M. Rashed Khan
- Phone: (775) 784-1798
- Email: mrkhan@unr.edu
- Building: LME
- Room: 307
- Mailstop: 0388
- Website: Dr. Khan's Google Scholar profile
- Website: Connect with Dr. Khan on LinkedIn
Assistant Professor July 2019 - Present
Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno
Research Assistant Professor July 2018 - June 2019
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah
Research Faculty (Temporary) August 2018 - February 2019
Chemicals and Materials Engineering Department, University of Nevada, Reno
Director (Research and Development) September 2018 - June 2019
NanoSynth Materials and Sensors INC, Utah
Postdoctoral Research Scholar October 2017 - July 2018
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
Research and Development Scientist October 2015 - June 2017
BEND LLC, Utah
Postdoctoral Research Fellow March 2015 - September 2015
Department of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering
North Carolina State University
Research Assistant August 2009 - December 2014
Department of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering
North Carolina State University
Lecturer June 2007 - August 2009
Department of Chemical Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, NC State University, 2015
- MSc, Chemical Engineering, NC State University, 2011
- BSc, Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), 2007
Reviewer
- Advanced Materials Interfaces
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Applied Physics Letters
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Prospective graduate students
Khan Lab aims to study, design, and develop soft-materials, unconventional processes, and reconfigurable micro/nano-devices that can be harnessed and optimized further for the advanced biochemical, biomedical, and physicochemical applications. The lab is also keen to establish a multidisciplinary smart-manufacturing research group by including researchers from various backgrounds. Through short and long-term active collaboration, Khan Lab would like to address fundamental challenges associated with soft micro-device fabrication, 3D/4D (bio) printing, and patterning, advanced hybrid sensor manufacturing, biomedical device development - which are still unnoticed, and under-explored, and need further investigation.
If you would like to inquire about current openings, please email me and attach your resume.
A few of the on-going research projects include:
- Harnessing soft materials for reconfigurable micro-devices, and wearables,
- Establishing implantable neural-microfluidic devices and real-time health-monitoring sensors,
- Studying the utility of 4D printing in disease-on-chip research, and
- Developing artificially intelligent hybrid sensors for physicochemical, biochemical, and environmental health purposes
- Understanding structure-property relationships of polymers, hydrogels, alloys, foams and nano-particles.
Research interests
- Micro and nano-fluidics
- Soft and deformable electronics
- Wearable sensors
- Implantable micro-chips
- Patterning and printing
- Micro-process control, and automation
- Targeted and controlled drug delivery
- Advanced manufacturing/smart manufacturing
Grants received
- NIH: SBIR/STTR
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Grant: R43AA027408-01
"1-D Titania Nanostructure Based Wearable Alcohol Sensor with Tunable Sensitivity and Artificial Intelligence" Project Duration: 1 Year; Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Publications
- M.R. Khan, G.J. Hayes, J.-H. So, M.D. Dickey, "A Frequency Shifting Liquid Metal Antenna with Pressure Responsiveness," Applied Physics Letters, 99, 013501 (2011).
- M.R. Khan, G.J. Hayes, S. Zhang, M.D. Dickey, G.L. Lazzi, "A Pressure Responsive Fluidic Microstrip Open Stub Resonator Using a Liquid Metal Alloy," IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Letters, 22(11), (2012).
- M.R. Khan, C.B. Eaker, E.F. Bowden, M.D. Dickey, "Giant and Switchable Surface Activity of Liquid Metal via Surface Oxidation," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(39), (2014).
- M.R. Khan, C. Trlica, J.-H. So, M. Valeri, M.D. Dickey, "The Influence of Water on the Interfacial Behavior of Gallium Liquid Metal Alloys," ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6(24), (2014).
- M.R. Khan, C. Trlica, M.D. Dickey, "Electrochemically Controller Capillary Withdrawal of a Liquid Metal Alloy from Microchannels," Advanced Functional Materials, 25(5), (2015).
- C. B. Eaker, M.R. Khan, M.D. Dickey, "A Method to Manipulate Surface Tension of Liquid Metal alloy via Surface Oxidation and Reduction," Journal of Visualized Experiments, 107, (2016).
- M. Wang, C. Trlica, M.R. Khan, M. D. Dickey, J. Adams, " A Reconfigurable Liquid Metal Antenna Driven by Electrochemically Controlled Capillarity," Journal of Applied Physics, 117(19), (2015).
