University of Massachusetts Amherst

Center for Hierarchical Engineering

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People

Directors

Center Executive Committee

  • James Watkins, Chair
  • Mark Tuominen, Co-Chair
  • Surita Bhatia
  • Kenneth Carter
  • Jane Fountain
  • Csaba Andras Moritz
  • Vincent Rotello
  • Thomas Russell
  • Michael Wright

CHM-Supported Investigators

Name Institution Department Group(s)
Marc Achermann UMass Amherst Physics TRG 2
James Allan UMass Amherst Computer Science Nanoinformatics (InterNano)
Douglas Anderton UMass Amherst Sociology Societal Implications
Michael Barnes UMass Amherst Chemistry TRG 2
Harry Bermudez UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 3
Surita Bhatia UMass Amherst Chemical Eng. TRG 3 Co-Leader
Douglas Buckley Springfield Tech. Comm. Coll. Elect. Eng. Tech. Education (STCC P.I.)
Carlos Cabrera UPR Rio Piedras Chemistry TRG 1 (UPR Rio Piedras P.I.)
Ken Carter UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 1, Test Bed Coordinator
Alfred Crosby UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 1
Bogdan Dragnea Indiana Univ. Chemistry TRG 3 (Indiana Univ. P.I.)
Todd Emrick UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 1, TRG 3
Jane Fountain UMass Amherst Political Science Societal Implications
Samuel Gido UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 1
Gregory Grason UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 1
Janice Hudgings Mt. Holyoke Coll. Physics TRG 2 (Mt. Holyoke P.I.)
Ram Katiyar UPR Rio Piedras Physics TRG 2
Byung Kim UMass Amherst Mech. & Ind. Eng. TRG 1
Dimitrios Maroudas UMass Amherst Chemical Eng. TRG 1
Andrew McCallum UMass Amherst Computer Science Nanoinformatics (InterNano)
Thomas McCarthy UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 1
Gerardo Morell UPR Rio Piedras Physics TRG 1
Csaba Andras Moritz UMass Amherst Elect. & Comp. Eng. TRG 2 Co-Leader
T. J. Mountziaris UMass Amherst Chemical Eng. TRG 3
Murugappan Muthukumar  UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 3
Cengiz Ozkan UC Riverside Mechanical Eng. TRG 3 (UC Riverside P.I.)
Mihri Ozkan UC Riverside Electrical Eng. TRG 3
Mario Rotea UMass Amherst Mech. & Ind. Eng. TRG 1
Vincent Rotello UMass Amherst Chemistry TRG 3 Co-Leader
Jonathan Rothstein UMass Amherst Mech. & Ind. Eng. TRG 1
Thomas Russell UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 1 Co-Leader
Anant Singh TIAX LLC Nanomaterials/Materials Science Tech. Transfer (TIAX P.I.)
Morton Sternheim UMass Amherst Physics Education
Gregory Tew UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 3
Sankaran Thayumanavan UMass Amherst Chemistry TRG 1, TRG 3
Mark Tuominen UMass Amherst Physics TRG 2 Co-Leader (Co-P.I.)
James Watkins UMass Amherst Polymer Sci. & Eng. TRG 1 Co-Leader (P.I.)
George Patrick Watson Alcatel-Lucent New Jersey Nano. Consortium Fabrication Services (Alcatel-Lucent P.I.)

Additional CHM-Affiliated Collaborators

Name Institution Department Group(s)
Katherine Aidala Mt. Holyoke Coll. Physics TRG 2
Michael Ash UMass Amherst Economics Societal Implications
Dorothea Büchel Seagate Technology Media Research TRG 1
Kyle Cave UMass Amherst Psychology Societal Implications
Seshu Desu Binghamton Univ. Engineering (Dean) TRG 1, TRG 2
William Gibson UMass Amherst Economics Societal Implications
Jarice Hanson UMass Amherst Communications Societal Implications
Ethan Katsh UMass Amherst Legal Studies Societal Implications
Eric Lin NIST Polymers Division TRG 1
Ward Lopes Mt. Holyoke Coll. Physics TRG 2
Robert D. Miller IBM Almaden Research Center Advanced Organic Materials Group TRG 1, Test Bed
Bahgat Sammakia Binghamton Univ. Mechanical Eng. TRG 1
Howard Wang Binghamton Univ. Mechanical Eng. TRG 1
Dieter Weller Seagate Technology Media Research TRG 1

External Advisory Board

Name Title and Affiliation
John Armstrong Former Vice President, Science and Technology, IBM Corp.
Mary Lowe Good Dean, Donaghey College of Information Science and Systems Engineering, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Peter Green Professor and Chair, Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Daniel H. C. Herr Director, Nanomanufacturing Sciences Research, Semiconductor Research Corporation
Robert Kispert Director of Federal and University Programs, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Merrilea Mayo Director, Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, The National Academies

Administrative Staff

Name Title
Barbara Bou Assistant to the Director
Thais Brodeur Office Manager
Sorie Koroma Assistant Coordinator of Education and Diversity
MaryAnn Mish Business Manager
John Nicholson Manager, Nanofabrication Laboratory
Rebecca Reznik-Zellen Science Librarian and InterNano Project Manager
Robert Stevens Web and Database Developer
Michael Westort Education and Diversity Specialist
Michael Wright Director of Operations, Planning and Development
   
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