our core research areas. These students are required to take 4 core courses and 2 courses in their respective concentration areas. Three of the four core courses are offered every year and are designed to provide foundational interdisciplinary knowledge of materials science and engineering and the fourth core course, selected from a list of four courses, provides an advanced in-depth state-of-the-art knowledge of an interdisciplinary contemporary topic in Materials. Post-MS PhD students also take the same core course to prepare for their area qualifying exam. The core courses are:

• Core 1: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

• Core 2: Kinetic Processes in Materials

• Core 3: Electrical, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials

o Or Introduction to solid state physics

• Core 4: Physics of Semiconductor Materials

o or Mechanical Behavior of Materials

o or Polymers and Soft Materials (new course)

o or Computational Methods in Materials Science

In the 2008/2009 academic year, MSE adopted the following four courses:

• MS 577 Electrical, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials

• MS 726 Fundamentals of Biomaterials, cross-listed with ENG BE 726 and ME 726.

• MS 727 Principles and Applications of Tissue Engineering, cross-listed with BE 727/ME 727.

• MS 774 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Photonic Devices, cross-listed with EC 774.

Pictured Left: Research Associate Kyung Joong Yoon and graduate student Wenhua Huang screen printing the components of an SOFC.

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Graduate Courses

CLASS TITLE INSTRUCTOR FALL 2008 SPRING 2009

MS 500 Special Topics Moustakas X

MS 503 Kinetic Processes in Materials Basu X

MS 504 Polymers and Soft Materials Klapperich X

MS 505 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Gopalan X

MS 507 Process Modeling and Control Gevelber X

MS 508 Computational Methods in Materials Science

Lin X

MS 523 Mechanics of Biomaterials Klapperich X

PY 543 Introduction to Solid State Physics Goldberg X

MS 545 Electrochemistry of Fuel Cells and Batteries

Pal X

MS 555 MEMS: Fabrication and Materials Zhang X

MS 574 Physical Semiconductor Materials Bellotti X

MS 582 Mechanical Behavior of Materials Murray X

MS 900 Research Altug X

Basu X

Gopalan X X

Lin X X

Moustakas X X

Pal X X

Sarin X X

Sharon X

Unlu X

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MSE faculty have primary appointments in the College of Engineering (COE) Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics, and the Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM).

Research

MSE faculty conduct research in four primary areas: Biomaterials, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, design of biomolecules/biopolymers, biosensors, mechanics of biomaterials, and laser spectroscopy; Electronic and Photonic Materials, including III-V nitrides, solid state lighting, carbon nanotubes, si-nanophotonics, fiber optic sensors, quantum

dots, and computational modeling; Materials for Energy and the Environment, including clean energy conversion, hydrogen generation and storage, fuel cells, green manufacturing, and biofuels; and Nanomaterials, including coatings, composite materials, photo-acoustic microscopy, nanoscale materials, and multi-scale modeling.

Professor Basu working on the ion mill in the Microscopy Laboratory.

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External Research FundingThe following table delineates the new, continuing, supplemental grants awarded over the 2009 fiscal year. The funding level of all participating (indicated by an asterisk*) and affiliated faculty is approximately $22.5M.

AFFILIATION PI TITLE OF PROJECT AGENCY START DATE END DATE AWARDCOE, ECE Altug* Development of Multiplexed,

Ultra-Sensitive, Label-Free and Rapid Biosensing Technologies for Proteomics and Virus Detection Applications

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

9/1/2008 8/31/2009 $91,780

COE, ECE Altug* SGER: Investigation of Plasmonic Crystal Based Nanostructures for Biomolecule Detection (in conjunction with Photonics Center and CNN)

NSF 10/1/2008 9/30/2009 $55,000

CAS, Physics Bansil Graduate Student Support (L. Qiu) (Subcontract via Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)

DHHS 9/1/2008 1/31/2009 $27,811

CAS, Physics Bansil IPA: NSF Program Director for the Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) Program

NSF 9/1/2008 8/31/2009 $209,096

CAS, Physics Bansil Protein Solution Phase Separation Evaluation (in conjunction with Center for Polymer Studies)

Amgen, Inc. 10/10/2008 9/30/2010 $70,000

COE, ME Basu* EBC/TBC Coating System for Si-Based Ceramic Components for Improved Gas Turbine Performance and Lifetimes (Subcontract via Plasma Technology, Inc.)

NSF 7/1/2009 6/30/2010 $80,000

COE, ME Basu* REU Supplement: FRG: Functionally Graded High AI Mullite Environmental Barrier Coatings

NSF 2/1/2004 7/31/2008 $12,000

COE, ME Basu*, Murray*, Sarin*

FRG: Functionally Graded High-AI Mullite Barrier Coatings

NSF 8/15/2003 7/31/2008 $640,000

COE, ECE Bellotti* SBIR: Development of Low Stress Ohmic Contacts to HgCdTe (Subcontract via Photronix, Inc.)

DOD 9/22/2006 12/14/2008 $697

COE, ECE Bellotti* Theoretical Investigation of Optoelectronic Devices Based on the ZnO Material System

NSF 6/1/2009 5/31/2012 $311,360

COE, ME Bifano High Actuator Density MEMS Micromirror Process Development (in conjunction with Photonics Center)

Boston Micromachines Corporation

3/1/2009 6/30/2009 $17,535

COE, ME Bifano SBIR Phase II: Ultraflat Tip Tilt Piston MEMS Deformable Mirror (in conjunction with Photonics Center) (Subcontract via Boston Micromachines Corporation)

NASA 12/3/2006 12/3/2008 $102,793


AFFILIATION PI TITLE OF PROJECT AGENCY START DATE END DATE AWARDCAS, Physics Castro-Neto The Physics of Graphene

(in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

DOE 9/1/2008 8/31/2009 $110,000

CAS, Physics Chamon Quantum Nanowire Multi-Connections (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

DOE 9/1/2008 8/31/2009 $104,000

GSDM Chou Oral AIDS Clinical Training Program (Subcontract via UMass Medical School)

DHHS 7/1/2008 6/30/2009 $38,000

COE, ECE Dal Negro* Biodegradable Communications System (Subcontract via Tufts University)

DOD 1/1/2008 10/31/2009 $149,540

COE, ECE Dal Negro* MURI: Electrically-Pumped, Silicon-Based Lasers for Chip-Scale Nanophotonic Systems (Subcontract via MIT)

DOD 7/1/2006 6/30/2009 $103,167

COE, ECE Dal Negro* Nanoarray-Assisted Wavelength Shifting Films for Solar Applications

Lightwave Power, Inc.

2/1/2009 1/31/2010 $61,045

CAS, Chemistry Doerrer* EMT/NANO: Single Atom Wide Wires with Insulation - New Paradigm for Ballistic Transport (REU Supplement) (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

NSF 6/1/2009 8/31/2011 $6,000

CAS, Chemistry Doerrer* EnVivo Research Agreement (J. Lum)

EnVivo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

11/1/2008 4/30/2009 $16,934

CAS, Chemistry Doerrer* Magnetic, Sub-Pore Scale Metal Oxide Particles for Enhanced Magnetic Resonance and Optical Characterization of Rock Pore Structure and Fluid Composition in Reservoir Rock (in conjunction with CNN) (Subcontract via University of Texas/Austin)

Advanced Energy Consortium

3/1/2009 2/28/2010 $200,145

CAS, Chemistry Doerrer*, Starobinski

EMT/NANO: Single Atom Wide Wires with Insulation - New Paradigm for Ballistic Transport (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

NSF 9/1/2008 8/31/2011 $250,000

COE, ME Ekinci* CAREER: Photonic Integration of Silicon Nanoelectromechanical Systems (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

NSF 3/1/2009 2/28/2010 $80,231

COE, ME Ekinci* National Institute of Standards and Technology - IPA (Todd Murray)

NIST 9/1/2008 8/31/2009 $110,160


AFFILIATION PI TITLE OF PROJECT AGENCY START DATE END DATE AWARDCOE, ME Ekinci*,

YakhotHigh-Frequency Nanofluidics of Bio-NEMS: Theory and Experiments

NSF 6/15/2008 5/31/2011 $240,000

CAS, Physics El-Batanouny

Structure and Dynamics of Surface Electron Spin Systems of Antiferromagnetic Insulators, Using Helium and Metastable Helium

DOE 1/1/2009 12/31/2009 $191,628

COE, ME Gevelber* Real-Time Control for Engineering Electrospun Nanofiber Diameter Distributions for Advanced Applications (in conjunction with Center for Information and Systems Engineering)

NSF 9/1/2008 8/31/2011 $224,100

COE, ME Gevelber* STTR Phase II: Development of Advanced E-Beam Sweep Patterns and Control System (in conjunction with Center for Information and Systems Engineering) (Subcontract via CyberMaterials LLC)

NSF 4/15/2006 4/30/2009 $171,941

GSDM Giordano* Development of Novel All-Ceramic Restorations and Wear, Strength and Fatigue of Restorative Materials

Vita Zahnfabrik (Germany)

2/1/2008 1/31/2009 $138,687

CAS, Physics Goldberg* Boston University Urban Fellows Project

NSF 6/1/2006 5/31/2009 $579,682

CAS, Physics Goldberg* Graphene Membranes as Micro- and Nano-Pressure Sensors (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology and Photonics Center) (Subcontract via University of Texas/Austin)


3/1/2009 2/28/2010 $161,369

CAS, Physics Goldberg* Summer Immersion Institutes Stephen Bechtel Fund

12/9/2008 12/8/2009 $100,000

COE, ME Gopalan* Advanced Cathode Materials for Solid Oxide Electrolyzers

San Diego State University Foundations

3/1/2005 7/31/2008 $75,000

COE, ME Gopalan* MIEC Membranes for Hydrogen Generation & Separation

Other Corp. 3/1/2006 2/28/2009 $136,785

COE, ME Gopalan* Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes: Unraveling the Relationship Between Oxygen Reduction, Structure, and Surface Chemistry

NETL 9/1/2008 3/31/2010 $450,001

CAS, Chemistry Grinstaff* Bacteriophobic Coatings for Inhibition of Pathogenic Biofilms (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

DHHS 4/1/2009 3/31/2010 $551,515


AFFILIATION PI TITLE OF PROJECT AGENCY START DATE END DATE AWARDCAS, Chemistry Grinstaff* Biolubricants for

Viscosupplementation (in conjunction with ENG/Biomedical Engineering)

Flex Biomedical, Inc.

2/1/2008 1/31/2010 $20,000

CAS, Chemistry Grinstaff* Clinical Prototype for Intraoperative Aerosolized Nanoparticle Drug-Delivery (Subcontract via Brigham and Women’s Hospital - MGH/CIMIT)

DOD 8/19/2008 7/31/2009 $40,394

CAS, Chemistry Grinstaff* Downhole Li-ion Batteries Based on Network Ionic Liquids (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology) (Subcontract via University of Texas/Austin)


3/1/2009 2/28/2010 $250,000

CAS, Chemistry Grinstaff* Expansile Nanoparticles for Delivery of Antibiotics (Subcontract via Dartmouth College)

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

10/1/2008 9/30/2009 $33,000

CAS, Chemistry Grinstaff* In-Situ and On-Demand Modification of Hydrogel Characteristics: Applications for ‘No-Intervention’ Solutions

Schlumberger 9/1/2008 8/31/2009 $80,000

CAS, Chemistry Grinstaff* Nanoscale Functional Dendrimer-DNA Assemblies (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

DHHS 12/1/2007 11/30/2008 $195,000

CAS, Chemistry Grinstaff* Ophthalmic Sealants II: Dendritic Biomaterials for Repair of Ocular Wounds

DHHS 9/1/2008 8/31/2010 $190,317

CAS, Chemistry Grinstaff* Phosphorylation-Specific Prolyl Isomerase Pin1 as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Asthma (Subcontract via Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)

Sandler Family Supporting Foundation

7/1/2008 6/30/2009 $40,000

CAS, Chemistry Grinstaff* Reversing Electrostatic Interactions for Improved Gene Delivery

DHHS 5/1/2009 4/30/2010 $335,665

CAS, Chemistry Jones Fluorescent Dyes for Security Printing Applications

PhotoSecure DNA Technologies

1/1/2008 12/31/2009 $50,214

COE, ME Lin* Conjugated Polymer Solvent Affinity and Ion-Solvent Channel Design (Subcontract via MIT)

Honda R&D Company Limited

1/1/2009 12/31/2009 $365,099

COE, ME McDaniel Estimating the Effects of Damping Treatments on the Vibration of Complex Structures

