Wei Yan

Wei was the master student in the BioNEMS Lab supervised by Dr. Tony Jun Huang, the James Henderson Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at The Pennsylvania State University. He graduated in August 2008 with Master of Science degree and his thesis topic SURFACE PLASMON-BASED MANIPULATION OF MICROPARTICLES AND DYNAMICS STUDY.

Wei's Resume as of 10/1/08

• Plasmonic manipulation of microparticles based on surface plasmon resonance
  
• Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) on Au nanodisks
  
• Biosensing and drug delivery based on nanoporous polymeric structures
  

Aug. 2006 – Aug. 2008
The Pennsylvania State University
M.S. in Engineering Science

Oct. 2002 – Jun. 2006
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
B.E. in Optical Engineering

Aug. 2006 – Aug. 2008
Graduate Researcher
Bio-NEMS Laboratory, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvanian State University

Aug. 2006 – May. 2008
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Statics and Strength of Materials
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvanian State University

Jul. – Sep. 2005
ZJU-UCLA Student Summer Research Program
Micro Systems Laboratories, University of California, Los Angeles
“Development of Automatic Microfluidic System for Biomarker Detection”
Research information http://ho.seas.ucla.edu/members/alumni/william_yan.php

2007 - 2008
Outstanding Student Organization of the Year
Chinese Friendship Association
The Pennsylvania State University

2007 - 2008
Outstanding Program of the Year
Beijing 2008 Olympic Culture Festival, by Chinese Friendship Association
The Pennsylvania State University

2004 – 2005
Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Zhejiang University

2004 – 2005
Scholarship for Outstanding Students, Zhejiang University

May 2005
Meritorious Prize, 10th Mechanical Design Contest Zhejiang University

1. Yuebing Zheng, Wei Yan, Thomas R. Walker, Bala Krishna Juluri, Tony Jun Huang, Effects of Chemical Etching on Surface Plasmons of Ordered Au Nanostructure Arrays, Applied Physics Letters (submitted).
2. Wei Yan, Vincent K.S. Hsiao, Yuebing Zheng, Tony Jun Huang, Nanoporous Polymer Thin Films for Enhanced Drug Delivery, Thin Solid Films (accepted).
3. Wei Yan, Vincent K.S. Hsiao, Yuebing Zheng, Tony Jun Huang, Nanoporous Polymeric Structures: Fabrication and Applications in Biosensing and Drug Delivery, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2008. MEMS 2008. IEEE 21st International Conference, pp.709-712, 13-17 Jan. 2008.

1. Wei Yan, Vincent Hsiao, and Tony Jun Huang, Nanoporous Polymer-Based Multifunctional Materials for Biomedical Applications, the 2008 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 24-28, 2008.
2. Yue Bing Zheng, Wei Yan, Thomas R. Walker, and Tony Jun Huang, Incident Angle-Dependent Redshifts of Surface Plasmon Resonance in Long-Range Coupled Au Nanostructure Arrays, the 2008 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 24-28, 2008.
3. Yue Bing Zheng, Wei Yan, Thomas R. Walker, and Tony Jun Huang, Continuous Redshifts of Surface Plasmon Resonance in Ordered Au Nanodisk Arrays via Chemical Etching, the 2008 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 24-28, 2008.
4. Vincent K.S. Hsiao, Wei Yan, Tony Jun Huang, Holographic Nanoporous Polymer-Based Multifunctional Materials for Biosensing and Drug Delivery, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2007 Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, September 26-29, 2007.

May 2007 – May 2008
President
Chinese Friendship Association, The Pennsylvania State University

Aug. 2007 - Aug. 2008
Lab Manager
Bio-NEMS Laboratory, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvanian State University

Jan. 2008 - May 2008
Mandarin Interpreter
Bellwood-Antis School District, Bellwood, PA

Jul. – Sep. 2005
Facility Maintenance worker in University Cooperative Housing Association, Los Angeles, California

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
The Pennsylvania State University
212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building
University Park, PA 16802-6812
Office: (814) 865-0661
E-mail: wzy107 at psu.edu

Wei's Resume