Research Projects

The research projects of the participants will focus on multifunctional nanomaterials for applications in fundamental science at the nanometer length scales and their applications in biometrics and health care. This includes the study of complex solid state materials and their interactions with biomolecules to form biosensors. Projects are by and large interdisciplinary in nature, and although each participant will be assigned a single faculty supervisor, they will work as part of an interdisciplinary team. Students will work in laboratories in Health Sciences, Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics departments. The projects are divided among the themes listed below:

Photonic Transduction	Electronic Transduction
Merging of photonic transduction and transport addressing approaches to advance the LOD, integration, and fieldability of rapid molecular detection for security, health, environmental and energy applications	The objective of this project is to determine the electronic properties of artificial nanostructures and biomolecules and to develop novel biomolecular sensors.
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For more information about this theme contact Prof. Larry Hornak.	For more information about this theme contact Prof. David Lederman.

Nano– and Microfluidics	Nanokinematic Devices and Systems
This project seeks to understand the mechanisms of mass transport through nanocapillaries in electrically driven systems.	The objective is to understand nanokinematic phenomena and establish protein-based biomolecular motors for electronically addressable nanoscale molecular cargo delivery systems.
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For more information about this theme contact Prof. Aaron Timperman.	For more information about this theme contact Prof. Parviz Famouri.