Professor Xi Lin
Ph.D. MIT, Chemistry

Email: linx
Phone: (617) 358-3417  

Ping Du
Co-advised by Prof. X. Zhang

B.S. Tsinghua University, Mechanical Engineering

High strain-rate conductive polymer actuator
Micro-electro-mechanical system

Email: pdu
Phone: (617) 358-1631

Dr. Minghai (Timothy) Li

Ph.D. Boston University, Physics


Email: mhlisea
Phone: (617) 353-8469

Research interests:

Soliton induced actuation mechanism
Hubbard model
Glass transition theory
Global optimization
Polymer folding


Andre L. Botelho

B.S. Boston University, Manufacturing Engineering


Email: abotelho
Phone: (617) 353-8469

Research interests:

Intrinsically conductive polymer soliton theory
Artificial photosynthesis
Separation membranes for various applications


Yongwoo Shin

B.S. Kyung-Hee University, Physics


Email: yshin
Phone: (617) 353-0433

Research interests:

Disordered electron transport theory
Dendrimer
Solid oxide fuel cell


Qing (Alice) Lu

B.S. Nankai University, Physics


Email: luqing
Phone: (617) 353-8469

Research interests:

Artificial photosynthesis
Interacting photon, electron, and phonon


Bassam Al Shamali

B.S. Boston University, Mechanical Engineering (expected in 2011)

Email: bismi
Phone: (617) 353-0433

Research interests:

Density functional theory
Solid oxide fuel cell