Team

Faculty

 

MUHANNAD BAKIRMUHANNAD BAKIR


Professor
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.6276
Fax: 404.894.4641
Office: MiRC 131
muhannad.bakir@mirc.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • 3D electronic system integration
  • Advanced cooling for 3D systems
  • Power delivery for 3D systems
  • Biosensor technologies
  • Carbon-based nanoelectronics
  • Nanofabrication technology
  • Novel interconnect systems

BILLYDE BROWNBILLYDE BROWN


Research Associate II
Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Research Faculty
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.1935
billyde.brown@gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Nanomaterials
  • Sensors
  • Nano-bio interfaces
  • Neural prostheses
  • Optoelectronics
  • Carbon nanosheets
  • Graphenes

Jaydev DesaiJaydev Desai


Professor
Wallace H. Coulter Department
of Biomedical Engineering
BME Distinguished Faculty Fellow
Director, Georgia Center for
Medical Robotics
Phone: 404.385.5381
Office: UA Whitaker Building, Room 3112
jaydev@gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Image-guided surgical robotics
  • Rehabilitation robotics
  • Cancer diagnosis at the micro-scale

Samuel Graham

SAMUEL GRAHAM


Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.2294
Office: LOVE 339
sam.graham@me.gatech.edu
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Research Interest
  • Microscale heat transfer
  • Thermophysical properties
  • Nanostructured materials
  • Device reliability

Tequila HarrisTEQUILA A.L. HARRIS


Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.6335 | Fax: 404.894.9342
Office: MARC 436
tequila.harris@me.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Polymer processing
  • Mechanical system design
  • Fluid flow
  • Mechanical and physical property characterization of thin film

David HuDavid Hu


Associate Professor of Mechanical
Engineering and Biology;
The George W. Woodruff School
of Mechanical Engineering,
Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics
Phone: 404.894.0573
Office: LOVE 124
hu@me.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Biomechanics of animal locomotion

SUNDARESAN JAYARAMANSUNDARESAN JAYARAMAN


Kolon Professor
School of Materials
Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.2461 / 404.894.9140
MRDC 4411
sundaresan.jayaraman@mse.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Electronic textiles
  • Engineering design of structures and processes
  • Healthcare systems
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing automation
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Smart textiles
  • Wearable biomedical systems

SATISH KUMARSatish Kumar


Associate Professor
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.6640
Office: Love 020
satish.kumar@me.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Electro-thermal transport in flexible electronics
  • Thermal transport in carbon nanostructures
  • Thermal management of microelectronic devices
  • 3D interconnects

Wilbur LamWilbur Lam


Director
Lam Lab
Assistant Professor
Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of
Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.5081
wilbur.lam@bme.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Cellular mechanics
  • BioMEMS
  • Microfabrication
  • Microfluids
  • Endothelial cell biology
  • Sickle cell disease
  • Cancer
  • Novel diagnostics and medical devices

Nian LiuNian Liu


Assistant Professor
School of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.5103
Office: Ford ES&T Building, Room 1230
nian.liu@chbe.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Electronic Systems, Packaging, and Components
  • Nanostructures & Materials
  • Optoelectronics Photonics and Phononics
  • Semiconductors, Materials & Processes

Jack MoonJack Moon


Research Engineer
Phone: 404.891.8465
Office: Love 377
jack.moon@gatech.edu

OLIVER BRANDOLIVER BRAND


Executive Director
Institute for Electronics and
Nanotechnology
Professor
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.9425
oliver.brand@ece.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • MEMS/NEMS
  • Microsensors for Physical, Chemical, and Biological Applications
  • Microsensor fabrication
    based on IC technologies
  • Biosensor technologies

ABHIJIT CHATTERJEEABHIJIT CHATTERJEE


Professor
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.1880 | Fax: 404.894.9846
Office: Klaus, Room 1352
abhijit.chatterjee@ece.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • VLSI and mixed-signal testing
  • Fault-tolerant computing
  • Low power circuit design
  • Computer algorithms
  • Digital automation

Michael A. FillerMichael A. Filler


Associate Professor & Traylor Faculty Fellow;
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.0430
Office: Marcus 2135
michael.filler@chbe.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Nanoscale materials for electronics, photonics
  • Scalable nanomanufacturing
  • Infrared nanophotonics
  • Nanoscale thermal transport