DOD 2/7/2008 4/30/2011 $351,216

COE, ME McDaniel Steering and Mixing Waves in Structures with Anisotropic Layers

ONR 12/1/2004 12/31/2008 $261,712


AFFILIATION PI TITLE OF PROJECT AGENCY START DATE END DATE AWARDCOE, BME Meller* Development and Evaluation of

Composite Solid State/Protein Nanopores for High-Throughput Applications (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

Oxford Nanopore Technologies, LTD (United Kingdom)

3/1/2009 2/28/2011 $429,284

COE, BME Meller* Electronic Recognition of Gene Regulatory Proteins Bound to DNA (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

NSF 8/1/2009 7/31/2010 $195,000

COE, BME Meller* High Throughput DNA Sequencing Using Design Polymers and Nanopore Arrays

DHHS 9/1/2007 8/31/2009 $502,799

CAS, Physics Mohanty* Accurate Time Measurement Using Nonlinearly Coupled Resonators

Sand 9 9/1/2008 8/31/2009 $105,000

CAS, Physics Mohanty* CAREER: Nanomechanics in the Quantum Regime

NSF 4/1/2009 3/31/2010 $85,000

CAS, Physics Mohanty* EMT/NANO: Computation Using Nanomechanical Oscillator Networks (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

NSF 9/15/2008 8/31/2011 $299,997

COE, ME Morgan* Collaborative Research: Micro- and Nano-scale Characterization and Modeling of Bone Tissue

NSF 9/1/2008 8/31/2011 $67,940

COE, ME Morgan* Inducing Skeletal Repair by Mechanical Stimulation

DHHS 9/1/2008 8/31/2010 $1,156,200

COE, ME Morgan* Prevention of Femoral Head Deformity

Medical 1/1/2007 12/31/2008 $11,374

COE, ME Morgan*, Barbone

3-D Visualization and Prediction of Spine Fractures

DHHS 4/1/2009 4/30/2010 $1,607,356

COE, ECE Morse A New Approach to High-Power, Eye-Safe, Laser Technology Applications (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

DOD 6/1/2007 8/31/2010 $750,000

COE, ECE Morse A Novel Broad-Band Light Source for Advanced Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) System

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

7/1/2008 6/26/2009 $124,999

COE, ECE Morse HOM (Higher Order Mode) Fibers for Blue Laser Applications

DOD 11/1/2008 10/31/2009 $100,000

COE, ECE Moustakas* Growth and Characterization of A1GaN Quantum Wells on Silicon Carbide for Edge Emission at 235 nm (SBIR Phase I) (Subcontract via Photon Systems, Inc.)

NASA 1/22/2009 7/22/2009 $33,318

GSDM Nathanson Residency Program in General Dentistry

DHHS 9/1/2008 6/30/2009 $375,625


AFFILIATION PI TITLE OF PROJECT AGENCY START DATE END DATE AWARDCOE, ECE Paiella* Collaborative Research:

Quantum-Cascade-Laser Active Materials Based on Silicon-Germanium Nanomembranes

NSF 7/1/2009 6/30/2010 $75,790

COE, ECE Paiella* GaN-Based Quantum-Structure Devices for THz Light Emission and Photodetection (in conjunction with Photonics Center)

NSF 9/1/2008 8/31/2011 $399,967

COE, ECE Paiella* Plasmonic Band-Structure Engineering for Light-Emission Efficiency Enhancement

DOE 8/15/2008 12/31/2009 $101,653

COE, ME Pal* Solid Oxide Membrane Electrolyzer for the Production of Pure Hydrogen and Syn-Gas from a Source of Waste and Steam (Subcontract via UMass/Amherst)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

9/1/2008 8/31/2009 $40,000

COE, ME Pal*, Gopalan*, Basu*

Hybrid Processing of Planar Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

BTU International

9/1/2005 8/31/2008 $517,267

CAS, Physics Polkovnikov Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

8/1/2009 9/15/2011 $50,000

CAS, Physics Polkovnikov Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Many-Particle Cold Atom Systems

DOD 12/1/2008 11/30/2009 $137,566

CAS, Chemistry Reinhard Bioavailability and Toxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials (Lynell Skewis)

DHHS 8/1/2008 7/31/2009 $27,887

CAS, Chemistry Reinhard Illuminating Dynamic Receptor Clustering in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

DHHS 6/1/2009 4/30/2010 $306,063

CAS, Chemistry Reinhard Rationally Designed Plasmonic Nanostructures for Rapid Bacteria Detection and Identification (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

NSF 6/1/2009 5/31/2010 $173,750

CAS, Physics Sandvik Simulation Studies of Ground State Phases and Criticality in Correlated Quantum Matter

NSF 8/1/2008 8/31/2010 $240,000

COE, ME Sarin* A New Ceramic Scintillator for Neutron Detection

DOE 7/11/2005 7/10/2008 $123,759

COE, ME Sarin* Fast, Dense, Low Cost Scintillators for Nuclear Physics

DOE 8/7/2006 8/6/2009 $140,000

COE, ME Sarin* Novel Ceramic Scintillators for PET (SBIR) (Subcontract via ALEM-Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc.)

DOE 8/15/2008 8/14/2009 $100,000


AFFILIATION PI TITLE OF PROJECT AGENCY START DATE END DATE AWARDCOE, ME Sarin* Optical Ceramic Hafnates: New

Fast PET ScintillatorsNIGMS 9/1/2005 8/31/2009 $160,000

COE, ME Sarin* Superior Medical Scintillator by Vapor Deposition (1)

NIBIB 5/1/2006 4/30/2009 $436,409

COE, BME Stamenovic Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Orientation Control by Contractile Torque

DHHS 4/1/2009 3/31/2010 $259,769

CAS, Chemistry Straub Probing the Principles Governing Protein Aggregation (in conjunction with Center for Computational Science)

DHHS 12/1/2008 11/30/2009 $376,263

CAS, Chemistry Straub Probing the Principles of Dynamics and Energy Transfer in Proteins (in conjunction with Center for Computational Science)

NSF 2/1/2009 1/31/2010 $143,000

COE, BME Suki Acute Lung Injury: Making the Injured Lung Perform Better and Rebuilding Healthy Lungs (Subcontract via Boston Medical Center)

DOD 7/1/2008 6/30/2009 $68,550

COE, BME Suki Effects of Mechanical Forces on Lung Injury and Repair

DHHS 7/1/2009 6/30/2010 $496,539

COE, BME Suki Mechanisms of Progression in Late Stage Emphysema

DHHS 5/1/2009 4/30/2010 $355,022

COE, ECE Swan* REU Supplement - Vibrational and Electronic Aspects of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Interactions

NSF 10/14/2008 8/31/2010 $7,000

COE, BME Tien Engineering Functional Lymphatic Networks in vitro

DHHS 7/1/2009 6/30/2010 $243,750

COE, BME Tien Synthesis and Characterization of Patterned Microvascular Networks

DHHS 3/1/2009 2/28/2010 $353,353

COE, ECE Unlu* High Speed Diagnostic of Temperature and Intensity Variation of Diode-Laser Facets (Subcontract via Science Research Laboratory, Inc.)

DOD 10/15/2008 7/31/2009 $32,999

COE, ECE Unlu* Research Agreement The Mitre Corporation

6/1/2009 10/2/2009 $10,000

COE, BME Wong* Development of Tissue Engineering Solutions for Pediatric Vascular Surgical Repair and Reconstruction

The Hartwell Foundation/Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

4/1/2009 3/31/2010 $100,000

COE, BME Wong* Magnetic, Sub-Pore Scale Metal Oxide Particles for Enhanced Magnetic Resonance and Optical Characterization of Rock Pore Structure and Fluid Composition in Reservoir Rock (in conjunction with CNN) (Subcontract via University of Texas/Austin)


3/1/2009 2/28/2010 $99,645


AFFILIATION PI TITLE OF PROJECT AGENCY START DATE END DATE AWARDCOE, BME Wong* The Affect of Alignment on

Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Remodeling Behavior: Potential Risk in Neointimal Thickening (C. Williams)

American Heart Association

7/1/2008 6/30/2009 $21,000

COE, BME Wong* The Effect of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Organization on the Function of Engineering Tissue Constructs (Corin Williams)

American Heart Association

7/1/2009 6/30/2010 $21,000

COE, BME Wong* Vascular Cell Phenotype on Physiologically-Relevant Bioengineered Substrata (in conjunction with Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology)

DHHS 6/1/2009 5/31/2010 $406,250

COE, BME Wong* Vascular Cell Phenotype on Physiologically-Relevant Bioengineered Substrata (W. Duncanson)

DHHS 7/1/2008 12/31/2008 $24,035

COE, ME Zhang K Clare Boothe Luce Professorship The Henry Luce Foundation

1/1/2006 12/31/2010 $427,377

COE, ME Zhang K Micro and nano-Mechanics of Thin Film and Thin Film Coatings

DARPA/MTO 4/25/2007 4/24/2009 $149,905

COE, ME Zhang K REU: Multiscale approach to Understanding the Mechanical and Biochemical Behavior of Tissue Engineering Blood Vessels

NSF 6/1/2007 5/31/2009 $6,950

COE, ME Zhang K, Zhang X*, Wong

Multiscale approach to Understanding the Mechanical and Biochemical Behavior of Tissue Engineering Blood Vessels

NSF 6/1/2007 5/31/2009 $75,000

COE, ME Zhang X* CAREER: Creating Nanostructured Gratings on Microstructures for Residual Strain/Stress Measurement in NEMS/MEMS and Traction Force Measurement in Cells (REU Supplement) (in conjunction with Photonics Center)

NSF 2/13/2004 8/31/2009 $48,000

COE, ME Zhang X* CAREER: Creating Nanostructured Gratings on Microstructures for Residual Strain/Stress Measurement in NEMS/MEMS and Traction Force Measurement in Cells (REU Supplement) (in conjunction with Photonics Center)

NSF 3/1/2003 8/31/2009 $400,000

COE, ME Zhang X* Collaborative Research: Elastic and Viscoelastic Characterization and Modeling of Polymer Based Structures for Biological Applications

NSF 9/1/2008 8/31/2011 $297,969


AFFILIATION PI TITLE OF PROJECT AGENCY START DATE END DATE AWARDCOE, ME Zhang X* Design, Fabrication, and

Characterization of an HT Micro TCD (in conjunction with Photonics Center)

Schlumberger 7/1/2009 6/30/2010 $20,000

COE, ME Zhang X* Development of a Novel Optomechanical Uncooled Metamaterial-Enhanced Active Terahertz Detection Imager

NSF 7/1/2008 6/30/2011 $259,699

COE, ME Zhang X* Development of MEMS Column Using SOI Wafers

Schlumberger 6/1/2008 6/30/2009 $20,000

COE, ME Zhang X* Development of MEMS Column Using SOI Wafers

Schlumberger 7/23/2007 9/30/2008 $24,571

COE, ME Zhang X* GOALI: High Sensitivity Thermal Conductivity Sensor for Micro Gas Chromatography and Harsh Environment Chemical Detection (in conjunction with Photonics Center)

NSF 7/1/2009 6/30/2012 $239,537

COE, ME Zhang X* Mechanical Behavior of Amorphous Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposited Silicon Oxide Films for MEMS Applications

NSF 6/1/2007 5/31/2010 $150,000

COE, ME Zhang X* NER: A Digital Bio/Nanoelectronics Interface for Single Cell Study

NSF 9/15/2006 11/30/2008 $100,000

COE, ME Zhang X* REU: NER: A Digital Bio/Nanoelectronics Interface for Single Cell Study

NSF 8/9/2007 11/30/2008 $6,000

COE, ME Zhang X* Uncooled Cantilever Microbolometer Focal Plane Arrays with MK Temperature Resolution: Engineering Mechanics for the Next Generation

DOD 4/1/2006 9/30/2009 $298,902

TOTAL FUNDING FOR ALL MSE FACULTY: $22,496,707

NEW FUNDING FOR PARTICIPATING FACULTY $5,168,340

CONTINUING FUNDING FOR PARTICIPATING FACULTY $11,026,073


CONTINUING GRANTS

RECIPIENT TITLE OF AWARD SOURCE BEGIN END

Bellotti* CAREER: Theoretical Investigation of Single Photon Detectors for Quantum Technology

NSF 5/1/2005 4/30/2010

Bellotti* SBIR PHASE II - New Sensing Capabilities For Situational Awareness

AFOSR/Photronix 3/20/2007 9/20/2009

Bellotti* Simulation Models For IR FPAS CSC/BAE Systems 9/1/2007 8/31/2009

Morse Miniature Laser Therapy Endoscope HHS/PHS/NIH/NIBIB via MGH

8/1/2007 7/31/2009

Morse Ultra-High Definition (1um) Digital X-Ray Imaging MA Technology Transfer Center

5/1/2008 7/31/2009

Moustakas*, Paiella*

Ultraviolet Electroabsorption Modular Based on III-Nitride Quantum Wells

NSF 9/1/2007 8/31/2010

Paiella*, Moustakas*

Intersubband All-Optical Switching and Optically-Pumped Light Emission with

NSF 9/1/2006 8/31/2010

Ruane, Swan* REU SITE: Research Experience For Undergraduates In Photonics

NSF 5/1/2008 10/31/2009

Swan* Vibrational and Electronic Aspects of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Interactions

NSF 9/1/2007 8/31/2010

Unlu* High-Throughput, Label-Free Promoter Sequence Discovery

PHS/NIH/NIGMS 7/1/2006 6/30/2009

Unlu*, Swan* IRES: US-Turkey-Switzerland Collaboration on Resonant Structures for Biosensing and Imaging

NSF 5/1/2006 4/30/2010

Unlu*, Swan* IRES: US-Turkey-Switzerland Collaboration on Resonant Structures for Biosensing and Imaging

NSF 5/1/2006 4/30/2010

Unlu*, Goldberg*

New Instrumentation for Nanoscale Subsurface Spectroscopy and Tomography

Univ of Rochester/DOD/Air Force

6/15/2003 9/30/2009


Faculty Publications and LecturesParticipating Faculty are indicated by an asterisk.

