"Work on problems you most enjoy. Strange things can happen on the way"  - Walter Munk, UCSD

Bio-inspired surfaces for liquid-proof (Click on the image to know more )

Membrane Distillation

Experimental Skills: 

Microfabrication: Photolithography: Spin coat, Mask writer, contact aligner, Etching: Reactive ion etching (RIE), Deep Reactive-ion etching(Deep-RIE), 3D printer  (Phrozen)

Surface Characterization: Scanning electron microscope (Nova Nano, Quattro), Environmental SEM (Qunata 600) Optical Microscope (Leica), Reflectometer, 3D Optical Profiler (Zygo), Profilometer (DektakXT stylus),

Deposition tools: Reactive sputtering, Molecular vapor deposition, E-beam evaporator, Vapor prime, Parylene deposition system

Wetting Analysis: Contact angle Goniometry (DSA100, KRUSS), High-Speed Imaging (Phantom v1212 )

Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope (Zeiss LSM710 )

Software: Catia, Solidworks, ImageJ, Tanner L- edit, Adobe illustrator, Imaris, Origin