Dr. Shaochen Chen

The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research > People

Current Lab Memebers:
Dr. David Fozdar (Postdoc)
Dr. Li-Hsin Han (Postdoc)
Dr. Jin Woo Lee (Postdoc)
Dr. Pranav Soman (Postdoc)
Jamil Wakil (Ph.D. student)
Wei Wang (Ph.D. student)
Wande Zhang (Ph.D. student)
Shaomin Wu (Ph.D. Student)
Daniel Eils (MS/PhD student)
Max Darnell (undergraduate researcher)
Hai Nguyen (undergraduate researcher)

Student Awards and Honors:
Carlos Aguilar
* HENAAC Graduate Student Leadership Award
* Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2007-2008
* George H. Mitchell Award for Excellence in Graduate Research: 2007
* Nomination for George H. Mitchell Award for Excellence in Graduate Research: 2005
* University of Texas - College of Engineering Graduate Fellowship: 2004, 2005
* Hispanic Engineering National Awards Annual Conference (HENAAC) Scholar: 2004, 2005, 2006
* Hispanic Scholarship Fund / General Motors Foundation Scholar: 2004, 2005, 2006
* General Electric Engineering Research Fellowship: 2002

David Fozdar
* Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2008-2009
* UT-Austin College of Engineering Thrust 2000 Endowed Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2007
* National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2005

Leo Han
* Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2006-2007
* Three patents were awarded to Leo for his work in catheter probe for cardiovascular imaging, 2002-present

Shifeng Li
* Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2003-2004
* Outstanding Research Assistant in the Mechanical Engineering Dept., UT-Austin, 2003
* Shifeng’s paper, “Disposable Polydimethylsiloxane/Silicon Hybrid Chips for Protein Detection” was among the hottest articles in the journal, Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Yi Lu
* Outstanding Thesis Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
* Yi’s paper, “Micro and Nano-fabrication of Biodegradable Polymers for Drug Delivery” was among the hottest articles in the journal, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Dongbing Shao
* Advanced Manufacturing Center Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2005
* Dongbing’s work on Surface Plasmons Assisted Nanolithography was featured in the magazine, “Photonics Spectra”, 2005
* Continuing Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2005-2006
* Outstanding Research Assistant in the Mechanical Engineering Dept., UT-Austin, 2005

Shaomin Wu
* Ralph Nelson Endowment Fellowship, UT-Austin, 2008-2009
* Professional Development Fellowship for a Best Poster in Nano Night in 2008

Alumni:
Carlos Aguilar (Ph.D. 2008, MS 2005) now at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Arvind Battula (Ph.D. 2007) now at Schlumberger
Matthew Hense (MS, 2006), now at Technip
Yi Lu (Ph.D. 2006, MS 2004), now at 3M
Dongbing Shao (Ph. D. 2006), now at IBM
Gerry Suhali (BS, 2006), now at Exxon Mobil
Senthil Theppakuttai (Ph.D. 2006, MS 2001), now at SV Probe, Inc.
Shifeng Li (Ph.D. 2004, MS 2001), now at Invitrogen
Wei Zheng (MS 2001)
Vijay Kancharla (MS 2001), now at IPG Photonics, Inc.
Priyanshu Gupta (BS 2005), now a graduate student at Stanford University
Aaron Hulse (BS 2004), now a graduate student at UT-Austin
Clarissa Lui (BS 2003), now a graduate student at Connell University
Shaz Viljee (BS 2003), now a graduate student at UT-Austin
Eddie Degracia (BS, 2003).

 


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