Bala Krishna Juluri

Bala Krishna Juluri
Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Pennsylvania State University
212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building
University Park, PA 16802-6812

Tel: 814-441-0172
Fax: 814-865-9974

Email: bxj139 (AT) psu.edu

Bala obtained his B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University college of Engineering, Osmania University, India and obtained his M.S. degree in Manufacturing systems and Technology program at Singapore-MIT Alliance, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Currently he is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University. He is affiliated to the Bio-NEMS group at the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, supervised by Prof Tony Jun Huang and Jensen Research Group at Department of Chemistry supervised by Prof Lasse Jensen.

You can find more information about his research interests and personal information at his personal website.

• Plasmonics and Nanophotonic devices
• Quantum chemistry
• Molecular mechanics
• Design of Micro-devices for novel applications

2007 - Present
The Pennsylvania State University
PhD candidate in Engineering Science and Mechanics

2006 - 2007
The Pennsylvania State University
PhD student in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

2003 - 2004
Singapore-MIT Alliance, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
M.S. in Manufacturing Systems and Technology

1999 - 2003
University College of Engineering, Osmania University, India
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering

Aug. 2007 – Present
Graduate Research Asst.
The Jensen Research Group, Dept of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University.

Aug. 2006 – Present
Graduate Research Asst.
PSU BioNEMS Lab, Dept of Engg' Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University.

Aug. 2006 – June. 2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Feb. 2006 – Jul. 2006
R&D Engineer
Hewlett Packard Pvt Ltd, Singapore

Nov. 2004 – Feb2006
Research Associate
Precision and Nanotechnology Center, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Aug. 2004 – Nov. 2004
Teaching Assistant
Singapore-MIT Alliance, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• 2009 Sabih & Guler Hayek Graduate Scholarship, Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University
• 2006 College of Engineering fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University
• 2004 Book prize award - Best M.S. dissertation 03-04, MST, Singapore-MIT Alliance
• 2004 Book prize award - Best implementation in design project, MST, Singapore-MIT Alliance
• 2003 Singapore-MIT Alliance Graduate fellowship, Singapore-MIT Alliance
• 2003 Graduation with “Rank Certificate” for academic excellence, Osmania University
• 2002 Best paper award in national level technical symposium conducted by IRTT, Erode, India

