Cindy K. Harnett, Ph.D.
Group leader
cindy.harnett@louisville.edu
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Dr. Harnett received the Ph.D. in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University in Dr. Harold Craighead’s lab studying integration of nanomaterials into microfabricated systems. After a postdoc working on electron beam lithography at Cornell, she joined the staff of Sandia National Laboratories, working in the Microfluidics and Advanced Microsystems groups, then moved to the University of Louisville Electrical and Computer Engineering department.
Ph.D. Student
Shaf is studying the effect of enzyme activity on conductivity at electrode arrays. The application is a sensor that can identify the most efficient variants of enzymes for turning lignin into biofuels. He’s also looking at adding sensors to membrane reactors for monitoring process conditions.
Group Alumni
Ph.D. Graduate August 2017.
Jaz investigated the applications of electrically-polarized metal nanostructures in MEMS and microfluidics. Structures include gold nanoparticles and metal-lined nanopores. He’s a Process Engineer in the University of Louisville cleanroom.
Ph.D. Graduate
Tom built light-actuated bistable micro- and nanodevices that require power only during switching. He’s a Professor of Practice at Purdue Polytechnic New Albany in the Engineering Technology department.
Ph.D. Graduate
Evgeniya built pop-up actuators and microreactors for direct integration of nanomaterials with microdevices. She became a Senior Process Engineer in the University of Louisville cleanroom and later went into Engineering Management.
Ph.D. graduate
Silpa conducted research on thermal and plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition of sensor materials and is currently working at Intel.
Postdoc and Ph.D. Graduate
Yehya built three-dimensional microelectrodes for microfluidics, antennas, sensors and other applications. He’s teaching in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Louisville.