Group Members
Principal Investigator
Jian Shi, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Here is Dr. Jian Shi's CV . Dr. Shi's email is: shij4@rpi.edu
Education Background
Postdoc, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 2013-2014
Ph.D., Materials Science, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2012
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri at Columbia, 2008
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2006
Academic Appointments
Visiting Scholar, Quantum Engineering, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 2023-present
Associate Professor, Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2023-present
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2019-present
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2014-2019
Awards and Honors
IEEE Ferroelectrics Young Investigator Award, 2023
James M. Tien ’66 Early Career Award, 2020
Associate Editor of Journal of Applied Physics, 2020-present
ASM International Geisler Award, 2019
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering Research Excellence Award, 2018
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award, 2018
Jian Shi is grateful for the generous funding support from the following agencies:
Current PhD Students and Postdocs
Group lunch in Spring 2023
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Skye Williams: B.S. in Physics at Stony Brook University; Ph.D. at RPI: 2021-present. Email: willis11@rpi.edu
Hanxue Ma: B.S. in Resource Recycling Science and Engineering at Dalian Univ of Tech.; M.S. in Chemical Engineering at National Univ. of Singapore; Ph.D. at RPI: 2023-present. Email: mah13@rpi.edu
Jiaqi Wang: B.S. in Chemistry at East China University of Science and Technology; M.S. in Materials at Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D. at RPI: 2023-present. Email: wangj64@rpi.edu
Zhizhuo Liang: B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Ph.D. at RPI: 2022-present. Email: liangz7@rpi.edu
Mark Potter: B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D. at RPI: 2021-present. Email: pottem3@rpi.edu
Zixu Wang: B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology; Ph.D. at RPI: 2022-present. Email: wangz58@rpi.edu
Zhihao Zhang: B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D. at RPI: 2023-present. Email: zhangz32@rpi.edu
Denis Aglagul: B.S. in Physics at Stony Brook University; Ph.D. at RPI: 2023-present. Email: aglagd@rpi.edu
Current Undergraduates
Adam Leicester (MSE, RPI), Adam's email: leicea@rpi.edu
Graduate Students and Postdoc Alumni (a partial list)
Ru Jia, B.S. Xiamen Univ.; Ph.D. RPI 2018 - 2023; present: Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA
Saloni Pendse, B.S. College of Eng Pune, M.S. Univ of Florida; Ph.D. RPI 2018 - 2023; present: Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA
Jie Jiang, Ph.D. Zhejiang Univ.; Postdoc. RPI 2017 - 2023; present: Zhejiang Univ.
Lifu Zhang, B.S./M.S. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.; Ph.D. RPI 2018 - 2022; present: Univ. of Maryland
Yang Hu, B.S. Nanjing Univ.; Ph.D. RPI 2017 - 2021; present: Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA
Yuwei Guo, B.S. Nanyang Technological Univ; Ph.D. RPI 2016 - 2020; present: Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA
Zhizhong Chen, B.S. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.; Ph.D. RPI 2015 - 2020; present: ASM, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA
Adriana Messalli, graduate exchange student (MSE, Technical University of Denmark)
Jeppe Ormstrup (MSE, Technical University of Denmark)
Yiping Wang, B.S. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.; Ph.D. RPI 2014 - 2018; present: Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID, USA
Anna Capuano (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at NCSU Zhihao Zhang (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at RPI Adam Morrow (MSE, RPI) Ryan Hawks (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at Penn State Univ. Ziwei Liang (MSE, RPI) Zhuoqun Wen (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D student at Univ. Michigan Xiaochuang Yuan (MSE, RPI), present: Amazon Yuhan Shi (ECE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at UCSD Jiawei Tan (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at UCLA Yuwei Guo (MSE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), present: Apple, Inc. Aaron Markel (MSE, RPI) Patrick Strohbeen (MSE, RPI), present: Ph.D. student at Univ. Wisconsin at Madison
Deena Mousa (Emma Willard School, Troy, NY), present: student at Yale University Caroline Yin (Emma Willard School, Troy, NY), present: student at Barnard College, Columbia University Irene Jeong (Emma Willard School, Troy, NY), present: student at the University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduates Alumni (a partial list)
High School Students Alumni (a partial list)