Former Graduate Students - Ph.D
USC
1979, Nagy Sabet M. Nossier
"On the Feedback Phenomenon and Noise Generation of an Impinging Jet"
Professor | Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University
1985, Fei-Bin Hsiao
"Small Scale Transition and Preferred Mode in an Initially Laminar Plane Jet"
Late Associate Dean | National Cheng Kung University
1985, Shin-Hsing Chen
"The Unsteady Aerodyanmics of a Plunging Airfoil"
Senior Engineering Specialist | The Aerospace Corporation
1985, Lein-Saing Huang
"Small Scale Transition in a Two-Dimensional Mixing Layer"
1988, Chiang Shih
"Unsteady Aerodynamics of a Stationary Airfoil in a Periodically-varying Free Stream"
Professor and Chair | Mechanical Engineering Department, Florida State University
1990, Yitshak Zohar
"Fine Scale Mixing in a Free Shear Layer"
Professor | Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona
1993, Thomas Robert Austin
"The Small-scale Topology of a 2:1 Aspect Ratio Elliptic Jet"
Counter Terrorism & CBRNE Countermeasures Programs | The Boeing Company
1994, Judith Kathleen Foss
"Small Scale Turbulence in a Plane Mixing Layer"
1998, Hank I-Hung Lin
"Vortex Breakdown Over Delta Wings in an Unsteady Free Stream"
Principal Engineer | Avery Dennison
UCLA
1994 - Tzong-Shyng (Jeremy) Leu
"The Control of Two-dimensional Wakes/Mixing Layers Via Suction at the Trailing Edge of a Splitter Plate"
Professor | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University
1995, Ming-Dar Gibson Chen
"Transition Processes in a Plane Wake"
President | UD Info Corp.
1997, Wen Jung Li
"Microelectromechanical Systems on Contoured Substrates"
Chair Professor | Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, The City University of Hong Kong
1997, Chung-Hsing Alex Hu
"Noise Generated by Rotor-stator Interactions"
1998, Gwo-Bin "Vincent" Lee
"Control of a Delta-wing Aircraft by Micromachined Sensors and Actuators"
Professor | Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
1998, Fan-Gang Kevin Tseng
"A Micro Droplet Injector System"
Professor | Department of Engineering and System Sciences, National Tsing Hua University
1998, Hani Alexander
"Active Control of Dynamic Stall"
Managing Director | Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Performance Improvement, Los Angeles
2000, John Dzung Hoang Mai
"Heat Convection in a Micro Impinging Jet System"
2001, Jen-Jr Vincent Gau
"The Enzyme-based Electrochemical DNA Detector Chip using MEMS Technology"
Co-founder, CEO, President and CTO | GeneFluidics, Inc.
2001, Yi-Kuen Lee
"Manipulations of Molecules by Microfluidics"
Associate Professor | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, HKUST
2001, Tzung K. Hsiai
"MEMS Sensors to Characterize Shear Stress on Endothelial Cell Dynamics"
Professor | Department of Medicine and Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2002, Joanne Helene Deval
"Electrokinetic Sub-Micron Particle Manipulation for Micromixing in Bioreactors"
Deputy Chief Executive Officer | AIR LIQUIDE IT
2002, Tza-Huei Jeff Wang
"Nano/Micro Technologies for Single-molecule Manipulation and Detection"
Professor | Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
2003 - Umberto Ulmanella
"Molecular Effects on the Boundary Condition in Micro and Nano Fluidic Channels"
Product Manager | Life Technologies Corporation
2003 - Steven Ho
"Unsteady Aerodynamics and Adaptive Flow Control of Micro Air Vehicles"
Director | Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation , National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
2004 - James Lew
"An Active Control System for the Turbulent Boundary Layers"
2005 - Tony Jun Huang
"From Artificial Molecular Machines to Nanomechanical Devices"
Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences, Duke University
2005 - Pak Kin Wong
"Control of Cellular Signal Transduction Networks using a Stochastic Search Algorithm"
Professor | Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University
2006 - Po-Hao Adam Huang
"The Micro Pulsed-Jet as a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Combustion Engine and Miniaturization Technologies for Aerospace Engineering"
Associate Professor | Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas
2006 - Branden Brough
"Molecular Mechanics: The Integration of Synthetic and Natural Molecules into Nanomechanical Systems"
Deputy Director of Strategy and External Relations | Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2006 - Arnaud Benahmed
"Band-gap Assisted Surface Plasmon Sensing"
Vice President | PIMCO
2007 - Chien-Pin Sun
"Stochastic Search Algorithm in the Reactivation of Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV)"
Director | Promedian
2007 - Winny Tan
"Functional Technology Integration: Biochemical Preparation and Analysis in Microsystems"
Partnerships Manager | IMEC
2008 - Charlotte Ching-Han Kwong
"A Micro-deionizer for Dielectrophoretic Manipulation of Cells"
2008 - Na Li
"A Therapeutic Nano Device Based on Molecualr Recognition-triggered Conformational Change"
Assistant Professor | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Miami
2008 - Eric David Dy
"Development of a Cytomic Force Transducer for Experimental Mechanobiology"
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Bloomlife
2008 - Daniel Ernest Garcia
"A Parametric Design Study of an Electrochemical Sensor"
Anesthesiology Resident | Montefiore Health System
2009 - Tak Sing Wong
"Nanoscale Wetting and Its Implications to Macroscopic Surface Phenomena"
Assistant Professor | Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
2009 - Nan Li
"Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Blood Cell Separation, Counting, and Characterization"
Project Manager | ACEA Biosciences, Inc.
