Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
Dr. Quinn Qiao is a professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering and an affiliate professor in the department of electrical engineering and computer science at Syracuse University. He is the site director for the NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) for Solid State Electric Power Storage (CEPS). Before moving to Syracuse University, he was the Harold C. Hohbach Professor of Electrical Engineering at South Dakota State University and the Director of the U.S. Economic Development Center at the University. He has also been working on batteries (lithium ion, lithium metal, solid state, etc.), solar cells, and biosensors. He has published more than 300 peer reviewed papers in leading journals including Science, Nature Communications, Energy and Environmental Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nanoscale, Joule, ACS Energy Letters, Nano Energy, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, IEEE Electron Device Letters, etc. He has more than 16,200 citations on Google Scholar and a H-index of 69.
Director for Research Development
Yoanna Ferrara works with engineering and computer science faculty to help enhance ECS research impact and build capacity for large and complex proposals. Ferrara collaborates with the Office of Research Development to help ECS faculty and ECS-led teams improve the competitiveness of their proposals. Services include:
• Individual consultation on funding opportunities, strategies, and program officer outreach
• Assistance with strategy and grantsmanship for proposals
• Consultation on Broader Impacts and workforce development plans; assistance with partnerships
• Feedback on proposal narratives for clarity and responsiveness to review criteria & requirements
• Drafting and coordinating ancillary documents
• Project management for large ECS-led proposals
• Coordinating external reviews, including Pink Team/Red Team reviews
• Coordinating compliance review and submission with OSP
Prior to Syracuse University, Ferrara served in research and graduate program administration roles at Cornell Engineering and at Central European University. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from Cornell University.