CNRE Management Committee
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Pawan Tyagi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering | 202.274.6601, ptyagi@udc.edu
Dr. Pawan Tyagi is the PI for this NSF-CREST funded CNRE. As a CNRE PI, he provides leadership for integrating nanotechnology in education at all levels to broaden the scope of CNRE nanotechnology research. He leads:
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Kate Klein, Ph.D., Chair and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering | 202.274.7131, kate.klein@udc.edu Dr. Kate Klein brings a wealth of knowledge in materials science and skills in microscopy and microanalysis to the CREST center and leads the 2nd project on additive manufacturing. Dr. Klein also oversees CNRE student training in various NIST divisions via different pathways including NIST Prep. Along with serving on the additive manufacturing project, she leads the CNRE educational and outreach components that focuses on recruiting, retaining, and graduating students from underserved minority populations (ME chair role). Dr. Klein also supports GRFP training under CNRE. Initiate Nanotechnology concentration for undergraduate and graduate students in ME department. |
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Jiajun Xu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering | 202.274.5048, jiajun.xu@udc.edu Dr. Jiajun Xu is a lead researcher of the 3rd subproject in nanoscale heat transfer. Dr. Xu manages (i) UDC’s state-of-the-art nanoscale heat transfer laboratory he set up with the help of an NSF Research Initiation Grant and (ii) Maintain EOSINT-M280 metal additive manufacturing machine to support subproject, (iii) conduct CNRE’s student competitions (NASA Rover and Student Poster competitions), and (iv) arrange students’ research exposure in the NIST and NRL Conduct summer high school outreach activities |
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Hongmei Dang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering | 202.274.5836, hongmei.dang@udc.edu
Dr. Hongmei Dang is a faculty in the Electrical Engineering. Her doctoral research background in nanowire-based and thin film based solar cells and devices will benefit subproject 1(Molecular Spintronics). She possesses knowledge of temperature dependent transport studies, capacitance-voltage, nanoelectronics devices, and electronics device modeling and will manage UDC’s device characterization laboratory. She also teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in nanotechnology. Co-PI Dr. Dang manages the monthly seminar series at UDC. |
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Devdas Shetty, Ph.D. , Dean and Professor of Mechanical Engineering | 202.274.5033, devdas.shetty@udc.edu Dr. Devdas Shetty, Dean of SEAS, supports the additive manufacturing project and leads graduate-level advanced manufacturing related course(s). He interfaces with the university administration for institutional support to smoothly conduct the proposed CNRE research and ensure its long-term operation and sustainability. |
OTHER AFFILIATED FACULTY
Hossain Azam, Ph.D. | 202.274.6293, hossain.azam@udc.edu
Max Denis, Ph.D. | 202.274.5045, max.denis@udc.edu
Xueqing Song, Ph.D. (Chemistry) | 202.274.7420, xsong@udc.edu
STAFF
Pablo Sanchez Guerrero | 202.274.5394 | pablo.sanchezguerrer@udc.edu
STUDENTS
Graduate Students
Uzma Amir | PhD in Computer Science and Engineering
Demisse Wondwosen | MS Mechanical Engineering
Pius Suh | MS Mechanical Engineering
Andrew Grizzle | MS Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate Students
Josh Dillard | BS Mechanical Engineering
Nodye Babacar | BS Mechanical Engineering
Giancarlo D’Orazio | BS Mechanical Engineering
Kymani Brown | BS Mechanical Engineering
Bailey Garfield | BS Electrical Engineering