2009 - Hideaki Tsutsui
"Engineering Defined Embryonic Stem Cell Culture through Feedback System Control"
Assistant Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside
2009 - Ieong Wong
"Integrated Micro Devices for Single-Cell Microbiology Studies"
Vice President | Citi Bank
2011 - Gauvain Haulot
"Optoelectronic Reconfigurable Microchannels"
Consultant | Boston Consulting Group
2011 - Peter Bjorn Lillehoj
"Microfluidic Systems for Bioprocessing and Biodetection"
Assistant Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University
2011 - Leyla Sabet
"Biomolecular Sensing and its Application in Feedback System Control: Optimization of Biofuel Production from Microalgae"
Senior Systems Engineer | Abbott Global Healthcare & Research
2012 - Ting-Hsuan Cecil Chen
"Top-Down Engineering of Self-Organizing Cell Pattern Formation for Regenerative Medicine"
Assistant Professor| Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, The City University of Hong Kong
2012 - Xianting Ding
"Identification of Disease Mechanism Using an Engineering Top-Down Approach"
Executive Deputy Director | Institute of Personalized Medicine (IPM), Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2014 - Hann Wang
"Predictive Optimization of Pharmeceutical Efficacy
Principal Scientist | Roche Sequencing, Santa Clara
2014 - Wei Yu
"High biofuel production of Botryococcus braunii using optimized cultivation strategies"
Founder and President | Lyxia Corporation
2014- Yitong Zhao
"Optimizing Biodiesel Production of a Cell-Free System by Feedback System Control Scheme"
Assistant Professor| Mechanical Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
2014 - Christopher Richard Folk
"Optimized Mixing in Microchannels with Integrated Microactuators"
Director Product Engineering | ViaCyte, Inc.
2014 - Aleidy Marlene Silva Vite
"Feedback System Control: optimizing drug combinations for tuberculosis treatment"
Applications Scientist | Tecan Group, Ltd.
Former Graduate Students - M.S.
1992 - Chris Leroy Pettit Jr.
Professor | United States Naval Academy
1995 - John Dzung Hoang Mai
1995 - Tam Thanh Nguyen
1995 - Jack Chung Jai Shih
1995 - Turan Coratekin
1995 - Martin Mischler
1996 - Hong-Tao Zhang
1996 - Winn Wong
1996 - Wayne P. Liu
1996 - Paul Charles Kendall
1996 - Alexander Kammerer
1997 - James Lew
1998 - Umberto Ulmanella
1998 - Chen-Wei Edward Chiu
1998 - Jen Jr. Vincent Gau
2000 - Eric Mitchell Prophet
2000 - Brian Allan Christensen
2000 - Joanne Helene Deval
2000 - Christopher Richard Folk
2000 - Tza-Huei Jeff Wang
2000 - Steven Ho
2001 - Christopher Silva
2001 - Guo-Hua Howard Feng
2001 - Pak Kin Wong
2002 - Branden Brough
2002 - Ali Shalchi
2002 - Che-Yang Michael Yang
2003 - Bi-Dan Yu
2003 - Po-Hao Adam Huang
2004 - Christian Dorrer
2004 - Shannon Huang
2004 - Chien-Pin Sun
2004 - Winny Tan
2005 - Arnaud Benahmed
2005 - Samson Phan
2005 - Daniel Ernest Garcia
2005 - Charlotte Ching Han Kwong
2006 - Leyla Sabet
2006 - Satyashree Srinkanth
2007 - Gauvain Haulot
2008 - Peter Bjorn Lillehoj
2008 - Michael James Fields
2008 - David Wang
2009 - Christopher Marc Adams
2010 - Xianting Ding
2011 - Aleidy Marlene Silva Vite
2011 - Omar Adam Zarka
2011 - Brian Michael De Vitis
2011 - Cheng Kuang Shaw
2011 - Mark Thomas Westfall
2011 - Joel Chung-Yin Wong
Visiting Researchers
Alberer, Daniel | Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Austria
Ameli, Maria G | Politecnico di Milano
Professor Wamadeva Balachandran | Brunel University, England
Bauer, Walter | Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Austria
Berger, Achim | Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Austria
Black, Sarah
Brandstetter, Michael | Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Austria
Bruckner, Martin | Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Austria
Chao, Chien-Hsiang | National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Chen, Che-Yang (Michael) | Law Office of Michael Chen
Chen, Shin-Hsing | The Aerospace Corporation
Chen, Shu-Hui | National Cheng Kung University
Chen, Yih-far (Alfa) | U-Tech Media Corporation
Chiu, C-W Edward | Asia Pacific Microsystems, Inc.