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1. Bala Krishna Juluri, Mengqian Lu, Yue Bing Zheng, Lasse Jensen, Tony Jun Huang, Coupling between Molecular and Plasmonic Resonances: Effect of Molecular Absorbance, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, accepted.
2. Xiaole Mao, Bala Krishna Juluri, Michael Ian Lapsley, Zackary S. Stratton and Tony Jun Huang, Milliseconds Microfluidic Chaotic Bubble Mixer, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2009, accepted.
3. Daniel Ahmed, Xiaole Mao, Jinjie Shi, Bala Krishna Juluri and Tony Jun Huang, A millisecond micromixer via single-bubble-based acoustic streaming, Lab on a Chip, 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b903687c.
4. Daniel Ahmed, Xiaole Mao, Bala Krishna Juluri and Tony Jun Huang, A fast microfluidic mixer based on acoustically driven sidewall-trapped microbubbles, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2009, DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0444-3.
5. Xiaole Mao, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Michael Ian Lapsley, Jinjie Shi, Bala Krishna Juluri, and Tony Jun Huang, Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) Lens with Two Degrees of Freedom, Lab on a Chip, 2009, DOI:10.1039/B822982A. (in press). [PDF]
6. Yue Bing Zheng, Linlin Jensen, Wei Yan, Thomas R. Walker, Bala Krishna Juluri, Lasse Jensen, Tony Jun Huang, Chemically Tuning the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances of Gold Nanostructure Arrays, Journal of Physical Chemistry C (in press). [PDF]
7. Bala Krishna Juluri, Sz-Chin S. Lin, Thomas R. Walker, Lasse Jensen and Tony Jun Huang, Propagation of Designer Surface Plasmons in Structured Conductor Surfaces with Parabolic Gradient Index, Optics Express, Vol. 15, pp. 2997-3006, 2009. [PDF].
8. Bala Krishna Juluri, Ajeet Kumar, Yi Liu, Tao Ye, Ying-Wei Yang, Amar H. Flood, Lei Fang, J. Fraser Stoddart, Paul S. Weiss, Tony Jun Huang, A Mechanical Actuator Driven Electrochemically by Artificial Molecular Muscles, ACS Nano, (in press). [PDF]
9. Yue Bing Zheng, Ying-Wei Yang, Lasse Jensen, Lei Fang, Bala Krishna Juluri, Amar H. Flood, Paul S Weiss, J. Fraser Stoddart, Tony Jun Huang, Active molecular Plasmonics: Controlling Plasmon Resonances with Molecular Switches, Nano Letters, (accepted).
10. Vincent K. S. Hsiao, Yuebing Zheng, Bala Krishna Juluri, Tony Jun Huang, Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches Based on Au Nanodisk Arrays and Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals, Advanced Materials, Vol. 20, pp. 3528-3522, 2008. [PDF](featured as front cover image); (highlighted in ACS Nanotation and Nature Photonics)
11. Bala Krishna Juluri, Yue Bing Zheng, Daniel Ahmed, Lasse Jensen, Tony Jun Huang, Effects of Geometry and Composition on Charge-Induced Plasmonic Shifts in Gold Nanoparticles, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 112, pp. 7309-7312, 2008. [PDF] (Selected for indexing in TPDSci, a novel on-line monograph system)
12. Tony Jun Huang, Bala Krishna Juluri, Biological and Biomimetic Molecular Machines, Nanomedicine, Vol. 3, pp. 107-124, 2008. [PDF] (highlighted at the Editorial of Nanomedicine)
13. Yuebing Zheng, Bala Krishna Juluri, Xiaole Mao, Thomas. R. Walker and Tony Jun Huang, Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Ordered Tunable Au Nanodisk Arrays, Journal of Applied Physics, 2008.[PDF](Was among the 20 research articles with the most full-text downloads during the month of January 2008 in Journal of Applied Physics and also selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.)
14. Xiaole Mao, John Robert Waldeisen, Bala Krishna Juluri, Tony Jun Huang, Hydrodynamically Tunable Optofluidic Cylindrical Microlens, Lab on a Chip, Vol. 7, pp. 1303-1308, 2007.[PDF](highlighted in Photonics Spectra)
15. Yuebing Zheng, Bala Krishna Juluri, Tony Jun Huang, Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Nanospheres within Microtubes, Nanotechnology, Vol. 18, 275706, 2007. [PDF]
16. Bala Krishna Juluri, Wu Lin and Lennie Enk Lim, Long range and High axial load capacity nanopositioner using Single Piezoelectric actuator and Translating Supports, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, Vol. 8, 3, 2007.[PDF]
17. Wang Jun, Murukeshan V. M., Juluri Bala Krishna, et al, Inspection of Wafer defects with Speckle-shearing Interferometry and X-ray microscopy, Journal of Holography and Speckle, 3, 2226, 2006.[WWW]

1. Yue Bing Zheng, Bala Krishna Juluri, and Tony Jun Huang, Fabrication and Applications of Long-Range Ordered Au Nanodisk Arrays, the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Boston, MA, November 2-6, 2008.
2. Xiaole Mao, Bala Krishna Juluri, Michael Lapsley, and Tony Jun Huang, A Fast Micromixer and Microreactor Based on Dynamic Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Microbubbles, the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Boston, MA, November 2-6, 2008.
3. Daniel Ahmed, Xiaole Mao, Jinjie Shi, Bala Krishna Juluri, and Tony Jun Huang, Millisecond Microfluidic Mixer Using Acoustic Streaming of a Single Bubble, the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Boston, MA, November 2-6, 2008.
4. Xiaole Mao, Bala Krishna Juluri, Tony Jun Huang, Dynamic Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Microbubble Lattice and Its Potential Biomedical Applications, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2007 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, September 26-29, 2007.
5. Yue Bing Zheng, Bala Krishna Juluri, Tony Jun Huang, Large-Scale Fabrication of Ordered Au Nanodisk Arrays for Label-Free Biosensing and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2007 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, September 26-29, 2007.

1. Bala Krishna Juluri, K. Ajeet, Y. B. Zheng, T. J. Huang and P. S. Weiss, From Synthetic Molecular Machines to Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS) and Active Plasmonics, MRSEC Seminar, The Pennsylvania State University.