作者: Seung H Ko

Professor Grigoropoulos is based at University of California at Berkeley. Current research interests are in laser materials processing and micro/nanomachining, fundamental investigation of rapid change of phase transformations and ultra-fast laser interactions with materials, thin film crystal growth for the fabrication of high-definition flat panel displays and large area electronics, microscale fuel cells, hydrogen storage, microscale fluid mechanics. Established the Laser Thermal Laboratory, credited with innovative experimental studies and state of the art computational and theoretical modeling. Conducted research at the Mechanical Engineering Sciences Laboratory of the Xerox Webster Research Center, the IBM Almaden Research Center, the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL-FORTH), Greece. Publications: 125 research papers in archival Journals, 9 research review chapters, 3 patents, 1 monograph Transport in Laser Microfabrication, to appear with Cambridge University Press (2008). Honors and Awards: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Miller Professor for Basic Research in Science (1999). Visiting Professor at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland (2000, 2009). Associate Editor of Journal of Heat Transfer (2002-2005). Associate Editor of International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2002 – ), Heat Transfer Memorial Award (2007).