Principle Investigator

Xiaonan Shan
Office: W306 Engineering Building 2, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204
Email: xshan@central.uh.edu
Phone: 713-743-8593

 

2016.09-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2014.04-2016.08: Assistant Research Professor, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University,Tempe, AZ
2011.07-2014.03: Postdoctoral Scholar, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2006.09-2011.08: Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2003.09-2006.06: M.S., Department of Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
1999.09-2003.06: B.S., Department of Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing, China

Ph.D Students

Xiaoliang Li (co-Advisor: Jiefu Chen)
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2019
Research Interests:
Numerical simulation, Underground wireless communication and sensing, Battery modeling.

 

Guangxia Feng 
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Center South University
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2019
Research Interests:
3D battery imaging, Battery characterization, Catalytic reaction characterization.

 

Nandakishore Ravi

 

 

 

Gegari Thomas

 

 

 

 

Trey Barker
Ph.D student since Fall 2022
Research: Methane Pyrolysis and Microwave Plasma
B.S.: University of Houston
M.S.: Santa Clara University
email: tmbarker@cougarnet.edu

 

Group Photos

12.15.2022 Group dinner to welcome new students and congratulations to Guangxia Feng’s graduation

09.30.2022 UH vs Tulane (We lost to them at home……)

07.31.2017 Celebration of lab cleaning and welcome new members.

12.23.2017 Celebration of Christmas at Twin Peppers.

Former Group Members:

Xu Yang (graduated as a PhD in 01.2022)
M.S. Instrument Science and Technology, Tianjin University, 2017
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin University, 2014
Research Interests:
Instrumentation, Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy.

 

Yaping Shi (graduated as a M.S. in 11.2021)
B.S. Communication Engineering, Jiangnan University
M.S. Instrument and Meter Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2019
Research Interests:
In situ imaging technique development, Raman imaging, UV-Vis imaging, STORM.

 

Suraj Khochare (graduated as a M.S. in 2019)
Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, 2017
Email: surajkhochare@gmail.com

 

Chaojie Yang
M.S. Material Science, University of Rochester, 2017
B.S. Material Science and Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University

 

Ying-Chau (Allen) Liu 
Ph.D. Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2016
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2010
B.S. Chemistry, Indiana State University, 2008

Research interests: Nucleation and growth of nanoparticles; Reaction sites and mechanisms of electrocatalysts,
Email: yliu221@Central.uh.edu

Bhargav Bhamwala
Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2018
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, 2015
Email ID: bbhamwala@yahoo.com

Yao-Wei Chia
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Houston, 2017
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2014

 

Chang Jiang

M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 2016
B.S. Chemistry, Nanjing University, 2013
Email: cjiang6@Central.UH.EDU