| Yang group member | Room | Phone | |
| Principal investigator | |||
| Shu Yang | 203 LRSM | 215-898-9645 | shuyang@seas.upenn.edu |
| PhD Students | |||
| Chi-Mon Chen | 204 LRSM | 215-898-5138 | chiche@seas.upenn.edu |
| Elaine Lee | 204 LRSM | 215-898-5138 | lelaine@seas.upenn.edu |
| Jie Li | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | ljie@seas.upenn.edu |
| Gaoxiang (Andrew) Wu | 204 LRSM | 215-898-5138 | wugao@seas.upenn.edu |
| Yu Xia | 204 LRSM | 215-898-5138 | xiayu@seas.upenn.edu |
| Master Students | |||
| Postdoc Fellows | |||
| Mohamed Amine Gharbi | Towne | magharbi83@gmail.com | |
| Yigil Cho | 324 LRSM | yigil.cho@gmail.com | |
| Dengteng Ge | 220 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | dengteng@seas.upenn.edu |
| Apiradee Honglawan | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | apih@seas.upenn.edu |
| Su Yeon Lee | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | suylee@seas.upenn.edu |
| Yudi Rahmawan | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | yudi@seas.upenn.edu |
| Visiting Scholars | |||
| Lili Yang | 220 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | yanglili@seas.upenn.edu |
| Youfa Zhang | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | youfa@seas.upenn.edu |
| Go to Alumni | |||
Labs: LRSM 212, 214 (215-898-5053), 217, 234 (215-898-6254)
Offices: LRSM 204 (215-898-5138), 216 and 220 (215-898-5276)
Professor Shu Yang
Contact Information
203 LRSM, 3231 Walnut Street
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215-898-9645
Fax: 215-573-2128
Email: shuyang@seas.upenn.edu
Education
Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 1999
M.S., Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 1997
B.S., Materials Science, Fudan University, China, 1992
Employment
2009.7-present
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UPenn
2004.1-2009.6
Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Materials Innovation, Materials Science and Engineering; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UPenn
1999.7-2003.12
Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Chi-Mon Chen
I earned my BS in Mechanical Engineering from National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan. My PhD study is related to mechanical and tribological properties of soft materials.
Yigil Cho
I graduated from Seoul National University, (B.S.-2005 and Ph.D.-2012), South Korea. After working at Korea Institute of Science and Technology as a post-doc, I've joined this group in May 2013. The most important tool in my research is a computer simulation, so called Finite Element Method. In the field of materials science, I apply this tool to analyze various nano-/micro-structured materials, focusing on the mechanics with related functionalities.
Dengteng Ge
I received my B. S (2005), M.S. (2007) and Ph.D degree (2011) in Materials Science and Engineering from the Centre for Composite Materials and Structure in Harbin Institute of Technology, China. I joined Prof. Yang’s group in May 2012 to create responsive materials from colloidal assembly and elastic instability, and investigate their hydrophobic and electrical properties.
Mohamed Amine Gharbi (with K. Stebe and R. Kamien)
I am a postdoc researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, working with Prof. Shu YANG, Prof. Kathleene STEBE (CBE) and Prof. Randall KAMIEN (Physics).
I received my B.S in Fondamental Physics (2007) and my Master degree (2008) in Physics of Soft Matter from University of Tunis, in Tunisia.
I received my PhD degree from University of Montpellier II, in France, in October 2011 under supervision of Prof. Maurizio Nobili and Dr. Christophe Blanc.
I study experimental topics in soft condensed matter physics, specifically, I am interested in studying liquid crystals/colloids systems.
Apiradee Honglawan
In 2007, I received my undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. I joined the group in 2008 and graduated in 2012. My PhD work focuses on synthesis of polymeric nanostructures and smectic liquid crystals, and study their directed assembly on topographic substrates.
Elaine Lee
I received my B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009, where I subsequently worked on morpohological studies of biomineralized exoskeletal systems. I recently joined the group to work on designing and fabricating active soft materials that will interface with human cells in a 4-D setting (spatially and temporally). The insights as to how cells can modify their immediate microenvironment with minimal energy and maximal effect will lead to the biomimetic design and engineering of highly aesthetic, passive materials for creating responsive building skins at the architectural scale.
Su Yeon Lee
I received my BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Yonsei University (2005), and M.S. degree (2007) and Ph.D. (2011) in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from KAIST with Prof. Seung-Man Yang. I continued to work as a post-doctoral researcher in KAIST (2011-2012) before joining Yang's group. My major research interests lie in plasmonic nanostructures for biomolecular sensors as well as development of colloidal photonic crystals.
Jie Li
I received my B.
S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University, 2008, majoring in Polymer Materials and Engineering. My PhD research is to fabricate 2D and 3D photonic structures using interference lithography and study their tuning of the optical properties.
Yudi Rahmawan
Prior to joining Yang group in spring 2012 as a postdoc fellow, I received my PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University, Korea, under supervision of Prof. Kahp-Yang Suh.
I received my MS degree from MSE Dept. Yeungnam University (2007) and BS degree from Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Eng. University of Indonesia (2002).
My research is to study the design and analysis of bio-inspired functional surfaces with multiscale patterns. Specifically, I explore the (de)-wetting and dry adhesion behaviors of bio-inspired surfaces by tuning both physical and chemical aspects for practical applications.
Gaoxiang Wu
I received B.S. degree in Material Chemsistry program from University of Toronto, 2010. I currently research on soft materials and their directed assembly, instability and folding.
Yu Xia
I received my B.S. and Master degree from Tsinghua University, China, majoring in Polymer Science. For my PhD research, I mainly focus on design, synthesis and fabrication of polymer microstructures and study cell responses to various geometic patterns and elasticity of the substrates.
