Golam Newaz, Ph.D. - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Director) - materials expert in the area of properties and microstructure of materials, nanocomposites, interfacial phenomena, materials modeling, durability, fracture, damage evolution, biomaterials, biocompatibility, hybrid materials, laser joining, precision structural design of devices and miniaturized biomedical devices.
Sajjad Mayeed, Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Associate Director) - multiscale computational engineering, computational fluid dynamics, thermo-mechanical analysis, molecular modeling, lattice Boltzmann method, nanoscale coatings, micro/nano channel flow, multiphase and turbulent flow, computer aided design, biomedical and miniaturized device design.
Ashis Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D. - Physics, Kansas State University (Technical Member) - soft materials, micro- and nanofluidics, surface chemistry, optical techniques, ellipsometry, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, and single-molecule imaging.
Abdulhakeem Al-Mekhnaqi, Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University (Technical Member) - computational model development, computational fluid dynamics, bio-molecular modeling, biomaterials, and bioimplants.
Saida Khan, Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Wayne State University, (Technical Member) - AFM, SEM, XPS, Profilometer, Microscopy, Spectroscopy, micro-fabrication techniques, cell and protein patterning techniques, and biomaterials.
Taslema Sultana, Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, (Technical Member) - AFM, SEM, XPS, Profilometer, Microscopy, Micro Raman Spectroscopy, UV/VIS Spectrometry, thermal wave imaging, lap shear testing, helium leak testing, pressure testing, and biomaterials.