Frank HammondFrank Hammond


Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.4208
Office: Whitaker 4102
frank.hammond@me.gatech.edu
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Research Interests

  • Adaptation Robotic Manipulation
  • Computational modeling
  • Rapid prototyping methods
  • Wearable sensor suites

PETER J. HESKETHPETER J. HESKETH


Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.1358 | Fax: 404.894.8496
Office: Love 317
peter.hesketh@me.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Microfabrication
  • Micromachining
  • Sensors
  • Actuators
  • Biosensors
  • Microfluid

Omer InanOmer Inan


Associate Professor
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.1724
Office: TSRB 417
omer.inan@ece.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Non-invasive physiological monitoring
  • Cardiomechanical signals
  • Medical instrumentation
  • Home monitoring of chronic disease
  • Medical devices for clinically-relevant applications

BERNARD KIPPELENBERNARD KIPPELEN


Professor
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Director
Center for Organic Photonics and
Electronics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.5163 | Fax: 404.385.5170
Office: MoSE 4239
bernard.kippelen@ece.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Research Interests

  • Printed electronics
  • Low-cost printed electronics for RFID
  • Ultra-fast photonics
  • Real-time holography and signal processing
  • Structure-property relationships in photonic and electronic materials
  • Organic light-emitting devices for displays and lighting

GABRIEL KWONGGABRIEL KWONG


Director
Laboratory for Synthetic Immunity
Faculty
Wallace H. Coulter Department of
Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.3746
gkwong@gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Nanomedicine
  • Biomedical micro- and nanosystems
  • DNA nanotechnology
  • High throughput biotechnologies
  • Engineering Immunity
  • Noninvasive diagnostics

SEUNG WOO LEESEUNG WOO LEE


Assistant Professor
Woodruff School of
Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.0764
Office: Love 137
seung.lee@me.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems
  • Batteries and supercapacitors
  • Catalysis and fuel cells
  • CO2 reduction and water-splitting for solar energy storage
  • Electrochemical reaction mechanisms
  • Nanostructured electrodes and electrocatalysts
  • Self-assembly of nano-objects​

DAVID MCDOWEL

David McDowel


Carter N. Paden Jr. Distinguished Chair
Metals Processing
Regents’ Professor
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Executive Director
Institute for Materials
​Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.5128 | Fax: 404-894-0186
Office: RBI 415
david.mcdowell@me.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Polymers
  • Nanostructures
  • Metals

OLIVIER PIERRONOLIVIER PIERRON


Associate Professor
George Woodruff School of
Mechanical Engineering
Phone: 404.894.7877
Office: Love Room 228|Room 301(Lab)
olivier.pierron@me.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Micro and Nano Engineering

H. JERRY QIH. JERRY QI


Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.38.2457
Fax: 404.894.4641
Office: MRDC4101, RBI377
qih@me.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • 3D/4D printing of soft active materials for active structures and soft sensors applications
  • Hybrid printing methods for integration of 3D printing with printed electronics
  • Mechanics of soft active materials, such as shape memory polymers, light activated polymers
  • Recycling of electronic packaging materials and composites

AJEET ROHATGIAJEET ROHATGI


Regents Professor
John H. Weitnauer, Jr. Chair in the
College of Engineering
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.7692 | Fax: 404.894.5934
Office: VL W121
ajeet.rohatgi@ece.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Modeling and fabrication of low-cost high-efficiency silicon solar cells
  • Growth and characterization of low-temperature and high-performance dielectrics
  • Defects and carrier lifetime in semiconductors
  • Rapid thermal processing of silicon devices
  • Growth and optoelectronic properties of compound semiconductors

VANESSA SMETVANESSA SMET


Research Engineer II
Program Manager Interconnections
and Assembly
3D Systems Packaging Research Center
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.0511| Fax: 404.894.3842
Office: MaRC 355
vanessa.smet@prc.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Interconnections
  • 3D packaging
  • Electronic system reliability
  • Mechanics of micro-scale materials
  • Power electronics
  • Thermo-mechanical modeling

 

MADHAVAN SWAMINATHANMADHAVAN SWAMINATHAN


John Pippin Chair in Electromagnetics
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.3340 | Fax: 404.894.9959
Office: Klaus 1358
madhavan.swaminathan@ece.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Numerical methods in electromagnetics
  • Interconnect design and analysis
  • Power Distribution for GHz Systems
  • Time domain characterization methods
  • IC-Package Co-design

