Chase Brown Assistant Professor Email: chase.brown@ucf.edu Office: Research I, Room 215 Biography Chase Brown is a materials engineer and neuroscientist who develops tools across the fields of nanomaterials, photonics, bioinformatics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to facilitate the automation of scientific discovery. He has a M.Sc. in chemical and biological materials engineering from the University…
Yuxun Ren Assistant Professor Email: yuxun.ren@ucf.edu Office: Research I, Room 150 Biography Yuxun Ren obtained his doctoral degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2019. From 2019 to 2023, he received postdoc training at Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of…
David Mitchell Associate Professor Email: david.j.mitchell@ucf.eduOffice: ENG 2, Room 417 Biography David Mitchell is an associate professor with a joint appointment in the Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace departments. He is a faculty member of the Center for Advanced Turbomachinery and Energy Research. Prior to joining UCF, Mitchell was senior R&D…
Rachna Rachna Lecturer Email: rachna.rachna@ucf.edu Office: ENG I Biography Rachna completed her Ph.D. in 2021 from the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Her research was centered on the innovative green synthesis of nanomaterials and exploring their applications in the degradation of organic contaminants. Following the completion of her doctorate, Rachna embarked on an academic…
Aleksandra Petelski Assistant Professor Email: aleksandra.petelski@ucf.edu Office: ENG I, Room 115 Biography Aleksandra A. Petelski-Kulik earned her Ph.D. in bioengineering from Northeastern University, and her bachelor’s in biomedical engineering and master’s in materials engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. During her doctoral training in the Slavov Laboratory, Aleksandra gained experience in mass spectrometry proteomics by contributing…
Needa Brown Assistant Professor Email: needa.brown@ucf.edu Office: Biomedical Sciences, Room 438 Website: NanoBio Lab Biography Education: Post-doctoral Fellow (2017 – 2020): Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Ph.D. (2013 – 2017): Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oklahoma M.S. (2010 – 2013): Department of Biomedicine Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology…
Liping Yu Associate Professor Email: liping.yu@ucf.eduOffice: ENG I, Room 418 Biography Liping Yu is an associate professor who joined the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering Department under the Semiconductor Initiative in fall 2023. Before that, he was an assistant professor of physics at the University of Maine. After obtaining his Ph.D. in physics from…
Leland Nordin Assistant Professor Email: leland.nordin@ucf.eduOffice: CREOL, Room A235 Website: Advanced Photonic Devices Lab Biography Nordin is an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida, holding a joint appointment between the Department of Materials Science and Engineering department and the College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL). His research lab specializes in semiconductor materials/device design,…
Ehsan Shirzaei Sani Assistant Professor Email: ehsan.shirzaeisani@ucf.edu Office: ENG I, Suite 207 Biography Education: Postdoc: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 2023 Ph.D.: University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2020 M.S.: Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2012 B.S.: University of Sistan & Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran, 2010 Biography: Ehsan Sani joined the UCF Department…
Shruti Vyas Assistant Professor Email: shruti@ucf.eduOffice: ENG I, Room 408 Biography Vyas completed her doctoral degree in chemical engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2016 and her undergraduate degree from IIT Varanasi in 2009. She has three years of post-undergraduate industrial experience, working in process design and development at Engineers India Limited. She has…
Paria Gharavi Assistant Professor Email: paria.gharavi@ucf.edu Office: ENG I, Room 208 Website: Gharavi Lab BiographyParia Gharavi is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida, which she joined in August 2023. She received her master’s and doctoral degrees in materials science and engineering from Sharif University of Technology,…
Laurene Tetard Associate ProfessorAffiliated Faculty, Nanoscience Technology CenterPhysics Department Phone: 407-882-0128 Email: Laurene.Tetard@ucf.edu Biography Dr. Tetard received her PhD in Physics from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, in 2010. She spent two years (2011-2013) as Eugene P. Wigner Fellow and Research Staff in Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, before joining UCF in 2013 where…
Julie Brisset Associate ProfessorMechanical & Aerospace EngineeringJoint Appointment, Creol (The College of Optics & Photonics),Joint Appointment, Materials Science & Engineering,Affiliated Faculty, Center for Advanced Turbines and Energy Research,Affiliated Faculty, Nanoscience Technology CenterUniversity of Central Florida Phone: 407-823-1713 Email: seetha.raghavan@ucf.edu Biography Dr. Raghavan joined UCF in Fall 2008 after completing her doctoral studies at Purdue University, Indiana, School of Aeronautics & Astronautics in the area…
Julie Brisset Florida Space Institute Phone: 407-823-6168 Email: julie.brisset@ucf.edu Biography Dr. Julie Brisset earned her Ph.D. in 2014 at the University of Braunschweig in Germany. She is currently a research associate at the Florida Space Institute and at the Center for Microgravity Research at UCF. Her research interests are focused around the behavior of dust grains in…
Yongho Sohn Pegasus Professor, Lockheed Martin Professor of Engineering Email: yongho.sohn@ucf.eduPhone: 407-882-1181Office: ENG I, Room 211Website: Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing Biography Yongho Sohn is a Pegasus Professor and a Lockheed Martin Professor of Engineering. Dr. Sohn joined UCF in January 2001 as an assistant professor. He is an elected fellow of ASM International, and a…
