Autor: Horacio D. Espinosa

Horacio D. Espinosa, Northwestern University, USA Horacio D. Espinosa is the James and Nancy Farley Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University, USA. He is a member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Fellow of AAM, ASME, and SEM. He served as Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Experimental Mechanics and Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Mechanics. Currently, he is a co-editor of the Wiley Book Series in Micro and Nanotechnologies and serves in several journal editorial boards. His research interests include biomimetics, size scale electro-mechanical properties of nanomaterials, NEMS, in-situ microscopy testing of nanostructures, and the development of microdevices for tip-based nanofabrication and single cell studies. Gang Bao, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Gang Bao is Professor of Bioengineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. His research interests include biomolecular engineering, bionanotechnology, molecular imaging and molecular biomechanics.