- M. Wang, M.R. Khan, C. Trlica, M. D. Dickey, J. Adams, " Pump-free Feedback Control of a Frequency Reconfigurable Liquid Metal Monopole," IEEE Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/USRI National Radio Science Meeting, 2223-2224, (2015).
- M. Wang, M.R. Khan, M. D. Dickey, J. Adams, "A Compound Frequency and Polarization Reconfigurable Crossed Dipole Using Multi-Directional Spreading of Liquid Metal," IEEE Antenna and Wireless Propagation Letters, 99, (2016).
- M.R. Khan, J. Bell, M. D. Dickey, "Localized Instabilities of Liquid Metal Films via In-Plane Recapillarity," Advanced Materials Interfaces, (2016)
- C. Cooper, K. Arutselvan, Y. Liu, D. Armstrong, Y. Lin, M.R. Khan, J. Genzer, M. D. Dickey, "Stretchable Capacitive Sensors of Torsion, Strain, and Touch Using Double Helix Liquid Metal Fibers," Advanced Functional Materials, (2017)
- Y. Lin, O. Gordon, M.R. Khan, N. Vasquez, J. Genzer, M. D. Dickey, "Vacuum filling of complex microfluidic channels using liquid metals," Lab on a chip, (2017)
Patents/invention disclosures
- Methods, Systems, and Computer-Readable Media for Voltage Controlled Reconfiguration of Liquid Metal Structures, US Patent 20160122888 (2016)
- Flexible Stretchable Capacitive Sensor, US Patent 20180113032A1 (2018)
Presentations
- M.R. Khan, "Characterizing, Rupturing, and Removing Surface Oxide (Ga2O3) to Manipulate Room Temperature Liquid Metal Alloy (Eutectic Gallium Indium)", University of Utah, (2017) (Invited talk)
- M.R. Khan, C. Trlica, C.B. Eaker, M.D. Dickey, "Electrochemically Induced Actuation of a Liquid Metal Alloy for Shape Reconfigurable Microsystems', ECS Fall Conference, SF, California, (2013) (Invited talk)
- M.R. Khan, C. Trlica, C.B. Eaker, M.D. Dickey, "Engineering the Shape of a Liquid Metal Alloy by Tuning its Surface Oxid," Graduate Student Research Symposium, NC State University Graduate School, Raleigh, NC, (2013) (Best research award winner)
- M.R. Khan, M. D. Dickey "Shape reconfigurable liquid metal wire," NC ACS Symposium, Raleigh, NC, (2013) (2nd best poster winner)
- M.R. Khan, M. D. Dickey, "Engineering the Shape of a Liquid Metal Alloy by Tuning its Surface Oxide," Schoenborn Graduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC, (2013) (Best poster award)
- O. Gordon, M.R. Khan, M. D. Dickey, "Vacuum Filling of Complex Microfluidic Channels by Liquid Metal," Undergraduate Research Symposium, NC State University, (2013) (Best poster)
- M. Valeri, M.R. Khan, M. D. Dickey, "Tuning the Yield Properties of a Semiconducting Membrane (Ga2O3) using water", Undergraduate Research Symposium, NC State University, (2012) (Best poster)
- M.R. Khan, M. D. Dickey, "Engineering the Yield Properties of Semiconducting Membrane (Ga2O3) on a Liquid Metal Alloy", MRS Fall meeting, Boston, MA, (2012)
- M.R. Khan, M. D. Dickey, "Engineering the Yield Properties of Nano-scale Semiconducting Membrane (Ga2O3) on a Liquid Metal Alloy", SERMACS Conference, Raleigh, NC, (2012)
- M.R. Khan, M. D. Dickey, "Engineering the Yield Properties of an Oxide Skin on a Liquid Metal Alloy," Triangular Soft Matter Workshop, Raleigh, NC, (2012) (Best poster award)
- M.R. Khan, M. D. Dickey, "Engineering the Interfacial Properties of a Liquid Metal Alloy," NC ACS Symposium, Raleigh, NC, (2011) (3rd best poster award)
Teaching and mentoring activities
Undergraduate Research Mentor December 2009 - September 2016
Department of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering, North Carolina State University
Graduate Research Instructor August 2011 - September 2016
Department of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering, North Carolina State University.
K-12 Student Mentor August 2011 - September 2016
Department of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering, North Carolina State University.
Teaching Assistant January 2010 - December 2010
Department of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering, North Carolina State University.
Lecturer June 2007 - August 2009
Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)