Sz-Chin "Steven" Lin

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Sz-Chin Steven LIN, Ph.D.

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

+1-814-777-1106 | ssl130@psu.edu

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Through interdisciplinary research at the interfaces of Acoustics, Photonics, Microfluidics, and Biology to develop functional micro/nano systems in the areas of

• 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)

to benefit applications such as noise/vibration control, communications, bio-sensing, and medical diagnosis and therapy.

Aug. 2007 - May 2012, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA
Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics
Ph.D. dissertation: Acoustic Metamaterials: Tunable Gradient-Index Phononic Crystals for Acoustic Wave Manipulation
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

Jun 2012 – Present, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
BioNEMS Lab, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Research areas/responsibilities: Surface acoustic wave (SAW) based microfluidics & Acoustic metamaterials

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

Aug 2007 - May 2012, Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Research areas: Acoustic metamaterials, Acoustophoresis, Optofluidics, and Nanophotonics

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

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

Apr 1999 - Jul 1999, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Medical Mechatronics and Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
Research areas: Environmental adaptive ambulation and balance rehabilitation system

In-class teaching in undergraduate-level courses:

• E MCH 213 - Strength of Materials (Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009)
• E MCH 315 – Mechanical Response of Engineering Materials (Fall 2007)
• E MCH 212 - Dynamics (Spring 2012)

Guest lecturing in graduate-level course:

• E SC 581 - Microelectromechanical Systems/Smart Structures (Spring 2011), Lecture topic: “Introduction to Acoustic Metamaterials”

• Nominated for the Alumni Association Dissertation Award, The Pennsylvania State University (2012)
• Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, The 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, The Pennsylvania State University (2010)
• Second Place in the Paper Competition, 5th Annual ESM Graduate Student Symposium, The Pennsylvania State University (2009)
• College of Engineering Fellowship, The 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.
• Sz-Chin Lin, and Tony Jun Huang, “Acoustic beam aperture modifier using Gradient-index phononic crystals”, US Provisional Patent Application No.: 61/656,631.

Articles With Citation Data = 22
Sum of the Times Cited = 415
Average Citations per Article = 18.86
h-index = 10
(Source: ISI Web of Science, Last Updated: 07/30/2012)

1. Yuliang Xie, Daniel Ahmed,Michael Lapsley, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Ahsan Ahmad Nawaz, Lin Wang, Tony Jun Huang, Single-shot characterization of enzymatic reaction constants Km and kcat by an acoustic-driven, bubble-based fast micromixer, Analytical Chemistry, accepted, 2012.
2. Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Xiaole Mao, Tony Jun Huang, Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Acoustophoresis: Now and Beyond, Lab on a Chip, DOI: 10.1039/C2LC90076A, 2012. [PDF]
3. Yan Jun Liu, Mengqian Lu, Xiaoyun Ding, Eunice S. P. Leong, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Jinjie Shi, Jing Hua Teng, Lin Wang, Timothy J. Bunning, and Tony Jun Huang, Holographically formed, acoustically switchable gratings based on polymer-dispersed liquid crystals, Journal of Laboratory Automation, accepted, 2012.
4. Xiaoyun Ding, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Brian Kiraly, Hongjun Yue, Sixing Li, Jinjie Shi, Stephen J. Benkovic, and Tony Jun Huang, On-Chip Manipulation of Single Microparticles, Cells, and Organisms Using Surface Acoustic Waves, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Vol. 109, pp. 11105-11109, 2012. [PDF]
5. Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Bernhard R. Tittmann, Tony Jun Huang, Design of Acoustic Beam Aperture Modifier Using Gradient-Index Phononic Crystals, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 111, pp. 123510, 2012. (featured as front cover image) [PDF]
6. Xiaoyun Ding, Jinjie Shi, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Shahrzad Yazdi, Brian Kiraly, and Tony Jun Huang, Tunable Patterning of Microparticles and Cells using Standing Surface Acoustic Waves, Lab on a Chip, Vol. 12, pp. 2491-2497, 2012. (featured as back cover image) [PDF]
7. Xiaole Mao, Ahmad Ahsan Nawaz, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, Michael Ian Lapsley, Yanhui Zhao, J. Philip McCoy, Wafik S. El-Deiry, and Tony Jun Huang, An Integrated, Multi-parametric Flow Cytometry Chip using “Microfluidic Drifting” Based Three-dimensional (3D) Hydrodynamic Focusing, Biomicrofluidics, Vol. 6, pp. 024113, 2012. [PDF]
8. 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, Jan 2012.
9. 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]
10. 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]
11. Sz-Chin Steven Lin and Tony Jun Huang, Tunable Phononic Crystals with Anisotropic Inclusions, Physical Review B, Vol. 83, pp. 174303, 2011. [PDF]
12. Tsung-Tsong Wu, Yan-Ting Chen, Jia-Hong Sun, Sz-Chin Steven Lin, and Tony Jun Huang, Focusing of the Lowest Antisymmetric Lamb Wave in a Gradient-Index Phononic Crystal Plate, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 98, pp. 171911, 2011. [PDF]
13. 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]
14. 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]
15. 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]
16. 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]
17. 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]
18. 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]
19. 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]
20. 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]
21. 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]
22. 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]
23. 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]
24. 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]
25. 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]
26. 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]
27. 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]
28. 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]
29. 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). [PDF]
30. 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). [PDF]

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.-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).
3. 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)
4. 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).
5. 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).
6. 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).
7. 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).
8. 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).
9. 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).
10. 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).
11. 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)

• 2011 Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) @ Penn State University − “Achievements in Acoustic Metamaterials at Penn State”
• 2011 Structural Acoustic Branch @ NASA Langley Research Center – “Tunable Band Gap Technologies”
• 2012 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering @ University of Florida – “Acoustic Metamaterials and Acoustophoresis”

• 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
• New Journal of Physics
• Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
• Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• 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