Ike Chi
California Institute of Technology, USA
Biography
Ike Chi is a Materials and Processing Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is the integrated product team (IPT) lead for Skutterudite Technology Maturation (STM) program and the device development task lead for Advanced Thermoelectric Couples (ATEC) program. He is also currently a member of Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (MMRTG) Pyroshock project. He received his PhD from the Johns Hopkins University in 2014. He had several years of experience in fabricating biocompatible ceramics/semiconductors and ultra-high surface area materials. He is also interested in the area of biomedical implants/scaffolds and biosensing.