Ming Su Assistant Professor Phone: 407-882-2822 Fax: 407-882-2819 12424 Research Parkway Suite 410 Orlando, FL 32826 E-mail: mingsu@mail.ucf.edu Lab web page

• Research staff: Oak Ridge National Laboratory PhD. Northwestern University

Research

The primary goal of our research is to generate novel solutions for energy and health related issues, by combining fundamental investigation and engineering development. Our four major research directions include:

1. Integrated optoelectronic and nanomechanical devices
2. Nanostructured materials and their applications
3. Advanced scanning probe microscope

The Creation of Integrated Devices with Nanostructured Materials Research in our group is focused on the fabrication of novel nanostructured materials using a variety of existing and emerging techniques.

Current Funding

• American Chemical Society: Structure-performance correlations in nanocolumn-array supported nanoparticle films for solar energy conversions
  PI: Su,  9/2007 - 8/2009
• Florida Dept of Health: Nanocolumn-supported nanoparticle array for early detection of lung cancer biomarkers
  PI: Su,  7/2007 - 6/2010
• Air Force Research Laboratory: Synthesis and characterization of encapsulated phase change nanoparticles.
  PI: Su,  06/2008-06/2009
• National Science Foundations: Encapsulated phase change nanoparticles for heat transfer.
  PI: Su,  08/2008 - 08/2011

Courses

• Colloidal and Interfaces
• Integrated Nanodevices
• Materials Characterization Techniques

Selected Publications

"Curved microwell arrays created by diffusion-limited chemical etching of artificially engineered solids", Z. Ma, Y. Hong, L. Ma, Y. Ni, S. Zou, M. Su, Langmuir 2008, in press.

"Electrically induced deflective amplification for adaptive sensing of chemicals", R. Tian, L. Ma, M. Su, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, in press.

"Engineering three-dimensional micromirror array by fiber-drawing nanomanufacturing", Z. Ma, L. Ma, M. Su, Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 3734.

"Mass-production of vertically aligned extremely long conductive micro/nanowires using fiber drawing nanomanufacturing", X. Zhang, Z. Ma, Z. Yuan, M. Su, Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 1310 (cover).

Awards, Honors and Societies

• Eugene P. Wigner Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2004-2006)
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society (2004)
• Graduate Scholarship, Northwestern University (2003-2004)
• Distinguished Scholar Award, Microbeam Analysis Society of American (2003)
• Liu Yong Ling (Elite) Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1999)