Kamil Ekinci
Professor Kamil Ekinci’s research focuses on physical and biological phenomena at the nanometer length scales. His group uses state-of-the-art nanofabrication techniques to create functional micro and nanostructures. They use these small structures along with highly sensitive electrical and optical measurement techniques to study diverse fundamental phenomena in solid mechanics, fluid dynamics and biological physics. They […]
Luca Dal Negro
Dr. Negro’s research interests include nano-optics and metamaterials, as well as advanced imaging and multifunctional optical devices and the nonlinear and quantum optics of photonic nanostructures. He furthermore studies light scattering and anomalous photon transport in complex media, and the localization and novel wave phenomena in aperiodic structures.
Scott Bunch
Dr. Bunch’s research efforts focus on the nano-mechanical properties of a new class of 2D, atomically thin materials such as graphene – single atomic layers of graphite, and their remarkable mechanical properties such as high strength, extreme flexibility, and unprecedented barrier properties. In researching these topics, Dr. Bunch then plans to fabricate and characterize nano-mechanical […]
Keith Brown
Dr. Brown primarily studies polymers and smart fluids in order to measure their useful properties, and the order in which they emerge, defining importance. Namely, he seeks to develop methods which increase the throughput of materials research using scanning probe lithography, autonomous experimentation, additive manufacturing, and combinatorial chemistry.
David Bishop
In addition to a focus on low temperature physics, Dr. Bishop has a wide variety of research interests, including the study of cardiac tissue engineering, micro-electromechanical (MEMS) systems and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS), the Casimir Effect, superconductivity and superfluidity, nanotechnology, and feedforward control theory algorithms.
Enrico Bellotti
Dr. Bellotti’s research interests fall within the world of computational electronics, primarily through the focus of computational electronics, semiconductor materials, power electronics, and parallel computing. This research presents further opportunities and challenges to therefore further the study of computational electronics and beyond.
Soumendra Basu
Dr. Basu’s present and past research include studying the environmental degradation and characterization of materials, metals, and minerals, such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), as well as the study of optical fibers for mid-IR transmission, wide bandgap materials for solid state lighting, thermal barrier and environmental barrier coatings for gas turbine applications, nanostructures in […]
Thomas Bifano
Dr. Thomas Bifano directs the Boston University Photonics Center (BUPC), a core facility and academic center of excellence focusing on optics and photonics research in academia and industry. He leads BUPC programs for education, scholarly research and development of advanced photonics device prototypes for commercial and military applications. His research focuses on design, manufacturing, and […]