 

Jun UedaJUN UEDA


Associate Professor
The Woodruff School of
Mechanical Engineering
Phone: 404.385.3900
Office: Love Building, Room 219
jun.ueda@me.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Automation & Mechatronics
  • Bioengineering

Ben WangBEN WANG


Executive Director
Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
School of Industrial Systems and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.9100
Office: Callaway Bldg., Rm 312
ben.wang@gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Polymer composites
  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Nanocomposites

W. HONG YEOW. HONG YEO


Assistant Professor
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.5710
Office: Pettit 204
whyeo@gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Stretchable Hybrid Electronics
  • Biomedical Devices

 

  • Nanofluidics
  • Human-Machine Interfaces

GLEB YUSHINGLEB YUSHIN


Professor
School of Materials Science and
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.3261 | Fax: 404.894.9140
Office: Love 371
gleb.yushin@mse.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Ion batteries
  • Desalination
  • Aluminum alloys
  • Rechargeable alkaline batteries
  • Supercapacitors
  • Multifunctional materials
  • Conversion electrodes

Jud ReadyJud Ready


Deputy Director, Innovation Initiatives
Institute for Materials
​Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404-407-6036
jud.ready@gtri.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Micro/Nanoelectrics
  • Carbon nanotubes​
  • Supercapacitors
  • Photovoltaics

 

 

SURESH SITARAMANSURESH SITARAMAN


Professor of Mechanical Engineering
School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.3405 | Fax: 404.894.9342
Office: MARC 471T
suresh.sitaraman@me.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Fabrication and characterization of micro- and nano-scale structures
  • Thermo-mechanical modeling
    and simulation
  • Fracture and fatigue studies in microelectronic packages and microsystems

NATALIE STINGELINNATALIE STINGELIN


Professor
Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: 404.894.5192
Office: ES&T L1220
natalie.stingelin@mse.gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Materials and Nanotechnology

 

MANOS TENTZERISMANOS TENTZERIS


Professor Electromagnetics
School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
​Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.6006  Fax: 404.894.4641
Office: TSRB 539
etentze@ece.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • 3D-printed/inkjet-printed RF electronics, batteries and sensors
  • “Green” and sustainable energy harvesting (e.g. RF, mechanical, thermal, UV)
  • Nanotechnology-based ultrasensitive sensors
  • Origami antennas and RF modules with
    morphing characteristics
  • Novel flexible electronics & 3D
    modules up to mm-wave frequency-range (e.g.LCP)
  • Wearable and implantable wireless
    body-area networks

Eric VogelERIC M. VOGEL


Deputy Director
Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.7235 | Fax: 404.894.9140
Office: Love Bldg., Rm 166
eric.vogel@mse.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Functional electronic and optical materials
  • Ceramics
  • Nanostructures
  • Metals

 

ZL WangZL WANG


Hightower Chair
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Regents’ and Adjunct Professor
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Adjunct Professor
School or Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.8008 | Fax:  404.894.9140
Office: RBI 273A
zhong.wang@mse.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Nanostructures
  • Nanoenergy
  • Piezophototronics

AARON YOUNGAARON YOUNG


Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.385.5306
Office: GTMI 433
aaron.young@me.gatech.edu
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Research Interests
  • Powered prosthesis
  • EMG signal processing
  • Myoelectric control
  • Machine Learning

 

CHUCK ZHANGCHUCK ZHANG


Professor
School of Industrial & Systems
Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Phone: 404.894.4321 | Fax: 404.894.2301
Office: Groseclose 334
chuck.zhang@gatech.edu

Research Interests
  • Manufacturing
  • Composites
  • Nanomanufacturing

 

Laboratories and Centers

 

Laboratories

  • Electronics Manufacturing and
  • Reliability Laboratory
  • Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory
  • Computer-Aided Simulation of Packaging Reliability

Faculty Research Groups

  • Integrated 3D Systems Group
  • Mixed Signal Design Group
  • Athena
  • Vogel Group
  • Nanoscience Research Group
  • Nanotech Yushin’s Group
  • Polymer Thin Film Processing (PTFP) Research group
  • Testing and Reliability Engineering Lab

Centers

  • 3D Systems Packaging Research Center
  • Center for Co-design, Chip, Package, System
  • Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics
  • Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
  • Georgia Tech Research Institute
  • Institute for Materials
  • Institute of Electronics and Nanotechnology