ERINC - Members

Table of ERINC Faculty by Department Affiliation and Research interests

Faculty by Department		Faculty by Topics
Department	Faculty Member	Topic	Faculty Member
Electrical and Computer Engineering	R. W. Cohn B. W. Alphenaar A. A. Farag K. M. Walsh C. Harnett S. McNamara	Nanofabrication	R. W. Cohn B. W. Alphenaar R. S. Keynton K. M. Walsh J. T. Hastings (UK) B. Hinds (UK)
Chemical Engineering and Materials	M. K. Sunkara G. A. Willing B. Hinds (UK)	Nanoelectronics and MEMS	B. W. Alphenaar R. S. Keynton G. U. Sumanasekera K. M. Walsh S. McNamara C. Harnett
Mechanical Engineering and BioEngineering	P. Mengüç (UK) R. S. Keynton B. Panchapakesan T. A. Berfield	Nanomaterials Growth and Characterization	R. W. Cohn M. K. Sunkara G. U. Sumanasekera G. A. Willing F. P. Zamborini J. Brill (UK) B. Hinds (UK) J. K. Lumpp (UK)
Physics	C. S. Jayanthi S. Liu G. U. Sumanasekera S-Y Wu S. Mendes J. Brill (UK)	Image Analysis and Psychophysics	E. A. Essock A. A. Farag L. G. Hassebrook (UK) D. L. Lau (UK)
Chemistry	F. P. Zamborini	Computational Nanomaterials	C. S. Jayanthi S. Liu S-Y. Wu
Psychological and Brain Sciences	E. A. Essock	Educational Outreach	T. R. Tretter
Teaching and Learning School of Education	T. R. Tretter	Optics and ElectroMagnetics	R. W. Cohn B. W. Alphenaar S. Mendes C. Harnett B. Panchapakesan P. Mengüç (UK) L. G. Hassebrook (UK) J.T. Hastings (UK)
		MicroFluids	R. S. Keynton S. McNamara C. Harnett P. Mengüç (UK)

