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Prof. Nicholas X Fang

Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Primary DLC

Department of Mechanical Engineering

MIT Room: 3-449D
(617) 253-2247
http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/nicfang@mit.edu

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Advancing Micro 3D Printing Techniques to Facilitate Discovery and Research Development of Functional Materials in Application of Tissue Engineering and Medical Imaging
Patterning and Characterization of Thin Film Optical Materials to Break the Diffraction Limit, with Application in Nanoscale Imaging, Information Processing and Energy Conversion
Design and Testing of Lightweight Composite Materials for Efficient Sound Attenuation, Ultrasound Focusing and Targeted Delivery and for Energy Dissipation

Specialties: Photonics, Nanofabrication and Advanced Imaging Technology

Research Summary

Professor Fang seeks to bridge new frontiers in nanophotonics and nanomanufacturing. His research group concentrates on creating devices for focusing photon and sound into nanometer scale and using them for imaging and nanofabrication. These devices and technologies could lead revolutionary methods of diagnosing living cells at molecular scale details, without the use of an electron microscope, and open the door for the non-destructive screening of drugs and other biological materials.

Recent Work

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