Curriculum Vitae
J. Scott Bunch
ECME 226 (office) tel. 303-***-****
Department of Mechanical email: ******@********.***
Engineering web: http://spot.colorado.edu/~jbunch/
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0427
Current Research Interests
Experimental Nanomechanics
Adhesion in graphene
Gas separation and defect engineering of graphene membranes
Graphene nanomechanical switches
Mechanical properties of ultrathin films
Education
Cornell University
Ph.D. in Physics, 2008.
M.S. in Physics, 2004.
Florida International University
B.S. in Physics Magna Cum Laude, 2000
Employment
8/2008-presentAssistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Colorado at Boulder
5/20087/2008Postdoctoral Research Associate, Advisor: Professor HaroldCraighead and Professor Jeevak Parpia, LASSP, Cornell
University
12/2007-8/2008Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University of Colorado,
Boulder
8/20005/2008Graduate Research Assistant, Advisor: Professor Paul McEuen,
Department of Physics, Cornell University
6/2000 - 8/2000Senior Technical Associate, Advisor: Dr. Nikolai Zhitenev, Lucent
Technologies Bell Laboratories
6/1999 - 8/1999 Undergraduate Research, Advisor: Professor Ward Plummer,
University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Lab
19992000Undergraduate Research, Advisor: Professor Nongjian Tao,
Department of Physics, Florida International University
Awards and Honors
2011 NSF CAREER Award
2010 University of Colorado Department of Mechanical Engineering
Outstanding Graduate Education Award (2009-2010)2008 DARPA MTO Young Faculty Award
2000 Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories Graduate Fellowship
Publications (1394 citations - ISI):
1333-1335 (2000).
Invited Scientific Presentations (33 total):
Upcoming
none
2012
1. Graphene Mechanical Wonders Seminar at Technical University of Denmark
(DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark.
2. Graphene Mechanical Wonders Seminar at Carbonhagen 2012, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
3. Ultrastrong Adhesion, Semipermeable Atomic Membranes, and other Graphene
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Mechanical Wonders Seminar at the 26 International Winterschool on
Electronic Properties of Novel Materials (IWEPNM), Kirchberg, Austria.
4. Ultrastrong Adhesion, Semipermeable Atomic Membranes, and other Graphene
Mechanical Wonders Seminar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
5. Ultrastrong Adhesion, Semipermeable Atomic Membranes, and other Graphene
Mechanical Wonders Seminar at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.
2011
6. Ultrastrong Adhesion, Semipermeable Atomic Membranes, and other Graphene
Mechanical Wonders Seminar at Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC.
7. Ultrastrong Adhesion, Semipermeable Atomic Membranes, and other Graphene
Mechanical Wonders James Edward West Symposium, Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Maryland.
8. Ultrastrong Adhesion, Semipermeable Atomic Membranes, and other Graphene
Mechanical Wonders Seminar at NIST, Gaithersberg, MD.
9. Ultrastrong Adhesion, Semipermeable Atomic Membranes, and other Graphene
Mechanical Wonders Liquid Crystal MRSEC Seminar Series, Department of
Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
10. Ultrastrong Adhesion, Semipermeable Atomic Membranes, and other Graphene
Mechanical Wonders Seminar at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
11. Ultrastrong Adhesion, Impermeable Atomic Membranes, and other Graphene
Mechanical Wonders Seminar at Columbia University, New York, NY.
12. Ultrastrong Adhesion, Impermeable Atomic Membranes, and other Graphene
Mechanical Wonders Seminar at GE Research, Albany, NY.
13. Impermeable Atomic Membranes, Ultrastrong van der Waals Adhesion, and
other Graphene Mechanical Wonders Seminar at Ball Aerospace, Boulder, CO.
14. Impermeable Atomic Membranes, Ultrastrong van der Waals Adhesion, and
other Graphene Mechanical Wonders Seminar in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
15. Graphene Membranes and Switches Seminar at Rocky Mountain MRS
Meeting, Boulder, Colorado.
