Sz-Chin Steven Lin

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Sz-Chin Steven Lin
Ph.D. Candidate

Biomedical Nano-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (BioNEMS) Laboratory
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
N-328 Millennium Science Complex University Park, PA 16802, USA

1-814-777-1106 | ssl130 (a) psu.edu

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• Acoustic metamaterials (Tunable band gap technologies for acoustic wave manipulation)
• Acoustophoresis (Acoustic wave-based particle, cell, and organism manipulation in microfluidic chips)
• Optofluidics (Fluorescence-activated cell sorting‎ systems and on-chip tunable microfluidic lenses)
• Nanophotonics (Optical metamaterials, Photonic crystals, and Plasmonic lenses)

Aug. 2007 - Present, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA
Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Science and Mechanics
Advisor:Prof. Tony Jun Huang

Apr. 1999 - Sept. 2001, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
M.Sc. in Applied Mechanics
Master thesis: Ultrasonic Band Gap of Two-Dimensional Phononic Crystal
Advisor: Prof. Tsung-Tsong Wu

Sept. 1995 - Jun. 1999, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Senior thesis: The Analysis of the Flow Field in the Electrolyte Jet for Copper-Foil Electroplating
Advisor: Prof. Ming-Tsung Sun

Jan. 2010 – Present, BioNEMS Lab, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Graduate Research Assistant
Research areas: Acoustic metamaterials, Acoustophoresis, Optofluidics, and Nanophotonics

Sep. 2011 – Nov. 2011, NASA Langley Research Center, Structural Acoustics Branch, USA
Invited Visiting Scholar
Research areas: phononic crystal technology for cabin noise control

Aug. 2007 - Dec. 2009, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jan. 2006 - May. 2007, Volume Fitness | Arex International Company, Taiwan
Chief Mechanical Engineer
Job responsibilities: structural design and analysis for aerobic exercise machines

Jan. 2002 - Jan. 2006, Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Taiwan
R&D Engineer
Research areas: large-scale phased array antenna systems

Apr. 1999 - Jul. 1999, Medical Mechatronics and Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, CGU, Taiwan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research areas: environmental adaptive ambulation and balance rehabilitation system

• E MCH 315 – Mechanical Response of Engineering Materials: Fall 2007
• E MCH 213 – Strength of Materials: Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, and Fall 2009

• Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, Pennsylvania State University (2011)
• Student Paper Competition Award, 2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (2010)
• Theodore Holden Thomas, Jr. Memorial Scholarship in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University (2010)
• Second Place in the Paper Competition, 5th Annual ESM Graduate Student Symposium, Pennsylvania State University (2009)
• College of Engineering Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University (2007)
• Bronze Prize, College of Engineering Website Design Competition, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2000)
• Honor Member, the PHI TAU PHI Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China (1999)
• Excellent Student Prize, Cheng Gung University, Taiwan (1999)
• Xing-Long Scholarship, Taiwan (1998)
• Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Award, Cheng Gung University, Taiwan (1995-1999)
• Taiwan Post Office Scholarship, Taiwan (1995-1999)

• Sz-Chin Lin, Chih-Cheng Chang, and Yung-Chien Chen, “Folding Mechanism for Treadmills”, US Patent Application No. 2008/0312,046, filed on 14 June 2007.

As of Feb 1, 2012, h-index = 7, Sum of the Times cited = 325, Average Citations per Article: 15.48 (Source: ISI Web of Science)

