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Randal (Randy) E. Null

Director
Cordaro/Entergy Distinguished Professor
Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Alan Chiu

Assistant Professor

Niel Crews

Assistant Professor

Mark DeCoster Associate Professor
James E. Wyche III Professor in Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
Pedro Derosa Associate Professor
Sven Eklund Assistant Professor
Hisham Hegab Associate Professor
Frank Earl Hogan Endowed Professor in Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering
Yuri Lvov T.C. Pipes Endowed Chair
Professor of Micro and Nanosystems
Daniela Mainardi

Program Chair of Chemical Engineering
Thomas C. and Nelda M. Jeffery Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering
Nanosystems Engineering

David Mills Professor
Marvin T. Green Endowed Professor in Premedicine, and Biological Sciences
Erica Murray Research Assistant Professor
Chad O'Neal Associate Professor
Max Watson Sr. Endowed Professor
Patrick O'Neal Assistant Professor
Andrei Paun Associate Professor
Long Que Assistant Professor
Ramu Ramachandran Associate Dean for Research, COES
Hazel Stewart Garner Endowed Professor in Chemistry
Rastko Selmic Associate Professor
Entergy Endowed Professor in Electrical Engineering
Sandra Zivanovic Associate Professor
Entergy Endowed Professor in Electrical Engineering
Upali Siriwardane

Professor

Yuri Voziyanov

Associate Professor

Shengnian Wang

Assistant Professor

Leland Weiss

Assistant Professor

Collin Wick Assistant Professor
Chester Wilson  Associate Professor
George and Jean Baldwin Endowed Professor in Engineering, and Electrical Engineering


Randal Null Randal (Randy) E. Null, Ph.D.
Director
Cordaro/Entergy Distinguished Professor
Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Phone:  318.257.5106
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   renull@latech.edu
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Alan Chiu Alan Chiu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering

Office:  BME 209
Phone:  318.257.5231
Fax:     318.257.4000
Email:   alanchiu@latech.edu
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Specialization:  

Niel Crews Niel Crews, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Office:  IfM 217
Phone:  318.257.5109
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   ncrews@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Microfluidic Thermal Systems, Medical Diagnostic Instrumentation, Device Design and Fabrication, Thermal and Bio-Chemical Interactions, Reaction Kinetics.

Mark DeCoster Mark DeCoster, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
James E. Wyche III Professor in
Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering

Office:  IfM 212
Phone:  318.257.5118
Fax:     318.257.5104

Office:  BME 207
Phone:  318.257.5233
Fax:     318.257.4000
Email:   decoster@latech.edu
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Specialization:  

Pedro Derosa

Pedro Derosa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physics
Joint Faculty Appointment with
Grambling State University 


Office:  IfM 110
Phone:  318.257.5139
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   
pderosa@latech.edu
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Specialization:   
Molecular simulations using Density Functional Theory, semiempirical methods, and Molecular dynamics; Radiation interaction with matter using Monte Carlo Technique; Interaction of radiation and radioactive atoms with matter; Modeling of polymers and nanostructured materials.

 
Sven Eklund 

Sven Eklund, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Chemistry

Office:  IfM 217
Phone:  318.257.5109
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:
  seklund@latech.edu
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Specialization:  Electrochemistry and nanotechnology focusing on the development of micro-scale bio-fuel cells for implantable devices and measurement of cellular metabolic processes with micro-scale chemical and biological sensors. Other interests include chiral catalysis at modified platinum surfaces and electrodeposition from room temperature ionic liquids.

 
Hisham Hegab 

Hisham Hegab, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Frank and Earl Hogan Endowed Professor in Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering

Office: BH 256
Phone: 318.257.3791
Fax:    318.257.2562
Email:  hhegab@latech.edu
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Specialization: Micro-chemical Systems, Fuel Cells, Microfabrication, Electrochemical Engineering, Surface Chemistry.

 
Yuri Lvov Yuri Lvov, Ph.D.
Professor
T.C. Pipes Endowed Chair
Professor of Micro and Nanosytems

Office:  IfM 217
Phone:  318.257.5144
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:  
ylvov@latech.edu
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Nano Pulp and Paper, L.L.C.

Specialization:  Self Assembly Nano-Systems.

Daniela Mainardi Daniela Mainardi, Ph.D.
Program Chair of Chemical Engineering
Thomas C. and Nelda M. Jeffery Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Nanosystems Engineering

Office:  IfM 121
Phone:  318.257.5126
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   mainardi@latech.edu
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SpecializationMolecular modeling of nano and bio-systems.