Book ChaptersBARBONE PE, Oberai AA. 2009. A review of the mathematical and computational foundations of biomechanical imaging. In: De Suvranu, editor. Computational Methods in Biomechanics, November.

Newburg SO, Zosuls A, BARBONE PE, Mountain DC. 2008. Mechanical response of the basilar membrane to lateral micromanipulation. In: Cooper NP, Kemp DT, editors. Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on the Mechanics of Hearing. London: World Scientific. p 136-41.

Newburg SO, Zosuls A, BARBONE PE, Mountain DC. 2009. Mechanical response of the basilar membrane to lateral micromanipulation. In Cooper NP, Kemp DT, editors. Concepts and Challenges in the Biophysics of Hearing. London: World Scientific. p 240-46.

*DAL NEGRO L, Li R, Warga J, Yerci S, *BASU SN, Hamel H, Galli G. 2008. Light-emission from silicon-rich nitride nanostructrues. In Khriachtchev L, editor. Silicon Nanophotonics: Basic Principles, Present Status and Perspectives. Pan Stanford Publishing, (August) pp 327-356.

EVANS E, Halvorsen K, Kinoshita K, Wong WP. 2009. A New Approach to Analysis of Single Molecule Force Measurements. In: Hinterdorfer P, van Oijen A, editors. Handbook of Single-Molecule Biophysics. New York: Springer Science. p. 571-89.

Bhattacharyya A and *KLAPPERICH CM. 2008. On-Chip Cell Lysis. In: Li Dongqing, editor. Encyclopedia of Micro- and Nano-Fluidics. p 2226.

Wanunu M, and *MELLER A. 2008. Single Molecule Analysis of Nucleic Acids and DNA-protein Interactions using Nanopores. In Ha T, Selvin P, editors. Laboratory Manual on Single Molecules. Cold Spring Harbor Press.

*MORGAN EF, Einhorn, TA. Biomechanics of Fracture Healing. In: Rosen CJ, editor. Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism. 7th edition, November 2008.

*MORGAN EF, Bouxsein, ML. 2008. Biomechanics of Bone and Age-Related Fractures. In: Bilezikian JP, Raisz LG, Martin J, editors. Principles of Bone Biology. 3rd edition. Boston: Elsevier Academic Press. p 26-40.

*MORGAN EF Barnes, GL, Einhorn, TA. 2008. The Bone Organ System: Form and Function. In: Marcus R, Feldman D, Nelson D, Rosen CJ, editors. Osteoporosis. 3rd edition. Boston: Elsevier Academic Press. p 3-25.

Xu T and *MOUSTAKAS TD. 2008. Growth and Characterization of III-Nitride Quantum Dots and their Applications to Emitters. In Wang ZM, editor. Self-Assembled Quantum Dots, p439-460.

Price GM, TIEN J. 2009. Methods for forming human microvascular tubes in vitro and measuring their macromolecular permeability. In: Khademhosseini A, Suh KY, Zourob M, editors. Biological Microarrays (Methods in Molecular Biology series). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press. In press

Price GM, TIEN J. 2009. Subtractive methods for forming microfluidic gels of extracellular matrix proteins. In: Bhatia SN, Nahmias Y, editors. Microdevices in Biology and Engineering. Boston, MA: Artech House. p 235-248.

*ÜNLÜ MS, Ozkumur IE, Bergstein DA, Yalcin A, Ruane MF, *GOLDBERG BB. 2008. Applications of Optical Resonance to Biologocial Sensing and Imaging: II. Resonant Cavity Biosensors. Biophotonics, Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering Series. p 87-99.

*ÜNLÜ MS, Yalcin A, Dogan M, Moiseev L, *SWAN AK, *GOLDBERG BB, Cantor CR. 2008. Applications of Optical Resonance to Biologocial Sensing and Imaging: I. Spectral Self-Interference Microscopy. Biophotonics, Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering Series. p 71-86.

*ZHANG X. 2009. Additive Processes for Polymeric Materials. Handbook of MEMS: Materials and Processes, Springer.

*ZHANG X. 2009. Micro/nanostructures for Measuring Cellular Forces in Cardiac Myocytes. Nanomanufacturing. American Scientific Publishers. p 213-233.


Journal ArticlesEnglund D, *ALTUG H, Ellis B, and Vuckovic J. 2008. Ultrafast Photonic Crystal Lasers. Lasers and Photonics Review, 1-11.

Oberai AA, Feijoo GR, BARBONE PE, Acoust J. 2009. Lanczos iterated time-reversal. Soc. Am. Express Letters 125 (2): EL70-EL76.

Oberai AA, Gokhale NH, Goenezen S, BARBONE PE, Hall TJ, Sommer AM, Jiang J. 2009. Linear and Nonlinear elasticity imaging of soft tissue in-vivo: Demonstration of feasibility. Phys. Med. Biol. 54: 1191–1207.

D’Orsogna D, *BELLOTTI E, BARBONE PE, Lamarre P, Smith F, Fulk C, LoVecchio P, Reine M, Tobin S, Markunas J. 2009. A Novel Stress Characterization Technique for the Yanik Development of Low Stress Ohmic contacts to HgCdTe. Journal of Electronic Materials: 1698-1706.

Richards MS, BARBONE PE, Oberai AA. 2009. Quantitative three dimensional elasticity imaging from quasi-static deformation: a phantom study. Phys. Med. Biol. 54: 757-779.

Albocher U, Oberai AA, BARBONE PE. Harari I. 2009. Adjoint-weighted equation for inverse problems of incompressible plane-stress elasticity. Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng. 198.30-32: 2412.

*BASU SN, Ye G, Khare R, McCandless B, *GEVELBER M, Wroblewski D. 2009. Dependence of Substrate Remelt and Stress Evolution on Surface Roughness Length Scales in Plasma Sprayed Thermal Barrier Coatings. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials: 479-484.

*BASU SN, Kulkarni T, Wang HZ, *SARIN VK. 2008. Functionally Graded Chemical Vapor Deposited Mullite Environmental Barrier Coatings for Si-Based Ceramics. The Journal of the European Ceramic Society 28: 437-445.

Sirleto L, Ferrara MA, Rendina I, Warga J, Li R. *BASU SN, *DAL NEGRO L. 2008. Enhanced stimulated Raman scattering in silicon nanocrystals embedded in silicon-rich nitride/silicon superlattice structures. Appl. Phys. Lett. 93: 251104.

*BASU SN, Kulkarni T, Wang HZ, *SARIN VK. 2008. Functionally graded chemical vapor deposited mullite environmental barrier coatings for Si-based ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 28 (2): 437-445.

Kulkarni T, Wang HZ, *BASU SN, *SARIN VK. 2009. Compositionally graded mullite based CVD coatings. J. Materials Research: 470-474.

Kulkarni T, Wang HZ, *BASU SN, *SARIN VK. 2009. Phase Transformations in Mullite Based Nanocomposites. International

Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Volume 27, Issue 2, March 2009, Pages 465-471.

Warga J, Li R, *BASU SN, *DAL NEGRO L. 2008. Electroluminescence from Silicon-Rich Nitride/Silicon superlattice structures. Applied Physics Letters 93 (15): 151116.

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Penna M, Marnetto A, Bertazzi F, *BELLOTTI E, Goano M. 2009. Empirical pseudopotential and full-Brillouin-zone k.p electronic structure of CdTe, HgTe and HgCdTe. Journal of Electronic Materials: 1717-1725.

Lamarre P, Fulk C, D’Orsogna D, *BELLOTTI E, Smith F, LoVecchio P, Reine MB, Parodos T, Marciniec J, Tobin SP, Markunas J. 2009. Characterization of Dislocations in HgCdTe Heteroepitaxial Layers Using a New Substrate Removal Technique. Journal of Electronic Materials: 1746-1754.

Marnetto A, Penna M, Bertazzi F, *BELLOTTI E, Goano M. 2008. Ab initio, nonlocal pseudopotential, and full-zone k.p computation of the electronic structure of wurtzite BeO. Optical and Quantum Electronics, Volume 40, Numbers 14-15, p1135-1141. DOI 10.1007/s11082-009-9273-6.

Schneck JR, *BELLOTTI E, Lamarre , ZIEGLER LD. 2008. Polar face dependence of the ultrafast UV reflectivity of ZnO single crystal. Appl. Phys. Lett. 93: 102111.

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Furno E, Bertazzi F, Goano M, Ghione G, *BELLOTTI E. 2008. Hydrodynamic transport parameters of wurtzite ZnO from analytic- and full-band Monte Carlo simulation. Solid State Electronics 52 (11): 1796-1801.

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Perry H, Gopinath A, Kaplan D, *DAL NEGRO L, Omenetto F. 2008. Nano and micro patterning of optically transparent mechanically robust, bio-compatible silk fibroin films. Adv. Mater. 20: 3070.

Boriskina S, *DAL NEGRO L. 2008. Sensitive label-free biosensing using critical modes in aperiodic photonic structures. Optics Express 16: 12511.

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Boriskina S, Gopinath A, *DAL NEGRO L. 2008. Optical gap formation and localization properties of optical modes in deterministic aperiodic photonic structures. Optics Express 16: 18813.

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Yalcin A, Damin F, Ozkumur E, di Carlo G, *GOLDBERG BB, Chiari M, and *ÜNLÜ MS. 2009. Direct Observation of Conformation of a Polymeric Coating with Implications in Microarray Applications. Analytical Chemistry 81: 625-630.


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Koklu FH, Ippolito SB, *GOLDBERG BB, *ÜNLÜ MS. Subsurface microscopy of integrated circuits with angular spectrum and polarization control. Optics Letters 34: 1261 .

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Koklu FH, Vamivakas AN, Ippolito SB, *GOLDBERG B.B., *ÜNLÜ MS. 2008. Widefield Subsurface Microscopy of Integrated Circuits. Optics & Photonics News: 31.

Wang H, *GOPALAN S, *PAL UB. 2009. Hydrogen Generation and Separation Using Gd0.2Ce0.8O1.9-Gd0.08Sr0.88Ti0.95Al0.05O3 Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conducting Membranes. J.Electrochem.Soc.

Huang W, *GOPALAN S, *PAL UB, *BASU SN. 2008. Evaluation of Electrophoretically Deposited CuMn1.8O4 Spinel Coatings On Metallic Interconnects for SOFC Applications. ECS Transactions 13 (26): 405-411.

Huang W, *GOPALAN S, *PAL UB, *BASU SN. 2008. Evaluation of electrophoretically deposited CuMn1.8O4 spinel coatings on Crofer 22 APU for solid oxide fuel cell interconnects. J. Electrochemical Society 155 (11): B1161.

Huang W, *GOPALAN S, *PAL UB, *BASU SN. 2008. Evaluation of Electrophoretically Deposited CuMn1.8O4 Spinel Coatings on Crofer 22 APU for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Interconnects. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 155 (11): B1161.

Yoon KJ, Ye GS, *GOPALAN S, *PAL UB. 2009. Hydrogen Production Using Solid Oxide Membrane Electrolyzer with Solid Carbon Reductant in Liquid Metal Anode. Journal of Electrochemical Society 156: B1067.

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Yoon KJ, *GOPALAN S, *PAL UB. 2009. Analysis of Electrochemical Performance of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Using Polarization Modelling and Impedance Spectroscopy. J. Electrochemical Society 156 (3): B311.