1. Yanhui Zhao, Thomas Walker, Yue Bing Zheng, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Brian Kiraly, Jason Scott, and Tony Jun Huang, Mechanically Tuning the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances of Gold Nanostructure Arrays, ASME Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine, accepted, 2012
2. Yanhui Zhao, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Qingzhen Hao, Brian Kiraly, and Tony Jun Huang, Nanoscale Super-resolution Imaging via Metal-dielectric Metamaterial Lens System, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 41, pp. 41501, 2011. [PDF]
3. Jinjie Shi, Shahrzad Yazdi, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Xiaoyun Ding, I-Kao Chiang, Kendra Sharp, and Tony Jun Huang, Three-Dimensional Continuous Particle Focusing in a Microfluidic Channel via Standing Surface Acoustic Waves (SSAW), Lab on a Chip, Vol. 11, pp. 2319-2324, 2011. (featured as front cover image) [PDF]
4. Sz-Chin Steven Lin and Tony Jun Huang, Tunable Phononic Crystals with Anisotropic Inclusions, Physical Review B, Vol. 83, pp. 174303, 2011. [PDF]
5. Tsung-Tsong Wu, Yan-Ting Chen, Jia-Hong Sun, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, and Tony Jun Huang, Focusing of Lamb Wave in a Gradient-Index Phonoinc Crystal Plate, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 98, pp. 171911, 2011. [PDF]
6. Yan Jun Liu, Xiaoyun Ding, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Jinjie Shi, I-Kao Chiang, and Tony Jun Huang, Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Light Shutters Using Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals, Advanced Materials, Vol. 23, pp. 1656-1659, 2011. (featured as front cover image) [PDF]
7. Xiaole Mao, Zackary I. Stratton, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, and Tony Jun Huang, Optofluidic Tunable Microlens by Manipulating the Liquid Meniscus Using a Flared Microfluidic Structure, Biomicrofluidics, Vol. 4, pp. 043007, 2010. [PDF]
8. Mengqian Lu, Bala Krishna Juluri, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Brian Kiraly, Tieyu Gao, and Tony Jun Huang, Beam Aperture Modification and Beam Deflection Using Gradient-Index Photonic Crystals, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 108, pp. 103505, 2010. [PDF]
9. Yanhui Zhao, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Brian Kiraly, Qingzhen Hao, Yanjun Liu and Tony Jun Huang, Beam bending via plasmonic lenses, Optics Express, Vol. 18, pp. 23458-23465, 2010. [PDF]
10. Hua Huang, Xiaole Mao, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Brian Kiraly, Yiping Huang, and Tony Jun Huang, Tunable Two-Dimensional Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) Lens for Variable Light Focusing, Lab on a Chip, Vol. 10, pp. 2387-2393, 2010. (featured as back cover image) [PDF]
11. Jinjie Shi, Bala Krishna Juluri, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Mengqian Lu, Tieyu Gao, and Tony Jun Huang, Photonic Crystal Composites-Based Wide-Band Optical Collimator, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 108, pp. 043514, 2010. [PDF]
12. Jinjie Shi, Zak Stratton, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Hua Huang and Tony Jun Huang, Tunable Optofluidic Microlens through Active Pressure Control of an Air-Liquid Interface, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Vol. 9, pp. 313-318, 2010. [PDF]
13. Jinjie Shi, Daniel Ahmed, Xiaole Mao, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, and Tony Jun Huang, Acoustic Tweezers: Patterning Cells and Microparticles Using Standing Surface Acoustic Waves (SSAW), Lab on a Chip, Vol. 9, pp. 2890-2895, 2009. (featured as front cover image) [PDF]
14. Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Bernhard R. Tittmann, Jia-Hong Sun, Tsung-Tsong Wu, and Tony Jun Huang, Acoustic Beamwidth Compressor Using Gradient-Index Phononic Crystals, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 42, pp. 185502, 2009. (featured as front cover image) [PDF]
15. Sz-Chin Steven Lin and Tony Jun Huang, Acoustic Mirage in Two-Dimensional Gradient-Index Phononic Crystals, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 106, pp. 053529, 2009. [PDF]
16. Michael Ian Lapsley, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Xiaole Mao and Tony Jun Huang, An In-Plane, Variable Optical Attenuator Using a Fluid-Based Tunable Reflective Interface, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 95, pp. 083507, 2009. [PDF]
17. 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, Vol. 9, pp. 2050-2058, 2009. [PDF]
18. Xiaole Mao, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Cheng Dong, and Tony Jun Huang, Single-Layer Planar On-Chip Flow Cytometer Using Microfluidic Drifting Based Three-Dimensional (3D) Hydrodynamic Focusing, Lab on a Chip, Vol. 9, pp. 1583-1589, 2009. [PDF]
19. Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Tony Jun Huang, Jia-Hong Sun and Tsung-Tsong Wu, Gradient-Index Phononic Crystals, Physical Review B, Vol. 79, pp. 094302, 2009. [PDF]
20. Bala Krishna Juluri, Sz-Chin Steven 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. 17, pp. 2997-3006, 2009. [PDF]
21. Jinjie Shi, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Tony Jun Huang, Wide-Band Acoustic Collimating by Phononic Crystal Composites, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 92, pp. 111901, 2008. (featured as front cover image) [PDF]
22. Wu, T.-T., Huang, Zi-Gui and S. Lin, Surface and Bulk Acoustic Waves in Two-Dimensional Phononic Crystal Consisting of Materials with General Anisotropy, Physical Review B 69, 094301 (2004).
23. Wu, T.-T., Huang, Zi-Gui and S. Lin, Analyses of Elastic Waves in Aluminum/Barium Sodium Niobate and Quartz/Epoxy Phononic Structures, Key Engineering Materials 270 1119 (2004).