16. Impermeable Atomic Membranes, Ultrastrong van der Waals Adhesion, and
other Graphene Mechanical Wonders Seminar in the Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry (Physical Chemistry Seminar Series) at University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colorado.
2010
17. Graphene Membranes Seminar at the Fifth International Meeting on Polymer
Derived Ceramics and Related Materials, at University of Colorado, Boulder,
Colorado.
18. Graphene NEMS Seminar in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear
Engineering at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
19. Graphene NEMS Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Materials Seminar, at
University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
2009
20. Graphene NEMS Seminar in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
21. Graphene NEMS Seminar at the Nanoelectronic Devices for Defense and
Security Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
22. Graphene NEMS Seminar in the Department of Physics (Condensed Matter
Lunch Series) at University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
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23. Graphene NEMS Seminar at the 10 US National Congress on Computational
Mechanics, Columbus, Ohio.
24. Graphene NEMS Seminar in the Department of Applied Sciences at Delft
University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.
25. Graphene NEMS Seminar in the Department of Engineering at Cambridge
University, Cambridge, England.
26. Graphene NEMS Seminar at Graphene Week Conference for the European
Science Foundation, Innsbruck, Austria.
27. Graphene NEMS Seminar in the Division of Engineering at Brown University,
Providence, RI.
2008
28. Graphene NEMS Seminar at Nanoelectronics Conference for the Canadian
Institute for Advanced Research, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
29. Graphene NEMS Seminar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
30. Graphene NEMS Seminar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
Before 2008
31. Electromechanical Resonators from Graphene Sheets Seminar in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
(2007).
32. Electromechanical Resonators from Graphene Sheets Seminar in the
Department of Physics at Columbia University, New York, NY (2007).
33. Carbon Nanoelectronics Seminar in the Department of Physics at the
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (2006).
Department Service:
Member of the Undergraduate Committee (Fall 2008 Fall 2010, Fall 2011 present)
Co-Advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder chapter of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (Fall 2009 present)
Member of the Faculty Search Committee (Fall 2010 Spring 2011)
Chair of MEMS Prelim Exam Committee (Fall 2009 Spring 2011)
Member of MEMS Prelim Exam Committee (Fall 2008 present)
Courses Taught:
MCEN 4045 ME Design Project (3 Teams) Fall 2010,
Spring 2011, Fall
2011, Spring 2012
MCEN 5636 MEMS 1
Fall 2009, Fall 2010
GEEN 1400 First Year Engineering Projects
Fall 2010,
Spring 2011, Fall
2011, Fall 2012
Postdocs Supervised:
Guillermo Acosta AGEP Fellow 8/2008 10/2010
jointly with Steve George
Students Supervised:
Ph. D.
Steven Koenig Mechanical Engineering8/2008present
Xinghui Liu Mechanical Engineering8/2008present
Luda Wang Mechanical Engineering8/2009present
Lauren Cantley Mechanical Engineering8/2011presentUndergraduate
Phi Pham Physics (UROP) 8/20087/2012
Samantha Kelly Mechanical Engineering1/20095/2011
(Independent Study/UROP)
Xu Zhou Engineering Physics
5/20097/2011
(UROP/Honor s Thesis
)
Joseph Duggan Mechanical Engineering1/201012/2010
(Independent Study)
Michael Tanksalvala Physics (UROP) 1/2010present
Sean Wiese Mechanical Engineering5/20108/2010
Lauren Cantley NNIN REU Intern6/20108/2010
Andrew Bour Chemical Engineering6/20101/2011
Brook Beyene Undeclared Major1/20115/2011
Miguel Rodriguez SMART Program Intern6/20118/2011
Mariah Szpunar NNIN REU Intern6/20118/2011
Peter Musso Physics (UROP) 9/2011present
Lauren Cosgriff NNIN REU Intern6/20128/2012High School
Vaughan Andrews8/20105/2011
Jason West
8/20105/2011
Akil Bhagat
6/20117/2011