David Mills  David Mills, Ph.D.
Professor
Marvin T. Green Endowed Professor in Premedicine, and Biological Sciences

Office:  IfM Nero Office
Phone:  318.257.5147
Fax:     318.257.5104

Office:  BME 242
Phone:  318.257.5205
Fax:     318.257.4000

Office:  CTH 213
Phone:  318.257.4573
Fax:     318.257.4574
Email:  
dkmills@latech.edu
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Specialization:  Extracellular Matrix, TMJ Structure & Function, Tissue Engineering, Cell & Tissue Culture.

Errica Murray 

Erica Murray , Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

Office:  IfM 113
Phone:  318/257-5148
Fax:     318/257-5104
Email: emurray@latech.edu
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Specialization: 
Electroceramic materials, gas sensors and solid oxide fuel cells.

Other expertise:  Fostering university and industry research partnerships.


Chad O'Neal Chad O'Neal, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Max Watson Sr. Endowed Professor
Mechanical Engineering, and
Nanosystems Engineering

Office:  IfM 213
Phone:  318.257.5122
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   coneal@latech.edu
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Specialization:   MEMS/NEMS Sensors and Actuators, Piezoelectric Devices, Packaging, and Nanomachining.

Patrick O'Neal Patrick O'Neal, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering

Office:  BME 208
Phone:  318.257.5235
Fax:     318.257.4000
Email:   dponeal@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Nanoparticle-based systems for cancer detection and treatment. Other interests include using the same core nanotechnologies for optical sensing modalities such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Andrei Paun  Andrei Paun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Computer Science

Office:  IfM 119
Phone:  318.257.5135
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   apaun@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Computer Science, bioinformatics, biocomputing, H systems, P systems, hyper-computation based on H systems, cell simulation and theory and implementation of new simulation techniques; finite state machines, NFA minimization, DFA complexity and cover automata.

Long Que Long Que, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering

Office:  IfM 115
Phone:  318.257.5121
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   lque@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Advanced micro and nano-scale materials, micro and nanodevices, micro  and nanosystems for nanoscience, biotechnology, and life science applications.

Ramu Ramachandran  Ramu Ramachandran, Ph.D.
Hazel Stewart Garner Professor Chemistry
Associate Dean for Research, COES

Office:  BH 237
Phone:  318.257.4304
Fax:     318.257.2562

Office:  IfM 203 (MWF, 9:00-11:00 a.m.)
Phone:  318.257.5106
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email: ramu@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Computational Chemistry; structure, energetics, and reactivity of organolithium and organomercury compounds; gas phase reaction dynamics and development of potential energy surfaces.

Rastko Selmic

Rastko Selmic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Entergy Endowed Professor
Electrical Engineering


Office:  NH 115
Phone:  318.257.4829
Fax:     318.257.4922
Email:   rselmic@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Sensors and Actuators, Wireless Sensor Networks, Intelligent Control.


Sandra Zivanovic Sandra Zivanovic, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Entergy Endowed Professor
Electrical Engineering

Office:  IfM 219
Phone:  318.257.5145
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   sz@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Semiconductor Lasers, Polymer Optoelectronics, Fiber Optic Sensors.

Upali Siriwardane Upali Siriwardane, Ph.D.
Professor
Chemistry

Office:  CTH 311
Phone:  318/257-4941
Fax:     318/257-3823
Email: upali@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Synthesis and Characterization of Inorganic and Organometallic Materials.

Yuri Voziyanov Yuri Voziyanov, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences

Office:  IfM 117
Phone:  318.257.5141
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   voziyan@latech.edu
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Specialization:   DNA Recombination, Protein-DNA Interactions, Advanced Genome Engineering.
 
Shengnian Wang Shengnian Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering

Office:  IfM 112
Phone:  318.257.5125
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   swang@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Polymer Micro/Nanofabrication and Micro/Nanofluidics, Exploring their Applications in Medical Diagnostics and Clinical Therapeutics.

Leland Weiss Leland Weiss, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Office:  IfM 210
Phone:  318.257.5113
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   lweiss@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Thermodynamic Processes and Heat Transfer on the Micro-Scale, Capture and Re-use of Waste Energy, Energy conservation and System Efficiency Improvements, Use of Low-Grade Waste Heat/Untapped Energy Sources.

Collin Wick  Collin Wick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Chemistry

Office: CTH 233
Phone: 318.257.2345
Fax: 318.257.3823
Email: cwick@latech.edu
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Specialization: Molecular simulation to understand aqueous interfacial properties, phase equilibria, and polymeric structures and properties

Chester Wilson Chester Wilson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
George and Jean Baldwin Endowed Professor in Engineering, and Electrical Engineering

Office:  IfM 220
Phone:  318.257.5140
Fax:     318.257.5104
Email:   chester@latech.edu
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Specialization:   Micro/nano radiation detectors and neutron sources, microplasma based gas spectroscopy devices, micro-exothermic metal casting technologies, miniaturized biomedical optical sources, micro-electronegative gas absorption, and water impurity detectors.

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