• Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley – 2009
  • M.S., Manufacturing Engineering, Missouri S&T – 2004
  • B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University – 2002

Research Interests

    • Additive manufacturing 
    • Dry electrode manufacturing
    • Laser based micro/nano-manufacturing 
    • Multi-material and multi-function integration
    • Laser-material interactions
    • Transport phenomena in manufacturing

Industry Experience

    • 3 years of semiconductor manufacturing experience – process engineer at Front End Products, Applied Materials

Awards & Honors

  • 2019 NSF CAREER Award
  • 2019 Research Momentum Award, Missouri S&T
  • 2017 Faculty Research Award, Missouri S&T
  • 2015 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

Selected Publications

  • C. Podder, X. Gong, H. Pan*, “Ultrafast, non-equilibrium and transient heating and sintering of nanocrystals for nanoscale metal printing”, Small, 17 (50), 2103436, (2021).
  • C. Podder, X. Gong, X. Yu, W. Shou, H. Pan*, “Submicron Metal 3D Printing by Ultrafast Laser Heating and Induced Ligand Transformation of Nanocrystals”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13 (35), 42154–42163 (2021).
  • X. Yu, W. Shou, B. K. Mahajan, X. Huang*, and H. Pan*, “Materials, Processes and Facile Manufacturing for Bioresorbable Electronics: A Review”, Advanced Materials, 30 (28), 1707624, (2018).
  • W. Shou, B. Mahajan, B. Ludwig, X. Yu, J. Staggs, Xian Huang*, H. Pan*, “Low‐Cost Manufacturing of Bioresorbable Conductors by Evaporation–Condensation‐Mediated Laser Printing and Sintering of Zn Nanoparticles”, Advanced Materials, 29 (26), 1700172, (2017).
  • B. Ludwig, Z. Zheng, W. Shou, Y. Wang, H. Pan*, “Solvent-Free Manufacturing of Electrodes for Lithium-ion Batteries”, Scientific Reports, 6, 23150, (2016).
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