Bestel I, Campins N, Marchenko A, Fichou D, *GRINSTAFF MW, Barthélémy P. 2008. Two Dimensional Self-Assembly and Complementary Base-Pairing Between Amphiphile Nucleotides on Graphite. Journal of Colloid & Interface Science 323: 435-440.

Oelker AM, *GRINSTAFF MW. 2008. Ophthalmic Adhesives: A Materials Chemistry Perspective. Journal of Materials Chemistry 18: 2521-2536.

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Degoricija L, Bansal PN, Söntjens SHM, Joshi N, Takahashi M, Snyder B, *GRINSTAFF MW. 2008. Hydrogels for Osteochondral Repair Based on Photo-crosslinkable Carbamate Dendrimers. Biomacromolecules 9: 2863–2872.

Joshi N, *GRINSTAFF MW. 2008. Applications of Dendrimers in Tissue Engineering. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 8: 1225-1236.

Wathier M, *GRINSTAFF MW. 2008. Synthesis and Properties of Supramolecular Ionic Networks. Journal of the American Chemical Society 130: 9648-9649.

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Spencer NJ, Cotanche D, *KLAPPERICH CM. 2008. Peptide and collagen based hydrogel substrates for in vitro culture of chick cochleae. Biomaterials 29 (8): 1028-1042.

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*MORGAN EF, Mason ZD, Bishop G, Davis AD, Gerstenfeld LC, Einhorn TA. 2008. Combined effects of recombinant human BMP-7 (rhBMP-7) and parathyroid hormone (1-34) in metaphyseal bone healing. Bone 43 (6): 1031-1038.

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Kaufman JD, Miller G, *MORGAN EF, *KLAPPERICH CM. 2008. Time-dependent mechanical characterization of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels using nanoindentation and unconfined compression. Journal of Materials Research 23 (5): 1472-1481.

Leong PL, *MORGAN EF. 2008. Measurement of fracture callus material properties via nanoindentation. Acta Biomaterialia 4 (5): 1569-1575.

Salisbury Palomares KT, Gleason RE, Mason ZD, Cullinane DM, Einhorn TA, Gerstenfeld LC, *MORGAN EF. 2009. Mechanical stimulation alters tissue differentiation and molecular expression during bone healing. Journal of Orthopaedic Research: 1123-1132.

Jacobsen KA, Alaql ZS, Fitch J, Mason ZD, Cole RM, Gilbert SR, Clemens TL, *MORGAN EF. Einhorn TA, Gerstenfeld LC. 2008. Bone formation during distraction osteogenesis is dependent on both VEGFR1 and VEGFR2 signaling. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 23 (5): 596-609.

Houtchens GR, Foster MD, Desai TA, *MORGAN EF, *WONG JY. 2008. Combined effects of microtopography and cyclic strain on vascular smooth muscle cell orientation. Journal of Biomechanics 41 (4): 762-769

Hunter DJ, Gerstenfeld LC, Bishop G, Mason ZD, Einhorn TA, Maciewicz RA, Newham P, *MORGAN EF. 2009. Bone marrow lesions from osteoarthritic knees are characterized by sclerotic bone that is less well mineralized. Arthritis Research, Arthritis Res Ther. 2009; 11(1): R11.

Hayward LNM, *MORGAN EF. Assessment of a mechano-regulation theory of skeletal tissue differentiation in an in vivo model of mechanically induced cartilage formation. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2009 Jan 21. [Epub ahead of print].

Gerstenfeld LC, Sacks DJ, Pelis M, Mason ZD , Graves DT, Barrero M, Ominsky M, Kostenuik PJ, *MORGAN EF, Einhorn TA. 2008. Comparison of bisphosphonate alendronate versus the RANKL inhibitor denosumab on murine fracture healing. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, February 2009:24:196-208 (doi: 10.1359/jbmr.081113).

Gaur T, Wixted JJ, Hussain S, O’Connel S, *MORGAN EF, Ayers D, Komm BS, Bodine PV, Stein GS, Lian JB. 2009. Secreted frizzled related protein 1 is a target to improve fracture healing. Journal of Cellular Physiology: 174-181.

A. Bhattacharyya, *T. D. MOUSTAKAS, Lin Zhou, David J. Smith and W. Hug, “Deep ultraviolet emitting AlGaN quantum wells with high internal quantum efficiency” Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 181907 (2009)


Thomidis C, Nikiforov A Yu, Tao Xu, *MOUSTAKAS TD. 2008. InGaN- based LEDs grown by plasma-assisted MBE on (0001) sapphire with GaN QDs in the nucleation layer. Physica Status Solidi (c) 5: 2309.

Zhou L, Chandrasekaran R, *MOUSTAKAS TD, Smith DJ. 2008. Structural characterization of non-polar (1120) and semi-polar (1126) GaN films grown on r- plane sapphire. J. of Crystal Growth 310: 2981-2986.

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Colakerol L, Piper LFJ, Fedorov A, Chen TC, *MOUSTAKAS TD, *SMITH KE. 2008. Observation of an inverted band structure near the surface of InN. Europhysics Letters (EPL) 83: 47003.

Abell J, *MOUSTAKAS TD. 2008. The role of dislocations as non-radiative recombination centers in InGaN MQWs. Appl. Phys. Lett. 92: 091901.

Henson J, Bhattacharyya A, *MOUSTAKAS TD, *PAIELLA R. 2008. Controlling the Recombination Rate of Semiconductor Active Layers via Coupling to Dispersion-Engineered Surface Plasmons. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25: 1328-1335.

Li Y, Bhattacharyya A, Thomidis C, Liao Y, *MOUSTAKAS TD, *PAIELLA R. 2008. Refractive-Index Nonlinearities of Intersubband Transitions in GaN/AlN Quantum-Well Waveguides. J. Appl. Phys. Volume 104, Issue 8, pp. 083101-083101-6.

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M. Misra, A. Bhattacharyya and *MOUSTAKAS TD, “UV Detectors”, Laser Focus World, November 2008, page 64.

Henson J, Bhattacharyya A, *MOUSTAKAS TD, *PAIELLA R. 2008. Controlling the recombination rate of semiconductor active layers via coupling to dispersion-engineered surface plasmons. J. Opt. Soc. of Am. B: 1328

Driscoll K, Liao Y, Bhattacharyya A, Zhou L, Smith DJ, *MOUSTAKAS TD, *PAIELLA R. 2009. Optically Pumped Intersubband Emission of Short-Wave Infrared Radiation with GaN/AlN Quantum Wells. Appl. Phys. Lett, Volume 94, Issue 8, id. 081120.

Pookpanratana S, France R, Bar M, Weihardt L, Fuchs O, Blum M, Yang W, Denlinger JD, *MOUSTAKAS TD, Heske C. 2008. Intermixing and Chemical Structure at the interface between n-GaN and V-based contacts. Appl. Phys. Lett. 93: 172106.

Suput M, Delucas R, Pati S, Ye G, *PAL UB, Powell IV AC. 2008. Solid Oxide Membrane Technology for Environmentally Sound Production of Titanium. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy 117 (2): 118.

KJ Yoon, *GOPALAN S, *PAL UB. 2008. Effect of Anode Active Layer on Performance of Single Step Co-fired Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). ECS Transactions 13 (26): 249.

*PAL UB. 2008. A Lower Carbon Foot Print Process for Production of Metals from their Oxide Sources. J. of Metals 60 (2): 36.

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STAMENOVIC D, Kojic’ M, Stojanovic’ B, Hunter D. 2008. A finite element analysis of an osteoarthritis knee brace. J. Serbian Soc. Comp. Mech. 2: 29-41.

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Truslow JG, Price GM, and TIEN J. 2009. Computational design of drainage systems for vascularized scaffolds. Biomaterials 30 (26): 4435.

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Rosales-Garcia A, MORSE T, Hernandez-Cordero J, and *ÜNLÜ MS. 2009. Single Polarization-Mode-Beating Frequency Fiber Laser. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 21 (8): 537-539.

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Jacot JG, *WONG JY. 2008. Endothelial injury induces vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in highly localized regions of a direct contact co-culture system. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics 52(1): 37-46.

Lin IK, ZHANG Y, *ZHANG X. 2008.The Deformation of Microcantilever-Based Infrared Detectors during Thermal Cycling. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18 (7): 075012.

Lin IK, Liao YM, Liu Y, Ou KS, Chen KS, *ZHANG X. 2008. Viscoelastic Mechanical Behavior of Soft Microcantilevers-based Force Sensors. Applied Physics Letters 93 (25): 251907.

Lin IK, *ZHANG X, ZHANG Y. 2009. Thermomechanical behavior and microstructural evolution of SiNx/Al bimaterial microcantilevers, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 19 085010 (10pp) doi: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/8/085010

Lin IK, *ZHANG X, ZHANG Y. 2008. Deformation of Microcantilever-Based Infrared Detector During Thermal Loading. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18: 07501.

Strikwerda A, Fan K, Tao H, Pilon D, *ZHANG X, Averitt RD. 2008. Comparison of Birefringent Metamaterials and Meanderline Structure as Quarter-Wave Plates at Terahertz Frequencies. Optics Express 17 (1): 136-149.

Bingham CM, Tao H, Liu X, Averitt RD, *ZHANG X, W.J. Padilla. 2008. Planar Wallpaper Group Metamaterial for Novel Terahertz Applications. Optics Express 16 (23): 18565-18575. (This paper was highlighted by Nature in Vol. 456, 6 November 2008 and MRS Bulletin in Vol. 34, January 2009).

Tao H, Strikwerda AC, Fan K, Bingham CM, Padilla WJ, *ZHANG X, Averitt RD. 2008. Terahertz Metamaterials on Free-standing Highly-flexible Polyimide Substrates. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41 (23).

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Liu Y, Lin IK, *ZHANG X. 2008. Mechanical Properties of Sputtered Silicon Oxynitride Films by Nanoindentation. Materials Science and Engineering A 489 (1-2): 294-301.


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ZHANG Y, Dunn ML. 2009. Deformation of Patterned Bilayer Plate Microstructures Subjected to Thermal Loading. International Journal of Solids and Structures 46: 125-134.

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Li R, Schneck J, Warga J, ZIEGLER L, *DAL NEGRO L. 2008. Carrier Dynamics and Erbium sensitization in Silicon Rich Nitride. Appl. Phys. Lett. 93: 091119.

Conference ProceedingsD’Orsogna D, *BELLOTTI E, BARBONE PE, Lamarre P, Smith F, Fulk C, LoVecchio, P, Reine M, Tobin S, Markunas J, editors. Toward the Development of Low-Stress Ohmic Contacts for HgCdTe: A Novel Stress Characterization Technique. Proceedings of the 2008 Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials; 2008 November 11-13; Las Vegas, NV. pp. 55-58.

Wroblewski D, Ghosh O, Lum A, Willoughby D, VanHout M, Hogstrom K, *BASU SN, *GEVELBER M, editors. Modeling and Parametric Analysis of Plasma Spray Particle State Distribution for Deposition Rate Control. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress; 2008 October 31-November 6; Boston, MA, IMECE2008-68752.

Lugscheider E, Wroblewski D, Ghosh O, Lum A, VanHout M, *BASU SN, *GEVELBER M, Willoughby D, editors. Analysis of Plasma Spray Particle State Distribution for Deposition Rate Control. Proceedings of the 2008 International Thermal Spray Conference; 2008; Maastricht, The Netherlands, pp 826-831.

Steen T.L, *BASU SN, *SARIN VK, *MURRAY TW, editors. Measurement And Analysis of Narrow-Band Surface Acoustic Waves in Ceramic Environmental Barrier Coatings. AIP Conf. Proc. 975; 2008. pp. 294-301.

*BELLOTTI E, Sucena Almeida, Moldawer A, *MOUSTAKAS TD, Chiaria S, Bertazzi F, Furno E, Goano M, Ghione G, editors. Physics-based design of III-nitride and ZnO LEDs: from material properties to device optimization. Proceedings of HETECH 2008, The 17 European Workshop on Heterostructure Technology; 2008 November 3-5; Venice, Italy. pp. 21-26.

Marnetto A, Penna M, Bertazzi F, *BELLOTTI E, Goano M, editors. Ab initio and full-zone k.p computations of the electronic structure of wurtzite BeO. Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices NUSOD ’08 International Conference; 2008 September 1-4. pp. 9-10.

Bertazzi F, Furno E, Goano M, *BELLOTTI E, editors. Experimental Electron Mobility in ZnO: A Reassessment through Monte Carlo Simulation. Proceedings of the 2008Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials; 2008 November 11-13; Las Vegas, NV. pp. 199-202.

