Qiaojian Huang
Researcher

Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention
Northwestern University
2137 Tech Dr, Rm. 319
Evanston, IL 60208, USA

q-huang@northwestern.edu

Education:

  • BS, Physics, Zhangzhou Normal University, China
  • MS, Acoustics, Nanjing University, China
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago

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    Experience:

    Northwestern University, Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention
    Researcher (2008-Current)-
    Conduct state of the art research in NDE and SHM

    Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois
     Intern (2007-2008)-
    Worked on fabrication processes for metallic (Cu, Ag & Au) nanowires and preformed the electrical & structural characterizations on the nanowires

    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Research Assistant (2005-2008)-
    Accomplished dissertation research on "Size and surface effects on the electrical properties of metallic nanowires"

    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Teaching Assistant (2005-2008)-
    Taught and set up laboratory experiments, and troubleshot the mechanical engineering issues students encountered

    State Key Lab of Modern Acoustics, Nanjing, China
    Research Assistant (2002-2005)-
    Characterized the mechanical and thermal properties of materials with laser acoustic nondestructive evaluation techniques

    Selected Publications:

    Huang, Q., Lilley, C.M., and Divan, R., "An in-situ investigation of electromigration in Cu nanowires," Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 075706.

    Huang, Q., Lilley, C.M., Divan, R., and Bode, M., "Electrical Failure Analysis of Au Nanowires," IEEE-Transactions on Nanotechnology 7 (2008) 688-692.

    Huang, Q., Lilley, C.M., Bode, M., and Divan, R., "Surface and Size Effects on the Electrical Properties of Cu Nanowires," Journal of Applied Physics 104 (2008) 023709.

    Lilley, C.M., Huang, Q., "Surface contamination effects on resistance of Au nanowires," Applied Physics Letters 89 (2006) 203114.

    Huang, Q., Cheng, Y., Liu, X., Xu, X., and Zhang, S., "Study of the elastic constants in a La(0.6)Sr(0.4)MnO(3) film by means of laser-generated ultrasonic wave method," Ultrasonics 44 (2006) e1223–e1227.

    Recent Conference Presentations:

    "Electrical Failure Mechanisms in Gold Nanowires," Presented at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Midwest Microscopy and Microanalysis Society, Westmont, IL, 2007.

    "Contamination Effect on the Electrical Conductivity of the Gold Nanowires," Presented at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Chicago, IL, 2006.