Amy Shen - Associate Professor

Schools & Degrees

Adjunct Professor, Chemical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD 2000)
Harvard University (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2000-2002)

Interest Group

Fluids and Energy

Contact Information

Phone: 206-221-0372
Fax: 206-685-8047
Office: MEB 305
Email: amyshen@u.washington.edu
Web Page: http://faculty.washington.edu/amyshen

Courses

ME 599G: Introduction to Microfluidics

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2007-2012)
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (2003-2004)
Best paper award, Particle Technology Forum, AICHE, 2007
Video and Poster awards, American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2001 & 2003
Summer Fellow in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1998

Biography

Professor Amy Shen joined the University of Washington in September 2008. She earned her Ph.D in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University and an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

Her research program concerns complex fluids and the processing of these fascinating materials to create morphologies and structures that can find application in the nanotechnology, biotechnology microelectronics, and energy related materials. Within this broad area, her laboratory takes advantage of the coupling of complex fluid microstructures with the spatial confinement that is possible by using microfluidic flow methods, to offer exquisite morphological control of soft materials. These strategies are being used to address problems in three specific areas: flow-induced nano-materials synthesis in confined geometries, biomimetics and bio-sensors/actuators, and bio-MEMS.