Professor William C. Tang, University of California Irvine --- Microbiomechanics Laboratory ---

People and Researchers

Lab Director & Principal Investigator:
	William C. Tang, Ph.D. Assocate Dean for Research, Henry Samueli School of Engineering Professor, Biomedical Engineering Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Professor, Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (949) 824-9892 wctang@uci.edu Curriculum Vitae
Graduate Student Researchers:
	Jessica A. Ayers January 2003 – Present Biomedical Engineering, PhD program Project: Rotating Micro-Mirror for OCT Applications Publications: C035, C036
	Yu-Hsiang (Shawn) Hsu September 2004 – Present Biomedical Engineering, PhD program Project: Single-Cell Platforms for Microbiomechanics
	Dhonam Pemba April 2007 – Present Biomedical Engineering, PhD program Project: Micro-Devices for Auditory Prosthesis Applications
	Crystal Rapier July 2008 -- Present Biomedical Engineering, PhD program Project: Mechanical Tension on Neurogenesis
	Henry Wong January 2008 – Present Biomedical Engineering, PhD program Project: Single-Cell Platforms for Microbiomechanics
	Wyman Wong April 2007 – Present Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MS program Project: (1) Micro Devices for Auditory Prosthesis Applications, and (2) Chip Cooling Technology
Undergraduate Student Researchers :
	Tammy Dinh June 2008 – Present Biomedical Engineering Project: Single-Cell Platforms for Microbiomechanics
	Raymond Fung September 2007 – Present Biomedical Engineering Project: Strain Gauge Arrays for Biological Tissues
	Ouwen Liang June 2008 – Present Biomedical Engineering Project: Single-Cell Platforms for Microbiomechanics
	Edward Lo September 2007 – Present Biomedical Engineering Project: Strain Gauge Arrays for Biological Tissues
	Cathy Lu June 2008 – Present Biomedical Engineering Project: Single-Cell Platforms for Microbiomechanics
	Tri Nguyen September 2007 – Present Biomedical Engineering Project: Single-Cell Platforms for Microbiomechanics
	Derek Tam September 2007 – Present Biomedical Engineering Project: Single-Cell Platforms for Microbiomechanics
	Phong Vuong April 2006 – Present Computer Sciences UROP Fellow, UC LEADS Fellow Project: Mechanosensitivities of Hydra Regeneration
High School Student Researcher
	Pooja Desai June 2006 – Present Project: Single-Cell Platforms for Microbiomechanics
Collaborators:
	Hans R. Bode, Ph.D. Professor, Developmental & Cell Biology Collaborating Project: Mechanosensitivity in hydra stem cells hrbode@uci.edu
	Peter J. Burke, Ph.D. Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering Collaborating Project: Carbon Nanotubes as Resonant Devices pburke@uci.edu
	Zhongping Chen, Ph.D. Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Collaborating Project: Rotating Micro-Mirror for OCT Applications z2chen@uci.edu
	James H. Fallon, Ph.D. Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology Collaborating Project: Advanced Prosthetic Hand jfallon@uci.edu
	Payam Heydari, Ph.D. Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Collaborating Project: Advanced Prosthetic Hand pheydari@uci.edu
	Joyce H. Keyak, Ph.D. Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Collaborating Project: Strain Gauge Arrays for Bones jhkeyak@uci.edu
	Eun Sok Kim, Ph.D. Professor, Electrical Engineering / Electrophysics University of Southern California Collaborating Project: Micro-Resonators for Wireless Communication Applications eskim@usc.edu
	Abraham P. Lee, Ph.D. Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Collaborating Project: Advanced Prosthetic Hand aplee@uci.edu
	Diane C. Lin, Ph.D. Associate Adjunct Professor, Developmental & Cell Biology Collaborating Project: Single-Cell Platforms for Microbiomechanics dclin@uci.edu
	Edwin S. Monuki, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Developmental & Cell Biology Collaborating Project: Micro-Platforms for Neurogenesis Study emonuki@uci.edu
	Zoran Nenadic, Ph.D. Professor, Biomedical Engineering Collaborating Project: Advanced Prosthetic Hand znenadic@uci.edu
	Ivan Soltesz, Ph.D. Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology Collaborating Project: Strain Sensors for Brains isoltesz@uci.edu
	Fan-Gang Zeng, Ph.D. Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Sciences, Otolaryngology Collaborating Project: Micro-Devices for Auditory Prosthesis Applications fzeng@uci.edu
Alumni
	Alumni

People and Researchers

Professor William C. Tang Ph.D. | Office Number: (949) 824-9892 | Fax Number: (949) 824-1727 | Email: wctang@uci.edu