I-FMD is one of Lehigh Universities three Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) and focuses on all aspects of cutting edge materials and device research
About the Institute
Lehigh University’s Institute for Functional Materials & Devices (I-FMD) pursues innovative new materials and devices that underpin many of society’s greatest challenges, from detecting and treating disease, to implementing large-scale renewable energy sources, to securing food and fresh water for all. I-FMD brings together Lehigh’s interdisciplinary expertise in the synthesis, fabrication, processing, and materials characterization as applied to sensors, actuators, and other devices that have critical functionality across mechanical, electronic, photonic, and chemical domains.
I-FMD Research Thrusts
- Renewable Energy to Products: Sustainable Chemicals for Life
- Photonics and Optoelectronics
- Active Soft Materials towards Bio-functional Nano-Robotics
- Wound Healing and Biomaterials
- High Performance Material Processing and Additive Manufacturing
I-FMD Office
Dr. Himanshu Jain
Director I-FMD
Dr. Xuanhong Cheng
Associate Director, I-FMD
Carolyn Law
Office Coordinator
Support for partnerships/collaboration
Dr. Kevin Major
Research Engagement Officer
Materials characterization facility
Dr. Chris Kiely
Director, Materials characterization facility
Dr. Masashi Watanabe
Associate director, Materials characterization facility
Dr. Leslie O'Brien
SEM Manager
Dr. Sz-Chian Liou
TEM Manager
Dr. Ryan Thorpe
Research Scientist
Integrated nanofabrication and cleanroom facility (INCF)
Dr. Nick Strandwitz
Director, INCF
Dr. Renbo Song
INCF Technical Manager
Tony Jeffers
Cleanroom Manager
Core thrust leaders
Dr. Srinivas Rangarajan
Renewable energy to products: Sustainable chemicals for life
Dr. Ivan Biaggio
Center for photonics and nanoelectronics
Dr. James Gilchrist
Complex Hierarchies for Active/Responsive/Intelligent Soft Matter Assembly
Dr. Lesley Chow
Wound healing and biomaterials
Dr. John Coulter
High performance materials processing and additive manufacturing
Dr. Wojtek Misiolek
High performance materials processing and additive manufacturing
Associated Faculty
| Ganesh Balasubramanian | Mechanical Engineering |
| Jonas Baltrusaitis | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Arindam Banerjee | Mechanical Engineering |
| Yevgeny Berdichevsky | Bioengineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Subhrajit Bhattacharya | Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics |
| Ivan Biaggio | Physics |
| Angela Brown | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Derick Brown | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Helen Chan | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Manoj Chaudhury | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Mark Chen | Chemistry |
| Lesley Chow | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Crystal Chu | Chemistry |
| John Coulter | Mechanical Engineering |
| Hannah Dailey | Mechanical Engineering |
| Eric Daniels | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Volkmar Dierolf | Physics |
| John DuPont | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Matthias Falk | Biology |
| Greg Ferguson | Chemistry |
| Robert Flowers | Chemistry |
| John Fox | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Lisa Fredin | Chemistry |
| James Gilchrist | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez | Bioengineering |
| Joachim Grenestedt | Mechanical Engineering |
| Martin Harmer | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Niels Holten-Andersen | Bioengineering, Materials Science and Engineering |
| Wonpil Im | Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Anand Jagota | Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Sabrina Jedlicka | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Christopher Kiely | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Yong W. Kim | Physics |
| Sushil Kumar | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Kai Landskron | Chemistry |
| Yaling Liu | Mechanical Engineering |
| Steven McIntosh | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Wojciech Misiolek | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Keith Moored | Mechanical Engineering |
| Nader Motee | Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics |
| Herman Nied | Mechanical Engineering |
| Alparslan Oztekin | Mechanical Engineering |
| Thomas Pashuck | Bioengineering |
| Ray Pearson | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Stephen Peters | Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Siddha Pimputkar | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Spencer Quiel | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Anand Ramamurthi | Bioengineering |
| Srinivas Rangarajan | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Elsa Reichmanis | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Jeff Rickman | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Jim Roberts | Chemistry |
| Bitan Roy | Physics |
| Richard Sause | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Kelly Schultz | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Mark Snyder | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Michael Stavola | Physics |
| Nicholas Strandwitz | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Muhannad Suleiman | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Svetlana Tatic-Lucic | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Damien Thevenin | Chemistry |
| Dimitrios Vavylonis | Physics |
| Natasha Vermaak | Mechanical Engineering |
| David Vicic | Chemistry |
| Israel Wachs | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Vassie C. Ware | Biology |
| Masashi Watanabe | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Edmund Webb | Mechanical Engineering |
| Nathan Wittenberg | Chemistry |
| Xiaoji Xu | Chemistry |
| Elizabeth Young | Chemistry |
| Emory W. Zimmers | Industrial and Systems Engineering |