Cho, Jae Soo | The Contents Company Inc.
Cho, Sung Kwon | University of Pittsburgh
Choi, Jin Seo | Samsung
Chun, Linda
Coratekin, Turan A. | RWTH Aachen
Cubaud, Thomas | Stony Brook University
Delporte, Sylvain
Didden, Norbert | Deceased
Doppelbauer, Clemens | Johannes -Kepler-Universitat Linz
Dorrer, Christian | IMTEK Freiburg, Germany
DuMontelle, Paul | University of Southern California
Feng, Howard | National Central University, Chung-li Taiwan
Feinberg, Steve | Raytheon Systems Engineering Department
Fields, Michael
Fortner, Thomas | Johannes -Kepler-Universitat Linz
Foss, Judith K. | NASA
Fu, W.J. | Harbin Aeronautical Institute, China
Garstenauer, Michael | Johannes -Kepler-Universitat Linz
Gursul, Ismet | University of Bath , United Kingdom
Gutmark, Effi | University of Cincinnati
Hackl, Benjamin | Johannes Kepler Universität Linz , Austria
Hertzberg, Jean | University of Colorado
Hirschmanner, Martin | Vienna University of Technology
Hoffelner, Johann | Johannes -Kepler-Universitat Linz
Hong, Winn | Alfred E. Mann Institute - USC
Huang, Jin-Biao | Texas Instrument
Huang, Lein-Saing | University of Southern California
Huang, Shannon | ASLAN Pharmaceuticals
Kammerer, Alexander | Carillion
Karan, Rainer | VOEST Industrieanlagenbau
Kendall, Paul Charles
Kimura, Motoaki | Nihon University , Japan
Klaffenbock, Martin | Johannes -Kepler-Universitat Linz
Kumar, A Senthil | National University of Singapore
Lafouasse, Benoit | CNRS , France
Lai, Joseph | UNSW@ADFA
Landahl, Marten T. | Deceased
Lam, Robert | Northwestern University
Lefkowitz, Roy | UC San Diego
Lee, Mario | Stanford University
Li, Huaxing | Northwestern Polytechnical University , China
Lin, James | University of California , Los Angeles
Lin, Adam | Baylor School of Medicine
Lin, Hank | Avery Dennison
Liu, Wayne P. | Core MicroSolutions
Lu, Dr. Weixing | UCLA Physics Department
Ma, Martin | University of California, Merced
Maier, Florian | Johannes -Kepler- Universitat Linz , Austria
Masselin, Michelle |
Masset, Sylvain | Nouvelle Formation d’Ingénieur en Optronique
Medina , Rebeca | University of Southern California
Mischler, Martin | Ecole Polytechnique Federal, Lausanne |
Mochizuki, Osamu | Hokkaido University , Japan
Nassef, Hany | Mycometric
Neulinger, Christian | Johannes -Kepler-Universitat Linz
Nguyen, Audrey
Nguyen, Tam Thanh
Nosseir, Nagy | San Diego State University
El-Masry, Osama Ahmed | Alexandris University, Egypt
Phan, Samson | Stanford University
Pettit, Chris | US Air Force
Professor Kimura, Moto | Nihon University , Japan
Prophet, Eric | Superconductor Technologies Inc.
Rabl (Hirnschrodt), Michael | Univerisity of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Rauecker, Richard | Johannes Kepler Universität Linz , Austria
Rechner, Nick | Johannes Kepler Universität Linz , Austria
Saniei, Nader | Loyola Marymount University
Saunier, Fabrice | Ecole Polytechnique Federal, Lausanne |
Scheurer, Fabien | Ecole Polytechnique Federal, Lausanne |
Schreck, Stefan | MediMorph Solutions
Silva, Chris | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Steineder, Peter | Johannes Kepler Universität Linz , Austria
Stroppa, Florent | Nouvelle Formation d’Ingénieur en Optronique
Subramanian, Srini | Notre Dame University
Sung , Han-Jin | Advanced Institute of Science & Tech , Korea
Suzuki, Hiroaki | Chuo University School of Science and Engineering
Tabeling, Patrick | Laboratoire de Physiqui Statisqui, France
Tung, Steve | University of Arkansas
Usui, Takane | Stanford University
Vosseler, Michael | University of Ulm – Germany
Wang, Hansheng | Beijing University, China
Wei, Fang | Beijing University, China
Wong, Margaret | Symantec
Wu, Mingming | Cornell University
Xavier, Pelet | Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Yan, William | Zhejiang University
Yang, Joon Mo | Genoptix, Inc.
Yen, Ta-Chun | Beijing University, China
Yoshihiro, Nagaoka | Hitachi Ltd., Japan
Yue, Zhicao | Fuzhou University
Zehentleitner, Kurt | Johannes -Kepler-Universitat Linz
Zhang, Feng-Yuan | University of Tennessee
Zhang, Hon Tao | Cirrus Logic
Zhang, Maggie | University of California , Berkeley
Zhang, Y.Q. | Northwestern Technology University , China
Zhou, Ming de | University of Arizona