Micro, and Nano Structures
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Research in micro and nano structures affect virtually every area of our lives. Impact areas include healthcare and biomedical research, information processing and storage, renewable energy generation and storage, environmental monitoring and remediation, and a wide variety of topics in security and anti-terrorism. Faculty in ECE are engaged in research in nearly all of these areas. Often the work is multidisciplinary and requires collaboration with departments across the University, as well as faculty in institutions within the U.S. and abroad, researchers from the National Labs, and professionals from both small and large technology companies. The Minnesota Nano Center, a node of the National Science Foundation’s National Nano Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) network, provides a state of the art facility to carry out this work.
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Affiliate Faculty
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Tianhong Cui
Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
ME 2106
612-626-1636
cuixx006@umn.edu
Research Site
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Ognjen Ilic
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
ME 213
612-625-8884
ilic@umn.edu
Research Site
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Michael McAlpine
Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
ME 115
612-626-3303
mcalpine@umn.edu
Research Site
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Gerald Timm
Professor
Dept. of Urology
Mayo Memorial Building
612-626-7099
timmx025@umn.edu
Research Site
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Xiaojia Wang
Benjamin Mayhugh Assistant Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
ME 246
612-625-1583
wang4940@umn.edu
Research Site