Sudipta Seal Chair Email: sudipta.seal@ucf.eduPhone: 407-823-5277Office: ENG I, Room 207Website: Nano Biomaterials Manufacturing Group Biography Sudipta Seal joined the Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center and UCF in 1997. He has been consistently productive in research, instruction and service to UCF since 1998. He has served as the Nano Initiative coordinator for the vice president of research and…
Yeonwoong “Eric” Jung Assistant Professor Email: yeonwoong.jung@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-1033 Office: Research Pavilion, Room 487 Website: Jung Research Group Education Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University Research Yeonwoong Jung’s research program explores the extraordinary properties…
Tengfei Jiang Associate Professor Email: tengfei.jiang@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-2284 Office: ENG I, Room 452 Website: Jiang Research Group Education Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University B.E. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University Research Emerging interconnect and packaging systems Micro/nano-fabrication Microstructure and…
Yajie Dong Associate Professor Email: yajie.dong@ucf.edu Website: Dong Research Group Education Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Harvard University Research Luminescent quantum dot and metal halide perovskite materials and devices
Parag Banerjee Professor Lead, Catalysis Faculty Cluster Email: parag.banerjee@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-0190 Office: Research I, Room 208 Website: Banerjee Lab Biography Professional Experience: Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, UCF (2018 – 2024) Undergraduate Program Director Materials Science and Engineering, UCF (2022 – 2023) Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis (2011-2018) Process…
Lorraine Leon Associate Professor Email: lorraine.leon@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-5378 Office: ENG I, Room 210 Website: Biomolecular Engineering Lab Education Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, City University of New York, 2011 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 2004 Research Molecular engineering and self assembly Biomaterials Polyelectrolyte complexation Soft materials characterization Nanomedicine Publications A.B. Marciel, E.J. Chung, B.K. Brettmann, L. Leon,…
James Fenton Professor, Director of Florida Solar Energy Center Email: fenton@fsec.ucf.eduPhone: 321-638-1002Office: FS 1, Room 208A Biography James M. Fenton is the Director of the UCF Florida Solar Energy Center, where he leads a staff of 90 in the research and development of energy technologies that enhance Florida’s and the nation’s economy and environment and educate the…
Yang Yang Associate Professor Email: yang.yang@ucf.eduPhone: 407-882-1180Office: Research Pavilion, Room 423Website: Yang Research Group Education Peter M. and Ruth L. Nicholas Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rice University Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Ph.D., Tsinghua University, China Research The Yang Research Group’s interests include advanced materials and their applications in renewable energy devices, environmental science and…
Swaminathan Rajaraman Associate Professor Office: Research I, 237 Email: swaminathan.rajaraman@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-4339Website: nanoscience.ucf.edu Education Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) in Electrical EngineeringM.S., University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) in Electrical EngineeringB.S., Bharathidasan University (India) in Electronics Engineering Research Micro and nanofabrication technologies Neuroengineering Micro and nanofabrication on plastics, paper, biomaterials and other novel materials;…
Kris Davis Assistant Professor Email: kristopher.davis@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-2415 Office: Research I, Room 150H Website: Davis Research Group Education Ph.D. in Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, 2015 M.S. in Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, 2011 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2007 Research Photovoltaics Optical and electronic materials Metal oxides Thin…
Raj Vaidyanathan Professor Email: raj@ucf.edu Phone: 407-882-1180 Office: ENG I, Room 111 Biography Education: Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1999 M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 1995 B.S. in Chemical Engineering with honors, summa cum laude, Lafayette College, 1994 Dr. Raj Vaidyanathan joined UCF in 2001 in the…
Jayan Thomas Professor Email: jayan.thomas@ucf.eduPhone: 407-882-0196Office: Research Pavilion, Room 480Website: Nano Energy-Photonics Group Education Postdoctoral fellowship, International School of Photonics, India Ph.D., Cochin University of Science and Technology, India M.S./B.S, Mahatma Gandhi University, India Research Research in Thomas’ lab is focused on developing nanoarchitectured energy conversion and storage devices. Recently, he has developed a nanoarchitecturing technique using…
Kaitlyn Crawford Associate Professor Email: kcrawford@ucf.edu Phone: 407-266-7090 Office: ENG I, Room 446 Website: Functional Emergent Materials Lab Education Postdoc in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2015-2017 Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Maryland, 2015 M.S. in Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 2011 B.S. in Chemistry and Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte,…
Jiyu Fang Professor, AMPAC Director, Graduate Program Coordinator Email: jiyu.fang@ucf.edu Phone: 407-882-1517 Office: ENG I, Room 207B Education Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University, 1992 M.S., Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 1989 B.S., Department of Physics, Nanjing Normal University, 1983 Research Jiyu Fang’s research focuses on the interdisciplinary area of physics, chemistry,…
Dan Zhou Instructor Email: dan.zhou@ucf.eduPhone: 407-823-2175 Links ResearchGate
Akihiro Kushima Associate Professor Email: kushima@ucf.eduPhone: 407-823-0317Office: Research I, Room 277 Education Ph.D. in Engineering Physics and Mechanics, Kyoto University, 2007 M.E. in Engineering Physics and Mechanics, Kyoto University, 2004 B.E. inEngineering Science, Kyoto University, 2002 Research In-situ transmission electron microscopy Atomistic simulation Nano-characterization Nano-mechanics Energy-storage materials Publications Kushima, K. P. So, C. Su, P.…