Joseph S.T. Smalley

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Joseph S.T. Smalley
B.S., May 2011

Biofunctionalized Nano-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (BioNEMS) Laboratory
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Pennsylvania State University
212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building
University Park, PA 16802-6812

Tel: 1-814-602-8117
Email: jss357 (a) psu.edu

Personal Portfolio

• Methods, materials, & devices for nanophotonic circuits
• Quantum information processing
• Renewable energy conversion devices

University of California at San Diego, UCSD
M.S./Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, Nanoscale Devices & Systems, entering 09/2011

Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA
B.S., Engineering Science, with distinction and honors, graduated 05/2011
Minor, Nanotechnology

National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network International REU, imec, Leuven, Belgium, 05/11-08/11
— Prepared active layers of bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic cells (OPV) using solution processing techniques
— Characterized OPV materials using atomic force microscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, and contact angle measurements

Biofunctionalized Nano-Electromechanical Systems (BioNEMS) Lab Group, 09/09-05/11
— Designing and conducting experiments for plasmonic energy harvesting device
— Editing pre-published journal articles for researchers in the group

National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network REU, University California, Santa Barbara, 06/10-08/10
— Implemented experimental appartus based on the 3w method for measuring thermal conductivity of novel thermoelectric materials
— Characterized thermal and electrical properties of materials via the Seebeck Effect and the Hall Effect

Electro-Optics Center, Materials Research Institute, State College, PA, 10/09-11/09
—Measured electrical properties of materials for use in high power, high frequency devices

NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, 01/09-04/09
—Conducted experiments to improve fabrication of components for solid-oxide fuel cells
—Created Excel-based computational model for fuel cell performance

Yan Jun Liu*, Qingzhen Hao*, Joseph S. T. Smalley, Justin Liou, Iam Choon Khoo, and Tony Jun Huang,
A Frequency-Addressed Plasmonic Switch Based on Dual-Frequency Liquid Crystal, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 97, 091101, 2010 (*equal contributions) (featured as front cover image).

Joseph S. T. Smalley, Yanhui Zhao, Ahmad Ahasan Nawaz, Qingzhen Hao, Yi Ma, Iam-Choon Khoo, and Tony Jun Huang,
High Contrast Modulation of Plasmonic Signals Using Nanoscale Dual-Frequency Liquid Crystals, Optics Express, Vol. 19, 16, 15265-15274, 2011

The Francis H. Fenlon Award for most outstanding engineering science thesis, 05/2011
The P.B. Breneman Award for best engineering science portfolio, honorable mention, 05/2011
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, honorable mention, 04/2011
Departmental Fellowship, University of California at San Diego, Dept. of Computer & Electrical Engineering 2011-2012
Tau Beta Pi, National Honors Society of Engineering, inducted 12/09
Penn State Entrepreneur Network, Community Outreach Director, 04/2010-05/2011
Science Lions, educational outreach, 01/2010-05/2011

GE Transportation, Erie, PA, 10/08-12/08
—Wrote test procedures and test validation plans for locomotive vehicle control system
—Aided in testing of control system components

Rehrig Pacific Inc., Erie PA, 05/08-09/08
—Operated plastic-injection mold machines

Plastikos Inc., Erie, PA, 11/07-01/08
—Performed changeovers on precision molds used in the production of high tolerance polymer structures

LaRouche Youth, LLC, Detroit, MI, 05/05-08/07
—Organized local, state, and federal lawmakers to pass legislation for overhaul of national infrastructure
—Raised student and public awareness of the critical state of U.S. civil infrastructure system