NANOMANUFACTURING LABORATORY
Post-Doctorates/Students

Dr. Dinesh Kalyanasundaram

Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Topic: (a) Developing nanotip/microtip sensors to capture DNA (b) To create insect like structures which can swim in micro channels

Previous Education
BS: Anna University, Chennai INDIA
M Tech: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
PhD: Iowa State University, Mechanical Engineering

kdinesh@uw.edu

 

Jonghoon Kim

Ph.D. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Topic: Researches about Tip-based enrichment methods for disease diagnosis

Previous Education
BS : Physics, Hanyang University, South Korea
MS : Electrical Engineering (Applied physics), University of Califonia, San Diego

jhkim78@uw.edu

 

Zhiquan Shu

Ph.D. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Topic: Fundamental cryobiology and long-term preservation of bacterium

Previous Education
BS: Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China
MS: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington.

zqshu@uw.edu

 

Hong (Woon-Hong) Yeo

Ph.D. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Topic: Fundamental- and application studies of a tip-based molecular enrichment for nanoengineering medicine and biology

Previous Education
BS: Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, South Korea
MS: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, thesis: "Direct capturing of DNA molecules by using a nanostructured tip"

woonhong@uw.edu

 

Gareth Fotouhi

M.S. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Topic: Biosensors

Previous Education
BS: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington

gfotouhi@u.washington.edu

 

Shinnosuke Inoue

M.S. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Topic: Purification and capturing efficiency of DNA onto Nanotips

Previous Education
BS: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington

nexis@u.washington.edu

 

Zenko Kawabata

M.S. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Topic: A microfluidic mixing device using a polymeric mimetic cilia for rapid DNA hybridization

Previous Education
BS: Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington

zkawabata@gmail.com

 

John Ludwig

M.S. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Topic: Large scale assembly of 1D nanostructures

Previous Education
BS: BSEE, The Ohio State University
MS: MSEE, MSIA (MBA), Carnegie-Mellon University

jhludwig@uw.edu

 

Andrew Cairns

BS Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Topic: Stiffness and Resonance of Cilia for Cilia based devices

andrewalexandercairns@hotmail.com

 

Joshua Hutt

BS Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Topic: Nanomanufacturing

huttj@uw.edu

Collaborators

Dr. Kieseok Oh

Senior Engineer, NanoFacture Inc.

Research Topic: Biosensor development

 

Dr. Kyong-Hoon Lee

President, NanoFacture Inc.
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at UW

Research Topic: Nanoengineered low cost diagnosis

 

Scott Soelberg

Research Scientist, Medical Genetics

Research Topic:

Scottjs@u.washington.edu