Sung Hoon Kang

Guest Editor for this issue of MRS Bulletin

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, Johns Hopkins University, USA; tel. 410-516-4135; and email shkang@jhu.edu.

Kang is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute at Johns Hopkins University. He earned a PhD degree in applied physics at Harvard University, and MS and BS degrees in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Seoul National University, respectively. Kang’s interests include studying complex behaviors of material systems and structures with novel properties based on inspiration from nature, as well as rational design followed by advanced fabrication approaches.

Michael D. Dickey

Guest Editor for this issue of MRS Bulletin

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, USA; tel. 919-513-0273; and email mddickey@ncsu.edu.

Dickey is a professor at North Carolina State University. He earned a PhD degree in chemical engineering at The University of Texas in the group of Grant Willson and a BS degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University in the group of George Whitesides. Dickey has experience with a variety of unconventional fabrication techniques, and his group is currently studying new ways to actuate and pattern soft materials.

Wubin Bai

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; email wbai@mit.edu.

Bai is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Caroline Ross’s group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2011. His research focuses on block copolymer self-assembly, nanostructure fabrication, and thin films.

Steven Barcelo

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, USA; tel. 650-258-7747; and email steven.jam.barcelo@hp.com.

Barcelo is a research engineer in the Systems Research Lab at Hewlett Packard Laboratories. He received his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009 for his work on characterization of nanostructured hydrogen storage materials. Barcelo’s research interests include nanofabrication of plasmonic and electronic devices for application in a range of fields, including next-generation computing, chemical sensors, and color-reflective displays.

José Bico

Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, France; tel. 33-1407-95107; and email jbico@pmmh.espci.fr.

Bico has been an associate professor at the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI) since 2003. He is also an alumnus of ESPCI, received his PhD degree in physical chemistry from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 2000, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Bico’s current research includes the mechanics of slender structures (buckling, rupture, and interaction with capillary forces).

In-Suk Choi

High Temperature Energy Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea; tel. 82-2-958-6622; and email insukchoi@kist.re.kr.

Choi is a principal research scientist in the High Temperature Energy Materials Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). He earned his BS degree from Seoul National University, a MS degree from Stanford University, and a PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in materials science and engineering. Choi conducted his postdoctoral research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany before joining KIST in 2009. His work includes developing advanced materials and structures in extreme conditions.

David Gracias

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA; tel. 410-516-5284; and email dgracias@jhu.edu.

Gracias is a professor and Russell Croft Faculty Scholar at Johns Hopkins University, with a primary appointment in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He was educated at the Indian Institute of Technology, earned his PhD in 1999 at the University of California, Berkeley, and pursued his postdoctoral training at Harvard University. Gracias has published more than 100 journal articles and holds 26 patents in the areas of micro- and nanosystems, surface science, self-folding, and self-assembly. His notable awards include the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, the Beckman Young Investigator Award, and the Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award.

Yonggang Huang

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, USA; email y-huang@northwestern.edu.

Huang is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University. He is interested in establishing the mechanics models for advanced technology. He has published one book and more than 500 journal papers and book chapters. His recent awards include the Larson Award, Melville Medal, and Drucker Medal, all from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Huang was named an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science in 2014.

Randall D. Kamien

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, USA; tel. 215-898-5940; and email kamien@physics.upenn.edu.

Kamien has been at the University of Pennsylvania since 1995, and is the Vicki and William Abrams Professor in the Natural Sciences and Professor of Physics and Astronomy. He received his BS and MS degrees from the California Institute of Technology in 1988, and his PhD degree in physics from Harvard University in 1992. Kamien’s interests include the theoretical aspects of polymers, colloids, and liquid crystals. His work focuses on the geometric and topological description of novel phases and the collateral mathematics.

John A. Rogers

Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA; tel. 217-244-4979; and email jrogers@illinois.edu.

Rogers holds the Swanlund Chair at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He earned BA and BS degrees in chemistry and physics from The University of Texas at Austin, earned his PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995, and pursued his postdoctoral training from Harvard University. His research includes materials for unusual electronic and photonic devices. He has published more than 500 papers and is an inventor on over 80 patents. Rogers is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Caroline Ross

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; tel. 617-258-0223; and email caross@mit.edu.

Ross is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has a bachelor’s degree and a PhD degree from the University of Cambridge and served as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. She is a Fellow of MRS, the APS, the UK Institute of Physics, and the IEEE. She was the chair of the 2011 Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, and co-chaired the 1998 MRS Spring Conference. Ross has published approximately 350 papers and holds 20 patents.

Oliver G. Schmidt

Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW Dresden), and Material Systems for Nanoelectronics, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany; tel. (+49) (0)351 4659 810; and email o.schmidt@ifw-dresden.de.

Schmidt is the Director of the Institute for Integrative Nanosciences at IFW Dresden and is a full professor at the Chemnitz University of Technology. He studied at the Technical University of Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. His interests include nanomembrane-based materials, architectures, and applications, and he has published more than 600 journal papers. Schmidt’s awards include the Otto-Hahn Medal, the Philip Morris Research Award, the Carus Medal, and the International Dresden Barkhausen Award.

Sameh Tawfick

Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA; tel. 217-244-6303; and email tawfick@illinois.edu.

Tawfick is an assistant professor of mechanical science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Michigan and was a postdoctoral associate in the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His current research focuses on synthesis, forming, and assembly of filamentary materials and surface textures. Tawfick’s awards include the Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award, the Azarkhin Award, and the Ivor K. McIvor Award in applied mechanics.

Qiming Wang

Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, USA; email qimingw@usc.edu.

Wang is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Southern California. His research interests include mechanical instabilities of materials and structures, multiphysical coupling of active materials, and additive manufacturing. He obtained a BS degree from Fudan University in 2010, a PhD degree from Duke University in 2014, and spent a year of postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wang was a recipient of a Silver Graduate Student Award at the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting, the ASME Best Student Paper Award, the NSF-PACAM Fellowship, the NIH-Duke Lew Pre-doctoral Fellowship, and the Kewaunee Student Achievement Award.

Shu Yang

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA; tel. 215-898-9645; and email shuyang@seas.upenn.edu.

Yang is a professor in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research includes synthesis, fabrication, and assembly of soft materials. Yang received her BS degree from Fudan University, China, in 1992, and a PhD degree in chemistry and chemical biology while researching materials science and engineering at Cornell University in 1999. Yang is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2014) and was listed by TR100 as one of the world’s top 100 young innovators under the age of 35 by MIT’s Technology Review.

Xuanhe Zhao

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; tel. 617-324-6367; and email zhaox@mit.edu.

Zhao is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a BE degree in electrical engineering from Tianjin University in 2003, a MS degree in materials engineering from The University of British Columbia in 2006, and a PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Harvard University in 2009. Zhao is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, Office of Naval Research YIP Award, and the Early Career Researchers Award from the American Vacuum Society Biomaterial Interfaces Division.