Ou-Yang’s research interest is in the general areas of experimental statistical physics in systems far from equilibrium, optical imaging and characterization of soft and biological materials at the interface of living and nonliving systems.
Daniel Ou-Yang
Professor
610.758.3920
hdo0@lehigh.edu
Lewis Lab 206 SF
Education:
PhD in Physics, UCLA, 1985
M.Sc. in Physics, Fu-Jen Catholic University of Taiwan, 1977
BS in Physics, Fu-Jen Catholic University of Taiwan, 1975
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Research Areas
Additional Interests
- Polymers
- Colloids
- Optical tweezers
- Optical bottles and the advanced optical imaging and in-situ characterization at the interface of living and nonliving materials
Research Statement
Biography
Daniel Ou-Yang received his BS (1975) and M.Sc. (1977) in Physics from Fu-Jen Catholic University of Taiwan and his PhD in Physics from UCLA (under the supervision of Daniel Kivelson and Ray Orbach) in 1985. After a postdoc training at the University of Pennsylvania and Exxon Corporate Research Lab, (under Paul Chaikin), he joined Lehigh University as an assistant professor in 1988. He is currently a full professor of physics and bioengineering and director of the Emulsion Polymers Institute of Lehigh. He also co-direct the Lehigh Integrated Degree in Engineering and Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) program. His currently research interests include statistical physics in systems far from equilibrium, optical imaging and characterization of soft and biological materials at the interface of living and nonliving systems. His research is funded by the US National Science Foundation and supports from industry.
Recent publications:
1. Wei, M., Jedlicka, S.S. & Ou-Yang, H.D. Intracellular nonequilibrium fluctuating stresses indicate how nonlinear cellular mechanical properties adapt to microenvironmental rigidity. Sci Rep 10, 5902 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62567-x
2. Shen, C.; Jiang, Z.; Li, L.; Gilchrist, J.F.; Ou-Yang, H.D. Frequency Response of Induced-Charge Electrophoretic Metallic Janus Particles. Micromachines 2020, 11, 334.
3. Liao, M.J., Wei, M.T., Xu, S.X., Ou-Yang, H.D. and Sheng, P., Non-Stokes drag coefficient in single-particle electrophoresis: New insights on a classical problem. Chinese Physics B, IOP Publishing, 28(8), p.084701 (2019)
4. Rittirong Nuansri, Prathan Buranasiri, H. Daniel Ou-Yang, and Ivan Biaggio, "Dielectrophoresis and colloidal phase transitions for ultra-broadband optical limiting," Opt. Lett. 44, 3801-3804 (2019)
5. Chuang, Y.C., Yu, Y., Wei, M.T., Chang, C.C., Ricotta, V., Feng, K.C., Wang, L., Bherwani, A.K., Ou-Yang, H.D., Simon, M. and Zhang, L., 2019. Regulating substrate mechanics to achieve odontogenic differentiation for dental pulp stem cells on TiO2 filled and unfilled polyisoprene. Acta biomaterialia, 89, pp.60-72 (2019)
Currently funded research projects:
NSF IRES Track I: Advanced Imaging and Characterization at the Interface Between Living and Nonliving Materials, Award Number 2153599, July 2022 - June 2025
“Artificial Latex”, industrial support.
Teaching
Fall semesters:
PHY-340 Thermal Physics
IDEAS Seminar III
IDEAS Seminar V
Spring semesters:
PHY-421 Electromagnetism
IDEAS Seminar IV
IDEAS Seminar VI