Quinn Qiao
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.
Don Crampton
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Don Crampton works with industry partners on key strategic initiatives and collaborations.
Deanna McCay
Associate Director of Research Development
As Associate Director of Research Development for STEM, Deanna supports the University’s research mission by assisting faculty and research staff in developing STEM proposals and enhancing research development. She designs and delivers training workshops on proposal writing, broader impacts, funding searches and other STEM research development skills, and assists in the development and management of intramural grants. You can reach her at dhmccay@syr.edu
Sahar Almahoud
Graduate Programs Coordinator