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Bio & Nano Lab

Highlighted as a front cover in Advanced Materials

Current Research Interests

Ductile-to-Brittle transition

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Ductile-to-Brittle transition

Our in-depth studies shed light on potential links between traumatic brain injuries and cavitation bubbles induced by translational acceleration, the overlooked mechanism in the literature.

A graphene-copper composite wire

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A graphene-copper composite wire

We have demonstrated that the axially continuous graphene-copper (ACGC) wire can transfer much larger electrical current compared to a conventional copper wire.

Cavitation in cell culture setup

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Cavitation in cell culture setup

A high speed camera movie shows cavitation in a cell culture setup during mechanical impact.

Contact Guidance chip

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Contact Guidance chip

A micro/nanotechnology based contact guidance chip to study and control cellular response of cells to surface topology.

Single cell transfection

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Single cell transfection

Bionanotechnology for single cell analysis. The AFM-based device, called nanofountain probe (NFP), delivers a green fluorescent dye to multiple target cells (HeLa cells) on a glass bottom Petri dish utilizing a localized electroporation technique.

Cavitation nucleation

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Cavitation nucleation

Quantitative characterization of cavitation properties in soft biomaterials for blunt head injury applications.

Bubble dynamics

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Bubble dynamics

Visualization of impact-induced pressure in soft biomaterials by quantitatively correlating input impact with resultant bubble dynamics in time.

Lab News & Research Highlights

Experimental mechanics with an emphasis on (1) blunt injury and wound healing mechanisms utilizing 3D tissue simulant and cell culture subjected to rapid mechanical loading and (2) microstructure-property relations of nano/micro-materials for manufacturing and energy applications utilizing in situ materials characterization in scanning and transmission electron microscopes.

Chunghwan, our PhD student, has received the UKC 2022 Paper Award (2022). A great job and congratulations!

Prof. Kang received the DoD DURIP award for synthesis and performance Evaluation of graphene-metal composite structures for smart helmet applications

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Dr. Won June Choi has been selected for the prestigious NRF postdoctoral research fellowship to develop novel carbon-metal composite systems (2021-2024)

Three new members (Dr. Mohammadreza Mahmoudi, David Machbitz, and Angela Ngo) joined our group! Welcome and we are very excited!

(More News & Highlights)

Multiple Openings

Our lab has multiple open positions for post docs and PhD students (more details)
For domestic Ph.D. students, prestigious Dean’s Fellowship will be considered. The fellowship provides tuition, health insurance and $30,000 of annual support (Link).
Undergraduate students are encouraged to check the Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative Program (Link)

Meet Our High School and Undergraduate Researchers

Lab Tour For Senior and graduate Students

Azin (a PhD student with a lab coat) demonstrates the concepts of cell culture, live cell imaging, and immunostaining to senior and graduate students in the mechanical, chemical, and materials engineering programs

Lab Tour For Undergraduate Students

Chunghwan (PhD student, left), Dr. Choi (Postdoc, middle), and Dr. Kashani (Postdoc, right) explain their research topics to ASU101 students during lab tour

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