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Past Exploits
Double post-defense celebration - December 2011)
Left to right: Mini Thomas (w/protégée), Naveen Kadasala, Jon Mehtala, Dr. Qingshan Wei, Matt Casselman, Laura Alberch, Zhao Tang,
Alex Wei, Dr. Panuwat Padungros, Andrew Evans, Oscar Morales, Priya Murria, Yu Bai, Hari Khatri, Anh Nguyen.
Farewell lunch for Julie Conlon @ 9 Irish Brothers - July 2011
Back row (left to right) Naveen Kadasala, Qingshan Wei, Oscar Morales, Laura Alberch, Panuwat Padungros, Matt Casselman, Zhao Tang, Thora Maltais, Mini Thomas, Zhenguo Chen. Front row (left to right) Alex Wei, Hari Khatri, David Lyvers, Julie Conlon, Laura Alberch, Kulbhushan Durugkar.
Indiana Dunes - Summer 2011
Lake Michigan volleyball
Catching giant frisbee while dancing on very hot sand
Zhenguo checks out the scenery.
Canoe trip down Sugar Creek - Summer 2010
Left to right: Quy Ong (w/Mrs.), Jie Liu, Zhao Tang, Qingshan Wei, Laura Alberch, Jon Mehtala, Kulbhushan Durugkar, Matt Casselman, Oscar Morales, Rachel Weller, David Lyvers, Panuwat Padungros, Avijit Adak, Alex Wei
Video of our intrepid expedition
Cooling off in the river.
Jump!
Xmas Party - Winter 2009
Enjoying good food and good company.
Goofing off.
Backyard picnic - Summer 2007
Left to right: Runhui Liu, Matt Casselman, Donna Coleman, Hyon-min Song, Heng Zhu, Alexei Leonov, Jie Liu, Laura Alberch, Gang Cheng, David Lyvers, Panuwat Padungros, Emil Bulatov, Quy Ong, Ning Ding, Qingshan Wei, Alex Wei.
Under the Chicago Bean - Spring 2007
Left to right: Gang Cheng, Matt Hansen, Quy Ong, Jie Liu, Xuehua Li, Heng Zhu, Runhui Liu.
Random Stuff
The thesis duck, checking revisions
Down at the driving range, waiting for the fume hoods to turn back on
Death by laser tag.
Research Movies
Simulated optical reflectance from 2D array of gold nanorods, as a function of nanorod height. See reference 55.
Calcium-induced blebbing caused by gold nanorods, via photothermal injury to cell membranes. See reference 46.