*BELLOTTI E, Driscoll K, *MOUSTAKAS TD, *PAIELLA R, editors. Monte Carlo Study of the Temperature Dependent Performance of GaN versus GaAs Terahertz Quantum Cascade Structures. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, paper TuO3; 2008 November; Newport Beach, CA. pp. 266-267.

Penna M, Marnetto A, Goano M, Bertazzi F, *BELLOTTI E, editors. Ab initio, Semi-Empirical Pseudopotential, and Full- Zone k-p Electronic Structure of CdTe, HgTe, and HgCdTe.


Proceedings of the 2008 Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials; 2008 November 11-13; Las Vegas, NV. pp. 105-108.

Lamarre P, Smith F, Fulk C, LoVecchio P, Tobin S, Reine M, Parodos T, Marciniec J, D’Orsogna D, *BELLOTTI E, Markunas J, editors. Characterization of Dislocations in HgCdTe Epitaxial Layers Using a New Substrate Removal Technique. Proceedings of the 2008 Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials; 2008 November 11-13; Las Vegas, NV. pp. 51-54.

Cornelissen S.A, Bierden P.A and. BIFANO TG, editors. A 4096 element continuous facesheet MEMS deformable mirror for high-contrast imaging. SPIE; 2008; San Jose, CA. pp. 68880V-68810.

Diouf A, Gingras M, Stewart J. B, BIFANO TG, Cornelissen S, Bierden P, editors. Fabrication of single crystalline MEMS DM using anodic wafer bonding, in MEMS Adaptive Optics II. SPIE; 2008; San Jose, CA, USA. pp. 68880U-68811.

Castillo J, BIFANO TG, editors. Adaptive optics calibration for a wide-field microscope, in MEMS Adaptive Optics II. SPIE; 2008; San Jose, CA. pp. 68880E-68887.

Zhou Y, BIFANO TG, Lin C, editors. Use of adaptive optics to increase nonlinear imaging signal in mouse bone morrow. SPIE; 2008; San Jose, CA. pp. 688808-688809.

BIFANO TG, Bierden P, Cornelissen SA, editors. MEMS deformable mirrors for space and defense applications, in Micro (MEMS) and Nanotechnologies for Space, Defense, and Security II. SPIE; 2008; Orlando, FL. pp. 695914-695917.

BIFANO TG, Stewart J, Diouf A, editors. Precise open-loop control of MEMS deformable mirror shape, in MEMS Adaptive Optics II. SPIE; 2008; San Jose. pp. 68880P-68885.

*DAL NEGRO L, Li R, Warga J, *BASU SN, editors. Silicon nanocrystals in silicon nitride structures: Towards efficient light emission under optical and electrical pumping. Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics; 2008. pp 35-37.

Yanik AA, Wang S, ERRAMILLI S, Hong MK, *ALTUG H, editors. Localized Plasmonic Control of Extraordinary Light Transmission in Rectangular Coaxial Aperture Arrays at Mid-IR. SPIE/Photonic West Conference; 2009 January, Vol 7223 pp 72230T-72230T8.

Yanik AA, Wang S, ERRAMILLI S, Hong MK, *ALTUG H, editors. Mid-infrared subwavelength polarization optics with plasmonic nanostructures. IEEE/LEOS Conference; 2008 November, pp 490-491.

*GEVELBER M, Wroblewski D, Vattiat B, Ghosh O, VanHout M, *BASU SN, editors. Issues and Requirements for Developing a Plasma Spray Deposition Rate Sensor for Real-Time Control. Proceedings of the 2008 International Thermal Spray Conference; 2008; Lugscheider, Maastricht, The Netherlands. pp. 912-916.

*GEVELBER M, Wroblewski D, VanHout M, Ghosh O, Willoughby D, *BASU SN, editors. Sensor and Control Design Issues for Implementation of Real-Time Deposition Rate Control for Plasma Spray. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress; 2008 Oct 31-Nov. 6; Boston, MA. pp. 10.

Yan X, *GEVELBER M, editors. Analysis of Electrospinning Nanofibers: Diameter Distribution, Process Dyanmics, and Control. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress; 2008 Oct 31-Nov. 6; Boston, MA. p. 8.

Yoon KJ, *GOPALAN S, *PAL UB, editors. Analysis of Electrochemical Performance of Single Step Co-fired Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Analyzed Using Polarization Model and Impedance Spectroscopy. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings of the Fall 2008 Meeting, Paper #: 1126-S10-02, DOI: 10.1557/PROC-1126-S10-02.

Huang W, *GOPALAN S, *PAL UB, *BASU SN, editors. Transport Through Electrophoretically Deposited CuMn1.8O4 Spinel Coatings on Crofer Interconnects. Proceedings of 2008 MRS Fall Meeting, Paper #: 1126-S11-05, DOI: 10.1557/PROC-1126-S11-05.

Wathier M, *GRINSTAFF MW, editors. Dendrimers for Repairing Cataract Incisions. Trans. 2008 World Biomaterials Congress; 2008; Amsterdam, Netherlands. pp. 1924.

Wathier M, Stoddart S, Bansal P, Snyder BD, *GRINSTAFF MW, editors. Polysaccharide Mimics for Lubrication of Cartilage Joints. Trans. 2008 World Biomaterials Congress; 2008; Amsterdam, Netherlands. p. 55.

Stoddart S, Wathier M, Snyder BD, *GRINSTAFF MW, editors. Synthesis, Biocompatibility, and Degradation Studies of Pseudopolysaccharides. Trans. 2008 World Biomaterials Congress; 2008; Amsterdam, Netherlands. p. 56.

Dimakis E, Thomidis E, Zhou L, Smith DJ, *MOUSTAKAS TD, editors. Investigation of the Emission Properties of InN/GaN Quantum Wells using Temperature Dependent Photoluminescence. International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors, IWN-2008; 2008 October; Montreux, Switzerland. p. 148.


Nargelas S, Malinauskas T, Kadys A, *MOUSTAKAS TD, Dimakis E, Jarasiunas K, editors. Nonlinear carrier recombination and transport features in highly excited InN layer. International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors (IWN-2008); 2008 October; Montreux, Switzerland. p. 91.

Henson J, Bhattacharyya A, *MOUSTAKAS TD, *PAIELLA R, editors. Tunable Surface-Plasmon Resonances in Strongly Coupled Metallo-Dielectric Multiple Layers. OSA Plasmonics and Metamaterials (META) Topical Meeting, paper MThC1; 2008 October; Rochester, NY.

Zink PA, Yoon KJ, *PAL UB, *GOPALAN S, editors. Electrical Performance of Calcium-doped Lanthanum Ferrite for Use in Single Step Co-Fired Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings of the Fall 2008 Meeting; 2008; Boston, MA, Vol . 1126-S11-02.

Pati S, Suput M, Delucas R, *PAL UB, editors. Solid Oxide Membrane Process for Calcium Production Directly from Its Oxide. EPD Congress, S.M. Howard, ed., TMS; 2008; Warrendale, PA. pp. 121-26.

Pati S, DeLucas R, Powell A, *PAL UB, editors. Magnesiothermic Reduction of Titanium Oxide Using the Solid Oxide Membrane Process. Magnesium Technology; 2008. pp. 33-38.

STAMENOVIC D, Lazopoulos KA, editors. Durotaxis as an elastic stability phenomenon. Proceedings of 2008 BMES Annual Fall Meeting; 2008 October 1-4; St. Louis, MO, pp 1289-1294.

STAMENOVIC D, Kojic M, Stojanovic B, Hunter D, editors. Pneumatic osteoarthritis knee brace. Proceedings of 2008 BMES Annual Fall Meeting; 2008 October 1-4; St. Louis, MO, Vol 131, Issue 4, p 045001-045007.

STAMENOVIC. D, Majumdar A, Rosenblatt N, Alencar AM, SUKI B, editors. Tension-regulated dynamics of semiflexinle polymers of the cytoskeleton. Proceedings of 2008 BMES Annual Fall Meeting; 2008 October 1-4; St. Louis, MO, 168101-1 to 168101-4.

Majumdar A, Rosenblatt A, Alencar AM, SUKI B, STAMENOVIC D, editors. Prestress-dependent rheology of semiflexible polymers of the cytoskeleton. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society; 2009 February 28-March 4; Boston, MA, Vol 96, Issue 3, pp 133a-133a..

SUKI B, Ritter MC, Majumdar A, Jesudason R, STAMENOVIC D, Buczek-Thomas JA, Stone PJ, Nugent MA, editors. A zipper network model od extracellular matrix failure reveals a new role of proteoglycans. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society; 2009 February 28-March 4; Boston, MA, 96(3) pp. 317a.

Kaanta BC, Chen H, Lambertus G, Steinecker WH, Zhdaneev O, *ZHANG X, editors. High Sensitivity Micro-Thermal Conductivity Detector for Gas Chromatography. Proceeding of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS ‘09); 2009 January 25-29; Sorrento, Italy. pp. 264-267.

Du P, *LIN X, *ZHANG X, editors. Development of Conductive Polymer Micro Cantilever for Conductivity Measurement. Proceeding of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (ASME ‘08); 2008 October 31 - November 6; Boston, MA, IMECE 2008-67986, pp 1-5.

Zheng X, *ZHANG X, editors. A Novel Versatile Biomechano-sensor for Real Time Vascular Cell Contractility Mapping. Proceeding of the 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS ‘08); 2008 October 12-16; San Diego, CA. pp. 510-512.

Zheng X, *ZHANG X, editors. Diffraction Moire: Decoupling Distortions in Periodic Polymeric Post Arrays. Proceeding of the 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS ‘08); 2008 October 12-16; San Diego, CA. pp. 991-993.

Tao H, Strikwerda A, Bingham C, Padilla WJ, *ZHANG X, Averitt rd, editors. Dynamical Control of Terahertz Metamaterial Resonance Response Using Bimaterial Cantilevers. Proceeding of Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS ‘08); 2008 July 2-6; Cambridge, MA. pp. 870-873.

Tao H, Landy NI, Fan K, Strikwerda A, Padilla WJ, Averitt RD, *ZHANG X, editors. Flexible Terahertz Metamaterials: Towards a Terahertz Metamaterial Invisible Cloak. Proceeding of 2008 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM ‘08); 2008 December 15-17; San Francisco, CA. pp. 11.6.1-11.6.4.

Tao H, Landy NI, Fan K, Strikwerda A, Padilla WJ, Averitt RD, *ZHANG X, editors. Terahertz Metamaterials with Simultaneously Negative Electric and Magnetic Resonance Responses based on Bimaterial Pop up Structures. Proceeding of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS ‘09); 2009 January 25-29; Sorrento, Italy. pp. 108-111.

Lin I-L, Liao Y-M, Chen K-S, *ZHANG X, editors. Viscoelastic Characterization of Soft Micropillars for Cellular Mechanics Study. Proceeding of the 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS ‘08); 2008 October 12-16; San Diego, CA. pp. 278-280.


Qiu Y, Liao R, *ZHANG X, editors. A Cardiomyocyte-based Biosensor for the Study on Hypertrophy Induced by Tumor Necrosis Factor Alfa. Proceeding of the 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS ‘08); 2008 October 12-16; San Diego, CA. pp. 1802-1804.

Qiu Y, Liao R, *ZHANG X, editors. Impedance-Sensing Assay for Real-time Monitoring Ongoing Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis. Proceeding of the 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS ‘08); 2008 October 12-16; San Diego, CA. pp. 970-972.

*SWAN A, Walsh AG, Schneck J, Green AA, Hersam M, and ZIEGLER LD, “Exciton Dynamics in (6,5) Carbon Nanotubes,” in Laser Science XXIV, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2008), paper LTuE2.

Invited Lectures*H. ALTUG. “Nanoplasmonics for bio-sensing,” MIT’s Advanced Nanofabrication Seminar Series, Cambridge, MA, November 2008. *H. ALTUG. “Advances in Nanophotonics and Plasmonics,” Invited Short Course, Boston University, Photonics Center’s Future of Light Sympossium, Boston, MA, December 2008. *H. ALTUG. “Nanophotonics for bio-sensing applications,” UMass Lowell, Physics Department Seminar Series, Lowell, MA, March 2009.

P. BARBONE. “Some math and mechanics of biomechanical imaging: current status and open questions,” Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS), Workshop on Inverse Problems: Recent Progress and New Challenges, Banff, Canada, November 17-20, 2008.

P. BARBONE. and Jeffrey C. Bamber, “Ultrasound Elastography: Quantitative Approaches, Invited Short Course,” 2008 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Beijing, China, November 2-5, 2008.

P. BARBONE. “Computational formulations for inverse problems with interior data,” Dept. of Instrumentation, Beihang University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China, 5 November 2008.

