Amy Shen
Amy Shen - Associate Professor
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
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
Courses
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
