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Taher A. Saif

12/21/2011  8:00 am

Gutgsell Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering; Director, Center for Cellular Mechanics, College of Engineering

Education: Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University

Research interests: Mechanics of micro and nano electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), fracture mechanics, submicron materials behavior and bio-MEMS. Explore the mechanics of extremely small things-from nanocrystalline metal films to living cells.

2101D Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
1206 W. Green Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-8552 • saif@illinois.edu