P. BARBONE. “Inverse elasticity problems in biomedical imaging,” Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 22 September 2008.

*S. BASU. “Functionally Graded Environmental Barrier Coatings,” Carnegie Mellon University, 19 September 2008.

*E. BELLOTTI, N. Sucena Almeida, A. Moldawer, *T. D. MOUSTAKAS, S. Chiaria, F. Bertazzi, E. Furno, M.Goano, G. Ghione. “Physics-based design of III-Nitride and ZnO LEDs: from material properties to device optimization,” 17th European Workshop on Heterostructure Technology (HETECH 2008), Venice, Italy, Nov. 3-5, 2008.

T.G. BIFANO. “MEMS Adaptive Optics,” SPIE, San Jose, CA, 2008.

*K. L. EKINCI. “Radiofrequency Scanning Tunneling Microscopy,” Condensed Matter Seminar, UC Berkeley, CA, November 3, 2008.

*K. L. EKINCI. “Radiofrequency Scanning Tunneling Microscopy,” International Conference On Nanoscience + Technology, Keystone, CO, 5 July 2008.


*L. DAL NEGRO. “Erbium-coupled silicon nanocrystals in silicon nitride: light emission enhancement in aperiodic photonic structures,” PRIME, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, October 12-17, 2008.

*L. DAL NEGRO. “Light in Deterministic Aperiodic Structures,” Boston University, Symposium of Light, Boston, MA, December 7, 2008.

*L. DAL NEGRO. “Light in Deterministic Aperiodic Structures,” Yale University, New Haven, CT, December 17, 2008.

*L. DAL NEGRO. “Deterministic Aperiodic Photonic-plasmonic structures,” International Workshop on Advanced Computational Electromagnetics, (ACE09), Lincei Academy, Rome, Italy, January 12-14, 2009.

*L. DAL NEGRO. “Light in Deterministic Aperiodic Nanostructures,” 2009 Photonics West Meeting, San Jose, California, USA, January 24-29, 2009.

*L. DAL NEGRO. “PL and EL from silicon-rich nitride films and multilayer structures,” 2009 Photonics West Meeting, San Jose, California, USA, January 24-29, 2009.

*L. DAL NEGRO. “Light in aperiodic materials,” New York University (NYU), May 4, 2009.

*L. DAL NEGRO. “Light emission from silicon nanostructures: past, present and future perspectives,” CLEO/IQEC Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, May 31 - June 5, 2009.

*L. DAL NEGRO. “Design and engineering of on-chip localized fields with deterministic aperiodic structures,” MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA, April 13-17 2009. *L. DAL NEGRO. “Deterministic aperiodic structures for nanophotonics and sensing applications,” EPFL, Lousanne, Switzerland, June 10, 2009. *L. DAL NEGRO. “Light scattering and trapping in aperiodic deterministic environments,” 5th Workshop on numerical methods for optical nanostructures, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, June 6-7, 2009. *L. DAL NEGRO. “Light in aperiodic structures,” IEEE - ICTON Azorres, June 28-July 02, 2009.

E. EVANS. Gordon Conference on Barrier Function of Mammalian Skin, New Hampshire, 2009.

E. EVANS. Gordon Conference on Science of Adhesion, New Hampshire, 2009.

E. EVANS. International Symposium on Genomic Biomechanics: 21st Century Frontier, La Jolla, 2008.

E. EVANS. Neuroscience Summer School, International Institute of Neuroscience, Natal, Brazil, 2008.

*M. A. GEVELBER. “Alternative Control Strategies And Requirements For Improving Thermal Spray Performance,” The Symposium On Improving Reliability And Consistency In Thermal Spray, Montreal Quebec, 2-3 Dec 2008.

*S. GOPALAN. “Polarization Measurements On Single Step Cofired Anode-Supported Sofcs,” ETH Zurich.

Joshua Winer, Aaron Griset, John V. Frangioni, *MARK W. GRINSTAFF, Yolonda L. Colson Mannick. “Regional Drug Delivery Via Nanoparticle Lymphatic Migration: Proof of Concept Using Dual Fluorescent Localization,” Day Award Presentation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2008.

*MARK W. GRINSTAFF. “An Update on PGLSA Dendrimers and a New Story on Expansile Nanoparticles,” Gordon Conference: Drug Delivery in Medicine and Biology, Big Sky, MT, 2008.

*MARK W. GRINSTAFF. “Local Delivery of Chemotherapy for Prevention of Tumor Recurrence,” Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day, Boston, MA, 2008.

*MARK W. GRINSTAFF. “New Development in Localized Chemotherapy Drug Delivery Using Nanospheres and Polymer Films,” CIMIT Innovation Congress 2008, Boston, MA, 2008.

*MARK W. GRINSTAFF. “Preparation and Evaluation of Functional Nanospheres,” PRL: Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Frederick, MD, 2008.

*MARK W. GRINSTAFF. “Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Ionic Networks,” 102nd Korean Chemical Society Meeting; Symposium on Ionic Liquids, Jeju Island, Korea, 2008.

Michel Wathier and *MARK W. GRINSTAFF. “Dendrimers for Repairing Cataract Incisions,” 2008 World Biomaterials Congress, Session: Functionalization of Dendrimeric Biomaterials, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008.


Prashant N. Bansal, Neel Joshi, Vahid Entezari, *MARK W. GRINSTAFF, and Brian D. Snyder. “Quantitative CT Arthrography Predicts Glycosaminoglycan Content and Biomechanical Properties of Articular Cartilage,” Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, Albuquerque, NM, 2008.

Rong Liu, Jesse Wolinsky, *MARK W. GRINSTAFF, and Yolonda L. Colson. “Paclitaxel-Loaded Polymer Film Prevents Local Recurrence of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer,” 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, CA, 2008.

Yolonda L. Colson, Emily Southard, Aaron P. Griset, Ann Gaffey, Rong Liu, and *MARK W. GRINSTAFF. “Prevention of Locoregional Growth of Mesothelioma with Drug-Eluting Dynamic Nanoparticles,” Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, CA, 2008.

Yolonda L. Colson, *MARK W. GRINSTAFF, Rong Liu, Patel R, Emily Southard, Taylor K, Joe Walpole, and Josha Winer . “Localized Drug Delivery Through the Use of Chemotherapy-Loaded Polymer Films,” Academic Surgical Congress, Huntington Beach, CA, 2008.

Claire Ceballos, Dominique Payet, Suzanne Giorgio, *MARK W. GRINSTAFF, and Michel Camplo. “Synthesis of First Nucleo-Amphiphiles Derived from Universal Bases,” Rencontre de Chimie Organique de Marseille (RCOM5) “Synthèse et chimie pour le vivant,” Marseille, France, 2008.

*C. KLAPPERICH. “Towards The Application Of Molecular Diagnostics In Global Health,” Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series, 3 December 2008.

*C. KLAPPERICH. “Towards The Application Of Molecular Diagnostics In Global Health,” Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series, 5 November 2008.

*C. KLAPPERICH. “Microfluidic Sample Preparation For Molecular Detection Of Infectious Disease,” American Vacuum Society, 55th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 23 October 2008.

*C. KLAPPERICH. “Towards The Application Of Molecular Diagnostics In Global Health,” Georgia Institute Of Technology, Bioengineering Program Seminar Series, 9 September 2008.

*C. KLAPPERICH. “Microfluidic Sample Preparation For Molecular Detection Of Infectious Disease,” MEDI 2008, Hartford, CT, 10 September 2008.

*X. LIN. “Computing Viscosity Of Supercooled Liquids,” Department Of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, December 2008.

J. G. MCDANIEL. “Powering And Empowering Acoustic Defenses Of The Future,” The Chief Of Naval Operation’s Strategic Studies Group At The Bernard M. Gordon Center For Subsurface Sensing & Imaging Systems (Gordon-Censsis), Northeastern University, 12 December 2008.

J. G. MCDANIEL. “Implicitly Causal Expansions In The Frequency Domain,” 156th Meeting Of The Acoustical Society Of America, Miami, FL, 13 November 2008.

*E. F. MORGAN. Department Seminar, “Measurement Of The Local Mechanical Environment Of Skeletal Tissues,” Bioengineering, University Of Utah, February 2009.

*E. F. MORGAN. Department Seminar, “Inducing Skeletal Repair By Mechanical Stimulation,” Bioengineering, University Of Pennsylvania, November 2008.

*E. F. MORGAN. Department Seminar, ”Inducing Skeletal Repair By Mechanical Stimulation,” Bioengineering, University Of Maryland, October 2008.

*E. F. MORGAN. “The Influence Of The Mechanical Environment On Skeletal Repair,” Orthopaedic Trauma Association Basic Science Fracture Forum, Denver, CO, October 2008.

*E. F. MORGAN. “Mechanical Regulation Of Skeletal Healing,” Symposium On “Biomaterials: Properties, Variation And Evolution,” Annual Meeting Of The Society For Integrative And Comparative Biology, Boston, January 2009.

T. MORSE, Andrea Rosales-Garcia, Juan Hernandez-Cordero. “Polarization Mode Beating (PMB) as an ultra-sensitive fiber optic sensor,” Wuhan, China.

*T. D. MOUSTAKAS, “Fundamental Issues of UV Materials and Devices”, ARL Workshop on Nitride Semiconductor Optoelectronics for Logistics in Energy, Health and Safety. (Arlington, VA, May 19th, 2009)

*T. D. MOUSTAKAS, “Materials Issues responsible for the “green gap,” Roundtable Discussions of the Solid State Lighting R&D Task Structure (U. S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, Sept.17-18, 2008)

*T. D. MOUSTAKAS, “GaN-based Light Emitting Diodes for Solid State Lighting and UV Applications,” New England Chinese Information and Networking Association, Waltham MA, Dec. 10, 1008.


*T. W. MURRAY, S. Bramhavar, A. Sampathkumar And B. Pouet. “Theory And Applications Of Frequency Domain Photoacoustic Microscopy,” Acoustics ‘08, 155th ASA Meeting, Paris, France, July 2008.

*T. W. MURRAY, S. Bramhavar, And B. Pouet. “Theory And Applications Of Frequency Domain Laser Ultrasonics,” 1st International Symposium On Laser Ultrasonics: Science, Technology And Applications, Montreal, Canada, July 2008.

*T. W. MURRAY. “Laser Based Acoustic Techniques For Sensing And Imaging: Photoacoustic Microscopy And Acousto-Optic Imaging,” University Of Colorado At Boulder, February 2008.

*T. W. MURRAY. “Mechanical Characterization Of Coatings Using Frequency Domain Photoacoustic Microscopy,” International Conference On Metallurgical Coatings And Thin Films, San Diego, CA, April 2008.

*U. PAL. “Fuel Cells: State Of The Art And Challenges For Clean And Efficient Power Generation,” IMAPS Boston, MA, December 2008.

*U. PAL. “Clean Energy Electrochemical Technologies Research At Boston University,” New England University Workshop In Solid State Ionics, Boston, MA, November 2008.

*U. PAL. “Clean Energy Research At Boston University,” Hydrogen Coalition, Boston, MA, August 2008.

*V. K. SARIN. “Engineered Materials Development Via CVD,“ IIT Mumbai, Mumbai, India, February 2008.

*V. K. SARIN. “Development Of Transparent Ceramics For Scintallators,” ALEM/RMD, Watertown, MA, August 2008.

D. STAMENOVIC. “Mechanics of the Cytoskeleton: Role of Engineers, Physicists and Mathematicians in Modern Biology,” seminar in the Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, March 25, 2009.

D. STAMENOVIC. “Rheology of Mammalian Cells,” seminar in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, April 9, 2009.

J. TIEN. “Engineering Functional Human Microvessels In Vitro,” Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, 2009.

J. TIEN. “Engineering Functional Human Microvessels In Vitro,” University at Buffalo, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Buffalo, NY, 2008.

J. TIEN. “Microfluidic Gels for Microvascular Tissue Engineering,” Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), Summer Education Series, Boston, MA, 2008.

J. TIEN. “Vascularization of Microfluidic Type I Collagen Gels,” Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society 2008 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 2008.

*J. WONG. Gordon Research Conference on Biointerface Science, Aussois, France, September 2008.

*J. WONG. Gordon Research Conference on Surfaces With Spatial Property Gradients, Waterville Valley Resort, Waterville Valley, NH, July 2008.

*J. WONG. University of Texas-Austin, Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series, Austin, TX, April 2009.

*J. WONG. Vascular Matrix Biology and Bioengineering Workshop, NAVBO (North American Vascular Biology Organization, Whistler Village, British Columbia, Canada, March 2009.

