Faculty Research Projects
AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD
Biosensing of Soybean Rust Spores
PI: Brian Cunningham
Co-PI(s): Irfan Ahmad, Glen Hartman, Linda Kull
ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL
*Active Spatiotemporal Control of Molecular Assembly
PI: Paul Bohn
Co-PI(s): Jonathan Sweedler, Mark Shannon
*Bacterial Protein Toxins, their Interaction with Host Cells, and their Effects on Intracellular Signal Transduction
PI: Brenda Wilson
*Molecular Gating for Nanofluidic Control
PI: Paul Bohn
Co-PI(s): Jonathan Sweedler, Mark Shannon
*Colorimetic Arrays for Chemical Sensing
PI: Kenneth Suslick
*Experimental Characterization of Air Flow in Aircraft Cabins
PI: Yuanhui Zhang
Co-PI(s): Yigang Sun
COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS
*Applying Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) for Nanotechnology Applications (M4N)
PI: Chang Liu
Co-PI(s): Chad Mirkin, Min-feng Yu, Yong Huang
*Biofluidic Intelligent Processors for Preparative Manipulations of Biological Warfare Agents at the Attomole Level
PI: Paul Bohn Co-PI(s): Mark Shannon, Jonathan Sweedler
*Conducting Materials: Synthetic Ion Channels and Conjugated Ladder Polymers
PI: Mary Gin
*Continuum Studies of Carbon Nanotubes
PI: Yong Huang
*Directed Nanoscale Self-Assembly using Amorphous Semiconductors
PI: Edmund Seebauer
Co-PI(s): John Abelson
*Low-temperature CVD of Metallic Ceramic Thin Films
PI: John Abelson
Co-PI(s): Gregory Girolami
*Nanopatterning Techniques for Plastic Optoelectronics
PI: John Rogers
*Porous Optoelectronic Materials
PI: Paul Bohn
Co-PI(s): Ilesanmi Adesida
*Quantum Computing in an Elementary Solid State Spin Qubit-Circuit
PI: Jean-Pierre Leburton
*Sonochemical Synthesis of Nanomaterials
PI: Kenneth Suslick
COMPUTATIONAL
*Adsorbate Mediated Electrodeposition: Experimental and Multiscale Numerical Investigations on Surface Roughness and Shape Evolution
PI: Richard Alkire
Co-PI(s): Richard D. Braatz
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL
*Cancer Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials and Nanofabrication
PI: Rashid Bashir
Co-PI(s): Irfan Ahmad, Ilesanmi Adesida, Jonathan Sweedler
Funding: NCI
*Nanomedicine for Cancer Research
PI: Kenneth Watkin
Co-PI(s): Brian Cunningham, Irfan Ahmad, Illinois; Atiya Abbasi, University of Karachi
Funding: USAID-Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
*Microfluidic Technology for In Vitro Embryo Production, Embryo Manipulation, Developmental Biology, Differentiation and Assisted Reproduction
PI: Mathew Wheeler
*Microsphere-based vehicles for delivery of drugs and growth factors for tissue engineering
PI: Kyekyoon (Kevn) Kim
Co-PI(s): Russ Jamison, Hyungsoo Choi
*Modulation of Neural Network Activity by Patterning
PI: Bruce Wheeler
Co-PI(s): Gregory Brewer
*Optical Contrast Agents for Optical Coherence Tomography
PI: Stephen Boppart
Co-PI: Kenneth Suslick
*Optical Imaging of Dynamic Three-Dimesional Engineered Tissues
PI: Stephen Boppart
Co-PI(s): Deborah Leckband, Tejal Desai, Thomas Eurell
*Precision microspheres and microcapsules of biodegradable materials for advanced drug delivery
PI: Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim
Co-PI(s): Daniel W. Pack, Hyungsoo Choi
*Re)Engineering of Nanoparticle Gene Delivery Vehicles
PI: Daniel W. Pack
NANO CHARACTERIZATION
*Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy Imaging of Microsphere-Nanoparticle Assemblies
PI: Jennifer Lewis
Co-PI(s): Paul Braun, Erik Lutijen, Steve Granick
*Fabrication and characterization of highly structured nanoparticles and their application to nanoscale devices
Co-PI(s): Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, Hyungsoo Choi*Fabrication and characterization of doped glass micro- and nanospheres and their application to novel devices and imaging
Co-PI(s): Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, Hyungsoo Choi
*Fabrication and characterization of nanowires and their application to nanoscale devices
Co-PI(s): Kyekyoon (Kevin ) Kim, Hyungsoo Choi
*Study of charged liquid cluster beam (CLCB) generation and application to nanoscale science and technology
Co-PI(s): Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, Hyungsoo Choi
NANO IDENTIFICATION
*Combinatorial Engineering Methods to obtain Proteins and DNA
PI: Yi Lu
NANO FABRICATION
*Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Microvascular Networks
PI: Scott White
Co-PI(s): Jennifer Lewis
*High Performance and Yet Low Cost and Modular Microfluid Platform for Distributed Environmental Monitoring
PI: Chang Liu
Research Strategy Committee
Office of the Vice President for Research
Lawrence Schook
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Jennifer Eardley - Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, and Division of Biomedical Sciences
Jimmy Hsia - Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, and MechSE
College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
Jozef Kokini - Associate Dean for Resarch
Gene Robinson - Director, Institute for Genomic Biology
Lila Vodkin - Crop Sciences
College of Applied Health Sciences
Kenneth Watkin - Center for Health, Aging, and Disability
College of Engineering
Irfan Ahmad - Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and CNST
Rashid Bashir - Electrical and Computer Engineering, and BioE
Jennifer Bernhard - Associate Dean for Research, and ECE
James Coleman - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Brian Cunningham - Electrical and Computer Engineering, and BioE
Placid Ferreira - Mechanical Science and Engineering
Lynford Goddard - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michael Insana - Bioengineering
Paul Kenis - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Yi Lu - Chemistry
Joseph Lyding - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nadya Mason - Physics
Munir Nayfeh - Physics
John Rogers - Materials Science and Engineering
Scott White - Aerospace Engineering
College of Education
Lizanne DeStefano - Educational PsychologyCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Martha Gillette - Cell and Developmental Biology
Stephen Sligar - Biochemistry (Committee co-Chair)
Ralph Nuzzo - Chemistry
College of Veterinary Medicine
Timoth Fan -Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Research Park and EnterpriseWorks at Illinois
Laura Frerichs- Director