8 School of SCIENCE Function Hub - Thrust Areas Advanced Materials, concerned with the structure and properties of materials, are enablers for technological innovation in biomedical devices, new energy, sustainable environment and new transpor tation. New materials developments have led to recent breakthroughs in meta materials, nanotechnology and biomimetics, etc. Given the interdisciplinary nature and the diversity of materials, the aim of the Advanced Materials Thrust (AMAT) is to foster close collaborations with hubs (schools)/thrusts (departments) to conduct internationally leading research on impactful cutting-edge materials discovery and innovation. Cross-disciplinary Focus Areas • Functional polymer materials • Wave-based metamaterials • Bio-engineering and bio-medical materials • High performance thermoelectric materials • Smart functional materials • Electronic materials • New materials development • Sensor Technology Prof. Ping GAO Professor Acting Head of Advanced Materials Thrust, Function Hub Research Interest • Microrheology • Metamaterials for energy storage and conversion • Membranes for high-flux fluid (air and liquid) filtration and membrane distillation • Skin-conformable wearable skin sensors • Polymers for biomedical applications • Functional polymer metamaterials Advanced Materials Its aim is to become a leading educational and research entity in interdisciplinary studies of ocean-atmosphere-land interaction in the earth system for the regional sustainable environment and climate change. Cross-disciplinary Focus Areas • Ocean physical-biogeochemical study • Earth surface processes in river basin and watershed • Atmosphere-ocean dynamics and climate • Ocean-atmosphere-land interaction • Earth system modeling Prof. Jianping GAN Chair Professor Acting Head of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Thrust, Function Hub Research Interest • Ocean circulation and ecosystemmodeling • Ocean dynamics • Coastal oceanography Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
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