Lili Yang (visiting)
I received my B.S., M.S and PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, China in 2003, 2005 and 2009, respectively. Before I became a faculty in Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in 2010, I was a postdoc fellow in the School of Chemistry Science and Technology in HIT. I joined Prof. Yang’s group as visiting scholar in May 2012. My current research is fabrication of advanced materials with nanostructures and micro-patterns for energy conversion or storage devices.
Youfa Zhang (visiting)
I received my PhD degree in Materials Science from Jilin University of China in 2008 after graduating there with B.S. degree in 2003. Then I became a faculty in the Southeast University of China and was promoted to Associate Professor in April 2012. I joined Prof. Yang's group in January 2013 as a visiting scholar. I am interested in transparent, superhydrophobic coatings and their practical applications.
Alumni
| PhD degree awarded | |||
| Name | Date | Current Position | Contact |
| Apiradee Honglawan | 12/2012 | Postdoc, Penn | apih@seas.upenn.edu |
| Xuelian Zhu | 5/2011 | Principal Engineer, Global Foundries | xuelian.zhu@globalfoundries.com |
| Yongan Xu | 11/2009 | Advisory Engineer/Scientist-Dev, IBM | xuy@us.ibm.com |
| Dinesh Chandra | 8/2009 | Scientist, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co | |
| Marla McConnell | 8/2009 | ||
| Jamie Ford | 3/2009 | Staff, UPenn | tjford@seas.upenn.edu |
| Ying Zhang | 9/2008 | Senior Research Scientist, Organic and Biochemical Technologies, Corning Inc. | zhangy6@corning.com |
| Master degree awarded | |||
| Name | Date | Current Position | Contact |
| John Farrell | 5/2011 | Associate Product Development Engineer, Acushnet Company | |
| Chang-Lung (John) Chiang | 5/2011 | Penn | |
| Chien-Lin (Johnny) Lai | 5/2011 | photolithography manufacturing engineer, TDK | |
| Cheng-Hsin Lu | 5/2010 | PhD student, Materials Sci & Eng., Drexel Univ. | chlu@drexel.edu |
| Shih-Chieh Cheng | 5/2009 | ||
| Yung-Ta Sung | 5/2009 | PhD student, Electr. & Computer Eng, University of Wisconsin, Madison | ysung2@wisc.edu |
| Chia-Tai Lin | 12/2008 | TSMC R&D, Taiwan | |
| Feng-Mei Huang | 12/2008 | ||
| Yu Yang | 12/2008 | ||
| Miriam Berdichevsky | 9/2007 | ||
| Jin Seok Seo | 8/2007 | Kum-Gang Korea Chemical Company | sijs30@kccworld.co.kr |
| Yu-Tun Shen | 5/2007 | ||
| Chi-Wei Lo | 5/2006 | Applied Materials | |
| Kuang-Sheng Hong | 5/2005 | ||
| Postdoc Fellows | |||
| Name | Date | Current Position | Contact |
| Raghuraman G. Karunakaran | 12/2010 | postdoc, Univ. Michigan | |
| Guan-quan Liang | 5/2010 | postdoc, National Univ. of Singapore | |
| Rong Dong | 1/2010 | Orthobond Corp. | |
| Krishnacharya | 9/2009 | Assist. Prof., Dept of Physics, IIT Kanpur, India | kcharya@iitk.ac.in |
| Yue Cui | 10/2008 | Assist. Prof. Biological Engineering, Utah State Univ. | yue.cui@usu.edu |
| Murat Guvendiren | 6/2008 | postdoc, Bioengineering, UPENN | gmu@seas.upenn.edu |
| Pei-Chun Lin | 7/2007 | Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan | peichunlin@ntu.edu.tw |
| Tongxin Wang | 3/2007 | Assist. Prof., Howard Univ. | twang@howard.edu |
| Jun Hyuk Moon | 1/2007 | Assist. Prof., Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Sogang University, Korea | junhyuk@sogang.ac.kr |
| Shuhui Qin | 4/2006 | Sr. Development Chemist, Henkel Adhesives | Shuhui.Qin@us.henkel.com |
| Visiting Scientists | |||
| Name | Date | Current Position | Contact |
| Chantal Badre | 8/2009 | CNRS/Rhodia | Chantal.Badre-contractor@us.rhodia.com |
| Hanjie Wang | 7/2012 | postdoc, National Univ. of Singapore | |
| Liping Zhu | 2/2013 | Assoc Prof., Zhejiang Univ. China | lpzhu@zju.edu.cn |
| Undergraduate Students | (REU) | ||
| Name | Stay | School from | Notable mention |
| Alex Senko | 6/-8/2012 | Cornell Univ. | |
| Yonghoon Choi | 6/-8/2011 | UNIST (S Korea) | |
| Justin Deng | 6/-8/2010 | Cornell Univ. | |
| Priya Balasubramanian | 6/-8/2010 | Duke Univ. | 'best all-around' presentation in the NBIC/REU program |
| Kelvin Wong | 6/-8/2010 | UPenn | |
| Stephanie Ezeoba | 6/-8/2009 | Bryn Mawr College | |
| Tammer Ghaly | 6/-8/2009 | Johns Hopkins Univ. | |
| Junhao Zhou | 6/-8/2008 | Bard College | |
| Jason Reed | 2007, 2008 & 2009 | Cornell Univ. | E.W. Plummer award for best paper in Physics in LRSM/REU program |
| Billy Yau | 6/-8/2006 | Cornell Univ. | |
| Joshua S. Moskowitz | 6/-8/2005 | Cornell Univ. | E.W. Plummer award for best paper in Engineering in LRSM/REU program |
| Zachary Samuels | 6/-8/2004 | Cornell Univ. | E.W. Plummer award for best paper in Engineering in LRSM/REU program |