A. Krause, *A.K. SWAN. “Using Dark Field Microscopy to Probe Subsurface Structures Compositions by utilizing Dipole Fields from an Ideal Point Source,” Gordon CenSSIS Research and Industry Collaboration Conference 2008.

Y. ZHANG. “Linked Mechanical And Biological Study Of Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Mechanics,” Department Of Medicine, Boston University, November 2008.

*X. ZHANG. “Small-Scale Materials And Engineering Mechanics For Next-Generation Micro/Nanosystems,” The DARPA/MTO Workshop On Materials And Technologies For 21st Century MEMS And NEMS, Miami, FL, USA, January 8, 2008.

R. D. Averitt and *X. ZHANG. “Terahertz Metamaterial Devices,” Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA, November 2008.


U.S. PatentsL.L. Gunter, K. Chu, C.R. Eddy Jr., *T. D. MOUSTAKAS, *E. BELLOTTI, “GaN-based Permeable-Base Transistor and method of fabrication”, US Patent No: US 7,413,958B2 (August 19,2008).

*S. GOPALAN and *U.B. PAL, “Hydrogen Separation Using Oxygen-Ion-Electron Mixed Conducting Memebranes,” US Patent No. 7,393,384, July 1, 2008.

D. Seccombe, G.A. Orbeck, Jr., *S. GOPALAN, and *U.B. PAL, “1. Process for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Manufacture,” US Patent No. 7,485,385, Issued February 3, 2009

Research Laboratories

Advanced Materials Process Control Laboratory

Professor Michael Gevelber

Research in this laboratory focuses on improving materials processing capabilities by applying a controls-based approach. Our controls-based approach integrates process modeling, sensor development, both system and control design, and experimentation to achieve greater control of material microstructure as well as improving yield and maximizing production rate. Research projects, typically conducted with industry partners, span a range of application areas including opto-electronic applications, advanced engines, power systems, and biomedical applications. Ongoing research projects include real-time control for plasma spray for thermal barrier coatings and fuel cells, e-beam deposition for precision optical coatings, electrospinning of nanofibers, chemical vapor deposition, and Czochralski crystal growth.

Biomedical Materials Research LaboratoryProfessor Catherine Klapperich

The Biomedical Materials Research Laboratory is focused on materials research activities in the broad areas of tissue engineering and biomedical device design. The laboratory is equipped for polymer and hydrogel synthesis, microfluidic device rapid prototyping, fabrication of tissue engineering scaffold materials, molecular analysis and tissue culture. The laboratory houses a dynamic mechanical analyzer for time and temperature sensitive testing of gel and polymer macroscale mechanical properties. This facility is a fully functional laboratory for integrated mechanical, chemical and biological testing of biomaterials. The laboratory is adjacent to the shared bio-micro/nanofabrication center. This clean room contains a mask aligner, AFM, DekTak Profilometer, e-beam evaporator and a spin coater. The lab also maintains a Hysitron Triboscope Nanoindentation Instrument located in the Low Vibration Area of the Photonics Center. Laboratory projects include experiments and modeling of the contact problem for nanoscale probes on soft hydrated

biomaterials, cell-biomaterial interactions in tissue engineering materials, and diagnostic microfluidic device design.

Below: Professor Catherine Klapperich holds a “lab on a chip” that may someday enable point-of-care diagnostics that would significantly reduce the spread of infection. The device uses microfluidic action to extract nucleic acids from saliva, blood, and other bodily fluids to isolate biomolecules.


Biomimetics Materials Engineering LaboratoryProfessor Wong

The Biomimetic Materials Engineering Laboratory is focused on the development of biomaterials to probe how structure, material properties and composition of the cell-biomaterial interface affect fundamental cellular processes. Specifically, we are interested in developing substrata with features that mimic physiological and pathophysiological environments to study fundamental cellular processes at the biointerface. Current research projects include tissue engineering of small diameter blood vessels for bypass and intravascular pharmacology (e.g., stents); development of targeted nano- and micro-particle contrast agents for multi-modal (magnetic resonance, ultrasound, and optical) detection of atherosclerotic and vulnerable plaque; and engineering biomimetic systems to study restenosis and breast cancer.

Computational Electronics LaboratoryProfessor Bellotti

The Computational Electronics Laboratory (CEL) is equipped with state-of-the-art computing tools. The lab has two computer clusters, one XP1000 Alpha Cluster (8 CPUs) running True UNIX 64, and an AMD Athalon MP Cluster (13 CPUs) running Linux. The lab also operates a variety of high-performance PCs and printers. The Computational Electronics Group develops software to study semiconductor materials and to perform electronics and optoelectronics device simulation. Commercial simulation packages, such as ISE Genesis and Silvaco Virtual Wafer Fab, are currently employed.

Green Manufacturing LaboratoryProfessor Srikanth Gopalan

Research in this laboratory focuses on environmentally benign power generation technologies such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). We explore the materials science and electrochemistry of SOFCs using impedance spectroscopy, galvanostats and potentiostats. Studies in this lab include measurement of the rates of charge transfer reactions that occur at the interfaces of solid state electrochemical devices, exploration of new processes, and modeling of the transport phenomena that occur in such devices.

In this lab we also conduct research on ceramic gas separation membranes for the separation of industrially important gases such as oxygen and hydrogen. Ongoing projects conducted in close collaboration with industrial partners include the development of electrode and electrolyte materials for lower operating temperature SOFCs and the development of mixed ionic and electronic conducting materials for separation of hydrogen.

The laboratory is equipped with a Perkin Elmer 263 A Potentiostat / Galvanostat used for characterization of

electrochemical systems such as fuel cells, ceramic gas separation membranes, batteries and sensors, a Horiba 910 particle size analyzer capable of obtaining particle size distributions of powders in the range of 0.01 microns to 1 mm using light scattering technique, a Solartron 1255 Frequency Response Analyzer (FRA) used for AC impedance spectroscopy, a high temperature furnace that can operate up to 1700°C, and a Spex 8000 mill capable of producing sub-micron particles for use in solid state electrodes by high energy ball milling in a very short period of time.

High-Temperature Chemical and Electrochemical Processing of Materials LaboratoryProfessor Uday Pal

The laboratory is completely equipped for studying most high-temperature chemical and electrochemical processes involving metals and ceramics. It includes several high-temperature furnaces, residual gas analyzers, CO/CO2 analyzers, potentiostats, impedance analyzers, state-of-the-art thermogravimetric Cahn Balance, high precision power supplies capable of operating under constant current/voltage mode, viscometers, state-of-the-art data acquisition systems, powder processing facility, and fuel cell test stations. The laboratory currently supports the following research programs: novel materials processing for hydrogen storage, membrane technology for hydrogen production and separation, hybrid one-step processing of solid oxide fuel cells, materials for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells, and waste to energy conversion.

High Temperature Oxidation LaboratoryProfessor Soumendra N. Basu

The research thrust of this laboratory is to investigate the high temperature oxidation behavior of materials by exposing metal and ceramic samples to corrosive atmospheres containing oxygen and sulfur at elevated temperatures up to 1,600°C. The laboratory is equipped with a CAHN thermogravimetric balance and a Mettler microbalance for weight gain measurements, as well as an apparatus for oxidation in O-18 atmospheres, in order to determine oxidation mechanisms.

Pictured Right: A co-fired Solid Oxide Fuel Cell developed in the High-Temperature Chemical and Electrochemical Processing of Materials Laboratory.


Laboratory of Integrated Nanophotonics & Biosensing Systems (LINBS)Professor Hatice Altug

Our group is developing nanophotonic devices for optical communications and on-chip biosensing. For communication applications, we are developing ultrafast lasers, ultra-efficient light emitting diodes and photonic crystal devices that can slow down the light. For biotechnology applications, we are using plasmonic nanostructures and photonic crystal cavities for realization of high-throughput, ultra sensitive and label free biosensors. To accomplish our goals, we are developing new computational modeling and advanced nanofabrication techniques including nano/bio-patterning and microfluidics. Our biosafety level-2 lab is capable of cell culturing and includes a modified AFM for surface functionalization. Our lab also houses state-of the art optical measurement equipments and computational clusters.

Laboratory for Microsystems Technology (LMST)Professor Xin Zhang

Laboratory for Microsystems Technology (LMST) is dedicated to interdisciplinary research in the design, fabrication, characterization, packaging, and operation of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS). We perform research on MEMS and NEMS. Specifically, we are interested in applying materials science, micro/nanomechanics, and micro/nanomanufacturing technologies to solve various engineering problems that are motivated by practical applications in MEMS/NEMS and emerging nanobiotechnologies. LMST is a Class 1000 cleanroom that provides resources for the design, fabrication, characterization, and testing of MEMS/NEMS devices. LMST is also a general biochemistry laboratory that has a strong collaboration with the cardiovascular researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Tufts-New England Medical Center, and Vanderbilt Medical Center. Current research at LMST is supported by NSF, AFOSR, AFRL, ARL, DARPA, NIH and a host of industries.

Laser Acoustics Laboratory/Photoacoustic & Photothermal Microscopy LaboratoryProfessor Murray

These facilities are devoted to materials characterization using various laser-based inspection techniques including: laser-based ultrasonics, photothermal imaging, and acousto-optic imaging. The research group is developing approaches to excite and detect acoustic and thermal waves over micro- and nanometer-length scales. In addition, they study elastic wave propagation in a wide variety of materials systems including thin films and membranes, functionally graded materials, and biological tissue. Finally, optical techniques for exciting and detecting resonant vibrations in nano-mechanical structures are explored with applications including ultrasensitive biological

and chemical sensors. The lab is rigged for a variety of optical and laser-based experiments and possesses a broad array of optical, acoustical, and vibrational instrumentation including several interferometers, optical fiber amplifiers, high-speed photodetectors and oscilloscopes, and pulsed laser sources.

Luminescence LaboratoryProfessor Luca Dal Negro

The research is mainly focused on the steady-state optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures, bio-compatible materials and plasmonic devices. Implemented Optical techniques include: Broad-band Photoluminescence Excitation Spectroscopy (PLE), Emission lifetime measurements under steady state (CW) excitation, CW photoluminescence (PL), CW Quantum efficiency.

Materials Theory GroupProfessor Xi Lin

We develop predictive modeling and simulation techniques to understand materials electric, optical, magnetic, and mechanical properties. Our current research activities focus on 1) conductive polymer soliton theory: polymeric charge transport, metal-to-insulator transition, and high strain-rate artificial muscles; 2) glass transition theory: viscosity of supercooled liquids, origin of fragility, strong-fragile-strong transition, glassy water, and protein folding; 3) solid dislocation theory: mechanical strength under ambient and extreme conditions, interacting line and point defects, and dislocation climb; and 4) interfacial charge transfer theory: heterogeneous catalysis and solid oxide fuel cells.

Microscopy LaboratoryProfessor Soumendra N. Basu

This laboratory is dedicated to the preparation of electron transparent specimens for observation in the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). Specimens have to be reduced to a thickness in the order of 100Å in order to study atomic arrangements by high resolution TEM. Equipment available for this purpose includes a GATAN dimpler and ionmill, as well as precision grinding and polishing apparatus. The laboratory is also equipped with a darkroom, capable of processing TEM negatives and prints.


Nanoscale Mechanical Engineering LaboratoryProfessor Kamil Ekinci

This facility is used to fabricate nanometer-scale semiconductor mechanical devices using electron beam lithography, plasma, and wet etching techniques. After fabrication, various state-of-the-art characterization techniques are employed to study the physical processes dominant in these nanomechanical devices. Among the fundamental phenomena studied are dissipation, fluctuations, and surface effects at the nanometer length scales. The practical aspects of this research involve the design and fabrication of ultra-high-speed nanomechanical sensors and development of surface nano-engineering techniques for improved device characteristics. More information can be found at NEMS Home: Ekinci Group.

Optical Characterization & Nanophotonics Laboratory (OCN)Professors Goldberg, Swan, and Ünlü

Nanophotonics addresses a broad spectrum of optics on the nanometer scale covering technology and basic science. Compared to the behavior of isolated molecules or bulk materials, the behavior of nanostructures exhibit important physical properties not necessarily predictable from observations of either individual constituents or large ensembles. We develop and apply advanced optical characterization techniques to the study of solid-state and biological phenomena at the nanoscale. Current projects include development of high-resolution subsurface imaging techniques based on numerical aperture increasing lens (NAIL) for the study of semiconductor devices and circuits and spectroscopy of quantum dots, micro resonant Raman and emission spectroscopy of individual carbon nanotubes, biosensors based on microring resonators, and development of new nanoscale microscopy techniques utilizing interference of excitation as well as emission from fluorescent molecules. In addition to microscopy, optical resonance is nearly ubiquitous in our research projects including development of resonant cavity-enhanced photodetectors and imaging biosensors for DNA and protein arrays.

