• Professor Alkim Akyurtlu’s research interests are in the design, fabrication and characterization of metamaterials. Her work involves developing novel low-loss metamaterials in the microwave to the visible regime and application of these materials in antennas and other optical devices. She has been funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) as well as several industry partners. Professor Akyurtlu received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State.

  • Professor Xuejun Lu’s research interests include longwave infrared (LWIR) focal plane array (FPA), Multi-color (band) infrared (IR) sensors; LWIR image amplifier; Flexible thin-film transistors; Printable electronics; chemical sensor; Single quantum dot emitters; Tera-hertz (THz) quantum dot photodetectors; LWIR Electro-optic modulators based on inter-subband transitions and high-quality ultra-uniform quantum dot growth techniques. Professor Lu received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas (UT) Austin.

  • Professor Xingwei Wang’s research interests are design, fabrication and characterization of optical sensors and devices. She is the recipient of the 2010 NSF CAREER award and the 2008 Massachusetts Life Science Center New Investigator Research Award. She has served as Principle Investigator (PI) and co-PI of projects funded by NSF and industries. She has authored and co-authored over 80 papers in journals and conference proceedings. Professor Wang received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. You can find more information on Professor Xingwei’s research on her Laboratory of Optics website.