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Animesh S. Nanaware


Chad Tenpas

Job Titles:
  • Student
​Bio: Chad Tenpas is a 5th year student in the mechanical engineering department and will pursue his M.S. degree in 3N lab. Chad spends free time in 3D printing, video gaming (Ke: not good), mountain biking, and hiking. He served in US Air Force for a few years before returning to school.

Dr. Zhiheng Xu

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Scientist at 3N
Bio: Dr. Zhiheng Xu is a senior research scientist at 3N lab, co-advised by Denis Cormier. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Connecticut in 2017 and was a postdoctoral researcher working at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Dr. Xu's current research is focused on nanobiosensing with solid-state nanopore.

Fateme "Sara" Nafar


Henry Yuqing

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Student
Bio: Henry is an undergraduate researcher in mechanical engineering technology. His project is using bottom-up approach to grow nanowires. He previously worked with RIT Simone Center and a start-up company called "Intelleplant". Henry likes running, 3-D printing, and playing basketball.

Jacob Waitkus


Justin Silva


Li Liu

Job Titles:
  • Student
Bio: Li received her B.S. degree from the Dalian University of Technology, majoring thermal energy and power engineering. She then came to the United States and obtained her M.S. degree from the mechanical engineering department at the Binghamton University. She is a second-year Ph.D. student in the microsystems engineering program. She is working on an integrated photonic chip for COVID detection. In her free time, Li likes playing snowboard and piano, hiking, and cooking at home.

Matthew Ciminelli


Xinye Chen


Yu Chang