Gurpreet Singh (Schedule)
Assistant Professor
RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Mechanical metrology for small scale structures and devices using Focused Ion Beam, Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy.
2. Carbon nanotubes, carbon nanohorns, polymer derived ceramics and other Multifunctional nanomaterials for applications as biomarkers and nanoscale sensors.
3. Nanomaterials for high power laser thermal detectors and energy based applications.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Nanomechanics, Nanoelectronics, Nanobiotechnology and Heat Transfer
EDUCATION
Ph.D., MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO (Dec. 2007)
Dissertation Title: Nanodevices for applications in life sciences and engineering; fabrication and mechanical characterization.
M.S., MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO (May 2006)
Thesis Title: The mechanical strength of Aluminum-Spinel interfaces.
B.E., MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Govt. College of Engineering Pune, India (Aug. 2003)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
July 2009- Present:
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
May 2009 - Present:
Guest Researcher/ Visiting Scholar, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO
January 2008 - July 2009:
Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
PEER REVIEWED ARCHIVAL JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1. G. Singh, S. Priya, M. Hossu, S R Shah, S. Grover, Ali R Koymen and R L Mahajan. Synthesis, electrical and magnetic characterization of core-shell carbon nanotube – SiCN nanowires. [accepted]: (2009).
2. V Bedekar, G Singh, R L Mahajan and S Priya. Synthesis and Microstructural Characterization of Barium Titanate Nanoparticles Decorated SiCN-MWCNT Nanotubes – “nanoNecklace”. [accepted] (2009).
3. G. Singh, P. Rice, R.L. Mahajan and J.R. McIntosh. Fabrication and characterization of a CNT based nano-knife. Nanotechnology, 20 095701 (2009).
4. M. Karmarkar, G. Singh, S. Shah, R.L. Mahajan, and S. Priya. Large piezoresistivity phenomenon in SiCN – (La,Sr)MnO3 composites. Applied Physics Letters, 94, 072902 (2009). Also selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology. (http://www.vjnano.org )
5. J.J. Brown, J.W. Suk, G. Singh, A.I. Baca, D.A. Dikin, R.S. Ruoff, and V.M. Bright. Microsystem for nanofiber electromechanical measurements, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical doi:10.1016/j.sna.2008.11.001 (2008).
6. T. Dennis, S. Dyer, A. Dienstfrey, G. Singh, and P. Rice. Analyzing quantitative light scattering spectra of phantoms measured with optical coherence tomography, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 13, 024004 (2008). Also selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology. (http://www.vjnano.org )
7. G. Singh, P. Rice, R. L. Mahajan. Fabrication and mechanical characterization of a force sensor based on an individual carbon nanotube”, Nanotechnology 18 475501 (2007). Among most downloaded articles: across all IOP journals only ten percent of articles were accessed over 250 times in the quarter, 2007.
8. G. Singh, P. Rice, K. Hurst, J. Lehman and R.L. Mahajan. Laser-induced exfoliation of amorphous carbon layer on an individual multiwall carbon nanotube, Applied Physics Letters, 91, 033101 (2007). Also selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (http://www.vjnano.org ) and featured in nanotechweb.org
9. G. Singh, Y. Yu, F. Ernst and R. Raj. Shear strength and sliding at a metal–ceramic (aluminum–spinel) interface at ambient and elevated temperatures. Acta Materialia, 55 (9), 3049-3057 (2007).
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. J.J. Brown, J.W. Suk, G. Singh, D.A. Dikin, R.S. Ruoff, and V.M. Bright. Microsystem for electromechanical measurements of carbon nanofiber loading and failure, A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 (2008).
2. G. Singh, P. Rice, JR. McIntosh and R. L. Mahajan. Fabrication and mechanical characterization of carbon nanotube based nanoknives. IMECE2006-14659. ASME Chicago, Illinois USA 2006. Also featured in NIST technical beat
INVITED TALKS
1. “Nanotechnology Solutions For Energy Harvesting”, 4th Annual Energy Harvesting Workshop, Blacksburg,Virginia, January 2009.
2. “Nanofabrication in the Dual Beam Focused Ion Beam (FIB)”, Nanomaterials Characterization Facility, University of Colorado at Boulder, August 2008
3. “Fabrication and Mechanical Characterization of Individual Carbon Nanotube Based Devices”, Intel Corp., Hillsboro OR, 17th July 2007
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
1. Reviewer for
(a) Journal of Microscopy
(b) Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
(c) ASME- IMECE 2009
(d) ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference 2009
(e) Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
2. Memberships
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers),
ACerS (American Ceramic Society),
ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials),
Sigma Xi.
RESEARCH OPENING
I am planning to hire two students in various topics related to nanoscale science and engineering for the Spring 2010 semester. Must be U.S. citizen to be eligible. Please contact: gurpreet@k-state.edu with your CV (KSU graduate students outside of MNE department are not eligible to apply).
PERSONAL WEBSITE
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~gurpreet/