Orthopaedic & Developmental Biomechanics LaboratoryProfessor Elise Morgan

This laboratory uses experimental and computational methods to explore the relationships between structure and mechanical function of biological tissues at multiple length scales. Current research projects include quantification of physiological loading conditions, 3-D visualization and prediction of spine fractures, and the effects of mechanical stimulation on joint and articular cartilage development. The laboratory houses a biaxial (axial-torsional) servohydraulic materials testing system with a variety of extensometers and load cells, a miniature torsional testing system, two micro-computed tomography systems, a multi-channel signal conditional and amplification system, an X-ray cabinet, and various cutting tools including a sledge microtome and low-speed wafering saw. Additional space is dedicated to cell and tissue culture. Computational facilities include PC workstations equipped with software for image processing, finite element analysis, and general computing.

Pictured left: Professor Ekinci and coworkers are developing cantilevers with textured surfaces to reduce friction in water. These superhydrophobic microstructures, which look like diving boards, are designed to detect trace amount of pathogens in water. However, the stickiness of the water reduces the sensitivity by orders of magnitude. The novel structures shown are expected to repel water efficiently and restore the exquisite sensitivity.

Pictured above: Former graduate student Nick Vamivakas aligning a microscope with Professor Swan


Powder Metallurgy & X-ray LaboratoryProfessor Vinod K. Sarin

The powder processing laboratory is equipped to batch, process, and densify a wide variety of materials. Particle size reduction and uniform mixing are essential in any powder preparation. In addition to a 500cc capacity attritor mill for processing small powder batches, an extensive selection of ball mill sizes and a variety of milling media, including silicon nitride and titanium carbide, are available. Consolidation and sintering capabilities include vacuum, over pressure, and hot pressing up to 25,000 KgF and temperatures in excess of 2400°C. These capabilities make the powder processing laboratory uniquely equipped for developing high temperature monolithic and composite materials.

The laboratory is also equipped with a Bruker D8 Focus diffractometer with independent theta and two theta axis with copper radiation. This unit extends the laboratory’s capability to perform single crystal back reflection Laue studies for crystal orientation. The standard detector is the scintillation counter, with high dynamic range and low internal background. In addition, several Debye Scherrer powder cameras are also available. This unit is equipped with all necessary components for qualitative or quantitative phase analysis, crystallite size determination, and structure determination and refinement.

Precision Engineering Research (PERL) LaboratoryProfessor Thomas Bifano

Research in the Precision Engineering Research (PERL) Laboratory is directed toward design, modeling, fabrication, and testing of advanced microsystems. A core research area involves development of large-scale arrays of coordinated microactuators for use in photonic or optical systems. Recent projects have included: development of deformable micromirror arrays for adaptive optics; modeling of microfluidic transport systems; development of microvalve arrays for control of fluid flow rate and pressure; design and fabrication of advanced optoacoustic MEMS sensors; and micro-scale contouring using ion beam systems. The laboratory houses state-of-the-art systems for design, fabrication, and testing of MEMS devices, including interferometric contouring microscopes, a high speed vibrometer, and adaptive optics and microfluidic test beds.

Surface Modification LaboratoryProfessor Vinod K. Sarin

This unique state-of-the-art university research laboratory has the capability of R&D activities in the field of surface engineering involving both Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) techniques. It contains two experimental CVD units capable of producing a wide range of tough, adherent and protective coatings for various applications. Two multiple-target DC and RF sputtering units that produce monolithic, multi-layered, and composite coatings are available for coating development by PVD.

Research and development of diamond coatings is focused on the combustion flame process. Several combustion flame setups have been developed and fabricated to produce diamond coatings of various morphologies on a wide range of materials. Unique equipment and techniques have been developed to evaluate the mechanical, chemical, and structural properties of coatings, such as a micro-scratch tester to evaluate adherence.

A hot wall CVD reactor is used for the deposition of functionally gradedmullitecoatings.Mullite(3Al2O3•2SiO2)hasreceivedconsiderable attention as a potential coating material for silicon-based ceramics due to its excellent corrosion resistance, creep resistance, high temperature strength, and most critically, excellent Coefficient of Thermal Expansion match, especially with Silicon Carbide. Dense, uniform, crystalline mullite environmental barrier coatings have been deposited by CVD on SiC substrates and these coatings have exhibited excellent high temperature oxidation and hot corrosion resistance. The coating process has subsequently been patented at Boston University.

Transparent Radioluminescent Coatings of Lutetium Oxide doped with Europium Oxide are being developed using both PVD and CVD. It is believed that these atomistic deposition techniques will offer extensive promise as an alternative production method for tailoring microstructure and optimizing scintillation characteristics of these ceramics.

Ultrafast Nanostructure Optics (UNO) LaboratoryProfessor Luca Dal Negro

The research is mainly focused on: a) ultrafast emission spectroscopy; b) optical gain relaxation dynamics; c) nonlinear optical characterization of semiconductor nanostructures, novel bio-compatible materials, photonic and plasmonic nano-devices. Implemented Optical techniques include: picosecond fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy, time-resolved variable stripe length and pump-probe gain techniques, emission quantum efficiency and photon statistics, Z-scan nonlinear characterization, second harmonic generation (SHG).

Wide Bandgap Semiconductor LaboratoryProfessor Theodore Moustakas

The Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Laboratory is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to studying the growth, fundamental material properties, and fabrication of novel electronic and opto-electronic devices. The lab specializes in III-nitride growth by Molecular Beam Epitaxy(MBE) and Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy(HVPE). It has a history in the development of LEDs and currently continues to focus on LEDs and semiconductor lasers in the blue-UV region of the electromagnetic spectrum.


MSE Colloquium Series

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TITLE CO-SPONSOR

17-Oct-08 Dr. Newell Washburn

Carnegie Mellon University Design Principles for Cytokine-Regulating Biomaterials

Joint with ME

17-Oct-08 Dr. Sudipta Seal Professor of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida

Regenerative Catalytic Rare Earth Nanoparticles as Therapeutics

Joint with the CNN

24-Oct-08 Dr. Robert F. Davis John R. and Clare Bertucci Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Initial and Subsequent Modes of Growth AlN, GaN and ZnO Semiconductor Films

31-Oct-08 Dr. Efthimios Kaxiras

Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Multiscale Simulations Of Complex Materials For Engineering And Biological Applications

Joint with ECE and Physics

7-Nov-08 Dr. U. (Balu) Balachandran

Argonne National Laboratory Development of Dense Membranes for Hydrogen Production and Purification

7-Nov-08 Dr. H. Eugene Stanley

Director, Center for Polymer Studies, BU College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics

Liquid Water Joint with ECE

14-Nov-08 Dr. George M. Whitesides

Harvard University Ionic Electrets and Contact Electrification

Joint with the CNN

21-Nov-08 Dr. Ilhan A. Aksay Chemical Engineering Department, Princeton University

Biologically Inspired Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites

Joint with the CNN

5-Dec-08 Dr. Seung-Wuk Lee Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley

Making Viruses Work For Us Joint with ME

27-Feb-09 Dr. Meilin Liu School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Probing and mapping electrode reactions in SOFCs using in situ Raman spectroscopy

6-Mar-09 Dr. Gerbrand Ceder Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Materials Design with First Principles Computations and application to Materials for Energy Storage and Generation

20-Mar-09 Dr. Theodore Moustakas

Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University

Nitride Semiconductors and their Applications

Cosponsored by ECE, Physics, and the CNN

27-Mar-09 Dr. Uday Pal Division of Materials Science and EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringBoston University

Performance Analysis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and New Electrode Materials

3-Apr-09 Dr. Arto Nurmikko Division of Engineering, Brown University

Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots as Active Optical Elements: From Single Photons Sources to Lasers?

Cosponsored by ECE, Physics, and the CNN


MSE Advisory BoardThe Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Advisory Board will provide an independent external review once every year. The primary purpose will be to review current Division academic and research programs, assessing contributions and achievements compared to our peers, and providing help in establishing long-range goals and priorities. The focus will be on maintaining and enhancing quality, relevance and excellence, and on strengthening the reputation of the Division.

The Advisory Board held its first meeting on September 15, 2009. Six of the current nine Advisory Board members attended the meeting, as well as a majority of our MSE Steering Committee members. At the start of the meeting, Dean Lutchen provided a summary of the creation of the Division within the context of the College of Engineering reorganization. Several presentations were made, spawning comments and lively discussions throughout the meeting. Dean Lutchen later rejoined the Board at the end of the day to hear their consensus on where the Division stands now and their recommendations on how best to proceed.

Pictured Left: Advisory board members front row from the left: Dr. C. Barry Carter, Dr. Subhash C. Singhal and Dr. Harry L. Tuller. Back row from the left: Dr. James G. Hannoosh, Dr. Max G. Lagally and Dr. Ron Latanision.


DR. C. BARRY CARTER is Department Head and Professor in the Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut. Professor Carter is the author of the popular textbook, “Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering”, published by Springer. Professor Carter’s research interests are in characterization of interfaces and defects in ceramics and semiconductors.

DR. GEORGE CRAFORD is currently the Solid State Lighting Fellow at Philips Lumileds Lighting Company. Prior to joining Philips he was the Technical Director of the Electronics Division at Hewlett-Packard Company. At Hewlett-Packard, Craford’s group pioneered the development of various types of LEDs and products. Dr. Craford is a fellow of the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has received numerous professional awards including the 2002 National Medal of Technology from the President of the United States in recognition for his contributions to the LED technology.

DR. JAMES G. HANNOOSH is currently Vice President of Development for Astra Tech, Inc., and former CEO and Senior Vice President of Atlantis Components, Inc. Both companies produce dental implants and medical devices employing advanced materials.

DR. MAX G. LAGALLY is Erwin W. Mueller Professor and Bascom Professor of Surface Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lagally is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including his election into the German National Academy of Science, the American Association for the advancement of Science, and the National Academy of Engineering.

DR. RON LATANISION is currently Corporate Vice President & Practice Director at Exponent Engineering and Scientific Consulting, and Professor Emeritus in Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of ASM International, NACE International, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Latanison’s expertise and interests are in the areas of electrochemical science and processing technologies.

DR. KWADWO OSSEO-ASARE is Distinguished Professor of Metallurgy and Energy and Geo-environmental Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Professor Osseo-Assare’s research interests are in the areas of materials processing in the aqueous media.

DR. SUBHASH C. SINGHAL is Battelle Fellow and Director, Fuel Cells, in the Energy and Environment Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Utah. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Washington State Academy of Sciences. He served on the Electrochemical Society’s Board of Directors, was President of the International Society for Solid State Ionics. Dr. Singhal’s expertise and interests are in the areas of high temperature materials and solid oxide fuel cells.

DR. HARRY L. TULLER is Professor of Ceramics and Electronic Materials in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Head of the Crystal Physics and Electroceramics Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electroceramics, Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, elected to World Academy of Ceramics. Professor Tuller’s research interests are in the areas of electroceramics and solid-state materials.

HANS-PETER WEBER, DMD, is the Raymond J. and Elva Pomfret Nagle Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences, and serves as Chair of the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. His expertise is in the area of dental implants and reconstruction.

Boston UniversityDivision of Materials Science and EngineeringAnnual Report 2008 – 2009

© 2009, Boston University

Design and production: Sarah Cowen, www.sarahheartsdesign.com

Photography: Boston University Photo Services

Content: Elizabeth Flagg, MSE staff, and MSE faculty

Front Cover: PhD student Soobhankar Pati assembles a waste-to-fuel device in the High-Temperature Chemical and Electrochemical Processing of Materials Laboratory.

Back Cover: Professor Moustakas oversees LED production in the Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Laboratory

This report provides a description of the instructional and research activities of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University during the 2008 – 2009 academic year. Instructional activities are reported from the Fall 2008 through Summer 2009 semesters while scholarly activities and budget information are reported from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.

Boston University’s policies provide for equal opportunity and affirmative action in employment and admission to all programs of the University.

For more information or to download this report as a PDF, please visit our website at www.bu.edu/mse.

Table of Contents

1 Message from the Division Head

1 Highlights 2 Faculty at a Glance

2 Faculty Honors and Awards

5 Graduate Students at a Glance

5 Graduate Student Awards

7 Faculty and Staff 7 Participating Faculty

10 Affiliated Faculty

13 Staff

13 Committees

15 Graduate Programs 15 Recruitment

16 Enrollment

16 Teaching Fellows and Research Assistants 2008-2009

16 Degrees Awarded

17 Course and Program Development

19 Research 20 External Research Funding

30 Faculty Publications and Lectures

44 Research Laboratories

49 Colloquium Series

50 Advisory Board

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