Organizing Committee

 

 

Dr. Pulickel Ajayan, Chair
Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Rice University

 

 

 

Dr. Jun Lou, Co-Chair
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Rice University

 

 

 

Ms. Leah Benard-Boggs
Program Manager
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Rice University

 

 

 

Dr. Anupama Kaul
Program Director
Directorate for Engineering, ECCS Division
National Science Foundation

 

 

 

Dr. Z. Charles Ying
Program Director
EPM and MRCT
National Science Foundation

 

 

 

Dr. James C. M. Hwang
Program Manager
GHz-THz Electronics
Air Force Office of Scientific Research

 

 Discussion Chairs

 

 

Dr. Kaustav Banerjee
Professor
University of California – Santa Barbara

 

 

 

 

Dr. Manish Chhowalla
Professor
Rutgers University

 

 

 

 

Dr. Michael S. Fuhrer
Professor
University of Maryland

 

 

 

 

Dr. David Geohegan
Distinguished Research Staff
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 

 

 

 

Dr. Swastik Kar
Assistant Professor
Northeastern University

 

 

 

 

Dr. Thomas E. Mallouk
Professor
Pennsylvania State University

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ivan Oleynik
Associate Professor
University of South Florida

 

 

 

 

Dr. F. Keith Perkins
NRL

 

 

 

 

Dr. Mauricio Terrones
Professor
Pennsylvania State University

 

 

 

 

Dr. Pani (Chakrapani) Varanasi
Program Manager
Materials Science Division
U.S. Army Research Office