Biographies of ERINC Members

University of Louisville

	Robert W. Cohn,Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Distinguished University Scholar, University of Louisville. PhD in Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University. Since 1996 he has been the Director of the ElectroOptics Research Institute and Nanotechnology Center. Prior to joining UofL in 1989, he was Member of the Technical Staff, Texas Instruments (1978-1989). Some of the research activities over his career include surface acoustic wave device development; application of spatial light modulators to information processing, diffraction pattern generation and laser trapping/optical tweezers; and development of novel methods for micro- and nanofabrication. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) Home Page: The ElectroOptics Research Institute and Nanotechnology Center (ERINC)
	Bruce W. Alphenaar, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Yale University. In October 2000, he joined the University of Louisville as an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering with the distinction of University Scholar in Nanotechnology. His latest research includes carbon nanotube spintronics, optically excited spin injection and nanowire interconnects and devices. Home Page: Nanoscale Device Research Laboratory (NDRL)
	Thomas A. Berfield, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008). His research includes synthesis and nanomechanical characterization of piezoelectric thin films. Home Page: Micro-Scale Testing Laboratory (MSTL)
	Edward A. Essock, Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and University Scholar. Ph.D. in Psychology from Brown University. His current research funding is from ONR on perception of natural scenes and cortical gain mechanisms. Applications include image filtering, fusion and false coloring to enhance visual perception for multispectral IR images. Home Page: http://www.louisville.edu/~eaesso01/visionscience/
	Aly A. Farag, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Director, Computer Vision and Image Processing Laboratory. Ph.D. from Purdue University. His research interests are in computer vision, biomedical engineering, intelligent manufacturing and applications of communication theory in telemetry and remote sensing. Home Page: http://www.cvip.uofl.edu/farag/index.htm
	Xiao-An (Sean) Fu, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering. Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Case Western Researve University (2001). His research includes microsystems for high temperature electronics, solar energy conversion and detection and identification of volatile chemicals. Home Page: https://louisville.edu/speed/chemical/people/faculty-staff/dr-fu.html
	André M. Gobin, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering. Ph.D. from Rice University, Houston, TX. His research interests include near infrared (NIR) absorbing nanoparticles for uses including as a therapeutic agent directly, incorporation into drug delivery systems as well as in photo-mechanical transduction systems coupled into micro-fluidic devices. Home Page: Dr. André M. Gobin's Nanotherapeutics Laboratory
	Cindy Harnett, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Ph.D. degree in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University. Her research interests include chemical vapor deposition in micro scale environments, the interaction of electric fields with fluid flows, and the use of micro fluidic systems to produce new electronic materials. Home Page: Harnett Lab, University of Louisville
	Chakram S. Jayanthi, Professor, Department of Physics. Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology. She is presently pursuing research on theoretical condensed matter physics, surface physics and large scale atomistic simulations. Home Page: http://www.physics.louisville.edu/public/faculty/csjayanthi/
	Robert S. Keynton, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Chair, BioEngineering. Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Akron. His research interests include biofluids, cardiovascular mechanics, BioMEMS, microfabrication, micro fluidics, and ultrasound. Website : http://www.louisville.edu/~r0keyn01/
	Shudun Liu, Associate Professor, Department of Physics. Ph.D from Rutgers University. He is presently pursuing research on theoretical condensed matter physics. Website: http://www.physics.louisville.edu/public/faculty/sliu.html
	Shamus McNamara, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. He spent two years as a post-doc at the Wireless Integrated Micro Systems (WIMS) center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. He joined the ECE faculty after co-founding PicoCal, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, a startup company based on research performed at the University of Michigan. Home Page: http://www.ece.louisville.edu/fac_mcnamara.html
	Sergio Mendes, Associate Professor, joint appointment in the Department of Physics and the Department of Chemistry. Ph.D. in Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 1997. His research interests include molecular films, surface phenomena, optical waveguides and fibers, optical spectroscopies of nanostructured materials, optical waves and nanoparticles, optical and laser instrumentation, integrated optic and fiber biosensors. Home Page: http://www.physics.louisville.edu/sbmendes/
	John F. Naber, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 1992. His research over the past 8 years has primarily involved developing custom analog and digital circuits to meet the needs of advanced implantable biomedical sensing systems as well as integrated Lab-On-a-Chip (LOC) systems. Home Page: UofL Wireless & Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory
	Balaji (Balou) Panchapakesan, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, 2001. Before joining UofL in 2008, he was Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Delaware. His research focuses on understanding how light interacts with carbon nanotubes and creating applications as diverse as micro-opto-mechanical systems to cancer nanotechnology that utilize this phenomenon. Home Page: Small System Laboratory (SSL)
	Palaniappan Sethu, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering. Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2002. His research focuses on providing enabling technology through the development of microfluidic systems for applications in biology and medicine. Home Page: Microscale Biotechnology Laboratory
	Gamini U. Sumanasekera, Associate Professor, Department of Physics. Ph.D from Indiana University. He is presently pursuing research on experimental condensed matter physics. Home Page: http://www.physics.louisville.edu/public/faculty/gusumanasekera/
	Mahendra K. Sunkara, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering. Ph.D from Case Western Reserve University. His research focuses on the development of new processes based on chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for producing large single crystal quality wafers (Diamond and Gallium Nitride) and one-dimensional materials (nanowires and nanotubes) for a variety of inorganic materials. Home Page: http://www.cvd.louisville.edu/
	Thomas R. Tretter, Assistant Professor of Science Education, Department of Teaching and Learning. Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction, from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His Research & Scholarship Interests include conceptions of scale and scaling in science, organizing science instruction around unifying themes, incorporating nanoscience and nanotechnology into middle and high school science classrooms, and diagnostic assessments of science teacher knowledge. Home Page: http://www.louisville.edu/edu/edtl/faculty/tretter.html
	Kevin M. Walsh, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Director of Lutz Microfabrication Cleanroom. Ph.D from University of Cincinnati. His research interests include MEMS, Microelectronic Devices, Sensors, Transducers and Actuators, Micro/Nanofabrication Processes and Device Physics. Home Page: http://www.ece.louisville.edu/fac_walsh.html Website: http://www.mems.louisville.edu/index3.html
	Stuart J. Williams, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2009. His research interests include fluid dynamics, micro- and nanofluidics, particle image velocimetry (PIV), Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Lab-on-a-Chip systems, and colloidal self-assembly. Home Page:
	Gerold A. Willing, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering. Home Page: http://www.louisville.edu/~g0will05/ Website: http://www.louisville.edu/speed/chemical/
	Shi-Yu Wu, Professor, Department of Physics. Ph.D from Cornell University. He is presently pursuing research on theoretical condensed matter physics and theory of complex systems with reduced symmetry. Home Page: http://www.physics.louisville.edu/public/faculty/sywu/
	Frank P. Zamborini, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry. Ph.D from Texas A & M, 1998. Dr. Zamborini pursues research in nanolithography and surface electrochemistry using AFM/STM's.

