Friedrich (Fritz) B. Prinz Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Materials Science and Engineering; Rodney H. Adams Professor in the School of Engineering. His current work focuses on the design and fabrication of micro and nanoscale devices for energy and biology. Examples include fuel cells and bioreactors. Professor Prinz is Chair, Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Rapid Prototyping Laboratory at Stanford University. He is interested in mass transport phenomena across thin membranes such as oxide films and lipid bi-layers. His research group studies electro-chemical phenomena with the help of Atomic Force Microscopy, Impedance Spectroscopy, and Quantum Modeling.EducationPh.D. University of Vienna - Physics, 1975AwardsSir Christopher Hinton Lecture, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (1991), Engineer-of-the-Year, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1992) Pittsburgh, PA Section, Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna , Austria (1997), Literati Club Awards for Excellence, London, 2002: Most 'Outstanding Paper' in the 2001 volume of the Rapid Prototyping Journal.BooksR. S. Greco, R. L. Smith R.L, and F. B. Prinz (eds.), “Nanoscale Technology Applied to Biological Systems”, CRC Press, Publisher (2004).R. O’Hayre, S. W Cha, and F. B. Prinz, “Fuel Cell Fundamentals”, Course Reader for ME 260, to be published as textbook. Important ArticlesThin-film SOFCs using gastight YSZ thin films on nanoporous substrates, 2006; Finding narrow passages with probabilistic roadmaps: The small-step retraction method, 2005; Gas-tight alumina films on nanoporous substrates through oxidation of sputtered metal films, 2005; Cantilever tip probe arrays for simultaneous SECM and AFM analysis, 2005. |
By this Researcher
Related ContentAuthor Interview: Nano-Semiconductors: Devices and TechnologyNanoScienceWorks.org looks at the dynamic area of nano-semoconductors, and how these tiny devices are fundamentally changing the worlds of computing and communications. We speak with the author of Nano-Semiconductor: Devices and Technology, Dr. Krzysztof Iniewski, who manages R&D developments at Redlen Technologies, Inc., a start-up firm in British Columbia, Canada. His research interests are in VLSI circuits for medical and security applications.
UCLA Team Develops Graphene-Based SupercapacitorResearchers at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a supercapacitor or electrochemical capacitor (EC) composed of an expanded network of graphene — a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon. The team demonstrated excellent mechanical and electrical properties as well as exceptionally high surface area.
MIT Team Controls Size, Composition of Individual NanowiresA team of MIT researchers has found a way of precisely controlling the width and composition of nanowires as they grow, making it possible to grow complex structures designed for particular applications.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Now Online »
CRC Press — 2010 NanoScience and CleanTech catalog