1. S.-C. S. Lin, T. J. Huang, “Two-Dimensional Tunable Phononic Crystals,” 2011 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Orlando, FL, USA, Oct. 18−21, 2011).
2. J. Shi, S. Yazdi, S.-C. S. Lin, X. Ding, and T. J. Huang, “Standing Surface Acoustic Wave (SSAW) Based Three-Dimensional (3D) Particle Focusing,” The 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, (Seattle, WA, USA, Oct 2−6, 2011).
3. Y. J. Liu, X. Ding, S.-C. S. Lin, J. Shi, and T. J. Huang, “Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) Based Light Shutter Driven By Surface Acoustic Waves,” the 16th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducer’11) (Beijing, China, June 5−9, 2011).
4. X. Ding, J. Shi, S.-C. S. Lin, and T. J. Huang, “Acoustic Tweezers: Achieving Quasi-Dynamic Microparticle Patterning Using Tunable Surface Acoustic Waves,” the 16th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducer’11) (Beijing, China, June 5−9, 2011).
5. J. Shi, S.-C. S. Lin, and T. J. Huang, “Acoustic Tweezers: Manipulating Bioparticles Using Sound Waves,” Optics in Life Sciences: OSA Optics and Photonics Congress Topical Meeting Exhibit 2011 (Monterey, CA, USA, Apr. 4−6 2011).
6. X. Mao, A. A. Nawaz, S.-C. S. Lin, M. Lapsley, and T. J. Huang, “Integrated, Optofluidic-Based Flow Cytometry on a Chip,” 2011 IEEE NEMS Conference (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Feb. 20−23, 2011).
7. M. Lu, B. K. Juluri, S.-C. S. Lin, and T. J. Huang, “Photonic Crystal Based Beam Aperture Modifier and Deflector,” 2011 IEEE NEMS Conference (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Feb. 20−23, 2011).
8. X. Mao, A. A. Nawaz, S.-C. S. Lin, M. Lapsley, and T. J. Huang, “An Optofluidic Approach to Miniature Flow Cytometry,” IEEE Photonics Society Winter Topics 2011, (Keystone, CO, USA, Jan. 10−12, 2011).
9. S.-C. S. Lin, B. Tittmann, T. J. Huang, “Design of Acoustic Beam Aperture Modifier Using Gradient-Index Phononic Crystals,” 2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 11−14, 2010). (Student Paper Competition Award)
10. S.-C. S. Lin, T. J. Huang, “Acoustic Mirage In Two-Dimensional Gradient-Index Phononic Crystals,” 2010 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 11−14, 2010).
11. X. Mao, S.-C. S. Lin, M. I. Lapsley, T. J. Huang, “A fully integrated on-chip flow cytometry platform for point-of-care diagnosis,” 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA, Nov. 13−19, 2009).
12. X. Mao, S.-C. S. Lin, M. I. Lapsley, J. Shi, B. K. Juluri, T. J. Huang. “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) Lens with Two Degrees of Freedom,” 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA, Nov. 13−19, 2009).
13. S.-C. S. Lin, Bernhard Tittmann, and T. J. Huang, “Design of Acoustic Couplers Using Gradient-Index Phononic Crystals,” 2009 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (Roma, Italy, Sep. 20−23, 2009).
14. X. Mao, S.-C. S. Lin, and T. J. Huang, “High-throughput on-chip flow cytometry system using ‘drifting’ based three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic focusing,” the 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducer’09) (Denver, CO, USA, June 21−25, 2009).
15. J, Shi, Y. B. Zheng, X. Xi, S.-C. S. Lin, J. Du, B. R. Tittmann, and T. J. Huang, “Patterning Nanoparticles in Microfluidic Channels via Surface Plasmon Polariton,” the 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducer’09) (Denver, CO, USA, June 21−25, 2009).
16. X. Mao, S.-C. S. Lin, M. Lapsley, J. Shi, B. K. Juluri, and T. J. Huang, “A Tunable Optofluidic Microlens Based on Gradient Refractive Index,” Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO 2009) (Baltimore, MD, USA, May 31 − June 5, 2009).
17. S.-C. S. Lin and T. J. Huang, “Gradient-Index Phononic Crystals,” the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, (Boston, MA, Nov. 2−6, 2008).
18. X. Mao, S.-C. S. Lin, J. Shi, M. I. Lapsley, and T. J. Huang, “Tunable Liquid Gradient Refractive Index (L-GRIN) Lens,” the 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 12−16, 2008). (Graduate Student Travel Award)
19. X. Mao, B. K. Juluri, S.-C. S. Lin, J. Shi, M. I. Lapsley, and T. J. Huang, “In-Plane Tunable Optofluidic Microlens,” IEEE LEOS Summer Topical 2008 (Acapulco, Mexico, July 21−23, 2008).
20. T.-T. Wu, Z.-G. Huang and S.-C. S. Lin, “Elastic/Acoustic waves analysis in Aluminum/Barium Sodium Niobate (Y-cut) with hexagonal lattice and Quartz/Epoxy with square lattice phononic structures,” the 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Nondestructive Testing (Cheju-do, Korea, Nov. 3−7, 2003).

• 2011 Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) @ Penn State − “Acoustic Metamaterials” .
• 2011 Structural Acoustic Branch @ NASA Langley Research Center – “Tunable Band Gap Technologies”

• American Physical Society (APS)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• PHI TAU PHI Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China

• Applied Physics Letters
• Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
• Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• Physical Review E
• Smart Materials and Structures
• Ultrasonics

• Officer, Taiwanese Student Association, Penn State University, 2008-2009
• Camp Counselor, Summer/Winter Camps for Teens, 1995-2001
• President, Salt-and-Light Christian Club, CGU 1996-1998
• Class Representative, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, CGU, 1998-1999
• Baseball and Basketball Player, ME Dept. Team, CGU, 1995-1999