University of Kentucky

	Joseph Brill, Professor of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, University of Kentucky. Ph.D. Stanford University. His current research is on novel thermal, elastic, and infrared probes of crystals with "low-dimensional" electronic properties, including microcalorimetry and electro-optical and electro-mechanical measurements of charge-density-wave materials. Home Page: http://www.pa.uky.edu/bios/Brill.html
	Laurence G. Hassebrook, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky. Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently engaged in research on distortion-invariant optical pattern recognition techniques and the development of optical scanners for profiling three dimensional objects. Home Page: http://www.engr.uky.edu/~lgh/
	J. Todd Hastings, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on nano-scale electronic and photonic devices and their associated fabrication technologies. Home Page: http://www.engr.uky.edu/~hastings/
	J. Zach Hilt, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering Engineering, University of Kentucky. Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX (2004). His research focuses on designing and developing novel biomaterials based on intelligent polymer networks for application as recognition and/or actuation elements ininnovative devices for biosensing, drug delivery, and other micro- and nanoscale applications, primarily of medical and biological significance. Home Page: http://www.engr.uky.edu/~hilt/
	Bruce Hinds, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky. Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Northwestern University. His research areas include nano-scale device fabrication, molecular electronics/spintronics, thin film processes, semiconductor interface states and inorganic chemical synthesis. Home Page: http://www.engr.uky.edu/~bjhinds/
	Daniel L. Lau, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware. His research interests include digital halftoning, watermarking, and color reproduction, automated surveillance and face recognition, and human-computer interaction and assistive technologies research for persons with disabilities. Home Page: http://www.engr.uky.edu/~dllau/
	Janet K. Lumpp, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky. Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. Her primary research interests are in materials, lasers and microelectronics. Her research projects center on developing micromachining techniques for hybrid microelectronics, prototype component fabrication, and diffractive optics. She is also interested in studying laser processing of electronic, optical and magnetic materials to determine laser-solid interaction mechanisms in deposition and removal processes. Home Page: http://www.engr.uky.edu/~jklumpp/
	Pinar Mengüç, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. His research interests include radiation transfer, applied optics and heat transfer. Home Page: http://www.engr.uky.edu/~menguc/

Western Kentucky University

Academic Affiliates (involved in collaborative research)

Corporate Affiliates

Former Members

	Darrel L. Chenoweth, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of Graduate Studies and Assistant V.P. for Research, University of Louisville. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Auburn University. Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE). He has performed research on computer vision based navigation, analysis of aerial reconnaissance images, characterization of long range infrared search and track systems. Home Page: http://www.ece.louisville.edu/~dlchen01/
	Elizabeth C. Dickey, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State. Ph.D from Northwestern University. Her research interests include interfacial phenomena in composite materials such as interface compatibility stress, interfacial fracture and interfacial phase transformations and the relationship between crystallographic texture and macroscopic material properties. Website: http://www.matse.psu.edu/fac/profiles/dickey.htm
	Peter Faguy, President of "Advanced Materials, Measurements and Devices", Rochester Hills, MI. His area of interests include new product development, program management, characterization and performance testing, electrode materials and production, electrocatalysts, analytical instrumentation and sensors, and providing consulting services and solutions at the science / engineering / business interface.
	W. Karl Pitts, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Louisville. Ph.D from Indiana University. His research interests include radiation detectors, laser micromachining, nuclear physics and instrumentation development. Website: http://www.physics.louisville.edu/www/public/faculty/wkpitts.html
	Susan B. Sinnott, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida. Ph.D from Iowa State University. She is presently pursuing research on the design and study of new composite material, computational nanometer-scale materials engineering, investigation of crack initiation at material defects, and the study of thin film growth. Home Page: http://www.mse.ufl.edu/~ssinn/

	Doo Jin Cho, Professor, Department of Physics, Ajou University, South Korea, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. in Optics from the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, 1990. His research interests include optical/nanophotonic computer simulations.
	Wenyao Liu, Professor, Department of Precision Instrument Engineering, Tianjin University, China. Visiting Prof., UofL, 1995. He is currently engaged in research on optical pattern recognition techniques and optical correlations.
	Alexander F. Naumov, Ph.D., Senior Scientists, Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia Academy of Sciences, Samara, Russia. He currently works at Physical Optics Corporation.
	A. V. Parfenov, Ph.D., Senior Scientists, Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, who is widely recognized as Russia's leading developer of liquid crystal modulators for high definition and brightness projectors and adaptive optical telescopes. He is currently working with fiber-optic sensors at the Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory (DIAL) at Mississippi State University.
	Henry Stark, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology. Fellow of OSA and IEEE. His publications on convex and generalized projections onto constraints algorithms and their applications to reconstruction imaging, pattern recognition and optical design are widely cited.

	Frank Luecke, founder and owner of Frank Design LLC in Crestwood, Kentucky. He is also co-founder of New Focus Inc. and is responsible for the design of around 75% of their products including picomotors, optical, and tunable laser diodes. Prior to New Focus he worked at IBM on the research and development of magneto-optical disc drives. He is the inventor or co-inventor on over 27 U.S. patents. Currently he is involved in research and design projects with Professors Farag and Cohn and the Dept. of Surgery at UofL's medical school
	John Randall and Marni Rutkofsky are Chief Technical Officer and Nanomaterials Specialist of Zyvex Corp. Zyvex’s vision is to become the leading worldwide supplier of tools, products, and services that enable adaptable, affordable, and molecularly precise manufacturing.
	Jay E. Stockley and Steven A. Serati, are Electro-optics Engineer and President of Boulder Nonlinear system, Inc. which makes Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator for information processing. They are currently collaborating on an STTR contract to develop a real-time multispot laser beam steering system and illuminator.